Mumbai Train Stations
Download File Theme of the Session: Understanding the Mumbai local train network, with all its stations and routes. Therapeutic goals of the Session: Memorization, Sequencing, Mindfulness, Group Work, symbol recognition. Time: 2 hours (depending on children’s attention span; the session can be divided into two parts) Space and Material Preparation: Two colored papers: one for […]
Empathy – An Innate Human Quality?
A couple of weeks back, a small encounter brought a smile to my face and left me thinking that day about innate human qualities and in fact for a couple of days after. One of the kids at the Home is a special child, with some mental disability. However, he is one of the most […]
Nature Journey – Introduction to 5 elements of nature
Canva Link (Original Presentation) Download Presentation (pdf) Download File Most commonly occurring therapeutic domains: Mindfulness – improving quality of focused attention and sustained action, connection with self and nature, self-introspection. Goals of the Session: Understanding the 5 elements of nature Symbol relationship: Understanding the relation between two ideas or concepts. Sense of belongingness to the […]
Scarcity & Abundance – Simply A Mindset
One of the older kids, who has been at the home for about 3 years now, was having a conversation with a coworker, let’s call him Aniket sir (pseudo name), from another NGO. As they were talking, he noticed that the backpack which Aniket sir was carrying was torn and a little old. Quickly after […]
Suffering (Dukkha) Exists & Will Exist
One day, while returning from the Children’s Home, I was waiting at the bus stop. As I was standing there, I noticed a bike with a couple and their son, a small boy, sitting in the middle. The mother got down from the back, went to a roadside cart, bought a few packets of tobacco, […]
A Naïve Mistake Turned into a Realization :)
Recently, one of the kids approached me with a pencil and paper as I was standing at the door of the classroom and said “please can you teach me how to write my name in English?” So I wrote his name and handed it back to him. Soon, he came back to me showing his […]
A Spontaneous Gratitude Circle & A Thank You Poster!
A few days back, I was sitting in the classroom with many kids, doing their own thing in small groups while the teacher was busy with his work. I did not have anything planned during that time and so I was just sitting with 4-5 boys and listening to their conversation and thinking “what can […]