SOULBATH PEACE FOUNDATION REACHES RAJASTHAN
TEACHER WORKSHOP AND PARENT WORKSHOP IN JODHPUR
(Venue: Sri Aurobindo Centre for New Age Education)
Soulbath Peace Foundation was invited to Jodhpur to Sri Aurobindo Centre for New Age Education. The main aim was to bridge the gap between the learner, teacher, school and parents to understand and facilitate a more harmonious interaction in a safe learning environment.
WORKING WITH TEACHERS:
The primary focus during the interaction was to help teachers become “human coaches” – These coaches creating a learning environment where children would feel safe and secure to make mistakes, grow, understand and eventually learn.
The workshop was attended by 25 teachers across the school and the medium of communication included both Hindi & English. These were designed keeping in mind the social aspects of human behavior towards learning – “when we have fun …when we do…we learn”
We focused on the emotions of the child as a student, the pressure of school & parents influencing their belief systems and in turn each teacher introspected on their own lives to complete their learning spiral. There were some amazing discoveries from teachers about their own selves – some parts in their personalities opening after about 12 years.
This allowed teachers to completely empathize with children and collaboratively working together as a community towards the understanding of the child and creating an environment based on individual learner needs.
WORKING WITH TEACHERS:
The primary focus during the interaction was to help teachers become “human coaches” – These coaches creating a learning environment where children would feel safe and secure to make mistakes, grow, understand and eventually learn.
The workshop was attended by 25 teachers across the school and the medium of communication included both Hindi & English. These were designed keeping in mind the social aspects of human behavior towards learning – “when we have fun …when we do…we learn”
We focused on the emotions of the child as a student, the pressure of school & parents influencing their belief systems and in turn each teacher introspected on their own lives to complete their learning spiral. There were some amazing discoveries from teachers about their own selves – some parts in their personalities opening after about 12 years.
This allowed teachers to completely empathize with children and collaboratively working together as a community towards the understanding of the child and creating an environment based on individual learner needs.
Facilitators were desensitized towards labeling, how we as humans create subconscious labels & the impact it has on the learner. Our prime objective in the entire workshop revolved around the inspiration from Sri Raj Bhowmik.
"Whenever you shake hands, be aware to shake hands as a human being, not as a label." – Sri Raj Bhowmik
"Whenever you shake hands, be aware to shake hands as a human being, not as a label." – Sri Raj Bhowmik
PARENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY
Soulbath Peace Foundation also worked with parents along similar lines to make them aware of the parent labels that they have been carrying from past generations/ upbringing styles but how the world has moved on and how learners have evolved. The parent interaction witnessed about 100 parents of the school community who went back with the message of SAHHEAL Conscious Empathy Parenting.
The seed of empathy, of pausing to reflect our reference point and the masks of labels that we carry was the theme of our workshop. The impact of these on our personalities and in turn our families, school and world was experienced by every teacher who in turn reflected and realigned their parts in the work.
Soulbath Peace Foundation in Jodhpur planted the seeds of being human coaches (parents, teachers and school) essential for the new generation to blossom as an individual, to give back in a new way and to believe in their dreams.
The seed of empathy, of pausing to reflect our reference point and the masks of labels that we carry was the theme of our workshop. The impact of these on our personalities and in turn our families, school and world was experienced by every teacher who in turn reflected and realigned their parts in the work.
Soulbath Peace Foundation in Jodhpur planted the seeds of being human coaches (parents, teachers and school) essential for the new generation to blossom as an individual, to give back in a new way and to believe in their dreams.
The result of the workshop saw an improved bonding between teachers, a more empowered person-facilitator, empowered facilitator understanding and catering to student emotional needs, facilitators in the classroom empowered to develop safe and fun classrooms, empowered facilitator to bridge the gap between parent and child, empowered moms & dads who understood that the key to a family lies in sustainable relationships between all and above all saw an empowered school that was now in a position to work with parts of the community waiting to support, give back their best and build a new environment.
WORKSHOP TESTIMONIALS :
The workshop has helped me a lot I can confidently say this 100%. This was a different feeling and experience which can’t be expressed and written in words. I am really thankful to you that you have given me an introduction to Myself and I feel something good coming out of my heart that I can’t express. I did not know my body or even thought of it to even talk to it. Today I accept my body with its plus and minuses because I understand the causes and will handle it well.
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I am happy to experience that I have the power to change myself. I am hopeful and optimistic about this change.
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I do feel myself like a small child. For my children I would like to now understand the situation and understand the root cause and hear my inner voice. It has just helped me to find out a way to tell myself “Yes, I can do this!!”
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At this point I feel contented. This workshop has turned to be a turning point in understanding children. My interaction with my child or children in class through experiential process will make the environment happy and learning faster Through awareness now I would like not to react instantly but give a break to myself or the other party in case of tensed situations. Our interactions have helped to understand human nature as a whole and it has also helped to know my own colleagues. I have developed new bonds with them.
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I discovered who I am – that I have to take my decisions and these will first effect me and after that others. I have understood that it all depends on me about how I want to spend my life and what I want to do. To interact with a child I learnt that I first have to become a child and only then connect to their feelings. This interaction has helped me understand my children, friends and myself more easily.
