The Gurmat Therapy Experiential Program provides a sound foundation to the understanding and application of contemplative approaches in cultivating human health and wellbeing.
The Gurmat Therapy Experiential Program consists of tuition, independent study and residential retreats to learn and apply Gurmat therapeutic applications. This will ensure you have the skills and experience to practice competently and safely as a Gurmat psycho-spiritual therapist. Gurmat Therapy is profoundly transformative process of egoic deconstruction and reconstruction leading into the lived experience of practical mysticism.
Two stage training
Recommended two stage training structure.
Stage 1: Introduction to Gurmat Therapy – 1 day workshop
An introductory workshop will help you gain basic understanding and provide you with an overview of what Gurmat psycho-spiritual training involves and its application.
Stage 2: Gurmat Therapy
This second stage consists of two parts delivered jointly. One which focuses on evidence based experiential and practical application of Gurmat therapy, delivered by Dav Panesar, leading pioneer in meditation, mind, hriyda (heart based) and contemplative health interventions. The other, provides the underpinning philosophy and science of knowledge by the leading authority in Sikh Studies, Arvind-Pal Mandair, Professor of Sikh Studies, University of Michigan USA.
The course consists of tuition, independent study, experiential contemplative practices and 4 residential retreats that have been designed to develop your understanding and application of Gurmat based approaches to health, well being and human potential.
Gurmat therapy experiential contemplative practices carry a profound positive impacts on health, wellbeing, sense of self, lifestyle. transpersonal growth and self-development.
- Holistic psychological models
- Gurmat worldview
- Ego-centric Psychological models
- Gurmat Psychological and psycho-physiological models
- Psycho-spiritual continuum
- Gurmat theory of whole being health
- Klesha- Mental health and wellbeing
- Gurmat model of human being
- Cultivating human potential – from self-actualisation to self-sovereignty
- Nature of mind
- Nature of Hau and Haumai ( Ego-complex)
- Nature of unhealthy psychological states
- Consciousness, awareness and nature of existence
- Khands – States and stages of consciousness
- Dasam Dwar
- Metaphysics of Prana
- Nature of mysticism
- Mind-heart-body science and mind-body medicine
- Process of transpersonal development and growth
- Contra-indications and growth indicators
- Spiritual Health
- Extraordinary experiences
- Nature of 18 Riddi and Siddhis
- Entheogens and transpersonal states
- Gurmat Experiential Practices, including:-
- Hridya Medicine – Hriyda Science Levels I – V
- Symran – Wholesome-mindfulness
- Naam Symran – Shabd, Surt & Pure Consciousness Experience (PCE)
- Exploring, activating the three (3) bodies
- Reducing the impact of unhealthy psychological states
- Cultivating positive psychology – Gunn
- Contra-indications associated with mindfulness based approaches
- Spiritual emergence and spiritual emergency
- Gyan States
Duration of Gurmat Therapy Experiential Program: 30 months
12 workshops
Direct learning tuition hours= 144 + hrs
Direct practical learning residential retreats = 288 + hrs
Accreditation – The Gurmat Therapy courses are accredited by the founders and developers of the courses, Professor Arvind Pal Mandair & Davinder Singh Panesar
The Gurmat psycho-spiritual mindfulness & meditation courses are accredited through the Institute of Mindfulness and Transpersonal Psychology
Suitable for all health professionals, counsellors & therapists
- Outline outcomes: Successful participants
- Have successfully completed the full course to be qualified as Gurmat Psycho-Spiritual Therapist
- Have a critical understanding of the main contemporary approaches to the Eastern and Western encounter in psychology and spirituality.
- Develop in-depth knowledge and experience in Gurmat psychology and its applications, Gurmat Metaphysics and practical mysticism
- Apply Gurmat psycho-spiritual perspectives to one or more socially engaged pursuits (e.g., mental health, psycho-spiritual health, community activism, ecopsychology, spiritual counselling
- Understand the dynamics of psycho-spiritual development, transpersonal growth and its relevance for personal growth
- Gurmat Therapy is a profoundly transformative process of egoic deconstruction and reconstruction leading into practical lived experience of mysticism
- Apply Gurmat therapy professionally as therapists, facilitators, psycho-spiritual counsellors or social change.
- All interested participants will be guided and supported in designing and delivering their own bespoke psycho-spiritual mindfulness based courses, including the 8 week, 12 week courses and workshops, based on the highly successful Mindfulness Based Intervention (MBi, MBSR & MBCT). (Results of Gurmat Mindfulness Based Intervention)
- The bespoke Gurmat Therapy contemplative practices can give rise to altered states and stages of Consciousness, extraordinary and supercognitive experiences leading to conscious practical living