Deep Self-Awareness Workshop

This Saturday and Sunday, 19 PJI volunteers took part in the Deep Self-Awareness workshop, doing activities to better understand deep questions about themselves and their path in life. The workshop was facilitated by PJI Director Meenakshi Bhanj Deo and Neha Buch, and was conducted at the University of Rajasthan in collaboration with the Department of Adult and Continuing Education.  At the end of the two days, the participants had gone through an intensive process of self-reflection and sharing, coming together as a community and also going through the process of look at themselves.

The group was led through this journey through a number of activities such as discussions of paradoxes, individual inventories, and group sharing, and learned about topics such as fear, language, and assumptions we make about others. Participants made personal identity maps, looked at their personal systems for reaching their goals, and investigated themselves in many other innovative ways.

PJI volunteer Shyam Bansal said, "The workshop was a really effective tool to get to know self, because usually the poeple tend to ignore certain things in their life, but through the workshop we came closer to those things and we thought about them."

We also mixed fun with this reflective work, using dancing, music, and energizers to help build group cohesion and enjoy our time together.

Shashi Sai, director of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education, said "The modules were so intensive and so good that the students remained interested. And the small sessions to re-energize were really interesting. In all, the whole two day program was a great experience for the students and the department also."

We hope to continue this process of self-reflection going forward at PJI. Let us know what you thought of the workshop!