Celebrity photographer Shri C Radhakrishnan spoke about his life and passion to the Gitamritam campers. He started his talk with a slideshow of some photographs. He spoke of how his young son gave him suggestions for creating videos on Youtube. He said that he is here to learn from youngsters and that learning should never stop […]
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Shri Vinod Kumar Pandey enthralled the young audience with anecdotes from his life and shared his passion. He started the session by asking the youngsters “What is life? Who do we owe our life to?”He said that parents are God for each of us, and we owe everything to them and must take care of […]
Dr. Mohit Sharma Clinical Professor. Specialist in for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Surgery, Ear Reconstruction, from Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences spoke about his life and passion. Dr Sharma started with his experiences in school. He said that all through his life he always wanted to improve and do something better. Through an anecdote from […]
Dr A. P. Jayaraman, a world-renowned scientist from BARC and a passionate science communicator shared his life and his passion for science with the campers. His interaction was filled with interesting and humorous anecdotes from his life. He started by showing a picture of himself with Stephen Hawking, and humorously referring to how he was […]
The Kuchipudi dancer and actor Shri Haleem Khan enthralled the Bala audience with his fascinating life. The session started with a short and wonderful promo of his dance and his life. “Born into a conservative family, Haleem Khan demonstrated that art is beyond religion and creed“. Introducing his journey of life, he said: “For me […]
Adv. Renu Singh had a very humorous and filmy childhood story. She shared with the children the mischievous pranks she played in the earlier days of her life and her journey of Samadhan has started. The turning point of her life happened at the age of fifteen when she stopped at a petrol pump in […]
Sankaran Kumaran, Prof. & Head of the Department of Cultural Education, Amrita University, Bangalore, conducted several games and activities, through which the participants’ innocence and awareness were awakened. Feedback: S.Subramanian: Brought out the childishness and awareness. Enjoyed roleplaying a lot. Fun fun fun 🙂 Valli Kannu: I very much enjoyed the workshop. It brought back […]
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Swimming with love
In the evenings, attendees had swimming lessons coached by an Olympian Ahkilesh Matti Rajakyla, who also has crowned in many international swimming events. Great to learn swimming from Akilesh. It started with floating right up to freestyle hand movements. – S. Subramanian I felt like anybody can swim. Basically, I am afraid of water, but […]
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Sanjay Banerji – Our Life Our Love
Dr Sanjay Banerji started the interaction by remembering his mother who was instrumental in helping him achieve his dreams. He shared the story of how he met his wife and then decided to get married. He constantly mentioned the support he receives from his wife – especially noting her support when he decided to leave […]
A four-day Gitamritam Camp was held on 20-24 Nov 2015 at Amrita University Campus, Coimbatore. Br. Dhyanamrita gave the class on Bhagavad Gita 12th Chapter to the couples. the 4 day camp for couples which focused on the family and drew upon the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. With the outdoor sessions, connecting with the […]
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Yoga classes
The participants began their day at 5:15 a.m. by twisting their body with hatha yoga and exercising their cheek muscles with laughter yoga,They were also taught the proper way to relax and sleep through Yoga Nidra. Swami Samarpananda and Sri Pad took the classes. Refreshing. The Laughter Yoga made me even more refreshed. The chilli […]
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Husbands Cooking Made Easy
Traditional Indian family roles were reversed during this workshop.Male participants were entrusted with the task of cooking a wholesome meal for the whole group, while the female participants were asked to do the electrical and automobile works.Interestingly few of the male participants have never ever entered the kitchen other than for eating. Feedback: S.Subramanian:enjoyed to the […]
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Life Survival Skills: Women empowered
Traditional Indian family roles were reversed during this workshop.Male participants were entrusted with the task of cooking a wholesome meal for the whole group, while the female participants were asked to change the tyres of a car, change tube lights, repair a fan, and assemble computers.All the participants use all these equipment and vehicles but never bothered […]
The psychology workshop was taken by Dr Leela Ramamurthy, Retired Principal, Chinmaya Mission, Chennai, and who has more than two decades of practical experiences in dealing with children, parents, and teachers. She discussed the difficulties faced in the various cases she came across during her practice and the means to overcome them. The psychology workshop […]
Dr Sanjeev Vasudev began the session by saying that he was deeply influenced by Swami Vivekananda. He and his wife’s decision to get married was mutual as they were both in the same medical field. They have been married for 17 years. They made a conscious decision to not join the race to make money […]
This was a typical traditional Indian couple in that Shri Shivramkrishnan was the sole breadwinner while Smt Lakshmi was a homemaker and looked after the day to day affairs of the house and children. During their talk, Shivramkrishnan enthralled the audience by talking about experiences in their lives which included anecdotes referencing his vast knowledge […]
Love everything and be happy.– Aswathi T.S.I have learnt that nothing in this universe is a waste, everything has value and there is no end for anything. Everything undergoes a change. I learnt that happiness can be found within and that no external thing can give us complete happiness. Love is the best medicine in […]
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Reflections of Love
Reflections: a session where all expressed their thoughts, shared their talents sang and laughed loudly. FeedbackThis section was actually interesting as we could get answers for the questions we might have not thought of.– Aswathi TS It was helpful for us in recollecting and memorizing what we learnt that day.– Pranav S The most interesting […]
Br. Dhyanamrita Chaitanya gave the class on Bhagavad Gita. The 12th Chapter – Bhakti Yoga was explained to the students. We discussed the idea of setting up the right goal in life, the values needed to achieve that and the qualification required. ‘Who is a devotee in the eyes of the Lord’ was really an […]
Br. Dhyanamrita Chaitanya gave the class on Bhagavad Gita 12th Chapter – Bhakti Yoga. What is love? What is devotion? Who is a devotee? What he/she will be like? – all were discussed in details. ‘Who is a devotee in the eyes of the Lord’ was really an eye-opener for many. His simple and lucid […]
My Life My Passion: Love for Traditional Medicine by Dr P Ram ManoharDr P Ram Manohar spoke on June 8, 2013, during the My Life, My Passion session. He told the audience that passion for truth will lead one to success. Touching upon health and well-being he said that health is not the absence of […]
Gitamba gave classes every day combining pranayama and mantra to yoga. Boys and girls enjoyed these sessions thoroughly. Feedback These classes helped me to increase my willpower. The interest to go to yoga helped me get up every morning with a smile, even though the comforting cold climate made me think of sleeping.- Aswathi TS […]
Dr Ram Avatar Sharma gave an inspiring talk during the My Life, My Passion session on 7th June 2013. Sharmaji demonstrated from the experiences that he shared that there is no work which is impossible, and also that if we have passion, we can achieve any heights. He taught the audience that, to attain perfection, […]
Every day we had meditation sessions. Guided meditation classes were conducted at indoor and outdoor sessions. ==== FeedbackThese session made my mind relaxed and also helped me go inside.– Aswathi TS I enjoyed meditating and the ‘maa’ & ‘om’ process was amazing.– Pranav S Meditation, that makes us to just forget the world, helped me in gaining […]
Yoga Nidra session by Brahmachari Mukesh Kumar was there every day. Campers were made to sleep/relax consciously for 30 minutes. With simple instructions in the background of music made everyone relax totally. It is a very good and efficient relaxation technique.– Aswathi TS Yoganidhra was a very wonderful and amazing experience and it helped us […]