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At this point I am aware of my ego that is creating distances between me and another person. I realized that at home I have given the essence of happiness to my children that will make them happy in life. I would like to change my attitude and try to think according to what another person’s circumstances are. This interaction has helped me be more calm and peaceful with everybody.
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I think I have been very critical about myself and expected myself to be only right and doing right and expecting the environment to me accordingly. After the first day of the workshop I turned and listened to whatever my children told they were doing. I distance myself to observe and find out why they were doing something. On the second day, instead of a spontaneous reaction I tried to look into the matter from a different angle and wondered the possible solutions to the issue. Today I have gained confidence that I as an individual should tap my inner strength and use it to accept myself as it is. I want to be in love with myself, respect myself first before expecting it from outside. This workshop helped me go inside myself.
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I have got to know myself through you. It wouldn’t be possible otherwise. Because you have taught us to know and look inside ourselves first which no one has told me yet in these 32 years of my life. This was real magic. Why couldn’t I realize this earlier? Now I am fine. I am myself and I can make decisions without relying on anyone else. Awareness brings change. I believe in it. I need to be calm, peaceful and address the people who have hurt me. There was fear in me. I didn’t know how to remove my fear. You have done a big job. Thank you.
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I am feeling a sense of stability. I have found something I’ve always had but forgotten which gives me everything I seek in a day to day life. I identified a mistake that I have been making during the bully session. This brought back the communication of love back into my relationship with my children and how I understand them. Since it’s only been a day since the turning point my understanding had instant effects on my behaviour. I want to feel inner happiness and love which I hope I can send vibrations to others around me as it can create a cycle of happiness of those around me and myself.
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I think I became aware as a mother, a teacher as a human being and as a friend. I can understand my co teacher much better. For children, I will try to make them happy and comfortable, give them freedom and change the atmosphere at home.
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This workshop has helped me to understand the dealing of children in a realistic, holistic and a human way so that they grow the way they are. It has just not told me about my parts but has motivated me to heal my soul further.
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Earlier I used to be in the present but not aware that I have to watch myself to be fresh everyday. From now on I am going to be an easy going person, happy, strong, healthy thoughts and a beautiful mind.
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I am happy to experience that I have the power to change myself. I am hopeful and optimistic about this change.
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I do feel myself like a small child. For my children I would like to now understand the situation and understand the root cause and hear my inner voice. It has just helped me to find out a way to tell myself “Yes, I can do this!!”
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
At this point I feel contented. This workshop has turned to be a turning point in understanding children. My interaction with my child or children in class through experiential process will make the environment happy and learning faster Through awareness now I would like not to react instantly but give a break to myself or the other party in case of tensed situations. Our interactions have helped to understand human nature as a whole and it has also helped to know my own colleagues. I have developed new bonds with them.
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I discovered who I am – that I have to take my decisions and these will first effect me and after that others. I have understood that it all depends on me about how I want to spend my life and what I want to do. To interact with a child I learnt that I first have to become a child and only then connect to their feelings. This interaction has helped me understand my children, friends and myself more easily.
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At this point I am aware of my ego that is creating distances between me and another person. I realized that at home I have given the essence of happiness to my children that will make them happy in life. I would like to change my attitude and try to think according to what another person’s circumstances are. This interaction has helped me be more calm and peaceful with everybody.
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I think I have been very critical about myself and expected myself to be only right and doing right and expecting the environment to me accordingly. After the first day of the workshop I turned and listened to whatever my children told they were doing. I distance myself to observe and find out why they were doing something. On the second day, instead of a spontaneous reaction I tried to look into the matter from a different angle and wondered the possible solutions to the issue. Today I have gained confidence that I as an individual should tap my inner strength and use it to accept myself as it is. I want to be in love with myself, respect myself first before expecting it from outside. This workshop helped me go inside myself.
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I have got to know myself through you. It wouldn’t be possible otherwise. Because you have taught us to know and look inside ourselves first which no one has told me yet in these 32 years of my life. This was real magic. Why couldn’t I realize this earlier? Now I am fine. I am myself and I can make decisions without relying on anyone else. Awareness brings change. I believe in it. I need to be calm, peaceful and address the people who have hurt me. There was fear in me. I didn’t know how to remove my fear. You have done a big job. Thank you.
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I am feeling a sense of stability. I have found something I’ve always had but forgotten which gives me everything I seek in a day to day life. I identified a mistake that I have been making during the bully session. This brought back the communication of love back into my relationship with my children and how I understand them. Since it’s only been a day since the turning point my understanding had instant effects on my behaviour. I want to feel inner happiness and love which I hope I can send vibrations to others around me as it can create a cycle of happiness of those around me and myself.
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I think I became aware as a mother, a teacher as a human being and as a friend. I can understand my co teacher much better. For children, I will try to make them happy and comfortable, give them freedom and change the atmosphere at home.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
This workshop has helped me to understand the dealing of children in a realistic, holistic and a human way so that they grow the way they are. It has just not told me about my parts but has motivated me to heal my soul further.
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Earlier I used to be in the present but not aware that I have to watch myself to be fresh everyday. From now on I am going to be an easy going person, happy, strong, healthy thoughts and a beautiful mind.