Application for one year long, ONLINE MINIMALISM WORKSHOP Batch 5 starts on June 1st 2023, 12pm.

The application rolling closes once the capacity reaches.

What is omw? A course that benefits to minimise your thoughts, actions and stuffs. May help maximise your clarity in life. For more details, check on feedback in highlight and in my Youtube channel. Topics covered in the course are education, relationship, money, food, parenting, tidying, zero waste and much more.

Pointers for the course:

1. Compulsory attendance

2. Compulsory assignment submission on date

3. Those who fail to attend three consecutive classes and have non submission for 3 assignments are asked to leave the course.

4. Video compulsory ON throughout the session. You can choose to flip your camera for a while if in case you have to feed the baby.

5. Fee - Rs 17700 for the entire course and life long OMW community membership. The cost is inclusive of GST, you will receive invoice for the same. No instalments, no concession, no couple discount . Mode of payment - Razorpay gateway.

6. As perceived, yes, this is a serious course. Join, if only you are serious about enjoying life. Else don’t waste another person’s chance. Because no admission in between the course and I host only one OMW course a year.

7. Class timings are every Sunday 5am to 7am for a year. No classes when I travel .

8. One can choose to attend the course via recordings. Limitations for people who choose recordings - you can attend the class only via recording, you cannot choose both live and recording. You will be part of the main telegram group, your queries will be heard only there.

9. You cannot switch from live to recordings after registration at any circumstance.

10. Medium of conversation - English

11. Age - 18 years and above.

You can register for OMW 2023 to 2024, on June 1st 2023.

The application for the course will be available on my Instagram profile by 12 pm sharp on June 1st 2023.

What is OMW?

An year long Online Minimalism Workshop with Durgesh Nandhini.

Medium of interaction?

English

Who would guide this program?

Durgesh Nandhini, I have got a lot of tags but let me tell you, I am a person who enjoys life with a clutter free mind and a clean body.

Can you share a little more about yourself and your journey?

I am a mother of three children. I am travel schooling my children. My daughters questions are our curriculum, once she asked about waste segregation. My research led to start my blog in 2016 on zero waste and organised living. I became a minimalist, inspired by my travels to sustainable communities across south India. I wanted to change the world, but soon I understood, what has to be changed is my inner world, this is were my journaling habit helped me. I started seeing myself with the help of my parenting journey and journaling. We were gifted with our second child, whom we had through natural birthing at home. Her birth questioned me, can I live throughout my life without medication, that quest brought me to my guru, Dr. Arun Sharma. His raw vegan philosophy was easily adopted by my family. I continued to travel, met atleast one new person a day, held workshops on minimalism , parenting and zero waste. Co Created a mom and child travel company - Tripster Buddies, were we take mom and children for conscious, holistic, experiential learning trips. Children who fall in love with nature become responsible to protect it, that’s the sole reason to travel. In 2019 I started my first Online Minimalism Workshop, were I spoke about relationship, education, food, parenting, birthing, decluttering and zero waste. The program is a one year long program , with in depth analysis of self and practical implementation of those learnings. The program became highly sort after, 2023 is the 5th year. We have expanded to hold upto 400 people for my yearly course. It’s a very serious course with lot of handholding. After residing in Bangalore and chennai for 10 years we moved to Coimbatore our home town after covid. I became pregnant with my third child, and we also naturally birthed her at home. Having no homeschooling community at coimbatore, I started one, SAATCHI. Saatchi is a farm where families who believe in holistic, experiential education, who believe in working with their hands come together on an everyday basis and live together. The receiving for this initiative has been tremendous. At Saatchi we serve only raw vegan food, two times a day. To see kids relish natural food make me feel content. Bi Annually I host a retreat - We Are What We Eat - were I invite raw vegan Saatvic chefs from around the world to cook for a group of people, it’s only when people eat it, they believe it, more than the information I speak, the food speaks to the body, when one experiences the lightness at-least once, then the mind craves for that lightness. Apart from this I regular hold conferences - The Aspiring Homeschooler’s Forum and The Alternative Thinkers Conference online to bridge the gap between givers and seekers of knowledge in various fields. Starting of Margazhi 2022, I started holding journal along with me sessions - Suryodhayam, at 5am to 5.30am, were 860 people join me every morning to discover oneself. This is my work so far. What inspired me is my need for being close to nature and my natural self.

What is the schedule of the program?

Every Sunday from 5am to 7am we meet for a session. We shall continue this for about 50 Sundays. We work on introspective assignments every week.

What is OMW about?

OMW is about minimizing your thoughts and bringing in clarity in every aspect of life. I share my life experiences of how I connect with my inner self, experience freedom and see beauty in everything. We are all here to love, let's experience the abundance together.

