"It's not another person's words that hurt us. Instead, it's the way we interpret it," said Swami Sukhabodhananda, inaugurating a twoday interactive workshop on Saturday.

His talk will focus on issues like stress, fear, diffidence and frustration and how to deal with them effectively and creatively via interaction, meditation, group dynamics and balancing through 'nava rasas'.

His sessions draw inspiration from insights of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sufism, Zen, Christianity and have also been influenced by sports psychology and modern therapies like mirroring, pacing, focussing et al.

Swamiji spoke on experiencing complete relationship with one's parents. "If one truly respects and experiences the relationship in the right way, one can handle other relationships efficiently," he said.

He also spoke of enjoying the experience of being oneself rather than attempting to be what one wants to be. Over 200 participants attended the programme.

Proceeds of the programme will be used to provide academic scholarships for the needy.