Your Mind Has Never Truly Gone Quiet.
This Program Is Built to Change That — For Good.

The Eastern Wisdom Group Program — Self-Actualization is a live, twice-weekly, 12-week online journey that takes you from a scattered, reactive Default Mind to a clear, steady, liberated Discerning Intellect — using the time-tested science of Eastern Wisdom.

This is not stressing management. This is the end of unnecessary suffering at its root.

The 2026 Self-Actualization Group Program in Eastern Wisdom is a live, twice-weekly online journey for sincere professionals and seekers who sense, “My life works—but my mind is not at peace.”

Whether you’re navigating a demanding career or a life transition, this program offers a clear, time-tested path to transcend the false “I” am driving stress, conflict, and dissatisfaction. Drawing on 46+ years of teaching, it goes beyond surface-level stress management to address the root—the Default Mind shaped by habit, fear, and misidentification.

Through this process, you awaken the Discerning Intellect, enabling you to respond to life with clarity, stability, and inner freedom.

Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached.

— Katha Upanishad

Program Overview

Most spiritual programs teach you about the Self. This program teaches you how to live from it.

The Eastern Wisdom Group Program — Self-Actualization brings together the complete wisdom of Vedanta, the Mindfulness Sutras of Patanjali, and the Gita into one structured, living curriculum — not as philosophy to be admired, but as a practical inner science to be embodied, evaluated, and confirmed in real life. Through 46+ years of teaching, Girish Jha has distilled this wisdom into a step-by-step, session-by-session process that transforms the way you think, respond, relate, and live — from the inside out.

The program offers both a mindset and an inner skillset to awaken to permanent happiness, love, and wisdom—while living a normal modern life. You learn how to move from a scattered “noisy marketplace” mind to a quiet “inner temple” and end unnecessary suffering at its root.

The Problem, The Promise, The Peace & The Perfect You

The Mind That Never Rests — And the Ancient Science That Addresses It at the Root

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that no vacation can fix. It is the exhaustion of a mind that is always on — always planning, reacting, worrying, comparing, defending, or numbing. Your life may be objectively good. Your career, your relationships, your responsibilities — all manageable. And yet, the inner noise does not stop. Something beneath the surface quietly whispers: "This is not all there is. This cannot be all there is."

What we offer is much more than program?

Most of what the modern world offers in response to this quiet suffering — productivity systems, therapy, mindfulness apps, self-help books, weekend retreats — has real value. And yet, even the most resolute practitioners of these methods often find that something fundamental does not change. Vedanta names the reason precisely: the root of all suffering (Duhkha) is Avidya — a case of mistaken identity. We have forgotten who we truly are. We have confused the Default Mind — that restless, habit-driven, reactive inner noise machine — with our actual Self. And until that root confusion is addressed, no technique fully resolves it.

The Eastern Wisdom traditions — Vedanta, the mindfulness of Patanjali, the Gita, and the Upanishads —are the world's oldest and most sophisticated science of consciousness, mind, and human flourishing. Patanjali defines awakening as Chitta Vritti Nirodha — the systematic stilling of the mind's fluctuations. The Gita teaches Nishkama Karma — how to act with full engagement and zero anxious attachment to results. Vedanta asks the one question that no productivity system ever asks: "Who is the one thinking of all these thoughts?" These are not poetic ideals. They are precise, practical instructions for daily life — and they work.

Start living in peace and joy from the very FIRST LESSON

The Eastern Wisdom Group Program — Self-Actualization is the application of these teachings as a living process. In 12 weeks, meeting twice per week, you will not merely study the wisdom — you will practice it, evaluate it, and confirm it in the actual fabric of your daily life. Your work pressure, your relationships, your fatigue, your recurring reactive patterns — these become the curriculum. You leave not just with knowledge, but with a fundamentally upgraded inner operating system: a Discerning Intellect that can pause, see clearly, and respond wisely — even in the middle of the hardest days.

The Three Pillars of This Program

PILLAR 1 —The Science of the Self

Who am I? What is real? What is the source of lasting happiness?

Vedanta — the culmination of the Upanishads — is the most complete answer to the deepest human questions. Through Vedanta, you study the nature of the Atman (real Self) and Brahman (universal Consciousness), the mechanism of Maya (misperception), and the dynamics of Avidya (mistaken identity) that quietly drive all suffering. The central practice — Atma Vichara (Self-inquiry) — becomes a daily inner discipline that gradually dissolves the false "I" and reveals the peace that is already present. Girish Jha's own curriculum — including the Six Treasures (Sama, Dama, Uparama, Titiksha, Shraddha, Samadhana), the Marketplace Mind vs. Temple Mind framework, and the Default Mind vs. Discerning Intellect teaching — are direct applications of Vedantic wisdom to modern life.

