Dear friends,
I have finished my third week working for the Damanhurian school at this moment. It is a great experience to work with the children here. Working as a teacher is somewhat different then performing for them or doing a workshop. And of course the language is the greatest challenge and experience. They speak and understand Italian, and because they have an English speaking teacher now, they start learning that language. For that alone I could write a blog of my experiences, about the developments in their language and in the character of our communication. Every morning we sing songs together and during the day I hear them repeating that. Or sometimes when I meet the outside the school I hear them singing 'Happy Birthday' to their parents over and over. Also I hear them using some words now and then and when one child understands what I say and the others don't they start talking about it amongst eachother. I get some help from them in that way. Singing with them is really fun, reading stories just from looking at the pictures is great too. Especially when I see them repeating my body language and gestures when I am telling them the story. The children are in the age of 3 to 6. I am eager to find new ways to teach them new things in playful ways. The other teachers are super too. I learn a lot from them and the way they are with children is beautiful and the creativity they use is inspiring. Also, we really form a nice team. So, I am fortunate!
Here are a few drawings the children made, inspired by the story of Jamie, about their dreams.
The last month has been a challenge sometimes too, because the changes made me feel a little insecure now and then. Coming back from Holland, getting used to the fact that this community is my new home. Everything goes step by step. I feel very good at this moment though.
Yesterday I participated in a fashion show here. Beautiful cloths with designs of mostly selfic paintings.
Selfica is a technique widely used in Damanhur for healings, for personal growth, to create harmony, to improve ones concentration while driving a car, to travel in time.. Many things! It basicly comes down to a collaboration with forms of existence form a reality in which the speed of light is the slowest speed they can observe. These beings consider happenings in our linear time perception as objects. They can easily see the effect of some events and in that way they can help us in choosing the things that are in line with our intentions. For them it is very interesting to experience our reality, like our emotions, and our time perception. Using techniques of spiraling copper and mixing some paint substances the Damanhurians make some kind of contracts with these beings. These materials (the copper and the paint) are used in jewelry, in paintings and even in buildings, chosen by the user of these objects in order to focus on a certain goal. I wear a couple of these bracelets and they truly are amazing.
Next week I am leaving for Holland again, for several performances of 'Lila en de Toverkoffer'. Maybe we'll meet sometime.
Love to hear from you too,
With you,
Karin
I have finished my third week working for the Damanhurian school at this moment. It is a great experience to work with the children here. Working as a teacher is somewhat different then performing for them or doing a workshop. And of course the language is the greatest challenge and experience. They speak and understand Italian, and because they have an English speaking teacher now, they start learning that language. For that alone I could write a blog of my experiences, about the developments in their language and in the character of our communication. Every morning we sing songs together and during the day I hear them repeating that. Or sometimes when I meet the outside the school I hear them singing 'Happy Birthday' to their parents over and over. Also I hear them using some words now and then and when one child understands what I say and the others don't they start talking about it amongst eachother. I get some help from them in that way. Singing with them is really fun, reading stories just from looking at the pictures is great too. Especially when I see them repeating my body language and gestures when I am telling them the story. The children are in the age of 3 to 6. I am eager to find new ways to teach them new things in playful ways. The other teachers are super too. I learn a lot from them and the way they are with children is beautiful and the creativity they use is inspiring. Also, we really form a nice team. So, I am fortunate!
Here are a few drawings the children made, inspired by the story of Jamie, about their dreams.
The last month has been a challenge sometimes too, because the changes made me feel a little insecure now and then. Coming back from Holland, getting used to the fact that this community is my new home. Everything goes step by step. I feel very good at this moment though.
Yesterday I participated in a fashion show here. Beautiful cloths with designs of mostly selfic paintings.
Selfica is a technique widely used in Damanhur for healings, for personal growth, to create harmony, to improve ones concentration while driving a car, to travel in time.. Many things! It basicly comes down to a collaboration with forms of existence form a reality in which the speed of light is the slowest speed they can observe. These beings consider happenings in our linear time perception as objects. They can easily see the effect of some events and in that way they can help us in choosing the things that are in line with our intentions. For them it is very interesting to experience our reality, like our emotions, and our time perception. Using techniques of spiraling copper and mixing some paint substances the Damanhurians make some kind of contracts with these beings. These materials (the copper and the paint) are used in jewelry, in paintings and even in buildings, chosen by the user of these objects in order to focus on a certain goal. I wear a couple of these bracelets and they truly are amazing.
Next week I am leaving for Holland again, for several performances of 'Lila en de Toverkoffer'. Maybe we'll meet sometime.
Love to hear from you too,
With you,
Karin
