Mindfulness for Mental Health with Craig Pereira

Overview

What if distraction isn’t the enemy? What if your mind and life found rhythm again?
What if you could stop living life on autopilot?
Imagine if awareness and balance lead the way, what would become possible for you?

This 4-week immersive course offered in collaboration with Mindful Flow and led by Craig Periera, a psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher, invites you to explore these questions and more. Through experiential practices, you’ll learn to integrate your senses, breath, thoughts, and emotions to cultivate the core skills of mindfulness. Through integration of awareness with our everyday life, the course aims to provide a foundation to deepen self exploration, one mindful step at a time.

Benefits:

– Gain tools to become aware and navigate difficult thoughts and emotions
– Utilise mindful practices that enable stress and anxiety relief
– Creating space for meaningful self exploration and growth

Who is it for?

The program will be beneficial for caregivers, psychologists, any individual (18+) interested in finding newer and effective ways to deal with stress while navigating life challenges.

No prior experience of mindfulness practice is needed to join.

Dates & Time
  • Week 1
    20th September 2025
    12pm – 1:30pm
  • Week 2
    27th September 2025
    12pm – 1:30pm
  • Week 3
    4th October 2025
    12pm – 1:30pm
  • Week 4
    11th October 2025
    12pm – 1:30pm
Location

The course will be conducted live 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 2,400 per participant.

Structure of the Course

The course is divided into just 1.5 hours live classes each weekend for 4 weeks, plus additional resources you can use on your own!

Week 1

Experiencing Mindfulness: The Power of Being Present

Discover your mind’s tendency to wander and how to gently guide it back.

Week 2

Cultivating Awareness of Sensations

Anchor and sustain attention using body sensations and movements.

Week 3

Observing Thoughts: Recognizing that Thoughts Are Not Facts

Thoughts are not always a reliable storyteller. Learn to take them with a pinch of salt.

Week 4

Emotional Intelligence: Reacting vs. Responding

Use mindfulness to regulate emotions, respond rather than react to situations and build lasting resilience.

Practice & Resources

The participants will get access to each session’s highlights and insights as a takeaway after each session. Pre-recorded guided meditations will also be provided every week, for self-practice.

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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 for 25+ years, Craig brings 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