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Well, he is 8yrs old young electrician of Aarohi. He says “I love electrical work”, He likes to fix switches, He likes to connect bulbs, He is enthusiastic to put casing and capping, At this stage, he does not want to read about current, volts or any other things related to electricity, But to do,…

Choices are “what I want to do”. Non-choices are “what I have not explored yet”. Every time I make a choice, I leave some choices…I chose to do carpentry, I am leaving out cooking or reading a book. And that’s what we experienced in the first week of summer. “I am able, I can choose…

Just some colors And Some music – slow, fast, instruments, old, new, different culture…just music. Let the music lead your hands No brushes to paint Use body to paint Not paint to make a painting Paint for joy and music!

He naturally connects with paper folding He gets those precise folds He can do it without any distraction or external push He does it just like that.

Marathon started with the spark of idea from a Parent, Fitness coach of Aarohi. The Spark spread the Fire of Running in everyone in the community who participated in the event. Some missed, some participated and some wanted to keep the fire alive. The Spark of Running Marathon event was fueled by 3 children who…

Turtle walk at Chennai stimulated many thoughts in me about conservation, interaction with animals and the life! There was something special about the volunteers I met at the beach – one of them doing for last 22 years and still doing every weekends for five months. He was as inspiration for me to walk the…

Many stories on how children learn and each story is different. But each story reminds us that each child is unique and learn in their unique way. How a child Learn? Well,I started with looking for the tiniest flower I could find, and slowly my interest grew and it went into looking at flowers and…

GIFT was the theme of the week – We receive and give gift to self and others in various forms like physical, verbal, act, written, environment (things, nature, people happening, events), time and opportunity but this week was the opportunity to pause and reflect on the gifts we give and get Gift of support Gift…

The sea was seaFirst day I thought it was just a sea.Second day thought it was rough.Third day I thought it was gentle.But the sea was sea all the three days.I got to know it’s not always about the sea.It is and about my understanding about the sea.It was also about my ease with my…

If I do what I already know I stay in my comfort zone. If I do something more, or new, I step into challenge zone – then I learn, I grow. This week explored various zones and how to use them for our growth. First it was about understanding about zones – some said comfort…

We all read news, or at least know about news – news paper, social media, TV etc are the various mediums which allows us to know what is happening around. A session with Rajesh to understand the world of news, newspaper and reporters. It began with “What is News? When dog bites a man, it…

We were writing expressions, I asked the group to write complete sentences rather just few words and skipping the grammar. One child expressed “14 yrs in schools and teachers have made it boring for me’. I asked the child, “while the teachers made it boring for you, what did you do to make it interesting”?…

The theme of the week was “listening”. We all hear and listen. Is there any difference between listening and hearing? And how about Listen to build relationships, to understand others, to able to understand what is spoken, to learn about a topic, to get information to tickle, to stimulate, to create, … Listening is not…

We live in apartments, we live in homes, we move around in malls, and office buildings, we walk on paths, we run on grass, we play in parks…ever wondered how are they designed? What all is in building? Who all are architect ? What is the role of an architect? What is landscape architecture? Is…

A letter by a Father on community living You are in a community living with 20+ others. I trust that your life is getting redefined in Aarohi and what you will learn there will redefine your life for a long time. It could even make you lead a more enjoyable and fulfilling life. However, IF…

A day at Aarohi to celebrate diversity in learning! The beauty of the event is the openness of the format, it allows one to participate in sessions of ones interest. It allows all ages to be equal, because everyone can teach and everyone can learn. It gives space for everyone from all ages, gender or…

Imagine when you get up in the morning you see a map on our mirror – a map of habits of mind. You randomly choose one of those, say perseverance. Now whatever happens during the day, in your life you focus on perseverance. You voice your thoughts aloud, “I wish I was more perseverant with…

You pursue other interests as they rise and till they hold interest. Try and follow through a task you have undertaken till it’s finish line even if you will discard pursuing it. You are in Aarohi with a purpose. The main purpose is to discovering the real you. Also what the real you finds lasting…

As of today, I am 21 years old. I am an Entrepreneur, Artist, Facilitator, Earth activist, and self-directed learner. I am going to share my journey as a self-directed learner. As a little girl going to school and playing was what my life revolved around. I went to school because that’s what children do. I…

There was an announcement on mic “come and experience magical journey”. It was a gathering of more than 1000 people in LSUC, Bangalore. Some people joined – some of us knew each other just for last five days. But the experience was truly magical to see the energy of gratitude and appreciation flowing in the…

History brings kings, queen, war and palaces in one’s mind. But ever wondered the history of music, how and when football started, where did clothes came from, what is the culture of our home? Where did they get originated? What caused changes in any culture or how cultures evolved? This week theme was “culture and…

Pop culture means Popular culture. We experience POP culture around us through words (like Damm, Bro, Dude), Music, Dressing, Movies, Books, sports, politics, ideas – anything that is in the current trends on a mass level. We explored POP culture in our teen club and started with pondering. From where does this whole concept of…

“Body is self correcting – it heals by itself” this was one of the learning Just the possibilities that there are many ways of healing ourselves – Illahi, Reiki, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Flower therapy, Unani, Pranic, Acupuncture, Acupressure, Naturopathic, Yoga, Sound, Aroma, Hydro, Angel therapy, Fish… Anupriya shared her journey, her insight and her wisdom which…

Bird race is an annual event , where a number of Aarohi members participate to see most number of unique bird species in a single day of 12 hours. For people coming from campus that means extra cooking the previous day, starting at 4am from campus, driving about 120km and reaching back at 11pm. You…

We draw, we paint, we create – A session with Paolo gave a direction to our skills of drawing, painting, and sense of colouring. Graphic designing with Paolo was to know more about the skills of designing – lines, colors, typography, alignment…so many things play a role while composing and giving a shape to our…

Experience in Handlooms: Silk thread Silk thread where do you come from? I come from the sacrifice of life of silkworms Pulled and Yarned and Made into bundles.. Silk thread bundle says roll me into bobbins without knots Thread says i am colourful, silky, shiny. Machine calls thread to form pattern “X,V, and I” knotted…

I spy my eyes on “something green, something starting with X, something ending with M, something slanting, something oval, something possible, something….” a very simple game but brings lots of possibilities! Yes, possibility was the theme this week. You can be whatever you want to be – “10,000 hour rule”. The author of outliner, Malcolm…

Travel at Aarohi means GROWING. Each travel at Aarohi has a story and this was no different. If you are travelling from the campus for the first time – keep a day or two to understand the whole dynamics of travelling including – which train, what all stations, timings, understand travel from camps to railway…

Someone asked ” so what about positive space?” We say it’s only a Space and that’s all – no negative, no positive. Just a simple space. Someone asked so how come anger? We say it’s all around us. No negative or positive emotions, all are just emotions and flow within us, changes every second. Someone…

The thought of OPEN TO ALL, brings people from all walks of life to Aarohi – Each space is different yet so same. Each person is same, yet so different. Paolo, 43yrs, a graphic designer, from Peru, worked in advertising agencies as an art director and creativity, a teacher of advertising and graphic design, an…