Personality Development through Medical Sciences

Dr, Gaytri Asawale, and Dr. Shruti, two physiotherapists who are now pursuing MA in Osteopathy Sciences conducted a workshop on "Personality Development through medical sciences" for the students of Good Governance and Public Policy. It was one of the most effective soft skills enhancement workshop offering instant results.

We started with the second most prominent fear-evoking problem in the world after the fear of death, the inhibitions associated with public speaking. We called Ranjita in the front who used to have issues in pronouncing certain syllables. The doctors told a simple exercise to take the tongue out and stretching the fingers wide open and walking on heels for five minutes. Ranjita did it and we were amazed to see the sounds she were not able to pronounce, she could with ease and confidence.

Next we had me as the patient-in-testing. They asked me to walk and then come and stand, and everyone could notice shrouded shoulders, extended neck, contrasted chest and a bent posture. They rectified each and every thing and asked me to walk again. The difference in my confidence level was phenomenal. I was not only feeling taller but much more confident.

Abhishek's walking style depicted how he is sourcing energy through the upper part of his body to walk. The doctors rectified it and made him source energy through the abdomen area. The walking became much more relaxed. We realized how we can save so much of our energy just by making slight changes in our walking and standing postures.

Next we practiced a simple breathing exercise to inhale and exhale each for 1 minute, purely through our stomach. The deeper we can breathe, the healthier and stress-free and relaxed a person is. We practiced this technique for two to three times and our scores increased from a few seconds to almost a minute , being able to feel completely relaxed and energized. Tremendous return in a matter of few minutes.

Being totally impressed by the pleasant way in which the doctors were conducting this workshop, we also asked them more tips for public speaking.
1. Just look in the mirror and talk to yourself daily for five minutes, and be comfortable with yourself.
2. Fix three points in the audience and keep connecting to them while speaking. A lot of us have a habit of looking at a single person while speaking, which is a put off for the entire audience. Frequent eye contacts with various sections of the audience keeps them connected.
3. Either smile yourself or make the audience smile. Extremely important.
4. Regular practice of the tongue exercise in the morning.

Simple, short and crisp - the 40 minutes workshop gave us techniques for lifetime. We couldn't even feel they were our batch mates when they were taking the workshop! Thankful to our faculty Kamala Kanta Sir for initiating and facilitating this cross-disciplinary culture of learning.

MA in Osteopathy is a first-of-its kind school in Asia which combines best of various medicine schools and offers a non-invasive, non-pharmacological, and non-surgical treatment. Revolutionary methods are being adopted combining the best of ancient and modern practices - the essence of the Sri Sri University!