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Mindful Beginnings: Starting the New Year with Awareness

Participants will explore the concept of mindfulness as a foundation for meaningful new beginnings. The session will highlight how thoughts, emotions, habits, and unconscious patterns from the past influence the way we enter a new year. Key concepts such as present-moment awareness, intention setting, emotional regulation, and self-compassion will be discussed. Participants will also learn simple, practical mindfulness techniques to reduce mental clutter, manage stress, and create a balanced and intentional start to the year—both personally and professionally.
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Jan 31, 2026
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Understanding Mindful Beginnings
Gain a deeper understanding of what it truly means to begin mindfully rather than rushing into goals and resolutions. Participants will learn how autopilot living, unresolved emotions, and unrealistic expectations affect motivation and well-being, and how mindfulness helps create clarity, grounding, and intentional growth.
Emotional Awareness: Resetting the Mind for the New Year
This section helps participants recognize emotional patterns, mental fatigue, and stress carried forward from the previous year. Participants will practice simple mindfulness and breathing techniques to calm the nervous system, manage emotional triggers, and respond to the new year with balance rather than overwhelm.
Building Mindful Habits and Intentions
Learn practical strategies to build mindful habits and set meaningful intentions instead of rigid resolutions. Activities such as mindful intention setting, gratitude reflection, grounding exercises, and brief daily mindfulness practices will be shared. The emphasis is on small, sustainable practices that support a calm, purposeful, and emotionally healthy year ahead.
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Upcoming events

Join Praan's transformative events - webinars, seminars, and workshops. Open doors to mental well-being. Together, let's build a compassionate community for a brighter future.
Jan 31, 2026
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Mindful Beginnings: Starting the New Year with Awareness
This webinar focuses on mindful beginnings, helping participants start the new year with clarity, awareness, and emotional balance by cultivating presence, intention, and self-compassion.
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Feb 28, 2026
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Understanding Social Anxiety: Building Confidence in Social Situations
This webinar explores social anxiety and its psychological roots, helping participants understand how fear of judgment and self-doubt impact social interactions, confidence, and emotional well-being.
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Mar 28, 2026
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Overthinking: Understanding and Breaking the Thought Cycle
This webinar explores overthinking and its psychological roots, helping participants understand how repetitive and excessive thoughts affect emotions, decisionmaking, and overall well-being.
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Past Events

Previous events

Take a look at a snapshot of some of our past activities.
Jun 14, 2025
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VIP Orientation
We kicked off the VIP journey with a warm and insightful orientation, welcoming our new volunteers into a space of learning, reflection, and connection. It set the tone for what’s to come — growth, purpose, and community.
May 31, 2025
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Offline Workshop
Canvas Within
It was a workshop on expressive art therapy curated for the residents of Boston Living by the Praan team.
May 24, 2025
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Break free from Anxiety
This webinar helps participants understand anxiety better and equips them with coping strategies and tools to address and effectively manage anxiety.
Apr 26, 2025
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Let's Talk Autism: Facts, Feels, and Fresh Perspectives
In recognition of April as World Autism Awareness Month, this webinar delves into a deeper understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It empowers caregivers with tools for acceptance, promotes the well-being of children with autism, and provides actionable support strategies.
Mar 22, 2025
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Accelerate Action: Harnessing Creativity
The webinar is designed to celebrate and empower women in honour of International Women’s Day by promoting self-awareness, breaking through barriers, and using creativity for personal growth and empowerment.
Mar 18, 2025
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Offline Workshop
Finding Happiness, Caregivers Workshop - Dean foundation
Praan conducted a workshop for the caregivers at Dean Foundation, Chennai. The focus was on small, sustainable shifts, reframing everyday moments, cultivating gratitude, and embracing self-compassion.
Mar 17, 2025
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Happiness and Fulfilment - Sony Workshop
Praan conducted an engaging and interactive workshop for Sony India in Chennai, focusing on exploring the science of happiness and fulfilment through the lens of the PERMA model
Mar 8, 2025
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"Empowering BeYOUtiful Minds: A Discussion on Women's Mental Wellness" - Toastmasters Workshop
As part of International Women’s Day celebrations, Praan had the honor of speaking at the Toastmasters Club in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on March 8th, 2025. Our counselling psychologist, Mrunal Bakshi, delivered an insightful talk on "Empowering BeYOUtiful Minds: A Discussion on Women's Mental Wellness.”
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