The Blog — 16 posts

SV Youth Camp

Every teaching, story, and reflection filed under SV Youth Camp.

Children & YouthAug 5, 20111 min

Siva Bhajans/Kirtans

Here's a video of Muni Natarajan, one of the teachers, leading the youth in a few Shiva bhajans/kirtans at the Hindu Youth Camp in West Virginia that took place last week.

Children & YouthAug 1, 20111 min

Music & Dance merges African and Hindu cultures

Watch video highlights from an unforgettable afternoon of two and a half hours filled with African music and dance as Hindu and African youth gather for an unplanned unity of two cultures. Special…

Children & YouthAug 1, 20111 min

Unity, the Beat of a Community

We continue with our coverage of the Hindu Youth Camp at West Virginia University in Morgantown. On the last afternoon of the camp our new African friends invited us to participate in a drum circle…

Children & YouthJul 29, 20113 min

Dear Dandapaniji...

Here are extracts from a few of the notes of appreciation and gratitude that I received from various campers. As part of their exercise in expressing appreciation and gratitude to their parents,…

Children & YouthJul 28, 20111 min

Cultural Rendezvous in Yoga

Yesterday we invited our African brothers and sisters to join us in our morning Hatha Yoga and meditation practice. This was something new to most of them. I began the class by leading them through a…

Children & YouthJul 28, 20111 min

Gratitude and Appreciation – Simple yet Rewarding Acts

Our week long youth camp is coming to a conclusion and this is the final day of classes. Today we ventured into the world of gratitude and appreciation. As part of today’s class exercise each student…

Children & YouthJul 27, 20111 min

Hindu Spiritual Tools for Youth

The core of our study over the last week has been to find ways to incorporate Hindu spiritual tools into our daily lives to help solve the challenges that we face. We did this by having the youth…

Children & YouthJul 27, 20111 min

Clay Ganeshas

This afternoon a lot of the campers had fun making clay Ganeshas. At some point they manage to convince the two teachers, Muni and myself, to join them in this messy but creatively fun project. And…

Children & YouthJul 25, 20111 min

Hindu Youth singing "Aum Namasivaya"!

Each evening after dinner we get together for bhajans/kirtan. The counselors lead the younger campers in some chants at the start then Muni concludes the evening of music by leading them through some…

Children & YouthJul 31, 20101 min

We had a great camp!

Campers and teachers gather for a group photo in front of the Sri Venkateswara temple in Pittsburgh.

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