Implementation Mainly in India

Problem based learning:

Problem based learning’s objective is to focus on a specific problem related to any activity or area.

Interactive dialogue:

Such dialogue is based on the principle of equality.

Participatory assessment:

Participatory assessment is designed to help us to understand the problem, its possible solutions, mode of implementation of the program to solve the problem and also to assess the contribution of the people for whom the program is going to work.

Participatory study and observation:

PSO will be for the visitors both from India and abroad who would like to visit Samagra, go to the field area to observe the work done, or study the general environment and culture of the place.

Participatory work:

Without active participation, people may become passive recipient of goods and services, which would increase their dependence on charity rather than encourage them to become self reliant in the future.

Functioning Levels of Samagra

Resource center:

Samagra resource centre will plan and conduct various training workshops depending on Samagra needs and demands from other organization.

Physical Health:

Health training workshops will be primarily for village health workers and village midwives who may belong to Samagra or come from other organizations.

Mental health:

participants will learn the basic concepts of emotional and cognitive/intellectual health, how to recognize some major mental health problems including depression, anxiety and schizophrenia, and how to refer them to the appropriate centers or healers.

Spiritual health:

Spiritual health training will make participants aware of the importance of maintaining cultural traditions which are contributing to the well being of the people. Income generation: Trainees will learn to form co-operatives, arrange small scale loans, manufacture specific quality products and do the book keeping.

Acupuncture:

A 300 hour training program will be organized to train health professionals or others who have a biology background, in the science and art of acupuncture. Yoga, Meditation and Authentic Self: Canada/India These workshops will be appropriate for health professionals who want to familiarize themselves with the theory and practice of integral health, for those who are sick, and for those who want to explore mind-body connections.

Integral evolution workshops: Canada/India

These workshops may be of 5 to 7 days duration, during which the meaning of Dharma and the experience of Dharma as Sat-chit- Ananda (Existence-Awareness-Bliss) will be explored through an interactive dialogue.

Other Workshops: both Canada/India

Freedom from Fear
Path of Self Actualization: Chakras and Kundalini Energy
Meditation: A Path of Healing and Transformation
Energy Medicine: Joy of Healing
Archetype and Constitution: A Journey into Self-knowledge