Parikshan Anubhav – 9 & 10 July, 2022
To my mind, training with regards to self development usually contains elements such as Johari Window, a bundled needs hierarchy theory, some odds and ends about growth, confidence building and emotions and if it is really good, some understanding of self awareness.
Usually one does not add meditation, a trek thought the lovely outdoors, breathing exercises, & most importantly a cool dude hippy trainer to the mix.
Via an unlikely cancellation I ended up in the place of a colleague for the training but from the initial baithak with Mayur in the office, I felt a strong vibe which felt positive, divine even.
Right from the initial introduction session which felt truly different, helped us to get to know our ‘dude’ trainer and indicated how this parikshan was going to be different from others.
It become more so apparent in the session in the evening wherein teams divided by Mayur got together to present on topics varying from celebrities, corporate leaders, life learnings, adventure sports and surprisingly animals and insects!
It got apparent more so, that while presenting those topics Mayur brought about to the participants a sense of understanding and warmth. Correcting the participants, encouraging them, supporting and advising them.
It did turn out to be quite a fruitful session, which lead to a lot of new ideas and some pretty important older ones bring brought out.
Some that needed discarding & some that needed adopting.
As the session ended we did come out a little enlightened and a little emphatic as well.
One of the highlights of the event was the morning Trek and the subsequent breathing exercises and the self induced meditation which was conducted in the most pristine and serene environments.
Speaking for myself here, it was truly exhilarating to be one with the environment.
As the rains fell we made our way back drenched in more than one way, We reviewed what we learnt, in the next session which brought about thoughts and opinions to which ideas was learnt and ingrained the best, which in turn leads to new inner feelings been brought forth.
As we concluded our session with a fun blow pipe exercise and letting our thoughts run wild on a poor T-shirt along with final goodbyes.
I began to think was it truly a self development training I had attended or something much deeper.
As I cannot put enough words to these past couple of days, I would like the hippy cool dude who made it possible.
#training #development #leaders #outbound #growth #meditation
Sagar Mehta
Head- Fund Management
Phillip Capital (India) Pvt. Ltd.
