A
woman’s health is her last priority. This is what the social workers observed
while working with women in the community. They rush to the aid of an ailing
parent, child or spouse but always put their health last. With this objective
in mind an, the CSA Staff of thought asking
women what kind of activities or sessions
do they want as a groups to be conducted for them.
So
the women suggested that they wanted a workshop on Health. So the social worker Premlata made an arrangement to
conduct the workshop on the Importance of Women’s Health. The
resource person selected for the program, Dr. Evelet Sequeira is a Public Health developmental
professional with an MD in Preventive & Social Medicine. Her career spans over
15 years in this sector and has worked with UN agencies (UNICEF), government
departments, academic institutions and NGOs. She has been in the field of Self
Development since the last 6 years and has been counseling people on Self
Improvement, relationships, etc. She says that if you want to cure a
person of a disease, you need to take out the “dis” in ‘disease’ and you will
get “ease”. Through her workshop on 9th
December, 2015 with 20 women of Babrekar Nagar she helped them understand
how simple lifestyle changes could bring about a change in their health and
well being.
Dr. Evelet started with the food one must eat from
morning to night and then proceeded to the topic of mental well being, the
increasing risk of breast cancer and addressed several other queries of the
women.Dr. Evelet being a joyous & bubbly soul kept the women entertained
throughout with her simple tips, suggestions and positive thinking. After this
she proceeded to different meditative techniques, breathing exercises, and very
interesting healing and loving exercises. Some were individual exercises and
some were group exercises .She explained how one must be able to love oneself
first and then that love will spread to our family and others. Post these
exercises the women felt relaxed, calm, and happy and some were also very
emotional. Some even fell asleep during the meditative session giving them the
much needed mental rest and break from household tensions and worries. She then
performed a small aarti of the woman to make her respect the God within herself.
Feedback from the women was positive as they
had several queries about their health and many felt the need to tell their
children and grand children about the things suggested. Most found the sessions
very simple and light and felt the resource person really came down to their
level and helped them understand basic concepts. There were 6 women who met the doctor personally
and shared their problem with her.
The workshop was highly appreciated, with anticipation for more
sessions like these in the future. We express our gratitude to the resource person Dr.
Evelet Sequeira, who accommodated us despite her busy schedule. I in fact
thanked the women for their contribution and coming in good numbers to attend
the session on Health and benefited.
Ms.Premlata Thakur (Centre for Social Action -C.S.A), Ms. Anucia for giving us
the hall to have programme.And Amali who helped me in mobilizing women of Babrekar
Nagar.
Premlata Thakur - Social Worker
Centre for Social Action
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