PILLAR 2 —The Psychology of the Mind

Why does the mind do what it does — and how do I collaborate with it instead of against it?

Patanjali's Yoga Sutras constitute the most precise map of the human mind ever created. You will understand Chitta (the mind-field), Vritti (thought fluctuations), Samskara (unconscious conditioning), Klesha (the five root causes of suffering), and the complete eight-limbed path (Ashtanga Yoga) as a methodology for inner mastery. The 21-step Self-Actualization framework taught in this program — including posture (Asana), breath work (Pranayama), mantra, observer–observed inquiry, and self-absorption — is grounded directly in Patanjali's science and made applicable to your daily life.

PILLAR 3 —The Art of Dharmic/ Karma Living ( Right wisdom and Right action)

How do I act, relate, lead, and live — with clarity, purpose, and inner freedom?

The Bhagavad Gita is the world's most complete manual for living wisely in the world. Through Krishna's teachings to Arjuna, you learn Nishkama Karma (desireless action — how to act fully without anxious attachment to outcomes), Swadharma (your sacred duty — how to know what you are here to do), Sthitprajna (the steady-minded sage — what equanimity looks like in practice), and Samata (evenness in success and failure). The Mahavakya (Great Sayings) of the Upanishads — Tat Tvam Asi (That thou art), Aham Brahmasmi (I am Brahman) — serve as contemplative anchors throughout the program.

The 12-Week Self-Actualization Journey

Each session follows a clear, repeatable structure: Mangalacharan (invocation) → Teaching → Guided Practice → Contemplation & Group Reflection → Between-session application.

Phase 1 — Weeks 1–2: The Problem Of The Scattered Mind

What is the Default Mind — and what does it cost you?

• Understanding the Marketplace Mind vs. the Temple Mind
• The anatomy of the Default Mind: habits, fear, reaction, delusion, identification
• Introduction to Chitta Vritti — the mind's constant fluctuations and why they drive suffering.
• Avidya — the root of all suffering: mistaken identity explained through modern metaphors.
• Introduction to the Mangalacharan — auspicious invocation that shifts from me-centric to all-centric living.
• Introduction to Satsang as sacred participation — not just group learning
• Practice: First steps of the 21-step framework — Asana (posture and stillness), breath awareness, and introductory mantra

Phase 2 — Weeks 3–5: The Six Treasures

The six inner competencies that transform the mind's operating system

• Sama — inner composure and mental stillness: the quiet temple inside the marketplace
• Dama — sense discipline: training attention to serve the Discerning Intellect, not the Default Mind
• Uparama — withdrawal and Samadhana: converting a noisy apartment into a quiet shrine.
• Titiksha — resilience and forbearance: staying grounded when circumstances are harsh.
• Shraddha — mature, earned trust: not blind faith, but confidence built through direct experience.
• Samadhana — one-pointedness of mind: the sixth treasure that integrates all the others.
• Each treasure is taught with a modern metaphor, practiced in-session, and applied between sessions in real triggers: emails, deadlines, family conversations.
• Practice Expansion of 21-step framework — Pranayama (breath practices), Spine and Finger Nyasa, Six Neighbors, Observer-Observed inquiry

Phase 3 — Weeks 6–8: Viveka, Vairagya & Mumukshutva

Awakening the Discerning Intellect — and the fire that refuses to settle

• Viveka — discernment between real and unreal, Self and non-Self: the foundational qualification for liberation
• Vairagya — dispassion toward what cannot give lasting peace:
  understanding Vasanas (conditioning) and Samskara (deep impressions)
• The fourfold qualification for Self-knowledge (Sadhana Chatusaya) — Viveka, Vairagya, the Six Treasures, and Mumukshutva
• Mumukshutva — the burning desire for awakening: "the fire that refuses to settle" — recognizing and honoring it in yourself.
• Swadharma from the Gita — understanding your sacred duty and how to act from it rather than from role-based ego.
• Nishkama Karma

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PHASE 3 — Weeks 6–8: Viveka, Vairagya & Mumukshutva (Continued)

• Nishkama Karma from the Gita — how to act with full engagement and zero anxious attachment to outcomes; the antidote to burnout.
• Sthitprajna — the Gita's portrait of the steady-minded sage: recognizing it, aspiring to it, practicing it in ordinary moments.
• The Mahavakya (Great Sayings of the Upanishads) as contemplative anchors: Tat Tvam Asi (That thou art), Aham Brahmasmi (I am Brahman), Prajnam Brahma (Consciousness is Brahman)
• Practice: Triangle in the Heart, Cave of the Heart, Self-Absorption — deeper levels of the 21-step framework introduced and practiced in-session

