• Om Saha naavatu (My Prayers, page 6)
• Karagre Vaasate (My Prayers, page 43)
• Sarasvati Namastubhyam (My Prayers, page 44)
• Guru Brahma (My Prayers, page 9, third shloka)
Vedic Chanting: Medha Sukhtam with Swamiji. (Chinmaya Book of Vedic Chants, page 35)
Bhajans: Radhe Govinda (My Prayers)
Storytime with Swamiji: Today we saw a movie with Swamiji about Narada and Prahlada.
Art Projects: Started knotting our Tulsi Bead Japa Malas.
Shaanti Circle Discussion: Today after our morning prayers, we combined our concentration games -- and boy, did the kids do great!!! We first began with sitting absolutely silent for 4 minutes. And then after four minutes our group leader started dropping pebbles into a pan. Once all the pebbles had been dropped, we asked the children to open their eyes and tell us how many pebbles were in the pan. Nearly everyone got the correct answer!!!!
We continued our discussion on charkha spinning and what khaadi represented to the world during India's struggle for Independence. We had planned on setting up the charkha station today, but as it turned out, our day was so busy that we didn't get a chance to bring them out. We will make another attempt tomorrow.
End of Class Prayers: Poornamadah, Chinmaya Pledge
Photo Gallery: July 2 (click here to view)
Comments: Tomorrow (Friday) everyone will chant Medha Sukhtam without our text in front of us. Seems like everyone is ready to meet the challenge!! We hear our little ones chanting little bits of Medha Sukhtam throughout the day in the ashram while running around -- and they don't even know they are doing it!
Everyone is getting excited about our Ashram pets (Painted Lady Butterflies) emerging from their chrysallis. We will have some watermelon on hand starting Monday of next week, for that special day when we release them. During our circle time today, we talked about how we are very much like our little butterfly friends ... how all of our different activities throughout the day (storytime with Swamiji, yoga, vedic chanting, arts, play, etc.) is transforming us, much like the caterillars are experiencing transformation ... and that in the end all of these activities will make us free -- just like the butterflies.
We continued our discussion on charkha spinning and what khaadi represented to the world during India's struggle for Independence. We had planned on setting up the charkha station today, but as it turned out, our day was so busy that we didn't get a chance to bring them out. We will make another attempt tomorrow.
End of Class Prayers: Poornamadah, Chinmaya Pledge
Photo Gallery: July 2 (click here to view)
Comments: Tomorrow (Friday) everyone will chant Medha Sukhtam without our text in front of us. Seems like everyone is ready to meet the challenge!! We hear our little ones chanting little bits of Medha Sukhtam throughout the day in the ashram while running around -- and they don't even know they are doing it!
Everyone is getting excited about our Ashram pets (Painted Lady Butterflies) emerging from their chrysallis. We will have some watermelon on hand starting Monday of next week, for that special day when we release them. During our circle time today, we talked about how we are very much like our little butterfly friends ... how all of our different activities throughout the day (storytime with Swamiji, yoga, vedic chanting, arts, play, etc.) is transforming us, much like the caterillars are experiencing transformation ... and that in the end all of these activities will make us free -- just like the butterflies.
