20 JAN

Pagoclone- promising?

Here is a post, received from Manish, via Akash, about Pagoclone trials.J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2010 Feb;30(1):48-56. Exploratory randomized clinical study of pagoclone in persistent developmental stuttering: the EXamining Pagoclone for peRsistent dEvelopmental Stuttering Study. Maguire G, Franklin D, Vatakis NG, Morgenshtern E, Denko T, Yaruss JS, Spotts C, Davis L, Davis A, Fox P, Soni […]

19 JAN

Way to santosh

Santosh is a member of Goa self help group. He has started a blog:http://waytosantosh.blogspot.com/As many healers know, writing can heal people. It helps you to bring the light of consciousness, into the dark unconscious corners- develop insights into what we did and continue to do; it helps us to accept ourselves better. Above all, it […]

18 JAN

Bangalore SHG meeting on 17-Jan-2010

Written by: Tanoy BattacharjeeIt was a cold morning with cold breeze blowing in all direction. Sudheendran picked me up @ 9.30 and we reached Cubbon park by 10. Amith soon joined us and there were no more members. In this meeting we discussed about our profession, about what we do and about opting for a […]

18 JAN

Pune SHG: the journey continues…

Hi All, we had a meet again yesterday with around eight people attending, all of them old faces with fresh vigor. we exchanged the pleasantries at the outset and sat down for the session. started of with some physical and relaxation methods including meditation. Then we had a slow reading session, where each one us […]

17 JAN

10 Day Workshop – Day 10

Morning jog, yoga, meditation as usual and a delicious break fast is how we started the day today. We were joined by Sumit from dehradun the previous evening, who was here to attend the 3 day workshop for children who stammer. We had to go to Lehman hospital, where we had to meet the out […]

15 JAN

10 Day Workshop – Day 9

We started our day as usual with a jog and a very comprehensive guided meditation by Raja Poladi for about an hour. Closing to the end of the workshop, we had a presentation by our Assistant trainer Mr. Jai Prakash Sunda, running through the topics covered in the entire course of the workshop. It was […]

14 JAN

10 Day Workshop – Day 8

Long trek the previous day and the climate really cold, we were in no mood for the morning jog excused ourselves and got an extra hour to sleep. We were joined by Mr.Raja Polladi from Hydrabad in the morning. The morning session was basically an wrap up of all the activites that we have been […]

14 JAN

Bangalore SHG meeting on 10-Jan-2010

I reached Cubbon Park by 10 AM. Karthik 1 had informed that he wouldn’t be coming. Tanoy contacted me in the morning and told that he also wouldn’t be coming. Amith had confirmed the participation in the morning. Soon after reaching the place I was joined by Vinay, Amith and Pramod. Amith informed us that […]

14 JAN

10 Day Workshop – Day 7

We woke up early in the morning anticipating what the day has in store for us today. We spent the previous night dreaming about our today activities which was going to be completely different from the activities we have been doing so far. We started the day with a cup of tea, packed our lunch […]

13 JAN

10 Day Workshop – Day6

Reluctant to get up in a chilly cold morning after a long evening ( we had to review our videos till late in the night)…but had to get up..after all this is why we all are here….had a good walk, a refreshing meditation hour with Dr.Sachin. He was familiarising us with visualisation and meditation. After […]

12 JAN

Bangalore SHG meeting on 03-Jan-2010

The first meeting of the Bangalore stammering SHG of the year 2010 was held on 03-Jan-2010 at Cubbon Park. As it was holiday time due to Christmas and New Year, I was expecting a low turnout. I reached the Park by 10 AM and went to the hut where we usually meet. Within a few […]

12 JAN

Tourrettes and stammering

I just finished watching “Front of the class”. It is a deeply moving / inspiring true story of a young man suffering from Tourrette’s syndrome. Tourrettes and Stammering have some similarities- Same genes are supposed to cause both the neurological problems. Both get worse during stress. Both get better when people around us understand the […]

11 JAN

10 Day Workshop – Day 5

We started with our usual daily routine with a nice jog along the canal, shouting out each other’s name sometimes, in the dark.We got back to our rooms and started with meditation followed by yoga and pranayam.After breakfast, we started with a recap of last 4 days and then practised bouncing and prolongation and also […]

11 JAN

Banglore group talks to media..

Dear all,The article about TISA has come in ‘The Hindu’ today under the column ‘Urban Rites’. It can be read at http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/11/stories/2010011157780200.htm .Regards,Sudheendran(Ed: Much Thanks to Banglore group- you have done it very well. Please thank the reporter on TISA’s behalf if you can.)

11 JAN

Classified Advertisement

Surat SHG published a classified advertisement in Sunday Times on 10/01/2010. It reads The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) is running a Self Help Group (SHG) in Surat for People Who Stammer (PWS). Interested PWS, their family members and Speech Therapist can contact the group coordinator Akash Acharya at 94261 48263 or [email protected] So far, I […]

10 JAN

10 day workshop – Day 4

Today morning was foggy but we liked our brisk walk.We started meditation before Dr. Sachin joined us.Sachin sir told us about pranayam and we practised it.later he told how to visualise positively (he pointed we visualise us stammering before we speak..why we don’t reverse of it.after having our breakfast,we all did video recording of telphone […]