Translation
Contemporary language and structure
Kogniseed presents the ideas in a form that can be questioned, practised and applied in modern professional and personal contexts.
The founder and lineage
About Kogniseed
A contemporary system of mental training shaped by three generations of practice, teaching and inquiry.
Dr Sauman Singh
I wanted to carry a rigorous practice into modern life.
I grew up around yoga as a discipline of inquiry and practice. My grandfather, Dr Phulgenda Sinha, began teaching in Washington in the 1960s and later founded the Indian Institute of Yoga in Patna. His work asked practical questions: what is disturbing the mind, what causes it, and how can attention be directed towards a chosen purpose?
Seeded Meditation emerged from that work. I have clarified and redesigned the method for contemporary lives, where attention is constantly pulled between work, information, relationships and personal ambition.
I bring to Kogniseed more than 15 years of experience in global health research, programme development and management, including work with the University of Oxford and the World Health Organization. That experience has shaped how I structure the programme, listen to participants and examine what changes in practice.
The lineage
Rational, structured and open to examination
Kogniseed approaches mental training through clear explanations, deliberate practice and reflection on experience.
Developed through teaching
Dr Phulgenda Sinha developed Seeded Meditation in the 1960s as part of a rational approach to yoga. The work grew through decades of teaching, practice and close attention to how people think, choose and act.
Reframed for contemporary life
Kogniseed carries that inquiry forward in a form designed for present-day pressures. Theory, guided practice and reflection are brought together so the ideas can be questioned, experienced and used.
Why Kogniseed now
Old questions in a different attentional environment
People have always faced fear, uncertainty, competing desires and difficulty sustaining a chosen direction. Modern conditions multiply the number of claims placed upon attention and reduce the space available for deliberate recovery.
Evaluation
Learn from participant experience
The current beta gathers structured feedback so programme development can be informed by what participants actually experience.
Meet the programme
Experience the approach in practice
The current Kogniseed beta introduces the foundational Seeded Meditation™ process over four guided sessions.
Explore the beta