India: New Ways of Healing During the Festival of Lights
Program Overview
Join Learning Journeys for an educational immersion focusing on learning new methods to create a holistic approach to patient care as well as stress management tools for professional self-care.
Led by Kim Hall, Kimberly Hall, RN BS Administrator, Brighton Hospice Nevada, who shares vast professional knowledge and passion for teaching professionals’ new ways of working mindfully with patients and their families. India’s New Ways of Healing curriculum will teach professionals to move past cultural and socioeconomic, learning about healing in different cultures, and the acceptance of transition.
These powerful experiences can provide practitioners with knowledge of holistic approaches in patient care. The program will also heal the healer through restorative mindfulness, meditation, ayurveda and yoga, teaching new tools for stress management.
Exploring different cultural norms can aide the practitioner in attaching meaning to the experience when viewed from a new perspective, providing such a sacred level of care for self and others.
Program Type
Learning Level
Activity Level
Easy
What You Will Learn/Do
•Experience the Diwali Festival with a local family
•Akshardham Temple and Gandhi Museum in Delhi
•Visit to Taj Mahal and Agra Fort in Agra
•Boat ride on Ganges and participation in prayer in Varanasi
•Discussion on Hinduism and a visit to Kashi Mukti Bhawan in Varanasi
•Yoga sessions in Rishikesh
•Meet with an Ayurvedic doctor for discussion and a treatment
•Visit Ganga Prem Hospice in Rishikesh
•Local experience with a family in Haridwar
•Aarti Ceremony of Ganges in Rishikesh
Why This Program Is Unique
• Learning new ways of healing
• Personal transformation and restoration
• Experience traditions with a local family
How This Program Benefits The Local Community
We aim not only to provide you a once in lifetime glimpse of the country, but also to provide means of income to people from local communities. The experiences included employs marginalized and at-risk locals and trains them for a brighter tomorrow.
We will also be visiting NGOs , where the proceeds of income received are invested back into social programs to support them on their journey to a secure future. What better way to travel as well as give back to the society!
Program Itinerary
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