Intensive Introductory Program for stress management developed by Acharya Girish Jha
A talk was given in Habitat Center by Acharya Girish Jha in 2005 before the august gathering. The theme of the talk was self-awareness, evolution aimed at deeper understanding of authentic yoga tradition. Intensive Introductory program aims at managing anxiety, stress leading to deep rest, relaxation, prevention and management to day to illnesses and sufferings of modern man.
Talk was interactive that attracted lot of attention specially those people who always believed as if yoga is all about physical culture.
1. A Humble
Presentation
By
Acharya Girish Jha
With Grace of
Gurudev
( Swami Laxmandas
Avadhotji)
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3. Life : A Jour ney
The Life in time and Space
The Life in time and Space
We- 80-120 /Life-6 b yrs
We- 80-120 /Life-6 b yrs
PEA( Possess, Enjoy and
PEA( Possess, Enjoy and
Acquire) in outer space
Acquire) in outer space
How long it takes you to
How long it takes you to
……Yourself ?
……Yourself ?
Where --How --Why
Where How Why
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4. How much time it takes YOU to reach to
Your self
No Space & No time – world beyond
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5. How Much Time
Become Aware of Yourself
You reach to yourself / with
yourself?
Beyond Time & Space
Awareness- consciousnessThe ultimate Reality
Asserts Indian philosophy and
Yoga , Nisargopchar,
Ayurveda
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6. W hy – jour ney of Yoga
Direction
State
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7. W hy – jour ney of yoga
Avoid/ dissolve
problems,
sufferings ,
diseases from life
Live, Move and Act
in LEAP
Peace, Prosperity
& Success
Live by default
preferences, likes,
dislikes, high/low,
jealousy/hatred,
anger, anxiety,
pleasure, pain,
habits, comfort,
Suffering – endless
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8. Wanting ?- never helps
What we
want, we
never get
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10. What is left ?-never helps
What we
like , it
never
remains for
ever?
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11. Suf ferings –W hy
What we want, we never get
What we get, we never like
What we like , it never remains for
ever?
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Blame, criticism, violence, hatred, jealousy, humiliation, TATT (tired all
the Time) , SAD ( seasonal affected disorders) , 3A( anxiety, Agitation
and Anger), 99% psychosomatic disorders, pessimism, doubt,
frustration,
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12. Suf ferings –W hy
Reason is UIF( unconsciousness, Ignorance and
Falsehood) – Division and Duality – guided rather
than guide, lived rather than to live
Lack of Awareness ( Avidya)/ Giving shape to (I
Ness) – Ahamkara / Attractions – attachments/
Repulsions – Detachments / Yearning desire to
live – mechanical, habitual, anxiety , stress
Yoga - Avidya, Ayurveda – Prajna Apradh
and Nisargopchar - going against Nature
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13. How – Jour ney of
life ?
Aim in Life ( Outer Space) – Personal,
Professional, Social- all at circumference of life
Wealth, profession, personal and social are not
everything –there is much more…
Aim of life ( Inner Space) – discovery of centre
within
Self is made of essential nature – 5F – Satya,
Bodha, Jnana, Prema, Ananda
Self –Discovery – Aim of Life
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14. Self – Discover y
Apparent Self
Outside
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15. Self – Discover y
Inner Space
Real Self
Satya Bodha Jnana
Satya Bodha Jnana
Prem
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Ananda
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16. Self Discover y ? –aim
of Yoga
Archimedes – Eureka
Happiness even if there is small
discovery
Immense Happiness, peace and
5F if there is self discovery
Anandam Brahm- Bliss is
Brahman – Real Self –YOGA
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17. Inner /Outer Space
Outside to Inside – Always suffering
Inside to Outside – Big Question –
How
You know and act
Storm outside – enter into a room ,
close the door
Can we enter within when there is
problem, disease, suffering, pain etc
in life
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18. Achar ya Conducting Inte g r al Yoga
Pr og ram for HIV/ Substance abuse
patients sponsor ed by UNDPP ( United Nations
Drug prevention Program)
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19. Fir st Experience
Discovery within – gathering the
scattered mind within- progressive
journey to quietness- calmnesspeace- silence
LEAP ( Love, Energy, Awareness and
Peace)
Independent of anything outside
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20. Leap by LEAP
Do I Live, move and act in LEAP
Do I take LEAP in Personal, professional,
Social lives
Awakens you to 3H( health, Harmony and
Happiness)
Health – Be with Your Self
Harmony – Equanimity is Yoga
Happiness – beyond cause and effect ( LEAP)
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21. Intensive Introductor y Pr og r am
(IIP)
Intensive – put 100% Here and Now
Introductory –move with Awareness
and Attention
Program- progressive 7 groups of
practices
Energy Ascending – Search within for
Peace- Body Awareness- Physical
Awakening – Instant Relaxation –
Emotional Integration
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22. IIP
Min 8 times a week – even 4 times a
week
Maximum time – 40 minutes in one
session
2 Times a day – Morning and Evening
6 sessions a week is ideal- every day/2
times for 3 days in week
Ideal if you in a group
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23. W hat you want to Be?
