India Youth Jam 2020

 

The India Youth Jam is an annual gathering of around 30 diverse young change-makers from across the country for a powerful week of deep listening, self discovery, community building, and systemic inquiry. It’s a place to experience unconditional love and uncompromising truth, and a place to learn tools that can help make our personal and work lives richer and more sustainable. It is an opportunity to engage deeply with the world and our place in it.

How can we young people stay in – in relationships, in conversations that matter, in our bodies, hearts and souls? How can we continue to choose love over fear, hope over despair, and connection over separation?

We are generally looking for participants between the ages of 20-35, Indian nationals involved in a social change effort of their calling. However we are not too rigid about age and nationality and happy to make exceptions. If you are open to learning from each other, excited about making new friends, and willing to push the limits of your comfort zone then probably this event is for you. Given the linguistic diversity of India, this Jam will be held mainly in English. However, it is possible for a person who speaks predominantly Hindi, Malyalam, Telugu or Punjabi to participate, since partial translation services will be available for these languages.

“I felt for the first time in my life that I was not judging the people who have ideologies different/ contradictory than mine. I felt their stories and I could just be open to their gifts and open to receiving. I felt empowered that I could feel the power to forgive. I felt empowered to feel the power to connect/re-connect with relations that have been/ are difficult in my life. I feel hopeful.”
– Srishti, Rishikesh (India Youth Jam 2012 Alumni)

“I came to this space with a lot of apprehension, fears, shame and pain that I didn’t necessarily acknowledge but I am leaving with so much lightness, acceptance, love and so much hope.”
– Anukriti Garg, Delhi (India Youth Jam 2019 Alumni)