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Tag: Youth Camp

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Aug 5, 2011

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. ...

Aug 1, 2011 Children & Youth

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 that they had planned. Earlier in the day they had attended a yoga and meditation
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Aug 1, 2011 Children & Youth

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 thanks to Nana, Mwatabu Okantah and Olu Manns for helping facilitate this. To know
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Jul 29, 2011 Testimonials

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, counselors and a person of their choice, a few of them chose to write me some very th
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Jul 28, 2011 Children & Youth

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 few rounds of Surya Namaskaram (sun salutations) to get them warmed up and stret
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Jul 28, 2011 Children & Youth

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 was asked to write a note of gratitude to their parents. In doing so they had to
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Jul 27, 2011 Children & Youth

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 we are very glad we did as we had lots of fun.
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