The Newz Radar
MANDI: The Mandi unit of the Art of Living is organising a two-day “Intuition Process” programme for children in the city. Beginning Saturday (July 13, 2024), this programme has been introduced for children and teenagers between the age of five and 18 years. Children are divided into two groups to make the programme relevant to their understanding.
Giving details about the programme, Leena Sharma, faculty, Art of Living intuition programme, said that this programme is designed to improve grasping power of children on a subject because of heightened curiosity and better reasoning abilities. Such programmes enable children to develop a problem-solving mentality, learn new languages fluently, think originally and also understand and appreciate ideas generated by others. It helps them develop a feeling of service towards others other than feeling sensitive and respectful about diversity and differences. It helps them interact and build rapport with others in a healthy and open manner.
Leena, who has 15 years of experience in children and teens’ self-development and school staff programmes, shared that “Intuition Process” is based on ancient yogic techniques and incorporates various exercises along with meditation. It helps tap into the intuitive abilities of the mind. In this programme, children are introduced to activities such as blindfold colour identification, reading and games, which help participants to access and use intuition, she shared.
“The intuition process helps children tap the mind’s possibilities safely. It enables the mind to perceive beyond the five senses and access intuition or the sixth sense,” said Leena. “Having a strong and well-developed intuition helps you take good decisions, communicate better and builds confidence. Intuition aids discovery and innovation. It has shown to better academic performance and interpersonal relationships,” she explained.
One of the most ancient references to intuition lies in one of India’s oldest epics Mahabharata. During the great battle of Kurukshetra, the king’s adviser and charioteer Sanjay narrates all the events of the ongoing battle to the blind king Dhritarashtra with his powers of intuition. His divine sight helped the king ‘see’ the events of the battlefield in real time.
The programme advises the children to devote 15-25 minutes to home practice every day. With regular practice, children and parents have reported an improvement in their intuitive abilities. It is the basis of the breakthroughs that the children have experienced.
Seventeen-year-old Sanskriti More from Maharashtra, blind since birth, who recently won a bronze medal in Asian Para Olympics in Open Chess Competition, regularly practises the Art of Living’s Intuition Process. As a teenager, she participated in multiple sessions of the Intuition Process, which brought her significant benefits. She shared that before doing the programme, she needed to touch objects to feel them. However, after completing the Intuition Programme, she can now recognise objects without touching them, thanks to a remarkable enhancement of her sixth sense. This programme has also enabled her to play chess blindfolded.
