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Sadia Saeed – Founder and Chief Psychologist, Inner Space – India

Sadia Saeed: Founder, Psychologist & Mindfulness Trainer

Sadia Saeed

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Sadia Saeed, with 25 years of experience, is the founder of Inner Space, a leading therapy platform with a team of skilled psychotherapists. A key focus of Inner Space is its mindfulness meditation courses, primarily led by Sadia and occasionally supported by her team.

Sadia’s extensive work includes psychotherapy, overseeing activities of Inner Space and developing and facilitating mindfulness programs and retreats for individuals and organizations.

Key Contributions

 Mindfulness and Meditation 

Corporate Training

  • She has created and facilitated ‘The Mindful Organization‘ program for many corporates and Non-Profits as a way of integrating Mindfulness into the organization’s culture to promote resilience, team connection and well-being.
  • She has designed, developed, and facilitated several stress-management and emotional resilience programs for corporate organizations such as Microsoft, Mercedes, Oberoi group of Hotels, ABP News, HP and GroupM among others.

Therapeutic Work

  • She has undertaken therapy sessions  with thousands of individuals dealing with personal or relationship difficulties over the past two decades.  At present, she focuses exclusively on group sessions in the form of mindfulness and meditation courses, to help people better understand and relate to their thoughts, emotions and subconscious patterns that are creating difficulties and unhappiness.
  • She has worked at Karuna Hospital, Mumbai as the hospital clinical psychologist from 2005 to 2011.

Community Work

  • Meditation with Children of Sex-Workers: She is associated with Kranti, a non-profit, to bring therapy and mindfulness meditation to children of sex-workers.
  • Social-Emotional Learning in Government Schools: She is associated with Apni Shala, a non-profit that works to build social emotional learning in government schools. She facilitates mindfulness trainings for their staff and helps them optimize their curriculum using best practices from the fields of psychology, meditation and Indian wisdom traditions. 
  • Indian Airforce: She is a Guest Faculty for mindfulness training programs for Indian Airforce at Palam
  • Bringing Poetry and wisdom of Saints to Schools: She is supporting Shabad Shaala, which is an initiative to get the wisdom and poetry of Indian saints and sufis to school children. She supports them in helping build some aspects of the curriculum and facilitating teacher immersion ssessions.
  • Year-Long Mindfulness with Non-Profits: During Covid she helped in creating and facilitating year long mindfulness trainings for the staff of several Non-profits in association with Empower. The sessions were facilitated by the Inner Space team and were aimed at helping the particpants build resilience and bring mindfulness to other beneficiaries of their organizations.
  • Work with Girl Children in Kashmir: in 2009 she associated with Borderless World Foundation in Kashmir. She volunteered with girl children who had lost their parents due to terrorism related activities.
 
 

Publications and Public Speaking

 
 
 
  • Author of the Book You Are Simply Perfect: She has authored a book, published by Penguin/Puffin books, for teenagers called ‘You are Simply Perfect’, aimed at helping young people adopt principles of Indian and Eastern philosphies to live more joyfully.
  • Speaker at Mindfulness Summit, Delhi: She has spoken on various mindfulness summit at Delhi and Gurgaoon on the impact of meditation, highlighting the neuroscience behind the practice: Mindfulness for Emotional Resilience (A talk on neuroplasticity and mindfulness

A Mindfulness &
Self-Awareness Guide
By Sadia Saeed

book on mindfulness for teens

This book is written with an intention to help young people live freely and joyfully with learnings from Indian wisdom traditions and best practices from the field of psychotherapy

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Education and Training

 
  • Completed her graduation from  St. Xavier’s, Mumbai
  • Completed M.A in Applied Clinical Psychology from Mumbai University
  • Other Trainings:
  1. Mindfulness and the Brain: a course on neuroscience of mindfulness (Australia)
  2. Mindfulness Based Stress Management
  3. Integral Somatic Psychotherapy
  4. Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  5. Several Retreats From various buddhist perspectives on Meditation
  6. Several Vipassana 10-day Courses and a Sattipatthana Course.

