Programmes Offered
Deepa has conducted various mind-body wellness workshops and training programs and she is able to tailor-make sessions towards your mind-body wellness goals. Some examples:
Employee well-being workshops for corporate organisations
Orientation programmes & workshops for young adults and Business School students
Mindfulness and Meditation Workshops for Rotary Club & Women's Wing,
Yoga for Care-givers of children with special needs at the AWWA,
Gentle Yin yoga for cancer patients at the National University Hospital, Singapore,
Chair yoga for senior citizens
Yin yoga for Meditation at the Buddhist Fellowship, Singapore
Therapeutic yoga at the Brahm Centre, Singapore
Deepa has conducted sessions in Singapore and London for various organisations, including:
London:
❖ CHANNEL 4 UK
❖ HABIB BANK ZURICH, LONDON
Singapore:
❖ ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL
❖ THE BUDDHIST FELLOWSHIP
❖ BRAHM CENTER
❖ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
❖ ASIAN WOMEMN'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION
❖ CRYOVIVA
❖ ROTARY CLUB, SINGAPORE
Programmes Offered
Corporate Wellness Programs - Practical toolkit for employee well-being
LENGTH: Choose from: 2-3 day wellness retreats/ full-day programs/ half day program/ 2-3 hour sessions
GROUP SIZE: IN PERSON- upto 15 persons per session / ONLINE- upto 20 persons per session
PRIOR EXPERIENCE: NONE REQUIRED
FORMAT: ONLINE / IN PERSON
VENUE: OFFSITE / CLIENT TO ARRANGE PREFERRED VENUE
Sessions can be tailor-made to your requirement, based on your workplace mind-body wellness goals, including:
❖ Simple postures & stretches to refresh & energise, relieve lower back pain, release tension from shoulders and improve energy flow in the body
❖ Breathing techniques to help calm the mind, improve focus & concentration, improve sleep, feel balanced, energise, de-stress or release pent-up emotions
❖ Practices to help ‘pause and reset’ between meetings
❖ Destress & release tension with Progressive muscle relaxation & body scan practices
❖ Simple practices to help ground and centre the mind & body
❖ Yoga for beginners
❖ Introduction to Mindfulness & meditation
❖ Simple secular meditation techniques & practices
Notes, reference material, book/video recommendations, meditation recordings provided after each session
Mindfulness Workshops
LENGTH: 60/90 MINUTE SESSIONS
LEVEL: BEGINNERS
FORMAT: ONLINE / IN PERSON
Deepa offers Well-being workshops and retreats on a range of topics, including:
❖ Introduction to secular practices in mindfulness & meditation
❖ Power of Gratitude practice
❖ Compassion cultivation and Self-Compassion - introduction and practice
❖ Simple breath practices to calm the mind and release pent up emotions
❖ Breath awareness & Breath Regulation
❖ Progressive muscle relaxation and Body Scan for Deep Relaxation
❖ Movement based practices including mindful walking
❖ Deep listening - meaning, benefits & practice
A Beginner’s Guide to Mindfulness & Meditation
”Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
LENGTH: 6 weekly sessions, 2 hours per session
GROUP SIZE: 5-10 people maximum
PRIOR EXPERIENCE: NONE REQUIRED
FORMAT: ONLINE / IN PERSON (both offered as PRIVATE or GROUP sessions)
VENUE: St John's Wood / Harrow-on-the-Hill / Option for client to arrange a venue
Notes, reference material, book/video recommendations, meditation recordings provided after each session
CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS PROGRAMME, INCLUDING MODULES COVERED:
Meditation means being aware of what is happening, including being aware of being aware, without worrying about outcomes and results. It is an intimate meeting with oneself, investing in the only guaranteed long term relationship of our life: with ourself!
It can strengthen areas of your brain responsible for memory, learning, attention and self-awareness. The practice can also help calm down your sympathetic nervous system. Over time, meditation can increase cognition, memory and attention.
There are countless ways to practice meditation and different approaches appeal to different people. It is good to try a few different methods before finding one that is right for you.
This is a non denominational program series that will help everyone understand and train in the what, why, and how of meditation, in a structured & progressive manner.
By the end of this program, you will feel empowered to understand and create your own unique tool kit of micro doses, medium and longer duration practices, after having experimented with various techniques to find what resonates with you. This could depend, amongst other factors, on whether you resonate more with audio/visual/sensory or a combination of the above techniques. You will have a chance to clarify myths around meditation, share your experience & clarify your doubts after practising each technique. If you choose to train in a group setting, you will have a chance to observe that there is no one size that fits all and that’s ok. We must each experiment to find what works for us so we feel more motivated to return to the practise repeatedly.
Over 6 weekly sessions, we will cover:
The basics - the What, Why & How of meditation:
What meditation means, what mindfulness means, mindfulness vs meditation, the kinds of and the phases to a meditation practice, myths about meditation, pursuit of happiness - what does happiness mean to you, the route to equanimity
Why meditate? How does it help alter our brain, neuro plasticity, what we think we become, the mind-a time traveller, how our beliefs shape our reality, the quality of our inner conversations, conditioned vs unconditioned mind, attention - our most valuable resource, intention and how it drives action
How do we practice? What techniques are available to us - do we relate more to audio/visual/sensory practices ? How do we find what works for us and how can we create our unique toolkit of techniques and practices? How do we create the right ambience for meditation? Habit psychology, posture and the use of props, how do we set up our home practice, how often, when and what duration should we practice for?
