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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

Order Here

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. Rajni Panday

    Hello Dr.Sadia, Myself Rajni Panday, im in urgent need of ur help….im really depressed by my lyf..i hv a 3yr old daughter. I hv lost all interest wid my ownself & watevr i do all goes against me. Neither my parents nor anybody supports me…they jst blame me for everything….things are getting worse day by day. I hv come from Hyd now in Mumbai for a month…..i need a gud counselor wid the fee structure & the location of ur clinic. Kindly help me out plzzz help me…Waiting for ur reply ASAP.

    Warm regards: Rajni Panday

  2. RAHUL SINGH THAKUR

    hello sadia mam,
    i am not able to concentrate on my anything.
    i usually think bad for people i know well . i always thinks i m superior than other (but actually i am not). only bad things occur in my mind . because of this my career is going down fastly , i dont know what to do. I have lost control on my thoughts , i usually ignore the people i know. please help me mam.

  3. Malini Krishnan

    Hi Asif,
    hum samaj sakte hain ki yeh aapke liye mushkil daur hai. Kabhi kabhi, bohot der tak hamare andar ke emotions dabe hue rehte hai. Hum unka dhyaan nahi rakhte hai. Dheere dheere yeh emotions badte jaate hain aur phir negative thoughts, fear, confusion paida karte hain. Hamari rai yeh hai ki aap kisi counselor se appointment leke unse baat kare. Counselor in emotions ke saath kaam karne mein aapki madad karegi. Aap humse 9833985538 par sampark kar sakte hain. Hum aapko bataenge ki counseling mein kya hota hai. Phir aap decide kar sakte hain ki aapko kya karna hai.
    Hamari asha hai ki aapko madad mil jaye aur aap better feel karein
    Thank you

  4. mohd asif

    hey mam I’m mohd asif from up
    mam mai bahot jyada pareshan rhta hun negative thinking se ajibogrib khayalat aate rhte hai …hamesha ek dar jaisa algta h..mai kisi v situation ko handle nhi kr pata hu …aisa lagta h ki sab kuchh kr skta hu mgr kuchh v nhi kr pata ….mam meri memory v bhot jayada weak h hr subah mere liye ek nyi shubah hoti h …. mam mere andr koi excitement nhi h yha tk ki kic se baat krne ka v mn nhi krta ….agr kic se baat v krna chahta hu to aisa lgta h mere mind me baat krne k liye kuchh v nhi h ….pls pls mam koi solution btaen ……….# m.asifsiddiquiahmed@gmail.com

  5. Malini Krishnan

    Dear Omkar,
    Thank you for writing in to us. We’d be glad to help you with your query. Our contact number is 9833985538 and our email id is info@demo.innerspacetherapy.in. We have sent you an email from the same id, with the process and the fee structure of counseling, to help you decide if you wish to book an appointment.
    Warm Regards

  9. Malini Krishnan

    Dear Pranoti,
    Thank you for writing in and for sharing your concerns with us. We understand how distressing this situation would be for your sister, and for her close ones. We would be glad to help. We have sent you an email with details of the process and fees of sessions. Kindly check for an email from info@demo.innerspacetherapy.in
    We sincerely wish your sister well.
    Warm Regards

  10. pranoti

    My sister has been married for almost a year now, but her husband has still not accepted her as his wife. He only keeps asking for time as he’s still hung up on his past relationship. Kindly give details about your sessions and charges

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The Art of Listening

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