G-Connect presents Heartfulness Workshops for:

• Central & State government organizations

• Government Departments

• Public sector companies

• Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, CISF, CRPF,

ITBP, BSF, SAF, Railways ...

Plan of the presentation

• Approach• Workshop• Data Capture• Follow up

APPROACH

Who can approach a governmental organization?

• An abhyasi working in the organization

• An abhyasi who has been in touch with the

organization

• The organization having heard about

Heartfulness from another source

Preparation

• Be well prepared• Read the different step from the workflow

to understand the whole process (see next slide)

• Read the FAQ for facilitators that conveys a lot of experience

Material needed for approach

• There are some PPT and printed material that

you may bring to the first meeting. You can

request them at in.gconnect@heartfulness.org

• All the steps for the approach are detailed in the

G-Connect folder

Some specifics

• We present ourselves as from SRCM

• SRCM’s affiliation to UNDPI

• Approach Ministers /Secretaries/ IAS /officials

/HR having a reach to a large number of people

Prepare your teamOnce a tentative date is givne, prepare your team.

You will need to find:• 1 coordinator• 1 preceptor• 1 person in charge of follow up

If the group is not too small you can invite one person for observation and training

Prepare your materialPrepare your material well in advance:

You will need:• Bookmarks with relaxation technique (in appropriate

language)• Rack cards for participants• Notebooks and Pens• Relaxation script photocopies in languages other than

English if needed.• Heartfulness Welcome cards• Welcome Card Forms

WORKSHOPS

Initial sessions• The first three sessions are same in all

Connects: HFN workshops• Some team include a specific topic to each

session, like time management, stress management, Health and meditation

• These topics can be taken later during the follow up sessions

Session 1 (Day 1)

• Short Talk• Meditation (Placebo)• Relaxation leading to Meditation with

transmission• Filling feedback cards• Announcing the next session

Session 2 (Day 2)

• Taking up questions and clarifications from Feedback cards

• Relaxation leading to Meditation with transmission

• Signing on attendance sheet• Asking for Passport photo for HFN Welcome

card• Announcing the next session

Session 3 (Day 3)

• Relaxation leading to Meditation with transmission

• Taking up questions and clarifications if any

• Signing on attendance sheet• Distribution of HFN Welcome cards• Announcing the follow up sessions

Coordinator• Introduces the team • Connects with the audience appropriately in a 10 min

speech• Keeps track of time during the entire session. • Wraps up the session and invite participants for the

next session.

Stays in touch with the organization for further sessions and for follow up session

Preceptor• Explains the 3 steps of the experience• Meditation on the light in the heart (10 min),

noting observation in notebook• Relaxation leading to• Meditation on Divine light in the Heart (20 min:

first sitting) noting down observation in notebook.

NB: session 2 and 3 – there is no placebo meditation, only relaxation leading to meditation

Follow up person• Makes sure that all feedback cards are

returned• Enters the data and prepares the printed

attendance sheet for session 2 and 3• Has 3 days to find the best way for the

follow up to happen for each participant

DATA CAPTURE

Important

• There are files to be filled up on day 1• Send to

– introductions@heartfulness.org – welcomecards@heartfulness.org

• Participants will receive a Thank you and Welcome email automatically

On day 2

• Take attendance from a print of the list that you have entered

• Ask participants to check their details• Check how many sittings they have got• Create a SMS group/Whatsapp group

Many in G-Connect don’t have/share emails so phone numbers are important

On day 3

• Be ready to hand over HFN Welcome cards

• Fill Welcome cards number in the excel sheet from Day1

• Send all the details completed again to the same addresses

FOLLOW UP

Plan

• Plan the follow up right from the approach phase– If you have only a 3-day session, you will need

to give each participant a preceptor’s address according to their residence

– You may have follow up sessions in the organization, once a week, at least for 8 weeks

Follow up sessions• You can use the ‘stages in the practice’ available

on the Heartfulness Content site http://content.heartfulness.org

• You may want to include a few appropriate topics according to the organization, like time management, Stress Management, Meditation and Health, Science and Spirituality…

• Some sample PPT will be available on the content site soon

Follow up sessions

• At the end of the follow up sessions, the participants should know the entire Sahaj Marg practice: Meditation, Cleaning, Prayer

• Have been connected with a local preceptor• Have received and maybe visited the local

satsang centre/the ashram if any.

What we need in your region:

• Coordinator in each centre with exclusive focus

• Volunteers with roles defined: approach,

facilitator, speaker, data entry

Contact us:in.gconnect@heartfulness.org

For Content, material and data capture

Dolly Nicolai : 9940076002

Process, attitude & approach, tabulation of data and reporting

Christian Duerr: 9840463012

Strategy & newer avenues

R. Srinivasan: 9884800617

Enrolment of the team & follow-up

Satbir Bakshi: 9600069090