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MONROE INSTITUTE® Programs

Exploring Consciousness with Dr. Rashhi Sharma

A 2-Day Residential Workshop in Expanded States of Awareness

A structured and immersive program designed to help you directly experience expanded states of consciousness in a grounded, safe, and research-based setting.

This is the official Exploring Consciousness program of The Monroe Institute, delivered by a certified Monroe Outreach Trainer.

The workshop introduces you to foundational states of awareness — including Focus 10 and Focus 12 — enabling deeper relaxation, expanded perception, and access to inner resources.

This is not a belief-based experience.
It is guided, structured consciousness training.

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2 Days | Residential | Bangalore
Led by Dr. Rashhi Sharma | Certified Monroe Outreach Trainer

WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS

What is Exploring Consciousness?

Exploring Consciousness is an intensive 2-day residential workshop developed by The Monroe Institute (USA) to offer direct experience of expanded states of awareness, self-discovery, and personal transformation.

It introduces participants to Focus 10 and Focus 12, two foundational states that support inner exploration, greater self-understanding, and access to previously untapped inner resources.

The program is designed to help participants:

Directly experience expanded states that often take years of practice to stabilize.

Apply these states practically in everyday life.

Learn tools to access these states more easily, even beyond audio support.

Better understand the Total Self

Access untapped inner resources

The program is experiential in nature.

It does not rely on belief, suggestion, or interpretation.
It focuses on direct experience, supported by structured guidance.

THE MONROE INSTITUTE

A Program Developed by The Monroe Institute®

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“Experience is the greatest teacher.”
— Robert A. Monroe

The Monroe Institute is one of the world’s most recognized organizations in the field of human consciousness exploration.

Founded in the early 1970s by Robert A. Monroe and Nancy Penn Monroe, it has spent more than 50 years developing research, education, and audio technologies to support expanded states of awareness and self-empowerment.

Monroe Trainers conduct residential, virtual, online, and outreach programs worldwide in multiple languages.

Its programs are conducted globally and are based on:

  • structured methodologies

  • decades of research and refinement

  • direct experiential learning

  • non-religious, non-dogmatic frameworks

It comes from a structured lineage of consciousness research and training.

This workshop follows the same structured approach.

It is delivered in alignment with Monroe’s training standards.

WHY THIS PROGRAM MATTERS

Why People Join Exploring Consciousness

During this workshop, participants use Monroe’s proven Hemi-Sync® audio guidance technology to help focus the mind, meditate more easily, solve problems, cope with daily stress, awaken creativity, realize goals, and access a deeper sense of fulfillment and inner potential.

The below are the common outcomes and benefits reported by participants, including:

  • access to inner guidance

  • enhanced meditation

  • enhanced intuition and creativity

  • insights into life issues

  • release of fears and limiting beliefs

  • expanded awareness

  • deep physical relaxation

  • mental calm and clarity

  • stress reduction

  • improved sleep

  • effective problem solving

  • emotional and physical healing

  • greater synchronicity

  • greater knowing of the Total Self

This program introduces a different possibility.

Through guided sessions using Monroe’s audio-based techniques, participants are able to access states that often take years of independent practice to reach.

This is why the workshop is best positioned not as entertainment, but as a foundational self-empowerment training.

FOCUS 10 & FOCUS 12

The Foundational States You Will Experience

The workshop introduces two core Monroe states:

Focus 10

A state often described as mind awake, body asleep — deep physical relaxation with alert awareness.

Focus 12

A state of expanded awareness in which consciousness stretches beyond ordinary physical identification, opening access to intuition, guidance, and nonphysical perception.

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These states are not abstract concepts.

They are directly experienced during the workshop through guided processes.

They form the foundation for deeper exploration of consciousness.

HOW THE WORKSHOP WORKS

A Structured, Guided Process

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The workshop is conducted through a carefully designed sequence of guided exercises supported by Monroe’s audio technology.

