iRise Launch Event For Gupta Program Retrainers | Ashok Gupta |

Hello and a warm welcome to our Facebook Live event on our launch of irise. I'm so excited that you're here with me, so thank you to all of you from the Gupta Program for being here and for taking the time out to join this launch party. So very, very excited to tell you more about irise and how it can complement your Gupta Program journey. Now, what is the background to irise? Well, it actually started about a year ago, year and a half ago, where some of us were thinking, you know, we've all been through challenges in life and some of those challenges are emotional challenges, physical challenges, mental health, challenges that the world is facing. And yet whenever we go through those challenges, we often feel like we have to go through them alone, don't we? Actually, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a place, a safe space where you could come and find the best transformational content, get support from other people who are going through similar challenges, as well as experience live events all in one place that's affordable for a single monthly fee? And hence the idea of irise was born. So to tell you a bit more about irise and why we created it, essentially we want it to be something which supports Gupta Program retrainers in their journey and what IRISE is. It is a movement to empower humanity and uplift a billion lives. That is our mission. It's the home of positive transformation and it's a one stop shop connecting you to the best transformational content from trusted experts as well as caring community of fellow Irises. And so on this platform, There are over 600 courses and classes and missions which we'll come on to across three and a half thousand videos on the irise app and the website. And these courses, classes, missions, quick tips, they help you and support you with your mental health challenges, your physical health, your emotional challenge that you may face, as well as wanting to expand, perhaps in a new hobby you'd like to try, or perhaps a new skill you'd like to learn, or it might be a spiritual journey that you choose to go on. Whatever challenge you're facing, there's something in the app or the platform to support you. And not only that, sometimes there may be nothing bad going on in our lives, but we're looking to expand and grow in some way. And there's plenty of content on irise for that as well. So without further ado, I'd like to show you the Irise trailer. You're the first people in the world to see this on our global launch party. So very excited to share this with you, and then I'm going to tell you more about Irise and how it can complement and support your recovery from chronic illness. Sam. So I hope that gave you a flavor about what IRISE is, is looking to do and the types of resources that are available to you. And obviously, as a Gupta Program retrainer, the main focus that we want for you is to focus on the Gupta Program, because there's so much information in the Gupta program. There's the 15 video sessions and all the audios that are there, and that is all that you need to recover from the chronic illness. At the same time, many people have asked me how, hey, you know, I actually would like to explore some further yoga classes, or I'd like to take some different meditations. I don't take it personally, don't worry. And we wanted to give you something that could be complementary for your recovery, as long as it doesn't distract you too much from your core neuroplasticity, brain retraining for the various chronic illnesses that you may be suffering from. And so in the Gupta Program for Gupta Program retrainers, we've developed a dedicated safe space within the app and the website itself, a specific page which outlines some of the types of content that you may find useful. And I'll come on to that in a little while. And so on Irise, for those of you who are retrainers, you'll find all of my meditations are on there, all of my courses are on there, obviously, except the Gupta Program. And we will also be having lots of other meditations, lots of other yoga sessions that you can take part in, Tai chi, qigong, all the kinds of techniques and tools that can help support relaxing your nervous system. And that's what we really want to do, obviously, with irise. And there'll be plenty of courses on there. So initially you mainly focus on the core things we recommend for Gupta Program retrainers. But eventually there's tens of thousands of dollars worth of courses throughout the platform. As you recover at the stage of recovery that you're at, you may look to further your reach and look at the rest of the content on the platform. And we'll also be having many live events with myself and other presenters as well through the app and in terms of the pricing. Our mission is to empower humanity, uplift a billion lives. So we used to think, why should only the privileged have access to all the best courses and classes and transformational content? Is that fair? We wanted to democratize access so that every person on this planet deserves and can have access to this high quality, curated content, this transformational content. So we've priced it at a level, the lowest that we can possibly price it to make it affordable for everybody. And many of these content providers have come on board and offered us courses which normally cost hundreds of dollars. But they've decided that our mission, they really aligned with it and they wanted to contribute their content to this platform, some of them being quite well known. And so for a monthly subscription of just twelve $99, or indeed if you take a yearly subscription, it works out as just $10 a month, which is a few cups of coffee in exchange for the world's greatest knowledge on how you can uplift yourself mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually. So hopefully that's something that is affordable for everybody and gives you a huge amount of content. So within Irise, as we'll go through now, not only do you get all the courses and classes, so as I said, over 600 courses and classes across three and a half thousand videos, you will also get the live events. You'll also get access to our community, very supportive community. And you'll get access to a feature called how are you feeling? Where the app actually asks you how you're feeling and presents you with customized content based on that mood or situation that you're going through. And the team have worked incredibly hard over this last year to bring us Irise and many challenges we were going through. In fact, just last week, a few weeks ago, many of us were testing out the profanity filter for the community section because we don't want people basically effing and blinding on the, on the platform. And it was really funny because we're thinking, okay, I wonder if this word works? So we were all coming up with, you know, different words and seeing if the profanity filter would spot them. And so we're typing all of these things into the community and then we're thinking, okay, but what happens if someone puts a porn site on there? That wouldn't be very good. Okay, let's try that. So putting all of this type of stuff on there, and