2. G-Connect presents Heartfulness Workshops for:
Central & State government organizations
Government Departments
Public sector companies
Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, CISF, CRPF, ITBP, BSF, SAF, Railways ...

3. Plan of the presentation
Approach
Workshop
Data Capture
Follow up

4. Approach

5. Who can approach a governmental organization?
An abhyasi working in the organization
An abhyasi who has been in touch with the organization
The organization having heard about Heartfulness from another source
Minister Of Dairy devlopment BV Ramana from TIruvallur

6. Preparation Be well prepared
Read the different step from the workflow to understand the whole process (see next slide)
Read the FAQ for facilitators that conveys a lot of experience

9. Material needed for approach
There are some PPT and printed material that you may bring to the first meeting. You can request them at
All the steps for the approach are detailed in the G-Connect folder

10. Some specifics We present ourselves as from SRCM
SRCM’s affiliation to UNDPI
Approach Ministers /Secretaries/ IAS /officials /HR having a reach to a large number of people
Other connects like C-Connect present themselves as SMSF.
Mentioning our association with UN can be important in governmental organizations.

11. Prepare your team Once a tentative date is givne, prepare your team.
You will need to find:
1 coordinator
1 preceptor
1 person in charge of follow up
If the group is not too small you can invite one person for observation and training
If possible involve the person who has been the contact person for the apprach

12. Prepare your material Prepare your material well in advance:
You will need:
Bookmarks with relaxation technique (in appropriate language)
Rack cards for participants
Notebooks and Pens
Relaxation script photocopies in languages other than English if needed.
Heartfulness Welcome cards
Welcome Card Forms
Notebooks: to be distributed to the participants to note down their findings. HFN is printing notebooks in different formats that will soon be available in all centers. You can also purchase small pocket notebooks to be distributed to all.
The material should be available in your centre. If not, contact us and we will make our best to have it reach your centre as fast as possible.

13. WORKSHOPS

14. Initial sessions
The first three sessions are same in all Connects: HFN workshops
Some team include a specific topic to each session, like time management, stress management, Health and meditation
These topics can be taken later during the follow up sessions

15. Session 1 (Day 1) Short Talk Meditation (Placebo)
Relaxation leading to Meditation with transmission
Filling feedback cards
Announcing the next session

16. Session 2 (Day 2)
Taking up questions and clarifications from Feedback cards
Relaxation leading to Meditation with transmission
Signing on attendance sheet
Asking for Passport photo for HFN Welcome card
Announcing the next session

17. Session 3 (Day 3) Relaxation leading to Meditation with transmission
Taking up questions and clarifications if any
Signing on attendance sheet
Distribution of HFN Welcome cards
Announcing the follow up sessions

18. Coordinator Introduces the team
Connects with the audience appropriately in a 10 min speech
Keeps track of time during the entire session.
Wraps up the session and invite participants for the next session.
Stays in touch with the organization for further sessions and for follow up session

19. Preceptor Explains the 3 steps of the experience
Meditation on the light in the heart (10 min), noting observation in notebook
Relaxation leading to
Meditation on Divine light in the Heart (20 min: first sitting) noting down observation in notebook.
NB: session 2 and 3 – there is no placebo meditation, only relaxation leading to meditation

20. Follow up person Makes sure that all feedback cards are returned
Enters the data and prepares the printed attendance sheet for session 2 and 3
Has 3 days to find the best way for the follow up to happen for each participant
To design a person in charge of the follow up from the beginning will bring the best result to the program: it is easy to start a workshop but it is difficult to do the follow up. We MUST start each program thinking only about how we are going to sustain the practice for the participants. The strategy may vary from one group/organization to another.

21. DATA CAPTURE

22. Important There are files to be filled up on day 1 Send to
Participants will receive a Thank you and Welcome automatically

23. On day 2
Take attendance from a print of the list that you have entered
Ask participants to check their details
Check how many sittings they have got
Create a SMS group/Whatsapp group
Many in G-Connect don’t have/share s so phone numbers are important

24. On day 3 Be ready to hand over HFN Welcome cards
Fill Welcome cards number in the excel sheet from Day1
Send all the details completed again to the same addresses

25. FOLLOW UP

26. Plan Plan the follow up right from the approach phase
If you have only a 3-day session, you will need to give each participant a preceptor’s address according to their residence
You may have follow up sessions in the organization, once a week, at least for 8 weeks

27. Follow up sessions
You can use the ‘stages in the practice’ available on the Heartfulness Content site
You may want to include a few appropriate topics according to the organization, like time management, Stress Management, Meditation and Health, Science and Spirituality…
Some sample PPT will be available on the content site soon

28. Follow up sessions
At the end of the follow up sessions, the participants should know the entire Sahaj Marg practice: Meditation, Cleaning, Prayer
Have been connected with a local preceptor
Have received and maybe visited the local satsang centre/the ashram if any.

29. What we need in your region:
Coordinator in each centre with exclusive focus
Volunteers with roles defined: approach, facilitator, speaker, data entry

30. Contact us:
For Content, material and data capture Dolly Nicolai : Process, attitude & approach, tabulation of data and reporting Christian Duerr: Strategy & newer avenues R. Srinivasan: Enrolment of the team & follow-up Satbir Bakshi: