Techniques to Manage Anxiety

Mindfulness Workshop Series by Craig Pereira

Overview:

Do you often feel restless, tense, or find yourself stuck in a loop of overwhelming thoughts? Anxiety can show up in many ways – sometimes as racing thoughts, a tight chest, trouble sleeping, or just a sense that you can’t switch off.

The truth is, simply telling ourselves to “stop spiraling” or to “calm down” does not help. Sometimes, we need professionally developed tools to help us slow down, like pressing the brakes when a car gathers too much speed. Mindfulness offers exactly that. It helps you slow down, notice what’s happening in your mind and body, and find steadiness in the moment.

In this series of workshops, led by Craig Pereira, you’ll explore simple, personalised mindfulness tools to help you step out of the anxious loop and return to the present moment. Through guided practices, group reflections, and brief theory discussions, you’ll leave with useful tools you can apply in your everyday life.

Benefits:

– Understand how anxiety shows up in your body.
– Learn simple mindfulness practices to ease the impact of anxiety.
– Move beyond learning, to integrating these tools into your everyday life.
– Discover simple, personalised practices that fit your life context.

Who is it for?

The program will be beneficial for any individual (18+) navigating stress or anxiety and can be a supportive addition to your existing therapeutic work, if any.

Being able to sit still is not a requirement to join the workshop.

Dates & Time
  • Session 1
    16th November 2025
    12 – 1:30pm
  • Session 2
    30th November 2025
    12 – 1:30pm
Location

The sessions will be conducted online. A meeting link will be shared upon registration.

Group Size

Each group will consist of a maximum of 20 participants.

Course Fee

The course will be made available by Mann Talks, at a subsidised fee of INR 1,200 per participant.

Structure of the Course

Session 1

In this session, we’ll understand what anxiety really is and how it can show up in your body and everyday life.

We’ll explore different practical mindfulness exercises, which will involve short moments of paying attention to our breath, body as well as exercises that allow us to notice what’s happening around us. You’ll learn how to integrate the exercises into your everyday lives, no matter how busy you may be.

Learning these habits can help us feel calmer and less overwhelmed when we experience anxiety.

Session 2

We’ll start by checking in on how things have been since the last session, including what you tried, what worked, and what didn’t.

Then, we’ll explore further how we can manage our anxious feelings and sensations, through additional techniques. Through group sharing and guided exercises, we’ll develop integrated, personalised plans for managing anxiety mindfully in daily life.

 

Practice & Resources

Participants will be given tools to apply their learnings outside the sessions.
Additional resources will be shared post-session.

Note: This course is not intended to serve as a substitute for professional mental health treatment for chronic anxiety or any other clinical condition.

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About the Facilitator

Craig Pereira is a certified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) practitioner, trained under the founder of MBCT, Zindel Segal. He is also the founder of Mindful Flow, with over 8 years of experience as a psychotherapist in Canada and India. He draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassionate Inquiry, and Contemplative Psychotherapy; shaped by his training with pioneers like Zindel Siegal, Stephen Hayes, and Gabor Maté.

A former corporate leader at Apple and Sony, Craig leverages his 25+ years of experience to bring a deep understanding of individuals and the inner tension between structure and spontaneity. At Mindful Flow, he facilitates individual, and group psychotherapy sessions and mindfulness-based interventions facilitating connection to self and others.

With over 6000+ hours dedicated to meditation, his personal style spans approaches like Insight Meditation, and Sound of Silence. Apart from this, he also actively participates in annual Vipassana retreats. He also contributes to community mental health efforts through organizations like PWA (People with Aids Foundation), Agatsu Foundation, and Counterpoint Counselling.

For any questions or queries, email us at contact@manntalks.org

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