Difficulty of Being Dharmic
An immersion into the process of Decolonisation
Course Summary
• Dive deep into the process of colonisation through your sense of belonging and expression.
• Explore the systemic effects that impinge on the psyche and manifest in the body.
• Begin the journey of healing anchored in community and compassion
* Discover the authentic way to understand events in inside of social media narratives
Understanding colonisation is the first step towards inclusive leadership.
An Invitation
The effects of colonisation are very much present in societies even today and are embedded in social relationships, minds and attitudes, and collective trauma. This lab explores Decolonisation and the difficulties humans face to act in ways to enliven the self, the other, and the context, in short, being termed as Dharmic. The lab explores the trauma of both the Colonised Mind and the Colonising Mind and examines the Rage and Shame and what is Owned and Disowned. Through an Immersive, experiential process and embodied work, using Psychodrama and other tools, the participants work to bring awareness to their own modalities of feeling, thinking and acting.
The lab is a Manthan (churning) that gets stirred up, offering newer ways of role-taking, choice-making, and actions, enabling a broader sense of responsibility, and seeking growth and development that benefits oneself, others, and the planet.
The Difficulty of Being Dharmic
Through an immersive, embodied exploration, we hope to discover the Dharmic Mind - a mind that doesn't extract, oppress or manipulate but aims for harmony and alignment with the eternal flow of life - a mind that seeks to enliven the self, the other and the context simultaneously. We posit that as one explores the need to avenge, self-preserve or ignore, one discovers wholeness and the possibility of choosing an enlivening response.
The guiding question for this process would be, “How does one re-envision oneself so that we build a future distinctly different from the colonised past and the colonising present?” This mind would focus on discovering the truth and dialoguing with others rather than co-opting or resisting them through questionable means. The result would be a mind free from the dogma of organised religion and the limited worldview of reductive rationalism.
Although our historical heritage is replete with this knowledge, each generation has to do the work to imagine and co-create its future. The times we live in are particularly challenging. It feels more demanding than ever to live a Dharmic life, a way of living filled with compassion and enables an authentic unfolding of oneself.
The process involves the participants engaging in inner work through a framework developed by Raghu Ananthanarayanan. We will explore our sense of belonging and the trauma of our shared past as it impinges on our psyche and manifests in our bodies.
The Process of the Manthan
The process would include cultivating a safe space that allows us to surface our dilemmas, contradictions and polarities that cloud and colour our feelings and thoughts. We will use theatre methods to explore the trauma lodged in the body. We will stay with the inquiry through process work and make the invisible visible, inarticulate articulate, own the disowned and act the witheld. The hope is to discover healing anchored in community and compassion that allows participants to find meaningful and choiceful ways of living.
For whom: People from all walks of life, especially Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Leaders, Executives in corporates, government and social organizations, entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals.
Dates – 4th to 9th December, 2023
Venue – Ritambhara Ashram, Kotagiri
Inaugural session: 4 pm on 4th Dec 2023 (Monday) Closing: 1 pm on 9th Dec 2022 (Saturday)
Some evenings may be a pre or post-dinner session. Please keep your calendar free of any other engagements that you can participate more.
Fees: Twin sharing – INR 45,000/- (30000/- for individuals working in non-profit space)
To register, please fill out the form below. Doing so will initiate the invoicing and payment process. Registration is complete only when payments are processed.
You can send in the amount directly to the following bank.
Full Company Name: Ritambhara Ashram
Bank Name:Karur Vysya Bank
Current Bank Account Number:1850135000001480
Branch of the Bank: Kotagiri
Branch IFSC Code: KVBL0001850
Cheque/ Draft Name: Ritambhara Ashram
Last date for registration and payment of fees – 15th October 2022
Last date for withdrawal – 15th November 2022
In cancellations past the last withdrawal date, 50% of the fees will be withheld as cancellation charges.
