conversation – an invisible connection
To listen, and not just hear with words or good body language, but with one’s heart and entire being… is a skill I have a long way to to go learn! 🙂 But for me, a connection with my own self (through practice of daily silence) has definitely helped radically in connecting with others! A […]
children learning value of silence
A video that was posted in this comment on an article on schooling… In our current age, where with our increased access to media – the limitless internet and so many international channels on TV, with good bad and misleading information. There is only a limit to how much supervision and interference adults can do. […]
houda?
“is it?” Abhinav completely floored me yesterday with this acknowledgement of listening – I can’t imagine where he picked up the word or the usage, maybe while we are talking amongs’t ourselves… and today he’s using it more. In between pauses in a conversation, he says “houda?”
can television add value to an infant's education?
Abhinav has learnt quite a few rhymes and vocabulary from watching videos, so I used to think the answer was yes, to a certain extent of course. But this article from Time magazine was quite surprising. Television often helps as an alternative babysitter or maid, but there are claims that it can add value to […]
parent's inculcation of silence and listening adds real quality to bonding
For some stint of indiscipline, I had almost discontinued practice of observing silence daily, for a few months. I felt that even though Abhinav was right there with me, I was still missing him. I was missing the depth of the bond that deepens with this practice. Once I got back on track, I’m able […]
how to teach silence?
comment here [Note: I’m not trying to explain what Suresh means, I’m just sharing some incidents in my life that seems to be a bit along similar lines] Usually when I interact with an infant I see I have this tendency that I always want him to do something. I want him to smile when […]