"I always thought meditation was hard before I started meditating with Kalpana. She made meditation an easy non-judgemental experience. What I like best is how she combines Buddhist teachings and mindfulness into her meditation sessions. Meditation gives me a sense of calm and a sense of community with fellow human beings. A feeling that all will be right and this too shall pass. Mindfulness puts things in perspective. "
Sudha Iyer
“I have been part of the Sunday circle classes, with Kalpana, for 2 years now. Kalpana’s classes always start with meditation. Next, there is a check-in with her students on their inner weather. This is followed by practical tips and techniques to handle day to day living and ends with teachings from Buddhist philosophy. The meditation techniques (walking, sitting, etc) can be practiced at home and the various different tools like journaling, breathing techniques are very helpful in calming the mind. The Buddhist philosophy opens up the mind to a different way of looking at life. These tools have been particularly helpful during these extraordinary times. With a full house, I see myself turning to it more often to calm the inner chaos. Over the last 2 years, I sense a shift in me. I am more forgiving of myself and my family. I am now starting to see how it’s important to enjoy the moment than to worry about the future or be embroiled in the past.”
Shoba Iyer
“Like Aristotle said “knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” It helps me understand how do I feel, why do I feel that way, what emotions I have, how to manage the negative emotions. It helps me with stress, anxiety, and focus. We can do it anytime, anywhere. I noticed a lot of benefits especially during difficult times, helping me understand I can’t control how others think or feel but I can control how I feel. loved doing the 21 days of meditation challenge, it was great to create a daily habit. Thank you, Kalpana! I am very grateful for your teaches, your time, and guidance.”
Claudia Lau Robinson
“Teaching our mind how to focus and be at present is not at all easy, as it's a challenging task no doubt! It's an act of consciously focusing our mind on the present moment. Yes, mindfulness practices help me to regulate emotions and to lessen anxiety, fear, and depression. It helped me to focus my attention on my thoughts and feelings without judgment. It makes me calm, peaceful, and helps me in making decisions.nBy practicing mindfulness I improved in a few aspects like being fully present at the moment and also enjoying that moment. This "be in the moment " needs a good attitude, concentration, practice, in everyday life like-paying attention to the body, mind, taste, smell, touch, and whatever activity we do. This will enhance the concept of impermanence of life.
Gowri Ramakrishnan
“The mindfulness helps me a lot during the quarantine with my anxiety and still helping me. I feel now I can control more myself. Thank you so much for all your help.”
Tania Brasil
“It was the very first time that I could understand the meaning of the word mindfulness when I attended Kalpana's first class. I had been practicing yoga but mindfulness never seemed to be of much importance. After attending a few of her sessions, I was able to bring it into my regular practice of yoga. Going further, attending Kalpana's classes consistently, my practice was deepened, with bringing the concept of impermanence and letting go. Life started feeling light and simple to the extent that now any happy moment does not make me utmost happy nor will any sad moment make me utmost sad. Kalpana's examples of her own life during the class co-relates so much with my life incidents and as a matter of fact, with everyone's life.
Sindhu Singal
”Kalpana Galagali introduced me to mindfulness meditation 1 yr 3 months back. It was an eye-opener into the possibilities of finding meaning and presence in simple moments. Even the feeling of breathing and the sound of the heartbeat was suddenly full of life and worth listening to. All of this took my mind off even for brief moments from the habitual cyclical patterns of unskillful thinking. Every meditation session, guided and self, left me with the calmness and energy to take on situations with new ideas. Kalpana taught me how to handle stress and anxiety, by being mindful of its effects on the body. This was a great technique to not get into a resistance cycle with emotions. Kalpana is a shining example of how meditation cultivates our minds. During her battle with health, it struck me how she was handling with such calmness even when the rest of us were overcome with anxiety about her recovery. Even in those highly challenging times, she was guiding my wife in her professional career.”
Sreekumar Seshadri