Page 20 - Annual Report 2020

From the Desk of Regional

Coordinator West

Sonali Kelkar

The Western region held Basant in Feb 2020 at Dr. Modi’s Resort, Karjat. We held 4 BLHPs
and 1 ALHP and engaged with 45 participants and 10 faculty members. Due to the pandemic,
we were unable to hold Barkha, our monsoon event. However, we were glad to be able to
support and experiment with the online ECHO labs anchored by Dean Programs.

Monthly meetings and Learning sessions: We had monthly meetings in person in January
and February 2020. However with the pandemic, we shifted to the online medium and were
glad to see an enthusiastic response to the learning sessions.

Monthly Learning sessions were held for the WR as a whole. Additionally, the Pune chapter
held monthly online learning sessions under the mentorship of Aroon Joshi and Mukul Joshi.
Hence the WR has been conducting a minimum of 2 learning sessions per month

Here are some of the topics that were part of the learning sessions

• The power of ‘and’
• Values and I

• Vulnerability – what is it
• Exploring personal shadow in a T-Group

• Shame in T-groups
• Your mindfulness mantra
• Authority and I

• Hierarchies within me – part 1 & part 2
• Toxic emotions and how to manage them

• Job and role of the facilitator
• Scapegoating in process labs

• Exploring our individual and collective response to diversity of Sexuality – part 1 & part 2
• Body as an instrument to understanding the Self

• Anxiety in Human Process Labs

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