Testimonials of the Psychosocial Competency and Life Skill workshop

What Participants Said 

"I had a wonderful learning experience at the workshop on Psychosocial Competencies through Life Skills. The sessions were engaging, insightful, and highly relevant to both personal and professional growth. I gained a deeper understanding of essential life skills such as self-awareness, anger & stress management, effective communication, decision-making. The interactive activities and discussions made the concepts easy to understand and apply in daily life. Thanks to Dr.Aravind and YB for conducting such a meaningful and enriching workshop." - Neha

I was fortunate enough to attend Psychosocial competencies through life skills workshop facilitated by Dr.Arvind Raj and his team organised by Yoga Bharathi Foundation.

In the workshop I was taught to know myself and manage stress in a healthy way.I learnt how stress becomes distress if not dealt well and how it leads to mental disorders or mental illness in the long run.

Anger management was explained so well.How ventilation helps to manage your anger and having safety valves  before displaying the anger was taught through examples and activities.

Assuming things react, respond, and assertiveness were all explained so well with simple words.

I learnt the importance of the 7 swaras of life, like family interactions/ boundaries, leadership, roles, communication, reinforcement, cohesiveness, coping, and support.

Stress will happen in several stages of our lives. The more we plan and manage...the less stress we will have.

Overall knowing myself, appreciating others, receiving appreciation, sharing uncomfortable things and receiving uncomfortable things, pointing out the behaviour of the person- not the person himself/herself, managing reactions/situations positively, how the change in our own behaviour will bring in change in other' s behaviour in the long run, identifying our strengths, areas of improvement, taking out the dead leaves from the tree of our life, keep hydrating the tree to grow more green leaves and making the tree of our life healthy are the take aways for me.

Seeking the help of a professional is definitely a great idea for our mental well-being .

Thank you so much Arvind sir for bringing so much awareness in me.I take responsibility to practice and implement all these things in my day today life.

Thank you Prabha for motivating me to join the workshop.Otherwise I would have missed this great opportunity.

Thank you my dear group members.I had a lot of  fun doing activities with you all.I really had a great learning from you all too.

I interacted with sir's students and they all said they chose this field to understand themselves to help others in the society.The idea of changing oneself rather than focusing on changing others ,expecting others to change was the highlight of the program for me.

Change in our behaviour helps to change others changing their behaviours in the long run.

Thank you Dr.Arvind sir🙏 and hats off to all your students👏.- Vanishree

Very well-curated program; loved the way Dr Aravind sir guided us to understand ourselves, identify stress, and use tools to handle it. Family interactions/boundaries are another topic. Using a tree as metaphor he made us understand how to grow from here. Thank you, YB, for conducting this program - Maya

Really insightful workshop that made us rethink and reconsider. It coaxed us to consider changing ways of thinking,  communicating and responding . It stressed the importance of preparation in facing situations. Dr Aravind 's intent and genuine concern makes this workshop very special. Thank everyone involved in making this happen 🙏🙏 - Shilpa Shashidhar

This whole workshop was like a beautiful counselling session. It was totally interactive from the very first minute upto the last. Dr. Arvind Raj provided us variuos contexts,  allowing us to open up with our problems,  situations and emotions faced at each context,  & gave answers to the  many questions about how to face the micro & macro issues in our day to day life by using the different techniques listed out by  him. He beautifully covered all the topics in an interactive manner & with interesting events, &  converged the theories into practical solutions. The way Dr. Arvind Sir connected with each one of us was remarkable not leaving anyone unheard, providing us the space to open up voluntarily, thereby benefitting each one present in the workshop. 

The very clearcut techniques/lessons taught & listed out  by Sir will definitely take us towards a more positive direction in our life & can be used as a ready reckoner to deal or cope with  our day to day interactions with our family, at work place & the society at large, thereby creating positive ripples everywhere.

Thank you very much Dr. Arvind Sir & our YB core team for arranging this.  All the volunteers under Dr. Arvind were very well informed and cheerful too. - Lalitha