Janani R.

Globally certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher under a course accredited by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Professional mindfulness-based Counselor under the Complementary Therapists Accreditation Association, and member of the International Association of Therapists. Also, certified CBRT (Compassion-based Resilience Training) Teacher and Yoga Teacher (200-hour YTT accredited by the Yoga Alliance).

I have been practicing meditation and mindfulness for more than 22 years and teaching for the past 8 years. I offer mindfulness-based programs and coaching services to adults, families, children and youth. Worked with clients from local and international cross-cultural environments.

I experienced my own personal healing, transforming from being an unhappy, anxious and stressed person to a calm and peaceful person. So, I can relate to others who are experiencing similar conditions, and strive to help them to manage their emotions better and live healthy lives.

My programs and coaching services are based on modern research and studies on mindfulness and neuroscience, while being rooted in the ancient traditions of spirituality. They are deep and powerful, yet simple, practical and hands-on using stories, games, activities and real-life simulations to capture the attention of the learners.

Students have reported that post sessions, they feel calmer, more relaxed, appreciate and enjoy life more, develop resilience and are better-equipped to face life challenges, and overall, experience improved well-being.

Note: I am not aligned with any particular religion and believe in secular spiritualism.

PRACTICES
The following are some of the meditation and mindfulness practices that I practise and teach.

• Body scan meditation
• Breath meditation
• Heart-centred meditation
• RAIN
• Loving kindness meditation
• Compassion practices like Tonglen meditation, practising common humanity, etc.
• Forgiveness and gratitude
• Visualization or Imagery
• Chanting
• Diya or candle meditation
• Meditation on silence or space
• Watching the mind thoughts passively and non-judgementally
• Present moment awareness – Being in the now and paying full attention to the present moment.
• Inner awareness of thoughts, feelings and body sensations.
• Identifying and labelling our feelings and their corresponding body sensations.
• Awareness of strong thoughts or emotions and managing them.
• Acceptance and surrender to the present moment, letting go.
• Practical mindfulness – applying in daily life situations or challenges
• Gentle mindfulness movements or yoga

My profile as below –

A brief about my background (this may surprise you),I am a Chartered Accountant with more than fifteen years of experience with the corporate multi-nationals. I suffered intense stress and burnout during my corporate career, and so I resorted to meditation and mindfulness practices. Consequently, my stress reduced significantly, and was replaced by a deep calm, acceptance and serenity.

This inner peace and joy that I discovered within myself, led me to quit my lucrative career as a Chartered Accountant, and pursue my inner calling to become a teacher of mindfulness and use it to improve people’s lives. To spread this beautiful message and joy to others as well became my mission in life.

This, I believe is the most important gift a person can ever receive in life, one that is life-changing and transformational, into the best we can ever be.

So, I am reaching out to you, to teach mindful living and meditation to you also and transform your life for the better. Please let me know if you are interested. Happy to connect and discuss with you further on this.

CERTIFICATIONS
* Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher from Zenways, accredited by the International Mindfulness Teachers Association.
* Professional Counselling Certification under the Complementary Therapists Accreditation Association, and member of the International Association of Therapists.
* Compassion Based Resilience Teacher (CBRT) with the Nalanda Institute of Contemplative Sciences.
* Certified Yoga Teacher (200-hours YTT) from Bodsphere, accredited by the Yoga Alliance.
* Compassion Cultivation Training (developed at the Stanford University) from the Compassion Education Alliance.
* Mindfulness for Life (MBCT-L) from the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford.