New experiments in my life

2 दिसम्बर 2015 – अपने आफिस में विशेष आवश्यकता वाले बच्चों के लिए सांस्कृतिक कार्यक्रम एवं खेलकूद प्रतियोगिता आयोजित करवाने की जिम्मेदारी मेरी थी। मैंने पहले ही से पूरी तैयारी कर लिया था। मुझे सचिन सर की एक बात याद थी। उन्होंने एक बार कहा था- दूसरे से उम्मीद मत करो, जितना तुम खुद कर […]

Delhi SHG 6th Dec Meeting Report

Members were – (LtoR) Chetan, Daksh, Krati, Mustak, Ravi, Suleman, Vishal, Vikas, Newbie, Devapreeta What to say? Meeting was so amazing as it was not only stick to practice and talking but it had lot of ingredients of knowing each other with a cup of coffee and after that walk in the streets of CP’s […]

BANGALORE SHG – 06 12 15

HI! After a long gap I attended the weekly SHG at Cubbon Park. As usual it was a cloudy breezy morning out there. (Ghost of depression is refuse to depart) Attendants : Soma – the coordinator, Pramod, Akash, Naman, Bharat, Sharath, Hari Krishna, Balaji, Anita and Ruben. Amongst them Balaji is the new entrant and […]

A Rejuvenating Sunday Morning

We had a fun-filled and fruitful meeting yesterday in Panaji. The meeting was attended by Dnyanesh, Siddharth, Sachin, Rajesh and Harish. Following were the highlights of the meeting: We started by introducing not ourselves, but any other members in the group. Positive Sharing: We all shared one positive incident / thing in our lives. This […]

Mumbai SHG Meeting #104

Host: Dhruv, Co-host Chinmay Participants: Prachi, Kaushal, Jayesh, Akshay, Nikhil, Chinmay, Dhruv Here was the plan for the SHG today:  1:45 – 2: Ice-breaker, Page 9 in Creative Facilitation Techniques, Nikhil  2-2:15: Social Contract: Chinmay & Dhruv, Create a safe space 2-15-3: Childhood shame – people share stories, and do impromptu skits/performances to face these […]

Donations & Expenses

Hi all! In the TISA spirit of transparency, here are the donations for TISA on Milaap & Indiegogo, and expenses for activities that use these funds:A BIG THANK YOU to all those who donated to TISA through these campaigns. You can see who donated by clicking on the Milaap & Indiegogo links. And a BIG THANK YOU to Jugal […]

Delhi SHG Meeting at Central park on 6th Dec

All Delhi NCR members are invited  Venue : Central Park, Infront of Rajiv Chowk Metro station gate no 6. Timing : 11 am to 1 am Host : Vishal Gupta Expected Members : 12  Agenda : Telephonic Round and Stranger talk for any query contact Vishal @8447490753

Banana cut cut cut in Bangalore !!!

The Crew: Jonali,Soma,Anita,Sharath,Hari,Sudhanshu,Teja,Nishil,Mohit Anita was the first to reach the venue and welcomed rest of the group as they came by. We started off with the introduction round. The bread and butter of each person who has to do this in front of any stranger in daily life. Next was the extempore , 2 minutes […]

Congrats Mansi!!….oops Dr. Mansi

I met with Mansi around 9 months before. We were in the same hostel even in the same floor in IISc, but didn’t know each other (fate of Ph.D students, busy all time in lab only). After that, we connected through TISA and became friends, shared our feelings about stammering, talked a lot with each […]

Mumbai Workshop (Peer Counseling, Group facilitation)

Resources used: Peer counseling Presentation; Group facilitation skills; Broken squares Online resources for further reading on facilitation skills (link 1, link 2) Sunday (the last day): Jugal, Dhruv and myself- we tried our hands at shooting some funny videos, using soft toys – and then, some serious discussion on stammering: its nature, way forward and is […]

Delhi SHG Meeting 29th November at Central Park

Everyone is invited for next Delhi SHG meet at Central Park, Connaught place (Infront of Rajiv Chowk Metro station gate no 6 ). Meeting will start sharply at 11 am. Date: 29th Nov 2015Time: 11 am – 2pmVenue: Central Park (Near Flag), Connaught Place (CP), New Delhi Host: Dhruv Arora (9999642189)Co-Host: Daksh Kapoor (8376949397) Agenda:1. […]

Jaipur SHG meeting report 22/11/2015

हैलो दोस्तों! हर बार की तरह सेल्फ हेल्प की प्रेरणा लिये जयपुर SHG समुह रविवार को 2pm पर सेन्ट्रल पार्क, जयपुर पहुंचा। हम सब एक-एक करके मीटिंग की प्रस्तावित जगह पर पहुंचे। सबसे पहले चन्द्रप्रकाश, उसके बाद मैं, फिर सौम्या और अंत में रवि कान्त जी पहुंचे। पवन मीणा जी, जो की अजमेर से जयपुर […]

Share your gift..

Hey Gals and Guys, I am working with Andrila, who made this video.. I got all the answers wrong! I would love to hear from anyone of you who can pass this quiz. If you do, please leave a comment here.. or there..! You will get your reward in the next NC.. BTW, I just […]

Acceptance and courage

Its been almost 2.5 years since I came across the concept of acceptance. So I wonder what has changed in between.            Before coming across TISA, I used to practice slow speech/prolongation. I learnt it from one of the “cure” speech therapists. I observed that I spoke well with my friends […]

Skype version 2.1.0.2.3

Skype call heads up, Since longtime we have Skype call going on and here people were practicing speech. We are doing number of activities on call. Like, 1. Introduction 2. Paragraph reading3. Group discussion4. Interview round5. Table topicsand may more activities. If anyone like to join the call and talk with other PWS members then please […]

TISA Hyderabad Chapter meeting on 22-11-2015

Hello Friends, You are welcome to THE INDIAN STAMMERING ASSOCIATION Self Help Group meetings.These meetings will make you know what stammering is about and how we can control our speech patterns in day to day life.Here We Stammer at Ease.It is proved that if we stammer with easiness then stammering can be dissolved from speech.We […]