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centred on paradigms and our 3-hour therapy online training programme that generated
programme dipped into various yogic exercises therapeutic value, easy enough to engage
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including restorative Asanas, Mudras, Mantras our target-group’s tired bodies, minds and
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and Pranayama, leading to Yoga Nidra with our hearts, make them smile and one that had
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original raga-based music composition. Ragas content they could do on their own after the
can be considered as music healing modalities programme. Our constraints for teaching
that evoke certain rasas (emotional archetypes). were many: teaching aasanas over the Internet
Each of our 1-hour module concentrated on requires us as teachers to be patient since we
a particular value — empathy, equanimity, cannot monitor each learner with the same
bravery — as an antidote to fear. Here is a amount of detailed attention as in a physical
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sample of our original raga-based composition class; the Internet presents latency when it
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which was applied with Yoga Nidra in SSavasana: comes to mantra, especially with rhythm,
https://www.ninad.in/Orchestral_Maru_Bihag_ so much so that simultaneous chanting of
excerpt_applied_as_therapy.mp3 even AUM (Pranav Mantra) together leads
to complete cacophony. Some of our target
Architecture of the online Know Your Rhythm audience members feel so much fatigue that
therapy programme all they want is for us to help them sleep like a
log during Yoga Nidra right away. And finally
Our challenge here was to come up with an with mental stress comes the inability to

Module 1: Empathy
Sankalpa: ‘I build Empathy and Compassion towards myself and others by listening to
myself and others.’

Duration
(minutes) Activity
Learning AUM chanting and learning how to listen deeply and love your own
5 voice, sitting in Sukhasana or
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simply on sofa or bed
AAsanas with a sequence of Supta Tadasana (Reclined Mountain Pose), Balasana
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(child pose), leading to SSavasana (corpse pose)
Yoga Nidra with Sankalpa with our Raga Maru Bihag composition described
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earlier, with SSavasana (corpse pose)
10 Circle of sharing of experiences
Module 2: Equanimity
Sankalpa: ‘I build Equanimity and stay resilient in all circumstances.’
Duration
(minutes) Activity
Continue with AUM chanting while holding Mukul Mudra seated in
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Sukhasana for healing a muscle or organ which needs healing
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