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Patanjali's four sleep states.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Laura Weldon Mar. 2, 2008.
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- Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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- I am 45, mother of three children aged 15,11 and 8 (girl and two boys, in that order). I am interested in education, psychology, yoga and process...
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Paper presented at Bengaluru, Indian Psychology-Theory and Models. December 2007.
Posted on January 10, 2008 at 12:05pm — 6 Comments
Hrut Collage - A project I dreamed up in 2006.
Today, the 22nd of September, is an auspicious date for me. It is the birthday of a friend who first helped me become conscious of
this work that was going on within me, constantly troubling me. I was always reading and hungry for more
information and ideas about how to make education more human, more alive, more
equitable, more relevant to the times….
This was way back in 1987.
Although it was a very immed
Posted on January 8, 2008 at 12:05pm — 3 Comments
Towards a New Education 2004 Conference on Indian Psychology Yoga and Consciousness, Pondicherry.
Posted on January 4, 2008 at 4:26am — 2 Comments
A piece I wrote last year.
Personality layers – Education layers.
Observing children quite closely, we may notice that their personal
… ContinuePosted on September 2, 2007 at 1:19pm — 1 Comment
I am very excited to be here!
Posted on August 28, 2007 at 3:56am —
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"If I had the influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over
the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in
the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last
throughout life, an unfailing antidote against the boredom and
disenchantment of later years, sterile preoccupations with things that are
artificial, the alienation from the sources of our strength."
- Rachel Carson
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We'll be there on the 27th. I'm breathing and letting go... but i can't wait for the house help ;-) The letting go feels beautiful but isolates me in a social sense as the other moms make me uncomfortable and then i have to keep reminding myself that i need to honor the children's wishes.... even if it means one of the children wearing gumboots and a super man outfit to the supermarket.... full with flying cape. All this in 90 degree heat :-)
See you soon. I can't tell you how happy and relaxed i am knowing that there is a fellow unschooling parent in the same town !!!
With metta, Hema
I have been away from this site since my mother died and wasn't keeping up well with it during her final illness either. And today I finally get back to it to find that you have done so much to keep it going. All of us are blessed by your energy and vision and willingness to share so much of what you know.
Every time you write I sense our kinship. I hope that you and I can keep communicating, and who knows, perhaps meet some day. Thank you so much for all you contribute to the conversation. May it continue to flourish.
gratefully,
Laura
Thank you for joining us. I think there's so much we can learn from one another as we share our experiences and insights. I've been homeschooling for ten years now. What wonderful years. The kids have learned so much as they read, play music, explore, make friends, experiment, help the family and generally grow into the people they were meant to be.
I think that progressive education of all sorts will become more essential in the upcoming years.
Please feel free to invite others to join our discussions, post free range learning topics of your own and/or to email me separately with your answers to any of my questions for the upcoming book.
thank you,
Laura