Ekadaksha Learning Center

At Ekadaksha everyone loves dance. DJ Nikhilesh(a.k.a Nikhil Anna) was there at Ekadaksha once again. He played “House” music and the children just loved it.

He began with a chant which brought in positive vibes. As the DJ began playing,the children listened and slowly got drawn towards the music that they got up all by themselves one by one and hit the dance floor. First was Aravindh,then Vishal, then Vidyut and so on. The bubbling positive energy had its rippling effect and one by one all of them stood up and started their own movement and danced their hearts out. Everyone participated well. Vishal was on a roll, the star of the day with his ultimate moves. Everyone enjoyed grooving to the music. They felt happy and sweaty after a full energetic dance time. The session ended with a relaxed chant. 

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On 10th of July 2024 the children and teachers at Ekadaksha had a pleasant surprise.Yes,their favorite "Janaki aunty" visited them to immerse them into a magical world of stories.

Ms.Janaki narrated and enacted few stories with actions.The session began with a name song in which everyone said eachothers names,whispered the names and sang the names.Then they listened to a story about a place that ate so many bondas.The story with food ,the bajji song and the actions interested the children very much that they got totally involved.It was followed by the "Gajapathi kulapathy song".Then came a funny story about an old man and woman in which the old man wanted to read the newspaper peacefully but couldn't do it due to sounds around him.It was made so enjoyable with lots of actions and sounds which our children followed and repeated with great excitement.The song "We are going on a bear hunt" was performed with music using a djembe to which everyone sang along. 

All the stories and songs had simple movements and sounds which the children could easily follow.The rhythm and repetitions of tunes and sounds were so catchy that the children got glued to her. They listened well to the stories and enjoyed themselves.

It was a treat to watch Ms.Janaki narrate,perform and engage the children and teachers.The enthusisam and the vibe was great.It was a pleasure having Ms.Janaki at Ekadaksha and everyone had a lovely time.

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International yoga day and World music day are celebrated across the globe on 21^st of June. Yoga and music may not have direct connection but they blend well and it is a coincidence that International Yoga day and World music day fall on the same day. Both are therapeutical and work on overall wellness of mind,body and soul.

Yoga day aims to spread awareness about the practice of yoga and how it helps to improve the physical and mental well-being emphasising the importance of a healthy life style. Music is a significant part of our daily lives and everyone enjoys listening to music to relax or even while doing their regular tasks.World music day encourages people to listen to music ,invites everyone regardless of their age,skill etc to participate and share their love for music. Music has a powerful ability to bring people together.

At Ekadaksha,utmost importance is given to physical activities. Music is inseparable from daily activities. