Hari Om! Parents,
We started our class with the chanting of Geeta Dhyana Shloka. We have learned 4 verses so far. This is a nice learning aid on Youtube that can help with practice - https://youtu.be/GBHDMKp5Uhs We will continue to learn 2 verses a week. Children will be called upon to chant. We also listened to the pronunciation guide for the Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verses - https://youtu.be/BoieidXGzls. This will be useful as we start learning to chant the chapter.
This week we went over the main stories in the Mahabharata leading to the Kurukshetra war. Many of our students contributed to the stories, led by Mahit, Janani, Pranav and Akshitha. It was good to see students recollect and describe the events. We talked about mindfulness at the end of class and tried to follow along with a guided meditation, but there were some technical issues that we will fix by next week. Children were given a mindfulness practice for this week. They will take a few minutes everyday switching to work with their left hand instead of their right. And write a log of what they experienced. We will share and discuss in the next few weeks.
Next class we will start with some concepts covered in the early chapters of the Gita. It will be a review for the Juniors and Seniors - so they can help us teach the Sophomores. (Hint hint: Bring your notes!)
Thank you,
Aruna and Sirisha
