Hari om Parents,
Happy New Year! Wishing you all a happy, healthy and peaceful 2024!! Here is the summary of our last class (1/7/24) -
1. We started our class with 3 OM's followed by Sahana Bhavtu and prayer for Lord Ganesha, Devi Saraswati & our Guru.
2. The fun begins here. We started revising and decided to categorize our New Year Resolutions into the 3 Gunas we studied in our previous class. This was awesome ! So many interesting new year resolutions and how kids wanted to modify their resolutions from Tamasic to Rajasic to Sattvic. Amazing to see kids wanting to do better for themselves.❤️
3. Game time - Ball game to release so much of the energy our kids have. This is a popular one in the classroom.
4. Brainstorming - Six sharks of the mind.
Also known as Shadripus, they are Lust, Greed, Pride, Anger, Jealousy & Delusion. We spoke about them briefly. No matter how powerful, rich, successful or outwardly happy we are, we cannot be considered mature if we have not conquered these six internal enemies. In fact we will never be truly happy and peaceful within our hearts unless we defeat these six enemies – the 'Shadripus.' We did small stories about these Shadripus.
5. Geeta Chanting - We followed Swamiji's video and chanted Shloka 15 & 16.
6. Aarti time - We assembled in the prayer hall for aarti & pledge.
Such a wonderful start to the new year with all the kids! See you all in the next class!
Regards,
Chitra & Rupa.