Program Director: Steve Correa (steve@stevecorrea.com; +91 98862 18882)
Program Coordinator: Ankit Chhabra (dharma.drishti@ritambhara.org.in; +91 84479 69836)
If you would like to discuss the lab, please call any members between 10 am and 6 pm IST.
The effects of colonisation are very much present in societies even today and are embedded in social relationships, minds and attitudes, and collective trauma. This lab explores Decolonisation and the difficulties humans face to act in ways to enliven the self, the other, and the context, in short, being termed as Dharmic. The lab explores the trauma of both the Colonised Mind and the Colonising Mind and examines the Rage and Shame and what is Owned and Disowned. Through an Immersive, experiential process and embodied work, using Psychodrama and other tools, the participants work to bring awareness to their own modalities of feeling, thinking and acting.
The lab is a Manthan (churning) that gets stirred up, offering newer ways of role-taking, choice-making, and actions, enabling a broader sense of responsibility, and seeking growth and development that benefits oneself, others, and the planet.
The Difficulty of Being Dharmic
Through an immersive, embodied exploration, we hope to discover the Dharmic Mind - a mind that doesn't extract, oppress or manipulate but aims for harmony and alignment with the eternal flow of life - a mind that seeks to enliven the self, the other and the context simultaneously. We posit that as one explores the need to avenge, self-preserve or ignore, one discovers wholeness and the possibility of choosing an enlivening response.
The guiding question for this process would be, “How does one re-envision oneself so that we build a future distinctly different from the colonised past and the colonising present?” This mind would focus on discovering the truth and dialoguing with others rather than co-opting or resisting them through questionable means. The result would be a mind free from the dogma of organised religion and the limited worldview of reductive rationalism.
Although our historical heritage is replete with this knowledge, each generation has to do the work to imagine and co-create its future. The times we live in are particularly challenging. It feels more demanding than ever to live a Dharmic life, a way of living filled with compassion and enables an authentic unfolding of oneself.
The process involves the participants engaging in inner work through a framework developed by Raghu Ananthanarayanan. We will explore our sense of belonging and the trauma of our shared past as it impinges on our psyche and manifests in our bodies.
The Process of the Manthan
The process would include cultivating a safe space that allows us to surface our dilemmas, contradictions and polarities that cloud and colour our feelings and thoughts. We will use theatre methods to explore the trauma lodged in the body. We will stay with the inquiry through process work and make the invisible visible, inarticulate articulate, own the disowned and act the witheld. The hope is to discover healing anchored in community and compassion that allows participants to find meaningful and choiceful ways of living.
For whom: People from all walks of life, especially Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Leaders, Executives in corporates, government and social organizations, entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals.
Dates – 4th to 9th December, 2023
Venue – Ritambhara Ashram, Kotagiri
Inaugural session: 4 pm on 4th Dec 2023 (Monday) Closing: 1 pm on 9th Dec 2022 (Saturday)
Some evenings may be a pre or post-dinner session. Please keep your calendar free of any other engagements that you can participate more.
Fees: Twin sharing – INR 45,000/- (30000/- for individuals working in non-profit space)
To register, please fill out the form below. Doing so will initiate the invoicing and payment process. Registration is complete only when payments are processed.
You can send in the amount directly to the following bank.
Full Company Name: Ritambhara Ashram
Bank Name:Karur Vysya Bank
Current Bank Account Number:1850135000001480
Branch of the Bank: Kotagiri
Branch IFSC Code: KVBL0001850
Cheque/ Draft Name: Ritambhara Ashram
Last date for registration and payment of fees – 15th October 2022
Last date for withdrawal – 15th November 2022
In cancellations past the last withdrawal date, 50% of the fees will be withheld as cancellation charges.
Program Director: Steve Correa (steve@stevecorrea.com; +91 98862 18882)
Program Coordinator: Ankit Chhabra (dharma.drishti@ritambhara.org.in; +91 84479 69836)
If you would like to discuss the lab, please call any members between 10 am and 6 pm IST.
