Inner Challenges: Life Coaching

Perceptions on the role of women in society are changing at breakneck speed. In addition to their eternal role of wife, sister, mother and daughter, they now play the role of entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, accountants, corporate executives etc. These multiple roles require a tremendous reservoir of energy and love to sustain their ability to give to all those who need of their time, love, security, trust and respect.

Things for men are changing as well. They have started to integrate their feminine sides in search for balance in their lives. Fathers pay attention to the emotional need of their children in an almost maternal way. Over the media, we regularly see pictures of men shedding tears, something that would have been frowned upon not so long ago.

Drawn into caring for others during our day to day living, its pressures and its stresses, we forget to take care of our inner Self. As we become tired, our ability to give declines and we look for others to hold us up. This rarely happens over a sustainable period and any person we tend to put all our faith can “let” us down.

So is there a source of energy that we can tap into, a place of nurturing deep within us, from where things have a way of working themselves out?

Like a lot of other traditions around the world, the Indian Spiritual tradition worships God as a feminine energy, called Shakti. Latent within all is the infinite power of the feminine divine, which only partially comes to bear in this contemporary world. Women, especially mothers, are considered living embodiments of the divine energies of birth, nurturing and change & destruction.

During this workshop, we explore how these divine qualities can be manifested by both man and woman for a fulfilling, purposeful and meaningful existence. Interactive lecture/discussion sessions will be combined with Yoga and pre-meditation classes, nature exercises, and discussions amongst participants to demonstrate how to integrate this philosophy in our daily lives. We will also discuss some personal relationship issues that emerge between spouses, parents/children, siblings etc – most, if not all arise because one, or both, are ignorant of their duty to the other.

The twice daily Yoga Asanas and Pranayama classes can be practiced by all, and will help restore and heal the physical body, and bring about strength, flexibility and balance in life. Yoga processes are a holistic exercise and positively affect the physical, physiological, emotional, intellectual and spiritual layers of our personality.

So if you are a mother or a daughter or a wife looking to reach some understanding with your loved one, bring them along. If you want to be alone, then Shreyas is an ideal retreat where you have the opportunity to spend some time with and focus on the most important person in your lives – You.