Participants work with:

  • high-quality stereo headphone-based audio guidance

  • structured state transitions

  • guided inner processes

  • reflective discussion and integration

  • a supportive group environment

Each session is designed to gradually deepen awareness while maintaining stability and clarity.

The environment is not passive.

It is actively guided, with continuous support and instruction.

WHAT IS HEMI-SYNC®

Understanding Hemi-Sync® Technology

Hemi-Sync® (Hemispheric Synchronization) is an audio-guidance technology developed by The Monroe Institute.

It works by presenting slightly different frequencies to each ear, encouraging the brain to synchronize into specific states associated with relaxation, focus, and expanded awareness.

It is Monroe’s audio-guidance technology designed to help both hemispheres of the brain synchronize, making it easier to enter specific states of consciousness.

It is important to understand:

  • this is not hypnosis

  • no suggestions are imposed

  • there is no loss of control

  • participants remain aware throughout

The audio supports the process.

It does not create the experience on its own.

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It is different from ordinary binaural apps. The Monroe recordings are proprietary and layered, developed and researched over decades rather than built from simple commercial dual-tone beats.

WHAT YOU MAY EXPERIENCE

Individual Experience Will Vary

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Each participant experiences the process differently.

Some may notice:

  • deep physical relaxation

  • subtle vibrational or energetic sensations

  • inner imagery, colors, or symbolic perception

  • emotional release or clarity

  • intuitive insights or inner guidance

Others may experience the process more quietly.

Both are valid.

Not every experience is dramatic.
Not every experience is immediate.

What matters is the shift in awareness —
often subtle, but meaningful.

Participants are guided to observe, not force.

WORKSHOP FLOW

How the Two Days Progress

Day 1

  • Introduction to consciousness states

  • Focus 10 (deep relaxation with awareness)

  • Energy awareness and application

  • Release and mental clearing processes

  • Grounding and stabilization

You learn many practical, proven consciousness tools on both days, which are useful for many life situations

Day 2

  • Introduction to consciousness states

  • Focus 10 (deep relaxation with awareness)

  • Energy awareness and application

  • Release and mental clearing processes

  • Grounding and stabilization

The process is designed to build gradually.

Nothing is rushed.
Nothing is forced.

CONTINUING AFTER THE WORKSHOP

A Practice You Can Continue

This is a self-empowerment workshop, not a dependency-based model.

Participants receive the Free Flow 12 track for self-practice at home and can continue using the tools learned in the workshop, such as the Energy Conversion Box, REBAL, affirmations, and Focus 12 problem-solving methods in meditation and everyday life.

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Guided by Dr. Rashhi Sharma

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What defines this work is not only training —
but the ability to guide individuals through these states with clarity, precision, and stability.

Certified Monroe Outreach Trainer

This workshop is led by Dr. Rashhi Sharma, an officially certified Outreach Trainer of The Monroe Institute, USA.

Her work integrates structured consciousness training with deep experiential understanding across multiple modalities.

Relevant experience includes:

  • Certified Outreach Trainer — The Monroe Institute

  • extensive work in altered states, OBE, Shamanism, Remote Viewing, Hypnotherapy, Transpersonal work, and consciousness exploration

  • 8500+ therapy sessions across 100+ countries

  • 350+ students trained across 28+ countries

CURRENT OFFERING

Exploring Consciousness

This program has already been conducted successfully.

  • 1 batch completed (January 2026)

  • 12 participants trained

  • strong experiential outcomes reported

Format:
2-Day Residential Workshop

Location:
Bangalore (Discovery Village Resort)

Seats:
Limited to 12, to maintain quality and depth of facilitation

To join the program:

  • Review the program details and brochure

  • Speak with the team if needed

  • Submit your enrollment request

  • Complete registration to confirm your seat

HOW TO JOIN

Enrollment Process

Seats are limited to maintain a focused and high-quality experience.

Begin with Direct Experience

Exploring Consciousness is designed as a foundational step into the direct exploration of awareness.

It is not about adopting new beliefs.
It is about experiencing what is already possible.

If you feel drawn to understand consciousness beyond theory,
this is the place to begin.