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Mindful Families Retreat: Day 2
Dec 25, 2018, 8 comments, 14 smiles
[Follow-up on Day 1 Reflections]
Did you ever have a day that featured a camel, deep introspective discussion on technology and food, cow dung, garba dancing, an inspiring session from an amazing family, candle-light, silence, goats, and puppets? Impossible, right?
But all this and more were a part of the second day of the Mindful Families Retreat – I kid you not.
In the morning, the posse of children (who now move around as one, single entity), left with some parents and the Bhaiya-Didi gang to the village of Lilapur. (If you can see the silent hand of Jayesh-bhai and others at work in this, the answer is ‘yes’).
The parents who stayed behind had a Parenting Circle that was vigorous and inspiring. We talked about the challenges of technology and food. Both issues are contentious, there’s a ton of information about them out there, and most people tend to have deeply held views ... Read Full Story
Mindful Families Retreat: Day 1 (Reporting Live!)
Dec 23, 2018, 5 comments, 19 smiles
A baby takes nine months, from conception to birth. How many months of gestation does it take for a Families Retreat?
You could say it started when the early ServiceSpace volunteers first became parents. You could date it to when the Cubs newsletter came out (remember that?:) It could be when the original Awakin Circle Mehta household started the original Awakin Kids gathering, or when it started being held regularly in west India, or Parenting Circles in South India. Or it could be when the first conversations about this retreat started…two years ago.
Whichever way you count it, one thing is clear…the kids are here and they aren’t leaving anytime soon! :)
Where Does It Come From?
The families are gathered from diverse cities: Ahmedabad, Baroda, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, London and Surat. Their experiences of their own childhoods and what they have learnt from their children equally so.
“Satya and Ahimsa, are two words that my ... Read Full Story
Towards Better Health, By Nisha
Oct 12, 2018, 18 smiles
As many of you know, Nisha and Ragu have been on a journey of learning about and sharing what they know on Nature Cure or Life Natural.
Last week, along with the whirl of a Circle with Nipun, Meghna, Swara and Rohit on Gandhi in Today's World in Hyderabad, we had Nisha share with a small audience of 20 or so, on Towards Better Health. It was an engaged group of people that lead to a helpful Q&A and discussion afterwards.
Nausheen Ahmed kindly summarized the session. Please read it at:
http://akarma.life/2018/10/10/towards-better-health/
Many in the audience left with ideas for small changes or resolutions that they can make to their way of eating, their way of living.
What's yours? :)
A Mindful Families Retreat, December 2018
Oct 19, 2017, 3 comments, 13 smiles
A child brings so much joy. So much laughter and unexpected insight into the little truths of life. There is also, nothing like having a child to bring things tumbling down – sleep, time with spouse or friends, your energy at work, fitness, and any efforts towards community-building, service or meditation.
As parents, we want to nurture values of generosity, kindness, ethics and much else in our children and our families, but often just getting everyone to eat a meal, making it to school and work, bed and bath-time, can seem like a victory.
Have you struggled with any of this? Would you like to delve deeper into the world of values and see how to weave it into the rhythm of our lives? We hope to do this at a Mindful Families Retreat in December 2018, in Ahmedabad.
How can we, as parents within ServiceSpace, tackle some of these issues? Here are ... Read Full Story
