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A small reflection in the thought club to connect with self and understand responses through images. Write 5 positive adjectives to describe youWrite 3 negative adjectives to describe youWrite 2 positive and 2 negative adjectives about your friend/peer}Write 1 negative and 1 positive adjective about a peer whom you normally do not interactNow mark them…

Dry season brings the phenomena of forest fire at the campus. And it needs understanding and mental preparation – we began the process today in safety training. Each one of us thought of a question and researched to find that answerWhat are the advantages of forest fireThe pros and cons?What are the famous forest fires?How…

Any opportunity at Aarohi is an attempt to create an experience – the trip to Mulki to experience Surfing was not only about surfing as a skill but to discover self with various processes. The learning began with Journey preparations – consciously not suggested packing list, left to all the travelers to plan based on…

Some beliefs before we began Surfing…I can’t do, it’s going to be tough, I will not get it, I should get it perfect and so on. We didn’t want to change any of these beliefs, we just went ahead with all these beliefs. Some had different beliefs…I will do it, I can get it, I…

A day to experience and creatine learning. Learning Utsav at Aarohi creates a platform where anyone can teach, anyone can learn… a day to experience the joy of learning, sharing, exploring, and mingling. Children or Adults – any age, anyone – can share their gifts/learnings – Some churning, some learning, some mingling, some playing, some…

She is just a few years old. She decided to teach drawing at the Utsav and announced a session on “learn drawing with me”. Took big sheets for big drawings and small sheets for small drawings She got a few enthusiastic learners who were engaged for an hour exchanging drawing skills with each other. Learning…

Traveling brings amazing learning opportunities – when we travel in a group it brings different dynamics. A trip to MUlki to learn Surfing and creating another learning opportunity was no different for us to learn from life, for life It began with the question “HOW DO WE LEARN FROM TRAVEL?” Learning through PREPARATIONS – Data…

Learning Utsav, an opportunity to learn and teach from others without any age barriers – at the campus this brings an opportunity. The organizing and preparing for the Utsav bring a bigger opportunity to explore different aspects of self and learning. Making of products to sell – sampling, quality check, feedback, costing, advertising and facing…

A session with Praveen to explore fitness through our body. Our body is equipped with all the necessary tools we need for building strength, flexibility and stamina – few demonstrations were enough to experience a different aspect of our own body. We know him since he was 16yrs oldA quiet, young boy who wanted night…

Bird race, organized by Bng Birds and HSBC Bangalore, was more about a day with birds and less about how many more than others – No we do not train and put our birds to race, rather from Dawn to Dusk we go around some pre-selected areas in and around Bangalore and try to see…

A group of enthusiastic adults creating an open learning community for their children in TURKEY and EGYPT.On a Sunday afternoon, parents and educators from Egypt had a call with us to learn from Aarohi’s Experience.Parents and Educators from Turkey visited the campus to learn from Aarohi’s Experience. It was encouraging to see their eagerness to…

Manifestation means “anything which can be seen”. The manifestation of achievement is about seeing my achievements Activity – Set a goal to balance the stick for 30 seconds – Do it for five minutes. Put your efforts, Try in many different ways and see the manifestation of your achievement “balancing the stick for 17seconds”. Benefits…

Purpose – To be Aware, understand and measure – Happiness, development, Healthy Life. Session: We explored individual thoughts and group thoughts about :Why and which places you think they are developed? – Facilities, Temples, Buildings, tourism, Why and which places you think they are underdeveloped – No food, No fresh air, No water, No transport,…

He joined the community as a daily wage labor while we were constructing our community kitchen, Ambrosia. Working with mud and construction of earthbag was new for many of us, including our head mason. Seenappa started showing his wisdom of mud by thinking and not blindly following our instructions – he would share his opinion…

‘What it means to be a citizen’. A session with Sudha to understand our country Questions we heardWhat does it mean to be a citizen of the country?How do we know that we are a citizen of any country?Who is a citizen?What are the rights and duties?How are rules made?What is the government? How is…

Purpose – Awareness about Images Session:We made subgroups. An insect was placed in the center and we all shared our thoughts about different insects and animals. For Insects Images came out beautifully like ugly, fat, strong, tallest, Scary, Flying, colorful …. For Self Images – we connected to self Images – How I see myself,…

Exchange, Together, Interdependence, Influence, Freedom, Co-operation, Co-exist, Care, Togetherness, Openness, Support, Acceptance, Group Opportunity, Responsibility, Communication, Perspective, Feedback, Contribute, Respect were some of the words we reviewed about the community – the words came from the group, experiencing them in different ways We do we really exist in isolation or independently? We all are interdependent.…

Sankranti/Lohri/ Kite Festival celebration – Jaatre Festival is an opportunity for us to relook why we celebrate and how do I connect with the culture of the festival. This brought us to rethink why we do what we do in our culture. Tie mango leaves in the entrance of the door? Designing Rangoli? Making specific…

Story of Active We Once upon a time, in a small Village, there held an “Election Counting Event” in a Govt College. After the event, the Organizers cleaned the college premises but did not take care of Garbage created Outside the College Campus. This lead to Pile up of Garbage on entire roads and fields.…

Purpose: The purpose was to be aware of different emotions in us. Everyone experiences different emotions and all emotions are OK. What went well: Everyone in the class was participative, involved. Instructions were clear and few and understood. Understanding silence Visual helped me to start the session smoothly. Teacher and Children helped me to write…

Peer Pressure: We started with the story of a child who was playing tantrums to buy a toy and frustrated parents will buy finally. In the story, we explored – what was challenging for the child? What was the consequence What was the action?We then shared today’s session was to explore Challenge, Consequence, action for…

Family weekNew peopleNew opportunities Cooperation, Acceptance, support, help,understand,guide,adjustorganizearejustsomeofthephenomenonweexperiencewith different families atthecampus It happens unconsciouslyWe don’t know when does this happenIt happens, as we live together,It happens, just like thatIt’s all very unpredictable Sometimes small, sometimes old, sometimes young… We don’t know who is coming and whom we will learn fromWe know it’s an opportunity to…

Just a few rocks aroundSome small, some big, some slippery, some straightSome broke limitations of own fears, concurred the rocks with ease and efforts, made friends with slopes and difficult paths, trying, sliding and climbing!And this became our playground on a Friday morning!

Snacks with a twistChoose your plateChoose the snacksEstimate how much do you need to make a SYMMETRICAL PATTERNAnd gift it to your secret SantaAnd that all about eating snacks with a pattern!

Closing circle with a demonstration to understand our opinions/judgments Guess about this person in the pictureHalf Indian, half AmericanA girlBoy girl mixGoes to office, likes wearing a nose ringDoes care about othersSmiling alwaysLoves fashionLoves making hairs in different stylesLikes to drink soup or chickenBusinessman, going to an officeHappy with family, does not get angryWorks in…

Terrapin is a new name for usThey arrived at the campusWe adopted themAnd that was a reason to know more about themWhat to feed, how to handle, how to make a home for themA session to understand was plannedAnd many many questions Pet or wild?Adopted or caught?Tortoise or TurtleWild life, Injured, Legal, illegal, care, alive,…

Research on elephants: At the campus, we have elephant movements during the months of November till March/April. We do follow elephant safety codes at the campus. We all have our own beliefs and fears about Elephants. This was an opportunity for us to know about the elephant’s life. Together we read, shared, discussed the facts…

Where does our milk come from? How does a milkman work? What is their life? What is a cow’s life…were some of the questions in our minds before our visit? A visit to our anna who brings milk for us brought many other questions – why the calf is not drinking? What happens to the…