Sadia Saeed: Founder, Psychologist & Mindfulness Trainer
Experience
- In the capacity of a psychologist, Sadia has worked extensively with different populations over the past 22 years. She has worked therapeutically with individuals, couples and children.
- Presently her work consists of managing the organization, creating customized programs for training organizations, facilitating mindfulness courses and retreats, curating and overseeing programs delivered by her team and providing therapeutic supervision to her team as needed.
- She has conceptualized the ‘Integrated Mindfulness Program‘ for individuals and ‘The Mindful Organization‘ programs for organizations.
- She has participated in a TEDx conference where she was invited to give a talk on Mindfulness of Emotions. (You can watch the video below)
- She has designed, developed, and facilitated several stress-management and emotional resilience programs for corporate organizations such as Microsoft, Mercedes, Oberoi group of Hotels, Motilal Oswal and GroupM among others.
- Prior to Inner Space, she had a private practice and was a consultant at Karuna Hospital and a visiting child guidance expert at Sol’s Arc (Assessment and Remedial Center).
- She has also been a part-time counselor and advisor for several schools-both Regular and Special schools.
- Sadia speaks English, Hindi & Urdu.
Fee for therapy with Sadia is INR 5250/- (inclusive of 18% GST) or 75 USD.
- Sadia has worked with special populations such as with children and adults suffering from Juvenile Diabetes and HIV + orphans. She has also volunteered with Borderless World Foundation, an NGO working with orphaned girl children in Kashmir.
- Sadia has been involved in working therapeutically with as well as creating mindfulness-based courses for children of commercial sex workers.
- She has been a visiting teaching faculty for psychology in Nair Hospital- Department for Physiotherapy and in S.N.D.T University- Department of Nutrition.
- Over the years, she has attended various courses to further her understanding of psychotherapy, such as those based on Integral Somatic Psychotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Reality Therapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).
- She has attended trainings with Rick Hanson in Australia in both his key projects, ‘Buddha’s Brain’ and “Hardwiring Happiness”, both of which are based on the neuroscientific understanding of mindfulness.
A Mindfulness &
Self-Awareness Guide
By Sadia Saeed
This book is written with an intention to help young people adopt perspective and practices to live life joyfully, to initiate valuable learnings from Indian wisdom traditions early in life and to avoid learning unhealthy patterns that will lead to mental health difficulties later.
Speaking on Mindfulness of Emotions at TedX
Speaking at the Mindful Leadership Summit
Education
Sadia completed her graduation in Psychology, from St. Xavier’s, Mumbai and her Masters in Clinical Psychology, from Mumbai University. She has also done a number of courses to deepen her knowledge of psychotherapy and mindfulness. Some of them are:
- Mindfulness and the Brain: a course on neuroscience of mindfulness (Australia)
- Mindfulness Based Stress Management
- Integral Somatic Psychotherapy
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming
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"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." –R.C
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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. -S.K
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"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." - S.R
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"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." -R.S
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"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." -R.C
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"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." -S.B
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"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." -A.J
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"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." -S.S
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"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." -R.S
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"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." -C.W
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"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." -S.B
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I am emotional fool.l am suffering many difficulties in my life.now i am mentally disturb.I cant adjust any thing.I am feeling helpless.I need help please suggest what can i do?
Dear Ruchi,
We understand, this must be really difficult time for you. To identify concerns in a deeper light.
We have sent you an email with the details of booking an appointment. Please check and feel free to get back to us.
Warmly,
The Inner Space Team
Dear Sadia,
I an going through a stressful phase of my life… from a bold chirpy fun loving person have turned into a person who has lost happiness and life’s luster.Have never felt so confused with my own being before.. The phase like this is making me go crazy.. Am working , have two kids… loving husband and concerned friends. but today i feel no one understands what am saying and feel like loosing everything.. I have become silent as i don’t want to share my thoughts cause it rages anger in me and then comes its after effects.. but keeping quiet is making me go crazy with thoughts running in my mind which doesn’t stop at all.life seems to be a standstill…
I felt am in dire need of help so was searching the website where i saw ur profile… I called up the number to check if i can see you but in despair got to know that you are booked for over few months… I was helped by the front desk person to check other profiles..I felt that connect with you… Is it possible for you to pls help me with a little time of yours.
I would be highly obliged pls.
Thanks
Dear Sona,
We understand, this must be really difficult time for you. To identify concerns in a deeper light. You could consult a counsellor from our team, to understand ways in which we can support you in managing your concerns adequately.
We have sent you an email with the details of booking an appointment. Please check and feel free to get back to us.
Warmly,
The Inner Space Team
Hi Sadia,
I am going through a tough phase personally and professionally. I feel i have become phobic to alot of things. Well, is it possible to have a one on one conversation? Would be great to get any kind of help/ understanding about how to work on my situation.
Dear Neha,
Thank you for writing to us! We have responded to you via email. Please do check and feel free to get in touch with us.
Warmly,
The Inner Space Team
Hi Sadia,
I am a Clinical Psychologist based in Navi Mumbai. I am a PhD Scholar, pursuing PhD from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. I wish to use Mindfulness based intervention in my research. I went through your profile and found it to be really nice. I require your guidance and I would also like to explore some training possibilities with you, in the Corporate Sector. Would you mind sharing your email id or phone number so that I can share my thoughts with you? Please write to me on my email id – neha.86v@gmail.com
Thanks
Neha Verma
Clinical Psychologist
9810966800
Dear Wella,
We understand that this must be a difficult time for you and your son. As parents, it can be very worrisome when your child experiences social anxiety and displays low confidence. To support him further, we need to understand what may be causing these concerns, and help him find ways to deal with the same. This could be done through counselling as a process. We would like to support you and your son via counselling. We have sent you an email regarding some details of the process of counselling. Please check and feel free to get in touch with us.
Warmly,
The Inner Space Team
Hi sadia
This is about my son whos 18 yr old now and studying for engineering. Though he is good in studies he is suffering from lack of confidence. Lately he startd getting social anxiety too. .he doesnt have any frnds either.pls advise wat to do
Dear Dimple,
Thank you for your kind words!
Currently, we do not have an opening for internship at our centre. However, we wish you the very best in all you career aspirations!
Warmly,
The Inner Space Team