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Asawari is a 21-year-old unschooler who has not given any exam nor got any certification. She in this session shares her journey of unschooling and responds to queries from other homeschooler or unschooling parents from her point of view. Aarohi – An Open Learning Community Education at Aarohi is an endeavor to Understand oneself and…

It began with a desire “I want to organize sports day” – and it happened! The community came together to play – the day started at 5 in the morning with football, then kho-kho, races, volleyball, Kabbadi and Table tennis – four teams competing with each other to discover self. For some, the pleasure was…

What happens to our brain when we play different sports, games, do yoga, dance, do fine motor activities like crochet, stitching, painting, etc. The idea was to explore and experience.

Just one announcement “let’s celebrate Ganesha” by Leela, she likes to celebrate festivals. The community came together to celebrate Some joined in making sweets Some decorated the place Few together made clay Ganesha Statue And all came together to have a meal! And that was all about our celebrating life and living!

Pillow fight was the part of the planning session, followed by alternate relaxation – Just to bring awareness of different states of minds and response of the body.

Using different ways our body to play the games in thought club – just awareness and experience that the body exists! And there are unlimited possibilities with it – carry a ball between shoulder, keep the ball in between knees and take from one point to another, keep on the forehead and drop from one…

Multi Jaatre are the session taken by different ages. Although the sessions are for the community, most of us know each other very well – but the act of standing in front of people and sharing our knowledge brings a different experience for most of us. A session on Stock market by a 12yr old…

Just one announcement “let’s celebrate Ganesha” by one of us who likes to celebrate festivals. The community came together to celebrate Some joined in making sweets Some decorated the place Few together made clay Ganesha Statue And all came together to have a meal! And that was all about our celebrating life and living!

Who are our teachers? Who inspires us? Well, parents are the source of inspiration – the belief that EACH individual is a rich resource. It does not matter what do they read? Satyajit Ray or Galesiti Baruti? About evolution or astronomy? Whatever they read – they just share with the young population of Aarohi? Lenzen…

A session with Sonal, This Teen cafe we explored 6 Wisdom points in the body by Suzanne Scurlock Durana. 1. Brain – The logical mind 2. Heart – Our feelings 3. Gut – Instinct. Does it feels right or not – Why we don’t listen to our guts? May be brain overrule. 4. Hips –…

13adults from Bhoomi college – visiting Aarohi to learn about learning!

Is our mind and body connected? Awareness of mind and body Awareness of stillness – Close eyes and sit as still as possible, open eyes and write your experience Awareness of sight – Gaze at one point and that’s all Awareness of movements – Close eyes and move one by one body para ( as…

Three days of carpentree from his eyes, he is 10 years old. He has lot of dreams, he is understanding his dreams, that the path to reach out to those dreams is by DOING. His story of three days in his words (unedited). So, today everybody was excited for doing carpentree with murli uncle. Everybody…

Understanding about “Getting in touch with my thoughts and feelings” with Sonal. Sonal runs an organization called Journey 2selfhood. She is a mother of 2 homeschooler’s teenagers, a counselor for children and parents and a life coach. Imagine Aarohi, An Open Learning Community, where there are no classes Imagine a learning community where there is…

Swim in the pond Eat snacks Mulch the trees Pluck and eat rose apples Play with rabbits Eat lunch Pluck wine cherries and eat And express gratitude And that’s all we did for five hours this Friday!

Hmm… campus care – a platform to contribute – A social responsibility for the campus – Resource, Campus and Kitchen team – rotate team, rotate work do every chore in the campus. But what it does to me – does it adds value to me or to the campus was the question we pondered. Sometimes…

The welcome action of HIFI, clapping and a jig caught their attention. JIG – ” I am the tower of Strength,from within and without” was connecting to the session topic. Code setting– reassuring codes – “Listen to others, talk turn by turn and choice to participate”. Planned versus Practical experience:We planned to give strength cards…

We asked this question while celebrating creativity during the week. “Ever wondered that, how we use ourselves in many different ways?” Creativity is not only about creating something beautifully or differently – it’s all about in daily use how I use myself. Do you know you are creative! The way we use our skills, our…

A session with Dwiji on simple machines – it was simple! We wondered about the tools, machines and that’s all! It was creative to look at our body, at our tools, playing with pulleys and exploring machines! What are Machines? – Works on itself, Makes human life easier, Something does by itself, Makes it precise,…

Craft club with Kanchan – not only about making jewellery but self-discovery. 1-½ hours of work in making loops and putting beads brought an opportunity to know self-limitations and possibilities – some made, some made crude, some left, some tried many times – each one worked at different levels with different skills and possibilities! Consistent…

Session to Explore Multiple intelligence:The session started and ended with clapping actions in a circle which they were catching up. The clarity in instruction and setting code: starting instruction “Dosa” for do and “Pongal” for pause and listen caught understanding and the musical tool to grab attention Visually and auditory helped to pause, listen and…

Bad news – She fell sickGood News – She got the opportunity to understand her medication Imagine Aarohi, An Open Learning Community, where there are no classes Imagine a learning community where there is no curriculum Imagine Aarohi where there is no teaching Imagine Aarohi where there are no classes Imagine Aarohi where there are…

Few of us at the campus headed to climb owl rock Why is this owl rock Once upon a time, there lived an owl in that rock Now it’s no more there But the rocks and Banyan tree keep calling us to embrace their magic And we keep visiting This was also just like that…

They made products, I enjoyed facilitating the making of profiles – I did nothing, they made their profile, I enjoyed this nothingness. I followed what they needed Some made all by self, needed a nudge Some just needed the support of an Idea Some needed the support to doing with them Some needed the support…

I felt very shy while recording it. After some time I was comfortable. When I was drawing the story at that time I would not get any picture to draw, but then somehow I got lots and lots of ideas. When I heard the story I liked it. I used concentration, thinking, focus while doing…

I thought I could not do mini books but one of my friends helped me to do books. What I like about mini-books is the design of mini books. My thought was I cannot do good design, then I thought and thought and thought and I got many many and many designs in my mind…

Aarohi ki Dukan is a market space to promote Aarohi community members to sell their own handmade products. It is to encourage learning in entrepreneurship and business.Swayam exhibition was an occasion to participate and sell products – Some were making the product in advance, for some, it brought an opportunity to start making the products.…

One Friday noonImagine in AarohiWe just sat and painted our feelings with SunithaNone said “I am feeling angry”None said “I am feeling sad”None said “I am feeling frustrated”None spoke about the joyWe just painted the feelingsAnd felt…Dirty hearts, chocolate blue. colors, random, expressing without words, mind, get out negative emotions, peace, relieved, all colors away,…

How do we represent any relationship – some times in words (smart-sweet, sometimes by comparison (shorter-taller). and sometimes numerically (more-less) or 40-60. Today in Ambrosia ki Dukan (AKD) we explored relationship between what is the cost to how much we buy. Like life, there was a budget constraint – Rs12 per person Different snacks were…

Guru Purnima was just a reason to celebrate and CREATE! And we experienced community, culture, empathy, love planning, cooperation, and LIFE!