Testimonials

Robin Chaurasiya
"I've had the privilege of receiving therapy from Sadia (founder of Inner Space) for over five years, and the only words I can share are, simply, that I owe her my life."
Palka Jain
Thank you Thank you Thank you Sadia for this brilliant module 2, curated with so much heart and such attention to detail for each step at the same time simplifying it to the basics and making everything come together at the end so beautifully. You are giving people their power back which either they have lost or do not even know that they have in the first place. A great service is what it is that you are achieving by offering this knowledge and techniques. For me it has been so much peace and calm like coming home. I always yearned for it but did not know how to reach there. Have never been so comfortable in my skin as I am now like literally. Thank you again to you Sadia and the whole Inner space team for this. Also everyone who were a part of this. Much Love and Gratitude.
Rachna Shah
"I attended 8 week mindfulness course, led by Sadia, who is an insightful and excellent teacher. The course was well designed to help us start our journey towards knowing ourselves better, and definitely helped us staying and dealing with our emotions in a constructive way. Mindfulness brings awareness and staying in the present is one of my biggest takeaways from the course. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to know themselves better and want to know how to deal with emotions."
Pankaj Arora
The session is very well designed to start from scratch and progress at your own pace with help of live and recorded sessions. Sadia has a very deep understanding of various philosophies and has imbibed the best of her learnings in this course, which makes it immensely enriching along with being very practical. She has an extremely positive presence and a very calming demeanor which helps improve your energy level throughout the course. Loved every bit of it. Big thanks to the entire team.
Rekha Chhaya
"In our present times when stress and anxiety are rampant, the mindfulness course feels like an oasis in a desert. One is led through a series of simple regular practice into meditation and an increased awareness of one’s inner and outer world. Supporting this practice are excellent videos which step by step lead you towards a quiet centre of peace within. Sadia’s inspiring and compassionate presence is always there in the videos and especially in the weekly sessions shared by all with their queries and experiences."
SB
"Absolutely loved the Self-Compassion Retreat conducted last month in person in Bombay. It was everything that I had hoped for: intimate group, vulnerable sharing, insightful discussions, and the space to contradict or feel differently and still be respected and accepted. Sadia conducted an excellent session; her stage presence and facilitation skills are great! Look forward to more such sessions and also their 8 week mindfulness course in 2023."
Csaba Wagner
"I had struggled with anxiety and mental health issues for several months before I joined Sadia’s course. Her explanation on what is going on inside our head and body helped me to approach my condition from a brand new perspective. Throughout the 8 weeks, I learned to look at things from a new angle and also to accept things much easier. I highly recommend this course to anyone who’s going through a tough time in life and have difficulties processing the day to day stress / anxiety."
Aparna Jhunjhunwala
"Mindfulness meditation and living in the moment is much needed in today’s times. Sadia and her entire team have introduced the concepts so simply and beautifully. Attending Sadia’s sessions bring a lot of peace to me and I do hope to make this a way of living. This half day retreat on self Conpassion gets me closer to the subject and has brought in a lot of calm and joy."
Saurabh Raye
"The 8 week mindfulness course has been a good experience. The weekly call was very useful and Sadia is a very calming presence. She is a patient teacher and the online resources help immensely. The videos are handpicked with a lot of thought and strengthens the daily practice for the week. Mindfulness has helped to improve resilience and tolerance to stressful situations."
Sana Saeed
"I did Sadia’s 8 week mindfulness course and absolutely loved it. The knowledge and insight given, has been extremely useful when applied to my daily life. Sadia makes the course very personal and patiently attends, to all the needs of her participants. I recommend this course to anyone that wants to indulge deeply into learning more about the self and the mind/body connection."
Shweta Katti ( Kranti)
I personally have been shaped by Sadia di’s wisdom, compassion and love. I have struggled a LOT with mental health issues over the years. Sadia di has been strict when needed and gentle otherwise. She did not only help me heal in therapy but also equipped me with tools to work through difficult emotions in everyday life through her mindfulness sessions.
Renu Sharma
"Thanks to Sadia and her wonderful team for conducting the offline Retreat on Self Compassion. It helped me realize how I understand Compassion to Self and others and how far am I successful in practicing it actually in real life. Thanks for that. Looking forward for more such insightful sessions."
Sudakshina Banerjee
"I attended the 8 week Mindfulness workshop. Helps you to gently unravel the layers within, and find answers to your multiple questions. Sadia's style has almost a lyrical quality, while she gently prods you to explore yourself. I enjoyed every interactive session as well as the practices she taught. Thankyou team Inner Space."

Speaking on Mindfulness of Emotions at TedX

Speaking at the Mindful Leadership Summit

151 thoughts on “Sadia Saeed – Founder and Chief Psychologist, Inner Space – India”

  1. Charmi Saliya`

    Hi Sadia,

    I am a Clinical Psychologist and have just passed out last year I want take Marriage Counseling as my careeer so I want some suggestions as in where can I find it in India and is there any scope in mumbai. I have searched for the course its a Post Graduate Diploma Course in Marriage Counseling in Kolkatta in The Global Institute is it worth doing that course and do you have any idea about the Institute.

