The Program
The program is led by Preeti Vasudevan and guests, starting with a session called Body as Memory. This is an invitation to embark on a journey of self-discovery, a unique leadership development experience that goes beyond traditional training methods.
Drawing on the wisdom of ancient Eastern practices and contemporary Western approaches, we guide you to explore the stories held within your body, uncovering the hidden narratives that have shaped your leadership journey. Key elements of the session include:
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Embodied Confidence:
Through movement and breath-work drawn from diverse traditions, we'll help you build confidence by connecting with your body, reframing self-perception, building ‘body confidence’ and embracing vulnerability.
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Emotional Mastery:
Explore the eight "rasas" or emotional states from Indian aesthetics to deepen your understanding of your emotional landscape and develop resilience in challenging times.
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Authentic Presence:
Cultivate a leadership presence that inspires trust and connection by aligning your inner self with your outer expression, communicating with clarity, confidence, and compassion.
Body as Memory is a transformative journey of self-discovery. It's an opportunity to connect with your inner story, deep cultural wisdom, embrace your vulnerabilities, and emerge as a more authentic and impactful leader.
Other elements of the program will include:
Word of
the Day
Guests will write a word on a card that represents their thoughts on leadership. Each guest will share their thoughts behind the word. Then, all the cards will then be pasted on a wall in the studio for everyone to view.
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The words will be reflective guides for that day’s approach to the workshops (for example, if the word is ‘tree’ then you will use the concept of the tree in a workshop of movement, voice expression and emotions to find core traits and attributes through that association). At the end of day the guests will come back to reflect on their word and journal their journey through that word.
Unearthing your story
We'll guide you on an archeological dig into your personal history, uncovering the experiences and emotions that have shaped your unique leadership journey. Led by Preeti as part of her Body as Memory series, we will work on prime emotions that we operate with everyday to better understand our habits and help rebalance how we respond to situations and people.
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This workshop can be very fun and surprising as we untangle our own narratives through the lens of each prime emotion (love, anger, sadness, fear, courage, etc). Preeti uses the traditional techniques of Indian theater to explore these emotional states through personal narratives.
The power
of sound
Through guided exploration of rhythm, voice, and collective sound-making, we'll discover how sound becomes a bridge for human connection. We work with the natural musicality we all possess to transform how we interact and express ourselves. This workshop creates surprising moments of connection as participants learn to use their voice and body as instruments, building from simple rhythms to spontaneous group compositions.
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Through call-and-response, vocal improvisation, and body percussion, we explore how music naturally breaks down social barriers and enhances our ability to read and respond to others.
Unleashing your inner ‘surprise’ leader
What kind of a leader are you? Do you know? Can you surprise yourself? The last day is a fun-filled ‘lab’, where guests have to choose a character and place that defines their leadership role. ‘Picked from a hat’, the choices are usually unusual and a surprise.
The guests utilize skills they have learnt from the previous days and curate their leadership role and play their role as leaders with the group, taking turns in their assumed ‘character’ roles (for example, a chef, a time traveller, a circus master, a rocket scientist, being Mozart, Shakespeare etc).