PHASE 4 — Weeks 9–10: The 21-step Inner Map — Deepening

From understanding the map to walking the territory — every day

• Complete walkthrough and deepening of the full 21-step Self-Actualization sequence:
  • Steps 1–5: Posture, Comfort, Stillness (PPP, SCS) — establishing the physical foundation of inner practice.
  • Steps 6–10: Six Neighbors — understanding and quieting the six forces that surround and agitate the mind.
  • Steps 11–14: Breath practices — Pranayama as a tool for moving from the Rajasic (agitated) to the Sattvic (clear) state.
  • Steps 15–17: Spine and Finger Nyasa — embodied practices that connect body, breath, and awareness.
  • Steps 18–20: Triangle in the Heart, Cave of the Heart, Self-Absorption — progressive deepening of meditative internalization
  • Step 21: Daily Reflection and Contemplative Return — the closing practice that integrates every session and carries the teaching into daily life.
• Shravan, Manan, Nididhyasana as a living cycle in every session: deep listening → sustained reflection → direct contemplation; the three-stage progression from intellectual understanding to lived wisdom.
• The Triguna — Tamas (inertia), Rajas (restless activity), Sattva (clarity and harmony) — as the invisible forces shaping every thought, emotion, decision, and relationship; learning to consciously move toward Sattva and beyond.
• Practice: Full guided practice of the complete 21-step sequence; mantra deepening; Observer–Observed inquiry as a moment-to-moment self-awareness tool

PHASE 5 — Weeks 11–12: Integration — Living As A Steady, Everyday Practitioner

From occasional glimpses of peace to a stable, unshakeable inner foundation

• The concept of Jivanmukta — liberation while living not escape from the world, but inner freedom within full engagement with it.
• Ishvara Pranidhana — surrender to deeper intelligence, moving from ego-driven effort to Samadhana-grounded trust.
• Seva (selfless service) as the natural outward expression of the inner transformation cultivated across 12 weeks.
• Building your personal Sadhana Declaration — a living, written commitment to your daily spiritual practice going forward: mantra, breath, self-inquiry, contemplation, and reflection
• Review and integration of all six treasures (Sama, Dama, Uparama, Titiksha, Shraddha, Samadhana) as permanent inner competencies — confirmed now through personal experience, not theory.
• Final group Satsang and closing ceremony: each participant shares one genuine insight from the 12-week journey — making the wisdom visible, communal, and celebrated.
• Practice: Full 21-step sequence as participants can now guide themselves; "How did you live this week — from memory or from wisdom?" — the final reflective integration of the entire program
• Discussion: How to sustain and deepen this practice beyond the program — daily habits, continued study, ongoing Satsang, and the invitation to the next cohort or advanced program

What You Will Receive?

Everything Included in Your Enrollment

• 24 Live Online Sessions — Mondays & Thursdays, 7:50–9:00 AM MST over 12 weeks via Zoom. Interactive, small group. Personally guided by Girish Jha.
• All Session Recordings with Lifetime Access — Miss a session? Life happens. All recordings are available to you within 24 hours. You never lose the thread.
• The Complete 21-Step Self-Actualization Framework — Girish Jha's own curriculum, taught progressively across all 12 weeks — including posture, breath, mantra, Six Neighbors, Observer-Observed inquiry, Triangle in the Heart, Cave of the Heart, and Self-Absorption.
• Weekly Micro-Practices & Reflection Prompts — Between every session, you receive one targeted practice principle (Sama, Dama, Uparama, Titiksha, Shraddha, or Samadhana) to apply in real life situations — emails, meetings, family moments, fatigue, triggers — and then reflect on in the next session.
• Sanskrit-English Glossary & Study Guide — A downloadable reference document covering every key term, concept, and teaching from the program — so the wisdom stays with you long after the 12 weeks are complete.
• Guidance Within Sessions — Girish makes space in every session for participant questions, reflection sharing, and real-life application review. This is not a lecture — it is a living dialogue.
• A Living Satsang Community — The group becomes your community of sincere seekers. You learn as much from each other's honest attempts and discoveries as from formal teaching. The group is a sacred laboratory.
• Personal Sadhana Declaration — At the conclusion of the program, you create your own written daily practice plan — a living document you carry forward into your life after the 12 weeks.
• Certificate of Completion — Issued upon completion of the 12-week program.

