Inner Companion Foundation · Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Co-creating pathways for alternative learning, earning, and living

We work with individuals, families, and organisations to find intentional ways of being — rooted in regeneration, spiritual anchorage, and the wisdom we carry within.

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"The deeper we are in touch with our emotions, thoughts, beliefs, values, and priorities — the better we navigate the crossroads of life."

The phrase Inner Companion honours the wisdom each of us already carries. We believe that if we find our inner companion, we are able to live intentionally, love unconditionally, and feel deeply.

Our work is anchored in two pillars — Regeneration and Spirituality — striking a balance between nurturing the world within us and the one around us. From Chennai, the work spans individual leadership, community learning, and intentional living.

Regeneration Spirituality Alternative Learning Alternative Earning Alternative Living
Arasu and Arasu at Recenter

Arasu & Arasu at Recenter, Tiruvannamalai

Nataraja — the cosmic dancer

The cosmic dancer — one of many symbols that orient our spiritual anchorage. We work with what is alive in each tradition without being bound by any one.

Embracing Regenerative Living
Community learning circle
Inner Companion community gathering
What We Offer

How we work together

Four ways to engage — individual leadership coaching, a 12-week reading challenge, personal one-on-one work, and programmes for organisations.

For Individuals · Entry Point

Leadership Clarity Session

90 minutes · Online or in person

A strategic pause to find the signal in the noise. Using a pre-session diagnostic, we map your Leadership Landscape — moving past symptoms to the root patterns beneath.

  • Pre-session written diagnostic (30 min) to begin before we meet
  • 90-minute session: Map of Tensions + leverage point identification
  • Written follow-up reflection included
  • Clear decision on whether and how to go deeper
Write to us to begin — we'll send a short reflection form.
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For Individuals · 6-Week Journey

Regenerative Leadership: Immersive Journey

6 weeks · Individual · Blended delivery

A sustained, personalised practice of regenerative leadership. Six sessions applying five mindsets to your real challenges — with async support and a personalised Living Playbook.

  • Begins with the Clarity Session as foundation
  • 5 further sessions (75 min each) across 6 weeks
  • Structured reflection prompts between sessions
  • Shared working document throughout
  • Personalised Regenerative Leadership Playbook
Get in touch to discuss your journey.
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Launching Soon

The PageTurner's Club:
a 12-week readathon

A reading challenge for people who want to make reading a living practice — not just a habit.

A flagship offering for the alternative learning community
  • A curated reading kit sent directly to participants
  • 12-week guided challenge with reflection prompts
  • Designed for individuals, families, and reading circles
  • Hosted at innercompanion.in/readathon
  • Kit in final review — launching very soon
Register your interest and we'll reach out the moment we launch.
Register Your Interest →
Personal Work · Available Now

Soul Plan Reading & Personal Coaching 1:1

A different kind of one-on-one work — more personal, more spiritual, less executive. Soul Plan Reading draws on your birth name to map your life's challenges, talents, and goals. Personal coaching sessions work with what is alive in you right now — your relationships, your questions, your crossroads.

Get in Touch →
innercompanion@gmail.com
For Organisations · In Development

Regenerative Leadership for Organisations

Talks, workshops, and executive programmes for senior leaders navigating complexity in India's development, policy, and philanthropic ecosystem. Built on five regenerative mindsets — a framework designed for people whose decisions shape how thousands of lives unfold.

What We're Building

Work in progress — coming to life over the next few months
In Design
Journals

Teens Reading Journal, Couples Journal, Family Food Journal — slow, tactile tools for reflection and connection.

Coming Soon
Recenter.Community Platform

A digital home for families to learn, share, and grow together — extending the work beyond individual sessions into community.

Planning
Listening Circles

Hosted spaces for parents and community members to slow down, be heard, and reconnect with what matters.

The Writing

Our Thinking

Essays and series that are the crystallised form of lived experience, research, and academic training. Not content — thinking. The philosophy behind everything we do.

Series One

Life, Learning & the Question of Responsibility

The foundational series — a sustained inquiry into what it means to take responsibility for how we learn, how we live, and what we pass on.

Read the Series →
Series Two

Dualities of Modern Life

Four essays examining the contradictions we inhabit — and the uncomfortable questions about how our worldviews are conditioned.

  • Perception and Truth
  • Freedom and Responsibility
  • Newness and Originality
  • Consumption and Harmony
Read the Essays →
Series Three

Applied Intentionality

Hands-on reflections for living intentionally — in ways that transcend the boundary between life and work.

  • Meaningful Expression
  • Honourable Relationships
Coming Soon →

Notes & Updates — alongside the essay series, we publish shorter reflections: event recaps, community updates, things we're noticing. These live in the blog — a quieter, more informal record of the work in motion.

Visit the Blog →
Begin Here

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Write to us and we'll respond in a timely manner. A short pre-session reflection follows — the beginning of the work, not the paperwork before it.

We are a small, personal organisation — just the two of us. Every message you send reaches us directly. WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach Arasu.

+91 893 190 2222 · WhatsApp welcome
Email
innercompanion@gmail.com
Registered Address

Inner Companion Alternative Learning and Research Foundation
Plot 40 and 55, Captain Sasikumar Nagar, Second Street
Perungalathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600063

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