Techniques covered in the 6 week program:
Modules 1, 2 & 3
Module 1:
Experiment with a variety of practices - Audio, visual & sensory and Focussed Awareness & Open Monitoring techniques
Walking meditation (Sensory)
Mahasati practice (Visual/Sensory)
Ground and centre practise (Visual/Sensory)
Candle gazing (Visual)
Guided Visualisation meditation (Visual)
Gratitude practise (Visual/Sensory)
Intention setting practise (Visual)
Chanting (Audio)
Progressive muscle relaxation & Body scan meditation/Yoga Nidra (Visual/Sensory)
Module 2:
Working with the Breath - Awareness & Regulation:
Breath Awareness (Audio/Visual/sensory) - various techniques to cultivate awareness of the breath
Breath Regulation practices (Audio/Visual/Sensory) - techniques to up-regulate or energise, down-regulate or feel calm, to feel balanced, to help us sleep, coherent breath practice, to release pent-up emotions, functional vs dysfunctional breath, diaphragmatic breath
Module 3:
Practices for Cultivating compassion - Part 1
Loving kindness/Meta meditation (Visual/Sensory)
Meditation on Interconnectedness - Ubuntu - ‘I Am’ because ‘We are’
Who is in our circle of compassion & how can we expand this circle, Compassion for self and others, practice of forgiveness
Optional: Extend the program to 8 weeks by adding modules 4 & 5
Module 4:
Practices for Cultivating compassion - Part 2:
Self Compassion meditation (Visual/Sensory)
Tonglen meditation (Visual/Sensory)
Module 5:
Energy-centres focused practices:
Chakra chanting (Audio)
Chakra visualisation (Audio/Visual)
Tibetan singing bowl immersion (Audio/Sensory)
Optional: Extend the program to 10 weeks by adding modules 6 & 7
Module 6:
Deep listening meditation - listening with your whole body, and senses holding space for yourself and others
Module 7:
A simple practice of meditation, using a combination of some of the techniques learnt in the programme
A Beginners Guide to Breathwork - Awareness & Regulation
LENGTH: 6 weekly sessions, 2 hours per session
GROUP SIZE: 5-10 people maximum
PRIOR EXPERIENCE: NONE REQUIRED
FORMAT: ONLINE / IN PERSON (both offered as PRIVATE or GROUP sessions)
VENUE: St John's Wood / Harrow-on-the-Hill
CONTENT:
The basics - the What, Why & How of meditation:
- What meditation means, what mindfulness means, mindfulness vs meditation, the kinds of and the phases to a meditation practice, myths about meditation, pursuit of happiness - what does happiness mean to you, the route to equanimity
- Why meditate? How does it help alter our brain, neuro plasticity, what we think we become, the mind-a time traveller, how our beliefs shape our reality, the quality of our inner conversations, conditioned vs unconditioned mind, attention - our most valuable resource, intention and how it drives action
- How do we practice? What techniques are available to us - do we relate more to audio/visual/sensory practices ? How do we find what works for us and how can we create our unique toolkit of techniques and practices? How do we create the right ambience for meditation? Habit psychology, posture and the use of props, how do we set up our home practice, how often, when and what duration should we practice for?
Working with the Breath - Awareness & Regulation:
- Breath Awareness (Audio/Visual/sensory) - various techniques to cultivate awareness of the breath
- Breath Regulation practices (Audio/Visual/Sensory) - techniques to up-regulate or energise, down-regulate or feel calm, to feel balanced, to help us sleep, coherent breath practice, to release pent-up emotions, functional vs dysfunctional breath, diaphragmatic breath
Notes, reference material - to read/watch/listen, book/video/podcast recommendations & meditation recordings provided after each session
Hatha Yoga
LENGTH: 60/75/90 MINUTE SESSIONS
LEVEL: BEGINNERS / INTERMEDIATE
FORMAT: ONLINE / IN PERSON (both offered as PRIVATE or GROUP sessions)
These sessions are a combination of breath awareness, yogic breathing, deep stretches, deconstructing poses to build strength and flexibility. The aim is to use the tools and techniques embedded in this practice to train one’s mind and feel calm, spacious and energised. The more we practice, we become better able to carry the learnings from the mat into our life.
Yin Yoga
LENGTH: 60/75 MINUTE SESSIONS
LEVEL: BEGINNERS / INTERMEDIATE
FORMAT: ONLINE / IN PERSON (both offered as PRIVATE or GROUP sessions)
Yin yoga aims at cultivating inner silence and bringing to light a universal interconnecting quality. It is a slow-paced style of yoga where poses are typically held for 5 minutes or more. When we relax in Yin Yoga, we begin to heal the body’s deeply held tensions and change the patterns that leave our body constricted and impact our emotional health. As we progress through these physical, emotional and spiritual layers, the opportunity for expanding our consciousness easily follows.
Walking Meditation, Rotary Club
Chair Yoga for Senior Citizens
Hormonal Health Workshop
Mindfulness workshop, Rotary Club
Corporate Wellness Workshop, HBZ Bank, London
Partner Yoga
Therapeutic yoga, Brahm Centre
Yin Yoga for Meditation, The Buddhist Fellowship Singapore