Help me spread the Silence of Yoga to Young Adults

Youth and Mental Disorder story in India 

Transitional Age Youth ( TAY) faces high proportion of mental illness, then general population due to lack of emotional resilience and regulation .Forty five percent of teenagers, have one or more mental health problems in life.  

The transition period between childhood and adulthood, makes one move from ‘no responsibilities’ to lot of responsibilities. It can add extra pressure , if an awareness is not build , between the changes, which are also happening physically in an young adult, due to  some new hormone secretion. Added to it, there are many mental health disorders, due to 'changing situation’ and demand, which result to physical health problems.

There are many prejudices, about mental health problems in young adults, and those who face one, are often considered as weird and weak, leading to social exclusion, growing the problem further.

The age between 16-24 is an age, when many changes take place in body. This is the time, when androgen hormones start working, and the emotional part of brain become over active, leading to dramatic mood swings.

Young adults feel happy and sad very fast. As, this is the time when there is also transition happening, from childhood to adulthood, it can take a toll on them, as they are in between a phase of dependency, and becoming independent.

This movement from dependency to independency, can be quite challenging that even on the time of drastic emotional challenges.

Current Situation  

Seventy years of neglect on Child and Adolescent Mental Health care, has lead only one percent of Young Adult population , get any form of mental health care, whereas twenty percent of Young Adult population needs mental health support having borderline intellectual functioning leading to various speech , learning , visualizing and hearing difficulty . 

Ninety Nine percent of Young Adults even in Urban areas , receive no care , and the figure is close to 114 million who is not attended by any agency . There is alarming lack of Psychiatrist and Institution working in this sphere.

So can Yoga Help ?  

This question also came to our mind , when we started reflecting on it , that how it could be sorted . And we created a program “Young Minds” where Yoga could be used for intervention for Borderline Intellectual Dysfunction and Emotional regulation. 

The Madhav Pasumarti Story 

Did it helped ? 

Madhav Pasumarti , an Young Adult who is suffering from Borderline Intellectual dysfunction, emotional disturbance and also communication disorder did the Young Minds program from 8th Decembor 2018 – 5th February 2019.

In an interview given at 7th February,2019 after his sessions got completed , he reported many important changes. This video is also a documentation of using yogic intervention for the problems of borderline Intellectual dysfunction and emotional disorder through Young Minds Program. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULUp9SS4un8

Madhav became calm and his attention improved and at the same time his pessimistic inclination reduced, making him happier Young Adult. 

There are eighteen sessions given to Madhav Pasumarti, for improving his overall condition. Each session was of two hours, and overall there was a thirty six hours of Yoga intervention, between a period of sixty days given to him to bring positive results.  

There is also a practical Yoga Sequence given to him along with Cognitive Behavioral therapy through Meditation and Yoga. This made Madhav, a changed and Happy Young Adult , from a pessimistic young man with emotional disorder and Intellectual dysfunction . There was significant improvement seen in his communication disorder too. 

How can it Help other Young Adults like Madhav across India ?

We have compiled the lessons given to Madhav, that it could be helpful to the other Young Adults in India, who are facing similar borderline Intellectual dysfunction, along with emotional disorders and communication problems, and we wanted this material to reach in every school to benefit the One hundred and fourteen million young adults, who are suffering from the same problem, and not getting the attention from any psychiatrist or any institution . .  

Young Minds - Yoga for Young Adults , which is the subject matter of my book will increases emotional regulation, improving positive mental health, and effectively engaging the participants through mindfulness and yoga therapies.There would be an companion online course also for helping this young adults suffering from Borderline Intellectual Dysfunction and emotional disorder.

This Book will help teenagers to have better emotional regulation and awareness using innovative yoga education and sequences, and it could have a very positive impact on society, avoiding the routine emotional conflict teenagers have with there parents , and also control the substance abuse , criminal tendencies which happens due to lack of emotional regulation.

On 12th May , A E-book is also releasing in Amazon , on "Young Minds-Yoga for Young Adults" with a more deeper understanding on the underlying topics related of the course design and implementation of "Young Minds - Yoga for Young Adults" program. 

https://www.amazon.in/Young-Minds-Silence-emotional-turbulence-ebook/dp/B07NLJQDG2/

How you can help ?

Help me by donating in the project, that we can  promote the book in a way , that "Young Minds - Yoga for Young Adults" , can reach every school/every young adult in this country, through volunteering and book promotion program , that  One hundred and fourteen million, suffering from 'Borderline Intellectual Dysfunction' and emotional disorder unattended by any psychologist can at-least get a successful tool in there hand, which have helped young adults like Madhav Pasumarti to come out of the problem.   .

The fund which I raise will be used to donate this book into different schools and young adults who are suffering from similar problems .

What is the cost of the book?

The MRP of paperback book is INR 500/- and the ebook cost Rs 214/- .

Are there any rewards for participating in the campaign? (Rewards only for Paperback )

Any Benefactor helping us by donating 200 books or more (INR1,00,000/- or more), will be given an opportunity to put a bookmark (2x5) advertisement on the said book. *

Any Benefactor helping us by donating 150 books or more (INR75,000/- or more), will be given an opportunity to put a double page (8x10) advertisement on the said book. *

Any Benefactor helping us by donating 100 books or more (INR50,000/- or more), will be given an opportunity to put a full page (8x5) advertisement on the said book. *

Any Benefactor helping us by donating 50 books or more (INR25,000/- or more), will be given an opportunity to put a half page (4x5) advertisement on the said book. *

Any Benefactor helping us by donating 10 books or more (INR5,000/- or more), will have a single line mention on the said book. *

A Thank you Bookmark Signed by the beneficiary will be couriered to the donor who is helping us with 1 book or more (INR500/- or more). *

*conditions apply

Beneficiaries

We are going to send this books to four thousand schools, across India , if we can raise the full amount of this campaign and by that we can benefit a larger portion of school goers who are suffering from intellectual dysfunction,emotional and communication disorder.

Why Crowd-Funding through Ketto?

Given the very nature and vision of the project of helping the the Young Adults suffering from  Intellectual dysfunction and emotional disorders , we at Sri Joydip Ashram felt that crowdfunding will be the best option to explore, to generate funds, for this creative initiative which have a bigger social cause. Ketto is a trustworthy crowdfunding platform, and definitely makes an excellent choice, to host a creative campaign of social importance of this nature and calibre.

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