Togliatti

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Dear family,

Jai Shri Mataji!

Children’s summer Sahaja Yoga camp “Light” has existed in Togliatti, Russia, for already 5 years. Each year was wonderful but the anniversary term (this year) was one of the brightest. The first thing which has been different this summer – the number of children’s units. There were not 7, as usual, but 5 – according to the elements (fire, earth, air, water and ether). Each unit symbolized one of the elements. The second thing: the camp was situated on the territory of the working children’s health camp, in a separate building. Due to this fact, about 300 children resting in the camp got their self-realization. Third: the duration of the term was 2 weeks instead of 3 weeks. But they were so rich with events!

11 hobby groups worked this summer: modeling from clay, beadwork, bhajan studying, soft-toy sewing, panjabi sewing, sewing from ribbons, sport group, Indian dances, mehendi. There was also a “Play room”: lot’s of developing games had been bought. Not only children but also adults got interested in these games. There also was a library where children could look through the comic books about the Deities’ life. And in the “cinema” there were shown India cartoons (like Bal Ganesh, Krishna, Hanuman) and informative movies (about nature from BBC). This year even the swimming pool was special – big and with clean water. And the adults were united not only by the meditation room but also by the tea room where tea drinking ceremonies were accompanied with stories about children and sharing experience about the work with children.

One of the days there came the musicians from the International Academy of Indian Music and Art and organized a beautiful concert in the camp.

The camp was a strong energy center where we were bathing in Divine Attention and Love of Mother. Two Pujas were offered: Guru Puja (at the same time with the international Guru Puja) and Shri Krishna Puja where there was raksha-bhandan.

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