AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
AOL in Palestine Report from an intensive course
February – March 2010
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
The goal of Art of Living is to put a smile on every body´s face
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
We just love to start the day with yoga
The interpreter in front also shows the yoga postures
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
The breath of joy
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
The 3 stage pranayama breathing is relaxing and gives a sensation of happiness
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
The breath of bhastrika removes all the toxins from the body
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
The breath of bhastrika removes all the toxins from the body
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
To share knowledge is an important part of the course
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Breathing takes a lot of effort - so it is good also to be allowed to relax
Listening to a life story
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Make sure you get my boots on the photo!!!
Don't show my socks !!!
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
We will always be friends
No doubt that we owe it all to our beloved Sri Sri Ravishankar
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Farewell party at Ulla´s house
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
After one month of Art of Living's intensive course these womens lives were changed for ever
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Bechs Depression Test
Total result of the AOL Intensive CourseQuestions 1 - 21
Total repondents: 7
All questions
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
Level 0 39% 60% 95%
Level 1 25% 22% 5%
Level 2 25% 16% 0%
Level 3 11% 2% 0%
Method: All respondents evaluations are added together for each level and shown as percentages for each test
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Bechs Depression Test
Total repondents: 7
Question 1:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I do not feel sad 5 5 7
1: I feel sad 2 1
2: I feel sad all the time and I can´t snap out of it.
3:I am so sad and unhappy that I can´t stand it
Total repondents: 7
Question 2:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I am not particulary discouraged about the future
0 2 7
1: I feel discouraged about the future
2 3
2: I feel I have nothing to look forward to
5 2
3: I feel the future is hopeless and things can not improve
Total repondents: 7
Question 3:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I do not feel like a failure 5 6
1: I feel I have failed more than average person
3 1
2: As I look back on my life, all I can see is a lot of failures
3 2
3: I feel I am a complete failure as a person
1
Total repondents: 7
Question 4:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I get as much satisfaction out of things as I used to
4 2 6
1: I don´t enjoy things the way as I used to
2 2 1
2: I don´t get real satisfaction out of anything anymore
3
3: I am dissatisfied or bored with everything
1
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Bechs Depression Test
Total repondents: 7
Question 5:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I don´t feel particularly guilty 3 3 7
1: I feel guilty a good part of the time
3 1
2: I feel quite guilty most of the time
3
3: I fell guilty all of the time 1
Total repondents: 7
Question 6:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I don´t feel I am being punished
3 7
1: I feel I may be punished 2 3
2: I expect to be punished 2 1
3: I feel I am being punished 3
Total repondents: 7
Question 7:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I don´t feel disapointed in myself
3 5 7
1: I am disappinted in my self
2: I am disgusted with myself 4 2
3: I hate myself
Total repondents: 7
Question 8:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I don´t feel I am any worse than anybody else
4 5 7
1: I am critical of myself for my weaknesses or mistakes
2: I blame myself all the time for my faults
1 2
3: I blame myself for everything bad that happens
2
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Bechs Depression Test
Total repondents: 7
Question 9:
1st test 2nd test
3rd test
0: I don´t have any thoughts of killing myself
7 7 7
1: I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out
2: I would like to kill myself
3: I would kill myself if I had the chance
Total repondents: 7
Question 10:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I don´t cry any more than usual 4 3 6
1: I cry more than I used to 1
2: I cry all the time now 2
3 :I used to be able to cry, but now I can´t even though I want to
3 2
Total repondents: 7
Question 11:
1st test 2nd test
3rd test
0: I am no more irritated by things than I ever was
3 6 7
1: I am slightly more irritated now than usual
1 1
2: I am quite annoyed or irritated a good deal of the time
3
3: I feel irritated all the time
Total repondents: 7
Question 12:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I have not lost interest in other people
3 5 7
1: I am less interested in other people than I used to be
1 1
2: I have lost most of my interest in other people
2
3: I have lost all of my interest in other people
