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Spreading menstrual health and hygiene amongst adolescent girls
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Challenge

Menstruation is still considered a taboo subject in the Indian society.

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Strategy

Conducting programs & generating awareness in rural areas & urban slums.

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Outreach

Total of 200,000+ girls from rural communities are envisioned to be sensitised on menstrual hygiene.

Overview

Cultural and social factors still hinder effective menstrual hygiene education for adolescent girls. Many mothers are hesitant to discuss menstruation and lack scientific knowledge about puberty. Even when aware, women in India rarely seek medical help for menstrual issues.

The stigma and lack of information at home and school leave many girls uninformed about menstruation, its physical changes, and proper hygiene practices. Menstruation often brings societal restrictions and altered expectations, impacting girls’ freedom and self-expression.

Inadequate menstrual hygiene can lead to health issues like RTIs and PIDs. Thus, promoting positive attitudes and good menstrual hygiene from the onset of menarche is essential for the health, education, and dignity of girls.

Objectives of the sensitisation program

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Spreading Awareness

Making girls aware about the normal phenomenon of menstruation

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Eliminating Taboos

Managing menstrual health & hygiene, while eliminating social taboos

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Lifestyle change

Helping them abide to healthy eating & physical fitness lifestyles

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Building Confidence

Inculcating a sense of confidence, pride & honour in being a female

Strategy

A training module spanning 90-minutes-a-day for three consecutive days has been developed through research and consultation, and advice with our in-house experts of Yoga and Ayurveda. This comprehensive program addresses menstrual health issues among adolescent girls and women between the age group of 11 – 45 years.

The workshops focus on teaching management of mental and physical aspects of stress experienced by girls due to menstruation by teaching them:

  • Pranayama to reduce premenstrual tension (increased irritability, bloating and cramps).
  • Yoga asanas to keep PMS, excessive or scanty blood flow under check.
  • Diet for having healthy periods and regaining lost nutrients (using locally available food items (to avoid anaemia and weakness).
  • Games and skits to help girls dispel myths and superstitions surrounding this natural phenomenon in a playful manner.
  • Maintaining adequate menstrual hygiene using local resources.

The comprehensive programme provides complete information on menstruation, menstrual hygiene, product basket available, disposal and treatment, and equips girls and women with the self-confidence and self-efficacy needed to address harmful socio-cultural norms.

Impact

All 7

States in Nepal

11+

Countries

7,000+

Trainers

2,00,000+

Girls & women sensitized

Health and hygiene program for adolescent girls

This sensitisation program provides know-how on how to handle menstruation, improve girls’ knowledge of personal hygiene and boost their confidence by answering their unanswered questions through interactive and engaging training methods. It also provides information to dispel myths and taboos surrounding this issue. Girls are also taught yoga asanas and breathing exercises (pranayama) that relieve menstrual discomfort.

I participated in the menstrual health and hygiene workshop organized at my school. I practiced the yoga and meditation techniques taught during the workshop, even during my holidays. I also followed the advice on maintaining a healthy diet. I used to experience irregular periods and intense lower abdominal pain, but these issues have significantly reduced with the practice of the techniques I learned.
Chhaya
ChhayaStudent, Puraini Village, Bijnor
During the early days of my periods, I was scared, thinking it was some kind of sickness because I used to suffer from stomach aches. However, after attending the workshop, my fear completely vanished. The explanation of the menstruation process was very helpful. I learned a lot of new things, such as understanding that it’s a natural phenomenon and not a taboo, dietary guidelines for a healthy menstrual cycle, and the safe disposal of sanitary napkins.
Kavya
KavyaStudent, Visakhapatnam
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Vedic Dharma Sansthan – Nepal Celebrates Every Occasion in Vedic Style. Please let us know, If you have any questions..

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Upanayanam Ceremony

 

Upanayanam is one of the most important Samskārās in a person’s life. “Upa” means ‘close’ and “Nayana” means ‘to bring’. Upanayanam means to bring closer to the Guru or Divine. Upanayanam also called the ‘sacred thread ceremony’ is a ceremony performed to mark the point at which children began their formal education in the Vedic tradition.

Upanayanam is traditionally seen as getting a new birth in the spiritual world towards the higher knowledge of the Self. It is an initiation process to learning the sacred chants and mantras according to the Vedic tradition. Upanayanam ceremony is complete with the wearing of the Yajnopavitam (Sacred Thread) on the body. The child is initiated into the most sacred Gayatri mantra in the Brahmopadesham ceremony. He is taught the Sandhyāvandanam.

The Gayatri mantra is a prayer to invoke brilliance and purity in our intellect and consciousness. The three threads in the Yagnopaveetam represent the responsibility towards the one self, family and society. During Upanayanam, the great Gayatri Mantra is imparted to the participant as it is considered as the greatest of all upadesams and is called “Brahmopadesam”.

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Maha Shivratri is the day when the Shiva Tattva touches the earth. The consciousness, the aura or the ethereal world which is always ten inches above the material ground, touches the earth element on the day of Maha Shivratri. It is the wedding of the material with the spiritual.

Shivratri is taking refuge in the divine consciousness which brings peace and solace to all layers of consciousness. So resting in the Shiva Tattva is Shivratri.

The Significance of Maha Shivratri

According to the Shiva Purana when Shiva was asked by Parvati, what pleases him the most, he is supposed to have replied, ‘The 14th night of the new moon, of the month of Phalgun is my favorite day.’ This is known as Shivratri.

Ratri means ‘to take refuge’. Shivratri is taking refuge in Shiva, in the soul. It is celebrating the Shiva Tatva within oneself.

We celebrate maha shivaratri every year at Art of Living Center, Shankhamul.

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The Significance of Navratri!

“The word ‘Ratri’ means deep rest or relief from three ‘tapas’, three types of fire or botherations- the physical, the subtle, and the conscious. A deep rest can relieve you from all these three botherations.

It’s a time of prayer and rejuvenation. A child is born in nine months. These nine days are like coming out of a mother’s womb once again. Having a new birth.”

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

At the time of Dashain (Navratri). We regularly celebrate Navratri in Vedic Style by doing puja nad homa at Art of Living Park, Shankhamul.

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Rudra Pooja is an ancient practice followed in sanatana dharma since time immemorial. ‘Rudra’ means ‘Shiva – the Benevolent’, ‘ the Destroyer of Evil’. ‘Pooja’ means that which is born out of fullness. Through this Pooja one can aim for inner peace and fulfillment. In this Pooja, Lord Shiva is worshipped in his Rudra form.

It is hailed by all Vedic scriptures as one of the greatest Poojas to remove all evils, to attain all desires and for all-round prosperity. Scriptures on Astrology prescribe this emphatically as a remedy for several planetary doshas.

Satarudriyam or Sri Rudradhyayam is the very essence of all Veda branches (Sakhas). Hence it is also known as Sri Rudropanishad. Principally, this Rudradhyayam, which forms the fifth Prasna in the fourth Kanda of Krishna Yajurveda, is a composition describing the greatness of Sri Parameswara, with universe as his form and his transcendence beyond the manifest universe, and extolling him and seeking his grace.

We as Vedic Dharma Sansthan – Nepal conducts puja at Art of Living Center regularly.

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