    Awaiting your reply……..

  2. priyanka gupta

    hi sadia..i am dr.priyanka..i am a dentist actually..but i have always been interested in the psychological aspect of people and now i want to take up psychology.what am i supposed to do??how do i take pursue in order to practise this too…kindly guide me..
    thanks a ton..

  3. neeta

    My 7 yrs old daugher is an active girl but her crying tantrum is just not controlable. Tried all sort of strategies like convincing, ignoring, count down, keeping in the bathroom till she stops crying but yet she has not reduced this habit. Today for silly reason she cried, so I got frustrated and hit one to stop, then to control her cry I said ‘sorry’ but since she didnt stop I asked frustratingly asked her to go away from my sight. She inturn hid herself into the bathroom, when we realised after long time she was not ready to come out. Dad then started count down and she opened the door he hit her 2-3 as she was very late for the school.
    How do we handle her ?

  4. Aru

    hi sadia, sent an email via the contact us form. Would appreciate a reply. This is a great website and great work by the whole team.

  5. batista

    For the past few years, I have had a serious problem with excessive daydreaming to the point where my life has taken a turn for the worse.On an average,I spend around 7-8 hours daydreaming per day.I did read the article on excessive daydreaming by one of your psychologists but it would be really helpful if you could suggest a few more ways to deal with this problem effectively.

  6. Bharat

    Hi Sadia,

    I really like the concept of Inner Space. Its something really good which you have got going here.

    Since early years in my life i have been really fascinated with a human mind – i was curious to know why people did the things they did. What made them react in a particular manner, what were the factors which made them react in that manner. It just fascinated me.

    In time i started pondering what can i do to change a particular behavior for the good or the bad in others.

    And as results with my friends i become an agony aunt or a person who gave them a new way at looking at things.

    Now when i was in school i didn’t realize i had love for human behavior. So i pursued my studies in marketing did Bachelors in Management studies (BMS) and later on did a MBA in marketing.

    And soon i was working with an Top Ad Agency, but recently the curiosity for the human brain has increased – and i have started considering going towards studying Psychology and take it professionally. But i am 30 now. i need some advice on how do i go about things – spending 3 years to earn a degree and thn PG it will be about 5 to 7 years for me to take it professionally.

    I still need to support my family and i cant really think of leaving and pursuing this.

    Can you advice what courses i can take (Part time degrees) are degrees better or diploma.

    I event dont mind taking a years break and doing full time year course but not beyond that – post which i will have to go part time.

    Any advice will be much appreciated.

    Rgds
    Bharat

  7. suyash tilak

    Hi Sadia.
    I am a student currently pursuing my degree in bachelors in management studies. I am working on a project which explains career guidance and psychology in corporates. I can connect my topic with some of the brilliant articles posted on this website. Can you suggest me some corporate psychologists who can guide me in my project ?

  9. Dr.Makarand nikam

    Hi sadia,
    I am Dr.makarand did my B.A.M.S. and interested in doin masters in clinical psychology
    but it is not possible for me to join the regular course, as ‘m doin my clinical practice in nashik,
    So will you please tell me good institute providing corosponding coures of masters degree. in maharashtra. I don’t know about mumbai university, but how is the IGNOU degree.
    please also tell me the exact difference between M.A and M.Sc psychology

    please reply me.
    thank you
    Dr.makarand Nikam

  10. pooja saran

    Hi Sadia!

    I came across your website while searching for reputed institutes which provide masters in psychology. I really appreciate your work.

    I have done my BE (Electronics) from University of Mumbai and MBA (Finance). Have also worked for 2 years in each field. However, I have taken a break to look after my child who is 3 years now.

    I always found human psychology and behavior quite interesting. I wanted to know where i can do a distance learning or masters in mumbai.

    Thanks.

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A young woman from another country moved with her family to live for one year in a town near the monastery. When, in the course of the year she discovered the monastery, she would periodically visit to have discussions with the Abbess. The Abbess introduced her to meditation, which became very meaningful for the young woman.

When the family’s year-long stay was drawing to an end, the young woman asked the Abbess, “In my country there is no Buddhism and no one has even heard about meditation. How can I continue to learn and deepen the practice you have started me on?”

The Abbess said, “When you return home ask far and wide for who, among the wise people, is recognized as having the greatest ability to listen. Ask that person to instruct you in the art of listening. What you learn about listening from such a person will teach you how to further your meditation practice.

― Gil Fronsdal, A Monastery Within: Tales from the Buddhist Path