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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…

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…

“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…

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…

We all see toys around us, – ever wondered how are they designed? At Aarohi we got an opportunity to design toys for a cause. And this brought an opportunity to understand the design process. Ritika, a Graphic designer took us through the design process – and she began with “what is the difference between…

Start the day with imagining Walking on clouds Swimming in cold coffee Giraffe in your pocket Talking to your feet Riding on a moving chair Raining chocolates And and and Close your day with visualizing colours in your day…green helpful, adaptable yellow, confident blue, awareness orange, cheerful red, brown focus and and and Visualize doing…

Will add our rammed earth wall journey in words soon. Till then enjoy the slide show.

We all do different things at home during weekends/ and break week – some do cooking, some go to church, some learn language, …We shared this week in Thought club Helping at home in household chores and cooking at home were highlight for some. Fitness missing or very rare in most routine at home. Get…

It’s not an easy journey to stay strong with one’s beliefs. The clouds of self doubts keep popping up. I t’s not easy to give a message to each visitor, each child, each parent that Aarohi is a DOING place. Since Aarohi is open for people to come, we also open up ourselves for all…

Someone said “just three days in this week”! After the break week we began our sixth term on Wednesday, that left only three days at campus. Well, the three day week began with term planning. Pondering over – What interests to fire, what to leave and what to continue. What to explore new and try…

Watch this video to wonder and admire “wow!” Now watch video – this happened in front of me “LIVE” and I just said “wow”! He says “I took few random stones, and just balanced them, simple!”

Family Satsang…families coming together with the need of deeper social connection through some activity of mutual interest. This Family Satsang was no different. We met, we traveled together and we pondered on “religion”. Sleeper Bus, Fun, Togetherness, Families, children, parents, grandparents, seat allocation, Night travel, humpty dumpty roads, sleepless night, laughing and laughing for nothing…

Good News – He loses his notebooks every one hour, so he decided to use paper. Another Good News – we rejected his idea and insisted on notebook/ drawing books We bought new notebooks for him – he paid the cost and exclaimed “oh this is costly”. We thought “now that he knows the value…

Jaatre with Ishani tofacilitate a process where children can convert their true callings and deepest passion into a business.Sometimes, a child’s most weird habit can translate into a profession. For instance, if a child loves to crack jokes, we can have that child exploring stand-up comedy. So the discussion began with “What you do yourself…

Manthan at Aarohi means community coming together – living together with parents, grandparents to bring joy for all. This Manthan was no different – a big family coming together – play, laugh, churn, and participate in making of a community. The path of open learning is new for many – and new path, new idea…

The theme of marketing brought light to the concept of marketing. Marketing is about communication, identifying what sells, exchanging services or skills. It’s not only about producing (products or skills or services), but also identifying what is required and how to convert your passion into sellable products which can add value for others (so they…

Welcome to the Aarohi hotel paradise – A uniques place came alive at Aarohi for one of the lunch. It’s was an unique restaurant – fix the rate for your food, calculate the cost of your meal. Buy your lunch and take loan from the bank to pay your bill, Restaurant manager worked hard to…

Getting teased is commonTeasing others because others are teasing is commonTeasing just like is also commonFeeling low, lonely, is common Feeling are common Teasing because it fun, teasing because that what my friends do, teasing because the other person teases me, teasing because I dont like the person or I am angry with them. but…

Online business or e-commerce with Fatima and Shoaib. They shared their story of getting into e-business, their life and their learnings. Regular professional for eight years on ship, Fatina a CA in investment banker, decided to change a profession which gives them flexibility of place or rather not place dependent. First started learning and making…

Satisfactory music week with Roopak, was enough to kindle musical chords of some of us. Some us of like music, but may be not giving enough thought or time or attention. The presence of Roopak at campus for a week began with drumming course. Few interested in drumming began with the course and willingness to…

This week we experienced math in living, while we also continued with maths club – Four meals a day, On average 25 people at campus. 60% reaching late for the meals or finishing late. That makes it 15 each meal, 60 each day, 300 each week (5 days a week) – hmmm the number looks…

The Flow Game is a powerful tool for creating an interactive reflection, dialogue and action space for groups, teams and individuals. I became a Flow game host after a three day training in March 2018. 13th Dec was the lucky day for me when I got to host my very first flow game with the…