Event Name: Har Ghar Dhyan
Organized By: Department of EXTC in Collaboration with IKS SAKEC, ACM SAKEC, SAKEC IIC 5.0 and Art of Living
Date: 14 th July, 2023
Time: 3PM onwards
Place: 7 th Floor Auditorium, SAKEC
Staff Coordinator: Prof. Rohan Borgalli
Prof. Seema Kawale
Prof. Monika Budania
Speakers: Ms. Pratima singh & Mr. Yogesh Ralhan
Event outcomes:
- To know the benefits of Meditation
- To learn how to relieve stress, anxiety & depression
- To enhance one’s ability to manage mind
- To learn the importance of yoga and exercises
Description:
The Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in collaboration with IKS SAKEC, IIC 5.0, ACM SAKEC and Art of Living organized Har Ghar Dhyan Event. Har Ghar Dhyan is a collaborative initiative of The Art of Living and Ministry of Culture, Government Of India, under the aegis of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” (AKAM), as a special offering to benefit the citizens on the occasion of 75 years of independence for our Country.
Ms Pratima Singh explained the importance of yoga and meditation in our daily life. Spending even a few minutes in meditation can help restore your calm and inner peace as mentioned by her. She informed that during meditation, focus your attention and eliminate the stream of jumbled thoughts that may be crowding the mind and causing stress. This process may result in enhanced physical and emotional well-being. The emotional and physical benefits of meditation were explained by her and concluded as:
- Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations
- Increasing self-awareness
- Reducing negative emotions
- Increasing imagination and creativity
- Increasing patience and tolerance
- Improving sleep quality
The next speaker Mr. Yogesh Ralhan showed few exercises which can be performed to stretch our body and keep our spine alignment alright. Few Pranayama were performed for the next half hour which included deep breathing in-out session, shaking both the hands, rotating neck etc. In next half hour Ms pratima singh took meditation session in which all the participants were asked to close the eyes and feel emotions, surrounding noise, feel thoughts and in depth meditation was performed. Towards the end of the session she emphasized to carry out meditation daily in order to keep our mind in peace. All the participants enjoyed the session and it was a successful event which taught the importance of Yoga and Meditation. To keep mind healthy one should definitely meditate.
