You are welcome to explore four of the most respected meditation techniques. It is an introductory course on various meditation techniques for all levels, especially for the beginners. The course aims to teach the most useful meditation techniques with objective background knowledge and subjective guided experience. WEEK 1: Vipassana (Mindfulness/ Acceptance) WEEK 2: Zazen - (Silence/ Self Mastery) WEEK 3: Trataka- (Concentration/ Intiution) WEEK 4: Mantra (Chanting/ Purification)

This training offers participants the opportunity to recognize their basic philosophical skills and experience this competence, expressed as practical wisdom (phronesis), with application examples. It also aims to develop the participants' skills in thinking healthily, asking functional questions, making decisions appropriate to the circumstances, and solving the problems they encounter in their individual, social, ethical and professional lives. Education is built on two main axes that complement each other: theoretical and practical; It will be carried out in an interactive manner and also by focusing on the cases. In this process, it is aimed for the participants to theoretically and practically experience the stages (deepening, problematization, conceptualization and evaluation) required to address and analyze any question and/or problem from a philosophical perspective. We will focus on certain stages of this methodology, which adopts philosophy as a method: a. Deepening (Defining, Explaining, Analyzing, Synthesizing, Contemplating, Exemplifying, Interpreting, etc.) b. Problematization (Argumentation, Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Art of Asking Questions, Socratic Method) c. Conceptualization (Concept Examination and Association, Making Connections and Discrimination) D. Evaluation (Evaluating from a Philosophical Perspective)

Have you ever thought what affects your choices, your personal and general judgments? If its hold that improving your creative and critical thinking capacity enables you to make right decisions in your personal, professional and family life, what do you say? Whether we are aware of it or not, our unhealthy thinking patterns narrows our mental capacities and weakens our quality of life. We invite you to our course to discover these unhealthy thoughts, to real their impact on our lives and to learn to think healthier. Week1: We will explore the nature of beliefs and our belief systems. Mainly we will focus on how a belief is created and how much strength it has on your level of intelligence, problem solving and decision making. Here, you will identify and encounter your own limiting beliefs and their influences your ability to think creatively, constructively, and critically. Then, we will work on authentic tools from philosophical practices to overcome your limitations. Week2 & 3: We will talk about the common patterns of unhealthy thinking (logical errors, cognitive biases). By examining those automatic patterns one by one, we would analyze the examples from our daily life. Hence, we will make it easier for you to be aware the source of your wrong decisions and unresolved issues. Week4: We will learn the most effective philosophical practices to improve the quality of thinking and decision making. We will talk about how to implement the proven strategies of to neutralize the negative effects of mental errors and improve cognitive capacities.

Philosophy in the Workplace The course brings together the workers and managers (as diverse groups of people) with one thing in common: they are ready to grow and create positive change in their lives and in the workplace. It would be a life changing, creative and critical thinking oriented personal development program. You are welcome if you also aim a personal development through fun and intellectual philosophical. spiritual and mystical conversations and exercises. Week1: Success (Failure, Punisment, Reward) Week2: Motivation (Intention, Desire, Satisfaction) Week3: Leadership (Team-ness and Individuality) Week4: Self Mastery (Performance, Self Confidence, Self Actualization)