That’s intense. Then, am I here just to listen?

You are here to experience that life is simple. It's all about how we see it. My participants say, nothing has changed in my life, but my perspectives have, and it has brought immense difference. But, yes, just listening won't do any good. Sitting with your own selves, and processing the information helps.

How does OMW help? How do I process the course?

I am here because of my consistent effort to connect with my inner self. OMW is designed to help you connect with your own self. There’s weekly assignments with strict deadlines. It helps you reflect on the information received and on your own thoughts. It will help you dive deep into yourself and understand your own perspectives. We bring in the discipline together.

What do the two options of the course Live and Recording mean?

Live participants get to attend live classes happening every Sunday. Recording participants will receive the recording of the classes every week. Each recording will be available for one week to listen to. Both live and recording participants have to submit assignments on time. Both live and recording participants will be part of a Telegram group where interactions with me and the community happen.

Forgot to ask, is attendance compulsory?

Yes, for live participants attendance is compulsory. There’s going to be a huge perspective change every week, so make it a point to attend every class to experience it fully. If in case, there is an emergency, you need not message me with excuses. If there is a continuous absence for three weeks, you will be asked to leave the group. This is not to punish you. Every week there is going to be a massive perspective change, so when you fall back on classes, it will be very difficult to catch up and you will get overwhelmed to see other's growth.

But during classes, why are video attendance compulsory too?

I feel a connection while seeing the participants on video and there is beautiful energy transfer. Also, our classes happen early in the morning at 5 am, and I don't want you to doze off.

I understand Live participants don't get recordings of the class. Any alternatives if we miss the class?

There’s a team of volunteers from your community who take notes and share it with the group.

How do I receive the notifications to join class?

You will receive a link to join class through a dedicated Telegram group.

That’s exciting. Do we get to interact with the community?

Of course! That’s the beautiful part of the course. You will be added to a telegram group with all the participants. The group will be open for short durations of the week for participant interaction. Initially it will be a short duration so that you get time with yourself, and the duration extends as the course progresses, so that you can connect with the community.

Can't wait! When do the classes start?

Month of June is full of written assignments. No video conferencing. Starting from July we will be meeting every Sunday.

How are the assignments going to be?

You get assignments with deadlines in your google classroom account. The assignments are introspective and for gaining clarity in your thoughts. They are usually written assignments, with occasional assignments that ask you to upload pictures.

Why is the google docs shared for notes empty?

The google docs have no information. It will be used in class to record class notes by volunteers in the notes team and shared with everyone.

Do I get to talk to you individually?

No DMS to me. Anything that you have to share with me, share it here in the common group. Be it questions, dilemmas, appreciation, criticism, feedback. Anything let us be open. This is a great medium to trust and learn communication and problem resolving ways. If in case it's too private for you, it's not convenient to disclose your name, address your concerns on my dm, I shall reply back in the class without taking your name. Sorry I wont reply to DMs. It’s time consuming and only the two of us can learn from the situation. Let’s create more and more avenues to trust and learn.

I have been introduced to Suryodhayam, but what's the difference between Suryodhayam and OMW?

OMW is a year-long journey, where I bring in rich perspectives to open up your mind and explain yourself, your nature to you. I share my life journey, all the experiences and tools that led me to the road of freedom. In OMW there’s a lot of hand holding, community support and discipline that enables the participants to implement the learning more effectively and holistically in life.

Suryodhayam is a powerful tool. I share journaling prompts that help you discover yourself, and wake up to life when the Sun comes up. I see Suryodhayam as a teacher, who guides you on the path of clarity in life. The change is gradual, it takes time to understand and evolve holistically.

I see OMW participants beautifully evolve, I see they are sculpting themselves, and creating their life joyfully. I invite you to join OMW if you want a holistic mentorship that prepares you for your inner journey.

Great. Do I need to have a pre- requisite to join OMW?

You will need to have the willingness to work on yourself. And yes, you need to understand English and should be able to write and type your assignments in English. Assignments are an integral part of OMW as it helps you implement all the learnings.

My father/ mother understands English. But cannot type or write English fluently, Can they join OMW? How can they submit the assignments?

This year, we have made an arrangement for people above the age of 50 who are not tech savvy and cannot write fluently or type in English. They can upload their assignments as images. Please note, they will have to understand English as all the classes happen in English.

But I still have doubts?!

Please mail your queries to admin@durgeshnandhini.com

Check out feedbacks of previous OMW participants in the youtube playlist

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDa-T5mwIcB0T1JsISXoCyKh84zX03gl-