Festival of Togetherness, Joy, Learning and Sharing
Online Meet - Completed
Homeschooling - Organic Learning From Life by Vineetha Sood
Learning is an integral part of life which happens at the fastest pace when the child is growing up. Education and parenting are the two processes through which the child learns tremendously to grow up to become his/her own self.
Over the years, these two processes have become very stressful for the parents, teachers, and the child. This has led many people to homeschool their children.
This presentation/conversation is focused on understanding homeschooling. Keeping the child and its learning at the center.
About the presenter.
Vineeta has been an educator, who has homeschooled her own children in nineties and early 2000. She supports many homeschooling families in India and abroad. For close to 25 years now, she has also been involved in designing learning spaces and curricula that support the child in self-directed learning. Presently she is a certified therapist. She is an associate with Anna Chandy and Associates.
Vineeta is convinced that learning is such an integral part of being human and it happens in its best form when we honour the inherent intelligence of life. Our children come to us with certain samskaras. What they learn and who they grow up to become through the process of parenting and educating them depends on how we honour what they bring. Our capacity to honour the essence of our children depends on how much of our own essence we honour in ourselves. How ready we are to face the challenge to our own conditioning. And in that sense, it really comes full circle. It is a process of us growing up all over again, as we relate to our children and create a space for them to become their own person.
This conversation is an exploration of how these dynamics impact our own children through the way we live our life, the way we parent and educate them and what that brings up for us.
Presentations
Prakriti - The Health & Harmony by Sivapriya Madeswaran
The Harmony of Human life is based on one's willingness to be curious & understand the natural constitution of the body, food, mind, and spirit and also on adaptability.
This presentation is based on the interplay and the equilibrium one can achieve with their environment/nature to be in a satisfying relationship with the universal mother.
About the presenter.
She is a practicing Counselling Psychologist and a Therapist, Expressive Movement Therapy Facilitator, Educator and Yoga Teacher who has been working with Students, their parents, and Adults for the past 11 years in the scopes of psychology, life skills training, Mandala and getting in touch with the deeper learning, Authenticity of Expressions & communications, Relationships building, Health and Harmony of life.
She is a trained dancer in Bharatnatyam, Poikaal kudhirai Aattam, Karagam, Mayilaattam, Oyilaatam, Punjabi, and Latin American forms of Salsa. She uses these elements in her Movement-based workshops to enhance the learners’ quality of expression and freedom.
In relation to Yoga, she relates & works more with breath work, alignment of body, mind, and emotions, Centering, working towards balancing the elements of self with Nature as the focus grows towards “Abhyāsa” - the consistent Practice.
She travels to different places to explore the range of body and mind’s adaptability by engaging in activities like Hiking, Whitewater Rafting, High Altitude Trekking.
She has been into self development for the last 7 years.
One of her deepest connect from childhood is with Planting and Farming as it was in the family background. It is in this extension that has bloomed into Converting the farmland @Kodanad from Chemical farming to Natural Farming which is happening very wonderfully with the intention of food becoming one source for good spiritual health.
Integrating Design Process Into Everyday Life by Aditya Raja
Design is a fundamental concept that can be found everywhere. It is because of this, that perceiving it has become so passive and intuitive. Once the nature of Design becomes clear, it helps develop the eye to see beyond the surface, uncover the truth and recognize evolution in the most commonly used things that surround us. The presentation intends to introduce the concept of Design and the Design Process to a general audience.
By understanding Design and the Design Process, it becomes a portal to understand ourselves at a much more granular level and makes it easier to integrate the meaning of things around us and assess how they align with our values. By enabling us in this way, it creates a sense of power to be very intentional with the choices available to us in every moment and can be used as a tool to become more aware.
About the presenter
Adithya is a designer.
A self taught Product Designer who left behind his management education and career to explore the world of Design, Aditya has been designing software applications and products for almost 2 years.
He is passionate about using Design as a problem-solving method and is currently working on solving problems in the healthcare industry.
A person who constantly strives towards seeking the truth. Creating space to flow by holding a center is something that deeply intrigues him and is something that he strives toward integrating into the things he does every day.
The act of creation really excites him and he is currently walking the path toward getting in touch with his deeper self.
Mandalas - Framework to understand an Action from different perspectives
Every action is the result of a conglomeration of several energies coming together at a given moment. From the union of these energies emerges an expression - which is the action.
This is an exploration of this expression using Mandalas. Through this exploration we will get a peek into the interactions of energies and understand the significance of each of them in every action. A clarity about the profoundness of an action emerges.
Performances
Host of the event and Music recital - Harshvardhan Vyas
Harshvardhan is a seeker, student and lover of life who enjoys exploring life through its rhythm, tune and Bhaava.
He has been formally learning Bhajans based on hindustani classical music for the past five months. He has a background of hindustani classical music from learning the Bansuri. His love for the devotional aspect in music dates back to his childhood days whether it is merging into the joyous rhythm of Ganeshotsava celebrations or listening to stories and bhajans on his walkman during a pilgrimage with family.
He connects with music from the heart and is on the exploration of truth through Sangeet. He is grateful to all the teachers, mentors and guides who have empowered, guided and encouraged him on this journey. Born in Mumbai, he currently lives in Bangalore and works as a software professional and continues on the path.
Dance - Kanishkaa Senthilnathan
Poetry - Divya Mahadevan
Poetry: Mandala of Self development
Divya Loves going on adventures and exploring new things and places.
Her newest exploration has been towards finding a rhythm in my sadhana practice every day using journaling and meditation.
Right now in her journey, She sees Mandala as a depiction of clarity and order. The unlimited potential of a Mandala to expand and grow infinitely while holding the same power all the way down at the center, in the Bindu, is what fascinates her most about them.
Mandala - The Flow of Form
The dance presentation stages the way a dancer creates her as a mandala of lines and shapes and at the same time, she presents the role of nature in the Brindavan and how Krishna mesmerises people with his flute music, and how the name "Krsna" would let us connect to the supreme and let go of all desires and fears.
Kanishkaa Senthilnathan is a Bharatanatyam dancer trained for 10 years who is currently pursuing dance/movement therapy. She currently is in pursuit of diving deeper into what is on her exploration list with inculcating consistency in her journey.
About Kanishkaa's role as a dancer, she always strives to connect to the intricate details of the piece she wants to perform and brings in a little bit of her STYLE in the creation that is learned. Dance helps her hold the essence of every lesson she learns by being absorbed in the present.
About the Presenter
Sudharsan has been on the journey to understand himself for a while. In the last few years he has accelerated this journey of self discovery by being more intentional and conscious about his role as a learner of truth. Some of the other roles that he plays include son, partner, brother, chitthappa, mama, friend, software engineer, manager, photographer etc,.
He had the fortune of being introduced to the profoundness of Mandalas through Pavithram a few years ago. Ever since the knowledge came to him they have become a part of his life now.
He has been exploring the Mandala of the current moment to see the truth.