How Each Session Works

A Clear, Repeatable Process — Every Session, Every Week

Each of the twenty-four live sessions follows a precise, tested structure drawn from the Self-Actualization framework. You always know what to expect — and you are always surprised by what you discover:

• Invocation by Settling the mind in peace — Mangalacharan & Mantra (5–7 minutes)
  Every session opens with the Mangalacharan — an auspicious invocation that shifts attention from me-centric to all-centric, from the contracted Default Mind to the open Discerning Intellect. This is not ritual for ritual's sake. It is a precise inner reset that prepares the ground for everything that follows.
• Teaching Segment (15–20 minutes)
  A focused, vivid teaching on one key Self-Actualization principle — for example: the Marketplace Mind vs. Temple Mind, the Six Treasures, Viveka and Vairagya, Mumukshutva, or a specific step in the 21-step framework. Girish brings each principle alive through sharp, relatable metaphors: the mind as a phone with 30 apps open, illegal tenants of the mind, laser vs. scattered light, noisy apartment vs. quiet shrine. Deep wisdom becomes immediately graspable and applicable.
• Guided Experiential Practice (20–25 minutes)
  This is the heart of the session. You practice — directly, in real time — the specific techniques of the 21-step framework relevant to that week's teaching: posture and stillness, breath work, mantra, Six Neighbors, Observer–Observed inquiry, Triangle in the Heart, Cave of the Heart, and progressive Self-Absorption. You do not just hear about inner stillness. You touch it.
• Contemplation & Group Reflection (15–20 minutes)
  The session closes with the most honest and humanizing part: "How did you live since the last session?" Participants share — with openness and without judgment — where anxiety, blame, reactivity, or restlessness showed up in the past few days, and how the teaching was (or was not) applied. Girish guides this reflection with gentle precision. The group becomes a living Satsang. Everyone learns from each other's sincere attempts.

Between Sessions:

You receive one micro-practice principle to apply in actual life — real emails, real meetings, real family moments, real fatigue. At the next session, you bring back what you discovered. Your life is in the laboratory. The teaching is confirmed — or corrected — in the field of lived experience.

Why Learn This / Benefits?

Four Transformations That This Program Makes Available

START WITH SELF — Understand Your Own Mind

• See clearly how Vasanas (conditioning) and the false "I" quietly drive your stress, reactions, and dissatisfaction — without your conscious awareness.
• Build genuine self-trust and resilience through daily practice, honest reflection, and the repeated experience of catching the Default Mind in action.
• Ask the question that changes everything: "Did I live today from memory — or from wisdom?"

SEE THE MIND CLEARLY — Switch Managers Inside

• Recognize the Default Mind and the Discerning Intellect as two distinct inner voices — and learn to consciously choose which one runs your responses.
• Shift from scattered, multitasking, glorifying-busy attention to focused, present, aware engagement
• Train the Six Treasures (Sama, Dama, Uparama, Titiksha, Shraddha, Samadhana) as living inner competencies — not Sanskrit vocabulary on a whiteboard.

CONNECT FROM PRESENCE — Relate from Wholeness, Not Wounds

• Bring genuine awareness and compassion into your family, your teams, and your communities — acting from inner wholeness rather than fear, comparison, or lack.
• Let a calmer, quieter mind naturally soften interactions that previously exploded.
• Become someone others feel safe with — because you are increasingly safe within yourself.

INFLUENCE FROM WITHIN — Model It, Embody It, Radiate It

• Lead by state, not by words: inspire others by the quality of your presence — less preaching, more embodying.
• Become a quiet, stabilizing force in your personal and professional circles — a Temple Mind that can sit right inside the noisiest marketplace.
• Turning every ordinary life situation into an occasion for practice, insight, and quiet transformation

Specific Benefits Participants Regularly Report

• A calmer, steadier mind that does not collapse under pressure — one that can pause, see clearly, and respond wisely.
• Significantly reduced anxiety, reactivity, blame, and complaint — replaced by increasing inner stability and composure.
• Clearer discernment about what truly matters — and the freedom to stop rearranging the outer while neglecting the inner
• The practical ability to bring stillness, focused attention, and genuine presence into meetings, parenting, conversations, and rest — not only onto a meditation cushion.
• A growing, experience-confirmed recognition that peace and happiness are not distant future goals, but your own nature — accessible whenever the mind becomes quiet and aligned with truth.

How We Do It

We follow a clear, repeatable process drawn from the Self-Actualization framework:

Competencies Developed

Inner Strengths You Build Over 12 Weeks

Join the Next Cohort — Beginning July 7, 2026

Eastern Wisdom Group Program — Self-Actualization
12 Weeks | 24 Live Sessions | Tuesdays & Fridays | 7:50–9:00 AM MST

What You Receive:

Twenty-four live sessions with Girish Jha · All recordings with lifetime access · 21-step Self-Actualization framework · Weekly micro-practices & reflection prompts · Sanskrit-English glossary & study guides · Living Satsang community · Personal Sadhana Declaration · Certificate of Completion · Free pre-enrollment Discovery Call

Enrollment Options

Payment Plan Available: three monthly installments of $900 — contact us to arrange.

"This is the most important investment you will ever make — because it is an investment in the one who lives in every other area of your life."

Enrollment is limited to a small group to ensure personal guidance and authentic community. Seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Cancellation Policy

Full refund available up to 5 days before the program begins. After that date, a 5% administrative fee applies. No refunds after the first session.