THE MANJI GATHERINGS
In a profession where we give so much of ourselves to others, how often do we pause to take care of our own minds?
This event invites healthcare and mental health practitioners to discuss how we can shape a culture of care that nourishes us as individuals while strengthening our capacity to support the healing of others.
Guided by Charanjot Kaur, Counselling Psychologist & Psychotherapist, the conversation will take place on a Manji, a traditional woven daybed that is a place for rest, reflection and collective care, and will unfold through thoughtful questions that invite multiple perspectives and deeper inquiry.
We’ll also explore self-care methods that are straightforward, sustainable and accessible.
The session will begin and end with *Simran, a practice of stillness and deep listening, and create space for authentic connection as we step outside familiar narratives towards collective possibility and meaningful action.
This gathering is part of a series beginning at our HQ in Slough that will later move to The Whitworth in Manchester. It aims to engage in honest exchange about what’s working – and what isn’t – within us and the systems we inhabit. Each will take place around Roo Dhissou’s Manji (A String of Love), offering a ground for fellowship, shared progress and collective care.
This programme accompanies the exhibition REFLECTIONS – SANAGAT AND THE SELF, which explores healing from an alternative lens.
* No prior experience is needed. Find out more here.
BIOGRAPHY, DR CHARANJOT KAUR: Since 2013, Charanjot has worked in the NHS, schools, prisons, in long-term psychotherapy services and up until recently as a Student Counsellor at the University of Oxford. She is now currently in private practice, and is a Visiting Lecturer for both University of Oxford and Royal Holloway, University of London.
Using her integrative, psychodynamic relational therapeutic framework, Charanjot has worked sensitively with clients from varying backgrounds, ages, cultures and clinical presentations.
Having written her doctoral thesis on the experience of navigating psychological therapy and everyday life for South Asian Women, she has presented this at various conferences and lectures to highlight health inequalities among the global majority population.
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