Do you experience
TATT- Tired all the time
SAD- Seasonal affected disorders
3A-Anxiety, agitation and anger
Pain, aches, oversleep, cold, cough,
obesity, distractions etc.
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24. Let us Be gin IIP
Self Evaluation of Stress Level
Offer you Score Leaf
IIP Program
Feedback
Share experiences
Tips for healthy Lifestyle
Keep Smiling
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25. Tips for Healthy lifestyle -1
Food for 3H
Food - quality, quantity, attitude,
timings and contents
Quantity- Follow Mitahara.
(Become aware of your hunger- habit,
guide your mind to fill two parts with
food, one part for water and one part is
left for breath.)
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26. Food for 3H-1
Quality -Eat natural first at least one
meal.
(Natural means raw, sprouted, fruits and
vegetables. It would be better if you eat
raw food once a week.)
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27. Food for 3H-2
Timings-Eat only whenever you are really
hungry.
(However, taking lunch in 3rd Murhurta (9.00
to12.00 AM) and 6th Murhurta (6.00 to 9.00
PM).
Attitude – eat with a smile, drink solid and
eat liquid. ( eat when previous meal is
digested and do not eat when you do feel like
eating or not in a mood to eat)
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28. Food for 3H-3
Contents – Balance your intake of food in
rasa (taste) and acidic and alkaline
(Take six rasa (sweet, bitter, sour, salty,
astringent, pungent,) in your food. Acidic food
sources are in salty, sour and bitter. Alkaline
sources are in sweet, pungent and
astringent. Take 80% alkaline and 20% acidic
to maintain 3H. )
quality, quantity, attitude, timings and
contents
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29. Tips for Healthy lifestyle -2
Know your breath-rate and rhythm for
relaxation and happiness. Always breathe
deep, silent and slow (DSS) and into your
abdomen.
Physical, mental and emotional relaxation.
Increase lifespan
Stress management
BMR /GSR/Oxygen concentration/ ANS
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30. Tips for Healthy lifestyle -3
Purity of mind and cleansing of the
body
Purity of mind and cleansing of the body are essentials
for living in 3H- follow Yama and Niyama
Cleansing – help your excretory system to work in a
natural way.
(Adharniya Vega (Nature’s Call or non suppressible
urges) should never be stopped- Hunger, thirst,
urination, defecation, seminal discharge, yawning,
coughing, crying or lachrymation, retention of breath
after exertion, sleep, flatus, vomiting, sneezing or
sternutation, eructation.
Suppressible urges – all actions manifests out of
thought, speech and action, immoral, unwanted in
society- Yama and Niyama
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31. Tips for Healthy lifestyle
-4,5,6,7
Peace is your essential Nature- know it, live
into it, become it.
Give a break in between your work to Peace
and Smile
Regular sleep pattern and sound sleep leads
to 3H.
Practice 6 step relaxation every hour or after
every three hours in working conditions.
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32. Tips for Healthy lifestyle
-8,9,10
Massage your feet with oil every day before
sleep leads to sound sleep and improved
eyesight.
Put your hundred percent in all works you
undertake with LEAP. 100% means desire,
knowledge and action are put together in a
work that you undertake.
Excess of anything /any activity is harmful for
life- over exertion, over eating, excessive
talking, and excess watching of TV etc.
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33. T hank you
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34. T hank you
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