1 1
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Bechs Depression Test
Total repondents: 7
Question 13:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I make decisions about as well as I ever could
4 4 7
1: I put off making decisions about more than I used to
2
2: I have greater difficulty in making decisions more than I used to
1 1
3: I can´t make decisions at all anymore
2
Total repondents: 7
Question 14:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I don´t feel that I look any worse than I used to
4 7 7
1: I am worried that I am looking old or unattractive
1
2: I feel that there are permanent changs in my appearance that make me look unattractive
2
3: I believe that I look ugly
Total repondents: 7
Question 15:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I can work about as well as before
2 5 6
1: It takes an extra effort to get started at doing something
2 2 1
2: I have to push myself very hard to do anything
3
3: I can´t do any work at all
Total repondents: 7
Question 16:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I can sleep as well as usual 5
1: I don´t sleep as well as I used to
5 7 2
2: I wake up 1-2 hours earlier than usual and find it hard to get back to sleep
2
3: I wake up several hours earlier than I used to and cannot get back to sleep
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Bechs Depression Test
Total repondents: 7
Question 17:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I don´t get more tired than usual
2 6 7
1: I get tired more easily than I used to
1 1
2: I get tired from doing almost anything
3
3: I am too tired to do anything 1
Total repondents: 7
Question 18:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: My appetite is no worse than usual
1 6
1: My appetite is not as good as it used to be
5 6 1
2: My appetite is much worse now
2
3: I have no appetite at all anymore
Total repondents: 7
Question 19:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I haven´t lost much weight, if any, lately
2 4 7
1: I have lost more than five pounds
2 1
2: I have lost more than ten pounds
2 2
3: I have lost more than fifteen pounds
1
Total repondents: 7
Question 20:
1st test
2nd test
3rd test
0: I am no more worried about my health than ususal
2 4 7
1: I am worried about physical problems such as aches and pains, or upset stomach, or constipation
3 1
2: I am worried about physical problems and it´s hard to think of much else
2 2
3: I am so worried about my physical problems that I cannot thin about anything else
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Bechs Depression Test
Total repondents: 7
Question 21:
1st test 2nd test 3rd test
0: I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex
5 6 7
1: I am less interested in sex than I used to be
2 1
2: I have almost no interest in sex
3: I have lost interest in sex completely
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Statements from the participants
A: ” I used to be very stressed because I am always under pressure and I could only sleep a couple of hours at night. Now I do the breathing when I am under pressure. I do not worry about to-morrow and I sleep very well at night – this is worth more than millions.”
B: ” I used to be unhappy all the time also nervous and angry even when my kids asked
me for anything. That has changed . Now when one of my children ask me for something I will do it – may be only later but I will do it for sure.”
C: ”I had problems letting go of my feelings . I could not cry. But the last day of the course I
cried and all the hurt inside me got out. I cannot say that I am so happy now and have no problems but before the course a small problem would affect all my day and I would be sad and angry ,but now I say to myself why should I be angry because of a small stupid problem. I can see things in the right proportion now.”
D: ” I became a new person who sleep well, eat well and I am happy and relaxed and no
longer afraid to ask my father to allow me to do the things I want.”
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
Statements from the participants
E: ” My husband did everything he could to make me happy. But I used to have a spot inside which made me unhappy and angry all the time and without energy. That spot has disappeared . My husband wants me to do this course all the time because now I am happy and full of energy and can also make him and my children happy.”
F: ”I did not believe that this course could do anything for me at all and I only started the
course to prove that. I never could find one moment of happiness – not even with my children I only felt more devastated and desperate when I was with them and I used to carry a stick all the time and hit my children with it. I stopped that completely now and even if I still have a big sadness inside, when I am with my children now I can feel happy.”
G: ”I was so angry and I used to throw things and break them and also to hit people, but
since I began the course I did not break anything not even one glass – but I did hit Emthias once. I am so happy that I got to know everybody else in this course and hope we will continue to see each other.”
AOL Intensive Course for depressive women, Tulkarem Palestine, February/March 2010
Teacher: Ulla Sandbaek, Denmark
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