Yaroslava in her video testimonial about her experience of the 40-day programme.
Yaroslava · personal experience · video first published: 31 March 2025. Edited by the Institute of Slavic Zhiva.
About this account and its source
- Participant
- Yaroslava
- Format in her words
- Alexander Zharkov’s 40-day programme
- Source
- A video testimonial. The institute supplied the file, which is hosted on this website.
- First publication of the recording
- 31 March 2025. Recording and participation dates are not stated in her account.
- Editorial version
- Institute of Slavic Zhiva · 29 October 2026
Personal observations come from the recording. The institute supplied the current programme structure. Editorial explanations are identified separately.
Before: “I lived like everyone else”
Yaroslava describes familiar expectations about relationships, family and work. Life felt familiar on the outside, yet uncomfortable inside.
She describes living like everyone else and following familiar expectations. 00:48
At 01:30–01:56, she describes morning headaches since childhood. Getting up at nine was difficult; a seven o’clock start was harder still. This gradually became a familiar beginning to her day.
What she says about taking part
At the start, she names the format as Alexander Zharkov’s forty-day programme. She then describes changes in her feelings and everyday life. The testimonial does not specify exercises, a meeting schedule or when the first changes appeared.
What the current 40-day programme includes
This is the institute’s general programme structure, not a diary of Yaroslava’s sessions.
- Body and EnergyDays 1–7
Adjust your daily rhythm and notice tension in your body. In grounding practices, bring attention back to your body and the support beneath your feet.
- Emotions and FeelingsDays 8–14
Name your feelings and explore situations in which resentment or anger returns. Look for a way to express them without harming yourself or others.
- Mind and ThoughtsDays 15–21
Notice recurring anxious thoughts and familiar beliefs. Separate observable facts from assumptions and choose what you want to reconsider.
- Relationships and LineageDays 22–28
Explore family rules and recurring situations in relationships. Define personal boundaries and identify support you can draw from your family’s experience.
- Intuition and DreamsDays 29–35
Observe dreams, imagery and inner responses, and discuss them with your practitioner. Distinguish personal interpretations from the facts you use to make decisions.
- A New BeginningDays 36–40
Gather your observations from the previous stages and review them. Choose the practices you want to continue and one concrete step after the programme.
Afterwards: joy, different mornings and a wish to create
At 01:06–01:20, Yaroslava describes joy and says that the familiar thoughts she felt had drained her energy are no longer there. Later, she gives a concrete everyday example:
In her account, she now enjoys getting up at six and has time to take care of herself. 03:03
She also describes creative energy and a wish to make things at 02:54–03:03. The English text is an editorial translation of her Russian account.
On a narrow screen, scroll the table to the right →
| Observation | Before | Afterwards, in her account |
|---|---|---|
| Mornings | Getting up at nine was difficult | Enjoys getting up at six |
| Thoughts | A familiar background she felt drained her energy | Says those thoughts are no longer there |
| Inner state | Felt something was wrong | Describes joy and a desire to create |
This is personal experience, not a promised outcome. The review does not establish treatment for headaches; discuss symptoms with a doctor. Forty days is the programme length.
Read the timed transcript · English translation
An edited transcript, not a verbatim record. Timings are automatic; unclear speech is marked. The English version is a translation.
- 00:01
Hello everyone! My name is Yaroslava. Today I want to share my experience of Alexander Zharkov’s forty-day programme. There is a lot I could say, but I will try to keep it brief.
- 00:16
After this practice, what felt like magic began to happen, above all inside me.
- 00:25
All my life I thought the world was just like this: relationships were supposed to be more or less a certain way. Relationships with my parents, fulfilment, work and what I do.
- 00:42
But deep down I felt bad. Somewhere inside I felt something was wrong. I lived like everyone else. That was what you were supposed to do. After this practice…
- 00:57
Everything changed. It was as if I had been one person and became another. I began to feel joy. Just joy. I am happy.
- 01:13
I no longer have those thoughts that were always there throughout my life and took away energy. I do not even know how to explain it. Now I wake up feeling like a completely different person.
- 01:30
For the first time in so many years… Since childhood I had lived with headaches in the mornings. Getting up was difficult. I struggled to get up at nine. If I had to get up at seven, it was a disaster. The headache simply did not let me do it.
- 01:48
I had lived like that since childhood, and it became normal for me. It made getting up for school difficult.
- 01:58
Now… It feels like a miracle; I cannot call it anything else. A miracle spreading from my inner state to the world around me, to circumstances and events that are now beginning…
- 02:14
It feels as though I am being guided towards where I need to go. I see these hints.
- 02:25
I see everything differently, simply because I feel differently. That was a discovery for me. I probably would not have believed it if I had not experienced it myself.
- 02:40
It is impossible to put into words how the world felt before and how it feels now. You can describe changes in the physical world, but I cannot describe the changes inside.
- 02:54
It is happiness, happiness and joy. Creative energy has appeared. I want to create things and get up in the morning.
- 03:03
Now I get up at six in the morning. I enjoy getting up. And I have lots of time to do things and take care of myself. My everyday life is becoming different; my health feels different.
- 03:18
I am very grateful to Alexander. I am very grateful to God that I met him, because to me he is someone who brings light to people’s souls.
- 03:34
Souls that perhaps have never seen that light. At least, I am speaking about myself. In this physical body, I did not fully understand what light was. Now I am beginning to understand.
- 03:48
After the practice, with each day my eyes open more and more to this world, and events around me change. I am very grateful.
Choose your next step
You can explore the approach in a standalone text consultation for €30. Choose one situation you would like to discuss. Continuing with a programme afterwards is optional.
How the text consultation works · €30 ↗
For longer support: 40 days, six stages · €500 for the full programme. Agree the practitioner and communication terms before joining.
Should I change prescribed treatment?
No. The institute’s spiritual practices do not replace medical care. Changes to treatment are decisions for your treating healthcare professional.
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