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Explored Mindfulness on Awareness. We began with understanding three zones of awareness Awareness of the outside world….includes what you hear, see, feel, also includes where is your attention on (others around you) ? Awareness of the inside world…what you feel Inside, how is your stomach responding, where do you feel tightness when you are stuck…

Preparation for the outstation trip started with a question ‘what all activities we can do?’. ..initially, activities were listed what we anyway do at the campus like trekking, camping, bird watching, meeting people etc. So the next question was “why are we going?” We went deeper on the purpose of the trip with a question…

Gossip and teasing…very common topic to ponder at Aarohi. We are bitten by this bug of teasing from time to time. We bring this from time to time So what is the need was first thought – to be at par, to be in certain company, feel superior, have fun, time pass. And what it…

Owl experience. My birding started last year when I was just looking at bird, I got interested in that particular bird and that bird was an Owl. so then I attended bird race in bangalore I got to see many new birds there. Then almost a year I have been doing birding in campus only.…

Bore well motor under repair No drinking water at campus Akkas decided to fetch from nearby place Some more joined Realized ‘its tough’. And water is ‘PRECIOUS’

We sing for our pleasure…many kids who would show apprehension to dance and sing in public have started singing and dancing with free spirit.The apprehsion was ‘other will laugh at me’. We stlll laugh when we are not able to control, but we laugh with pleasure. Evening music jam has helped many of us to…

Some kids were planning dance session with Anias…we threw the challenge of preparing and practicing dance for the show (final product). Initial reaction was ‘how can we do that?’ Finally, they took up the challenge. First day went into debating, arguing and idea exchanging. Soon they realized that they need to listen to each other…

Complains for few of hitting, interfering, hurting, screaming, not listening, not following safety codes, touching personal body parts. All complaisn are GOOD NEWS As they allow us to TRY Solution of ‘children panels’ for children Each one got a charged sheet with details Each one had a panel to guide and suggest Each one got…

InHelp matessession – we felt the needs for children to become aware of the kind of images they have of themselves.So we began our journey of exploring self-images The first question was ‘What kind of person I think I am?’ The responses were -Independent,Reserve,Silent,Intelligent,Sensitive to others,Optimistic,Thinker,Simple,Hardworking,To be with me,Contended, Satisfied,Persistence,Non-ambitious,Confident,Trustworthy,Outdoor,Pessimistic,Creative The second question was “What…

Deepawali, a festival to celebrate together. We wanted to celebrate with our neighbourhood, but were apprehensive ‘how will they take it or we ourselves will feel it awkward’. Well, the first barrier broken when MunirajAnna nad Manji Akka himself called us to visit village. Some of us who were at campus, enjoyed bring and sweet…

This week 19 of us at campus, many absent celebrating Deepawali at home and some were sick. It was pin drop silence at 12pm at campus on Thursday. One would easily get confused, if it was holiday at campus. Eaach one of us in our corners were busy doing something – It has been roller…

Small tent easily available at every toy shop. Journey began with my daughter playing her doll inside it, when she was a toddler (now she is 18yrs old). After that my son played hide and seek endlessly (and then grew out of it). While my kids played, we only assembled and made it available for…

I was called to give a presentation on SUSTAINABILITY and education by IIM Lucknow. Below is the presentation I used and also some notes from the talk. NOTES: Education is about living, and living by its definition has to be sustainable. Is education trying to just feed the children – knowledge. Is this sustainable? Am…

Dariya Dil Dukan as part of Deepawali celebration at Aarohi – a concept of gifting for love. We began our day with cleaning Orion courtyard all together and in few hours we created wonders – some made mud flooring below the tree while some decorated the courtyard with stone art. As this was first experience…

Falling sick is good news – it allows us to look at it and understand for each body, as each one of us are different. All of us have some or the other medical issues – some of us get cold, some get cough, fever, acidity, wheezing, flatulence, etc. Sometimes children get ailment and ask…

We believe each individual is a wonderful story and our children would benefit by getting exposed to your story. Aarohi is a learning space where there is no curriculum, no teaching, no classes. We simply learn from whomsoever we can. Personal presentation is part of any volunteer visiting Aarohi….this is one the way to know…

Got to see this on internet. The concept is amazingly simple A water-less, odorless, cost-less, mobile (easy to install) urinal – with the huge benefit that the stored urine can be used as fertilizer to the plants – after diluting it with water either directly or in Drip irrigation tanks. The plastic Ball in the…

Logic games with Satendra. Exploring coding, decoding, hacking, encryption, use of algorithm in coding all just by playing games, no computer screen. Played Robot cards to understand how programming works. Enjoyed and had fun when our robots went bonkers. And at the end music with free spirit was lively. Satendraa Shared ‘Logicfun is just a…

My journey of PMO, ( PRESENTER MEDIA OFFICER ) all it started by a small notice, that made me interested to work on it. with determination went for Interview, had a long talk about what i want to learn, how will I Face my challenges and many other… first video was interesting i made a…

This team surprised me with planning baking activity today. I was not prepared as I had planned some other activity. But their determination was laudable….I had to accommodate their planning. First constraint given to them was “exact measurements”. They took up the challenge and soon there was discussions on what is 1/2 LTE and one…

Visit toNarayanaHealthCity made us even closer to hospitals. Often not a place for kids to visit or even think about it, MrRaghvendraoffered us to visit when we did not need it (none was sick). Looking at life so closely in hospitals made all of us even more sensitive for the gifts of life we have.…

Some starting campus care late Some reaching late for snacks Some reaching late for sports Its true life is chain reaction. We pondered ‘how to reach in time for community sports?” Some wanted more time forsnacks Some wanted more time for Camus care None wanted to reduce sports time With clarity of the needs, we…

A small fire in the bushes Trained team of children leading their way Knowing what to do Conquer the fire Furthershare their experience and train others Experiencing what does a leader means Knowing what does life skills means Exploring what does doing means Can a campus teach? ImagineAarohiwhichdoes not make the learning easy. Children like…

Team of three in outdoor Churning their minds on where to go Camping brings fire Detriminded to make it happen Planned, practiced and put it together Three kids who have not arranged for any camping earlier, decided to organize camping for the group. They began with writing notice to bring clarity with check list of…

Community Sports. Community sports is like something we all play together different ages from 8 To 50. We fight, debate, fall, sit out we do different things. each child has Some want to Win want to be first some like shouting ad playing some just enjoy playing the game. We play different variety of sports…

Offering to as many children – from the surrounding villages – an environment, opportunities and invitations to lead their own learning, thinking, development and destiny,we go to Government schools during weekdays.We want that, without any value judgment of socio-economic or geographical background, open learning reaches all. In one of the session, we explored multiple intelligenceusing…

Finally after 5 months I was super excited to be with kids…..Could notice the same with them too…. We greeted each other by pulling our ears.. Kids sat in a circle and played a ball game. Whoever gets the ball shared their name and a dream that they have… Few shared they get dream to…

Can touch communicate? We explored in our mindful activity touch with communicating with touch – How we can communicated just by hands touching other’s hands (and eyes and mouths closed). We expressed various emotions via our hands and realise touch can say so much!

One child had put up Barbecue while making menu for the week, Barbecue was planned for dinner, He was confident that he will prepare for Barbecue in hours time in the day time and then barbecue in coal in the night. We have been failing in our barbecue till now.Few more joined, they spent four…

If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I’m about to do today.” And whenever the answer has been, “no” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” Inspired by Steve Job “last day” we planned our weekly planing this week “If…