of course we forgot to delete it. So the tech team came in the next day and said, what on earth have you guys been doing on my platform? What's all this Mother. There's all that word left. Is mother on there? What on earth is going on? So the team have really, we've had a lot of fun, we've had a lot of pressure, but the whole team want to thank the whole team for putting Irise together for dedicating themselves to this project and this mission. And hopefully the fruits of our labors are here. And we look to support you, every retrainer, in your recovery by what we can offer you in the platform. So let me just show you some little aspects of the platform and what we're going to do is, is I will run through the website and the app and then after this, Facebook Live, we'll actually be going into a private Zoom meeting where you can. Obviously you don't have to come onto that meeting, but if you have any questions, we'll have, you can come onto that meeting and we'll give you 10 to 15 minutes to surf around the website or download the app. And then at 5:45 UK time, we'll have this live Q and A on the Zoom platform. And you can access that Zoom event through a link which Jess, our marketing manager, will put into the chat of this event, but also in the app or the website itself, you click Live Events, you'll see that there's a Q and A for Gupta Program retrainers under the Live Events tab. Great. And, you know, all of us have been through challenges and sometimes out of our challenges comes something beautiful and amazing and something positive. Just like the analogy we use of the caterpillar turning into a butterfly. It's painful in that cocoon, but what comes out of it is transformation. And in the same way, when I was very ill with me and chronic fatigue syndrome, I didn't know where to turn. I didn't have the resources that are available now. And through that challenge that I went through, I decided, you know, if I get better from this condition, I'm going to dedicate the rest of my life to supporting people with their mental and physical health and helping them feel healthier and happier. Gupta Program was part of that mission. And now the next evolution to reach a wider audience is through Irise. Okay, so I'm going to show you some of the web pages. Okay. So welcome to irise. This is. You are the first people in the world to get to see Irise. And so this is the homepage of irise. And the page on the app also looks very similar. And you'll see the first thing that welcomes you is today's I rise and shine. So essentially, we provide content that changes each morning for you to find something that's appropriate to your level of health. Now, obviously, not all of this will be appropriate to your level of health. So there's a 10 minute meditation, a 20 minute meditation as well, as a yoga class, you can take a 10 minute dance class, 10 minute fitness class, daily wisdom. Often we find that we don't have time or we say that we don't have time to actually look after our health. But in fact, this is a way that just in 10 minutes, 15 minutes, there's short exercises that can support your mental and physical health that you can do each day. And of course, in the Gupta program, we advise you to meditate for at least 20 minutes a day. And then you'll see that underneath we have a featured course as well, as well as a featured conversation. So this week's featured conversation is how do we feel more self love? And you can click that and join the conversation. And some of you might recognize this type of interface, like a YouTube or Netflix interface, where you can see rows of different courses and classes. So at the moment we're on the activity classes page. So you can see there are dance classes, meditations, activity classes, yoga classes, anything under the area of activity, gym, fitness, yoga, meditation, it's all here. Some get to sleep exercises. And what I'd like to draw your attention to is for those of you who are interested on Irise, we give you access to all the 30 and 40 minute meditations that I've produced. As you know, we do advise that you meditate for longer than perhaps you would normally. And these 30 and 40 minute meditations give you that opportunity to do that. So they're all here included within your monthly subscription. Now, as you know, to download these meditations costs anywhere between 67 to $97, but it's all included in your subscription. And in fact, we have a package of things for you as a Gupta program retrainer that adds up to $350 for taking your IRI subscription. So we give you access to all the 30 minute meditations or 40 minute meditations, which normally cost around $150, as well as giving you access to our three day Easter retreat. Many of you may have attended one of our online retreats in the past, and this particular retreat is normally $199. But if you take your IRI subscription, you get that three day Easter retreat included. So we just hover over these thumbnails and out they pop, giving you more information. And you can view that course, you can see presenter and see all the types of other courses that they have on the platform. So that's the classes page. You can see other comments from people and then when you click on the courses page, this is less about physical activity, but more about the other types of content, we have the courses. You have your featured course at the top. Don't listen to anything he's got to say. Not that interesting. And you have your newly created courses. And we have these things called 30 day missions, which are if you want to develop positive habits, you want to uplift your life through meditation or overcome depression, you have these 30 day missions. And then here you have the thumbnail rows of addictions, alternative healing, and these rows all change. And you can find lots of different things here. How to be happy, business productivity, confidence and self love, whatever you can think of, it's all on this platform. And then I'll just briefly show you the myrise function, in fact. So when you find a course that you like, you can click Add to myrise and then myrise is your private space where you can store everything that you found because there's so many things to surf here. When you find a course or a class that you like, you can click Add to myrise and then it will appear on this page. Your courses, your missions, the things that you've saved, essentially your favorites. And then this feature we're very excited about called how are you feeling? And this is where you can state how you're feeling in the moment or what situation you're in. So it may be an emotional up and down that you're experiencing. You may need an energy boost, relationship, ups and downs, seeking purpose and inspiration. So let's say we find I'm feeling quite insecure, I'm lacking confidence at the moment. You would simply click on this thumbnail and then the system would automatically generate quick tips. So those are things that take less than 10 minutes, videos that less than 10 minutes. Long courses for insecurity, meditations for insecurity. So it finds customized content just for you in that moment. And let me show you the dedicated retrader section, which is called Iris for chronic conditions.