Pune SHG Meet

Dear all! We had a fun SHG meeting in Pune today. Thanks to all who came. We followed the TISA SHG Manual, and did Session 1. You can watch the youtube videos of all participants here: Amit on Fitness 1 Amit on Fitness 2 Ameya on Eating Healthy 1 Ameya on Eating Healthy 2 Chandan […]

Mysore SHG Meeting, 23rd Sep 2017

Venue: Cheluvamba Park (opp. Akashvani) Time: 11am We started with a session of meditation, by paying attention to our breathing. Then had some general discussion on stammering and what difficulties stammerers face in their day to day life. Next, we did relay storytelling session, by selecting a topic on the spot and dragging it upto […]

1 St SHG meet in Bhilwara

So , finally our first at meet is happened in Bhilwara , it might be for 15 minutes but it give us time to practice techniques and sharing our experience regarding stammering , with kavish mantri from Mumbai SHG team . We introduced each other then practiced techniques like bouncing , voluntary stammering , sometimes […]

Mumbai SHG: A beautiful moment…

Aaj ki SHG meet mein, family-wala feeling aiya… Participants (from right): Ashok Agicha (Ashu), Bharat Soni, Jayesh Patil, Bhavana Patil, Dhruv Gupta Meeting ke pele, I was lying in my bed – not happy with the world. Meeting ke bad – I feel great! I was feeling lonely; a common human emotion. Meeting TISA friends, […]

Storytelling by Shobhit

Fishbone Collective invites you to a storytelling session by Shobhit Singh on Sunday 10th September 9 AM onwards. The meeting place would be small hut(where the SHG meeting usually happens), Cubbon Park, Bangalore. Entry free. Please do come and get your friends too. Shobhit will be telling stories written by Munshi Premchand and Saadat Hasan Manto This storytelling is for adults only.     […]

Mysore SHG Meeting 3rd September 2017

It was a typical monsoon morning in Mysore, but thanks to nature, as the time for SHG meeting came close, sky became clearer. We met at Cheluvamba Park at 10:15am. Coordinator: Suvadip No. of participants: 3 (Deepesh, Deepak, Suvadip) We started with introduction using prolongation. Next item was Relay Storytelling round, in which we instantly […]

Pune SHG – 3rd Sept 2017

SHG Meeting 3rd Sept. 2017 Venue: Senior Citizen Hall, Dhole Patil Road, Pune I reached the venue at 10:25, Satyendra and Amit were already there, we three then greeted each other. We then moved inside as it was the time for the meeting. Afterward, Kunal and Vipul came. We began the meeting by introducing ourselves. […]

Mumbai Hangouts & Vipassana

TISA MUMBAI SHG ORGANISED ITS 3 RD SHG MEET Members participated – 1. Dhruv 2. Bhawna 3. Hitesh 4. Sourabh 5. Bhupendra 6. Kavish 7.Sandesh ( for first half ) So we first started with open sharing round , in which everyone shared there experience as Bhawna shared her experience how she confidently given her […]

Organizing an Event?

2017 has been an eventful year for TISA! Many local SHGs have come forward and taken the initiative to organize workshops and mini-seminars to help the PWS community. This is a great service and certainly a BIG contribution to what TISA stands for- “self help”. We invite more SHG coordinators to come forward and organize […]

Mumbai SHG Meeting Summary – 13/08/2017

Theme Of Meeting: If I was Prime Minister…. Time: 2.30 PM to 6.30 PM (Meeting got extended 🙂 ) Venue: YMCA Ghatkopar, Pant Nagar, Mumbai Meeting Manager: Dhruv Total members present:08+01(Abhinav from Pune, who has come specially to attend Mumbai SHG) Agenda: ***************************************************************************************************** Summary: Meeting started at around 2.35 PM with general discussion. For better understanding, we paired […]

Mysore SHG Meeting 30th July’2017

Mysore SHG PWS at Cheluvamba Park met once again this fine Sunday morning in order to put another leap towards acceptance and awareness. Coordinator: Deepak No. of participants: 7 The meeting started around 10AM with a round of introduction using very slow prolongation followed by moderate prolongation. Ningappa recorded a video so that we can […]

Mysore SHG Meeting 9th July’2017

The lot awaited Mysore SHG started finally, with a headcount of three members. Participants: Deepesh, Avinash, Suvadip(myself) We started with basic introduction round. Deepesh shared his experience on the previous TISA National Conference which was held at Goa, last year. We are glad to have such an experienced person between us, who is associated with […]

TISA Mangalore SHG Meet—1: The Dawn

The first meeting of The Indian Stammering Association (TISA)—Mangaluru Self Help Group (SHG) will be held on 23rd July 2017 at Gandhiji Hall—CODP, Adjacent to Padua School, Nanthoor, Mangaluru. All are welcome! Please confirm your participation by registering at: www.tinyurl.com/tisa-mangalore-dawn The Self Help Group will convene regularly to allow people with stammering (PWS) to Share […]

Bangalore SHG report 25 June 2017

Cubbon Park, Bangalore Just coming to Cubbon Park every Sunday morning and breathing the fresh air has its own charm. Greenery, squirrels, pet dogs, park dogs, families, old people, young couple, artists, models, photographers, runners, what not.   Participants: Amarnath, Dinesh, Bharat, Sambhram, Shobhit, Suvadip (myself)   Today we had gathered under the big hut […]

TISA-Boston University Interaction in Dehradun!!

On 17th June 2017, we were supposed to meet a group of students from Boston University, USA. I admit I was nervous! But with this nervousness, there was enthusiasm, will to succeed, and passion for communicating! Life is all about embracing. Just dive in, experience the situation, and emerge as a victorious warrior! This anecdote […]

SHG Bangalore Sunday 11 June

I came down late this Sunday . It was beautiful . PWS had gathered. 1.Mindfulness was the first activity 2.Next came  Introductions. 3.This was followed by Ideal Week talk. People spoke about how their Ideal week will look like. 4. PWS then decided to conduct interviews. We got divided into 3 groups and interviewed each […]