Art & Science of Self-Actualization

Foundation Course in Transpersonal Counseling From INNER HORIZONS (Independent/ Unaffiliated) About:
quotient), SKILLS. Art & Science of Self-Actualization is a 100% EXPERIENTIAL COURSE

that RESTORES BALANCE between IQ & EQ (intelligence quotient & emotional IMPROVES SPIRITUAL AWARENESS & IMPARTS COUNSELLING

Frequency/ Duration:

Part-time course conducted once a year (typically starting on the first Tuesday of July and ending on the second Saturday of October). It spans approximately 100 days, consisting of 100 hours of workshop, spread over 30 Sessions.

Timings:

Two classes a week, Saturday morning 8.00am to 12noon Tuesday evening 5.00pm 8.00pm

Group Size:

Participant number is restricted to a maximum of 30 per batch, to ensure optimum group interaction, facilitator attention and participant learning.

Workshop Methodology: ENTIRELY and SOLELY EXPERIENTIAL

No Books, No Texts, No Lectures, No Seminars, No Assignments, No Exams, No Audio- Visual Gadgets, No Digital Tools. Playful, Interactive and Insight-Evoking Activities, Individual Exercises, Dyadic and Group Games, Breath, Movement & Posturing, Guided Visualization, Role-Plays.

Out of class application Gap between sessions provides participants opportunity to implement & assimilate class learning in daily life.

Holistic Curriculum The course content integrates findings of orthodox and modern psychology with tenets of ancient wisdom traditions, both eastern and western.

Friendships for Life Participants bond deeply in a space of mutual trust, safety, transparency, confidentiality, authentic sharing and connection.

Who can Attend

Anyone who Requires to Interact with, Lead, Teach, Support, Mentor, Nurture, Advise, Train, Guide, Direct, Coach, Counsel, Motivate, Manage, Develop and Transform INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS Mid-Lifers Wanting to Transition to the Top Segment of Maslows Pyramid. Anyone above 25 years, Fluent in English, has Open Mind and Brave Heart.

Past Participants:
Senior Executives, Talent Managers, Thought Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Educationists, Bureaucrats, Journalists, Artists, Writers, Architects, Healing Professionals (Physicians, Psychologists, Counsellors, Doctors of Alternative and Wellness Therapies), Homemakers.

Course Outcomes
Self-Esteem, Spiritual Intelligence, Work-Life Balance, Conflict Resolution, Vitality, Spontaneity, Conscious Authentic Leadership, Creativity, Improved Relationships, Clarity of Life Purpose, Self-Motivation, and Counseling Skills.

Course Objectives
The course aims to facilitate the participants journey of self-actualization by imparting the skills of: 1. Self-awareness: Locating your Current Position on your Personal Growth Map; Understanding the Human Mind and its workings (Presence, Mindfulness, Discernment). 2. Self-discovery: Finding out who you are, your Unexplored Potential, and Blindspots (aspects of yourself you dont know that you dont know). 3. Life-skills: Learning and Applying Spiritual Principles in daily living; Transpersonal Understanding of Human Development. (For the purpose of this course, spiritual is defined as principles that are universal and eternal, i.e., hold true for everyone, everywhere, at all times). 4. Emotional Intelligence: Improving Emotional Quotient; Enhancing Interpersonal Confidence by Understanding and Befriending Emotions (Connecting, Intunement, Empathic Listening). 5. Counseling: Learning the Tools and Techniques to Enable the Process in Others as well (Conscious Authentic Dialogue).

Course Philosophy
Humans have an Innate Drive towards Personal Growth/ Self-Actualization (To Be and Become the Best They Can/ are Meant To). Unexpected Crises as well as Persistent Challenges can be Used as Opportunities for Self-Discovery and Optimising Inner Potential, and for Consciously Choosing to Realign with Ones Own True North. Specific Ways of Being, Listening and Speaking Facilitate this Process, in Self as well as in Others. This is the Also the Essence of Effective Counselling.

Course History
The course originated in 1995 as a first-of-its-kind training program for psychological counselors, graduating several successful counselors practicing currently in the city. Post 2005, the course began to attract students from corporates and organizations, who wanted to improve interpersonal skills or learn employee counseling for in-house application. The course has had life-changing impact on over 250 alumni from all walks of life including law, IT, ITES, pharmaceuticals, armed forces, banking, research, architecture & design, etc. At present, Art & Science of Self-Actualization is a result of continuous evolution over 14 batches, of its objectives, content, methodology and even nomenclature.

Inner Horizons represents and provides a sacred, powerful and healing Time-Space. It symbolises the heroic inward journey undertaken by every human being who chooses to pause and introspect. As such, the mission of Inner Horizons is to encourage and facilitate the pursuit of Self-Actualization in individuals and groups who are ready and willing to take responsibility for authentic and conscious living, and to impart the skill of facilitating the same process in others as well.

Venue:

Tranquil Minds, 3rd floor, Above Chroma Showroom, Rd # 36, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, A.P. For Directions: 040-2311-5000

Admissions Open for Batch XV (fifteen) Starting from Tue, July 3rd to Sat October 13th, 2012 Last Day for Registration: Thursday June 28, 2012 Course Fee:
Rs. 38,000/- (rupees thirty eight thousand only) All inclusive, payable in advance.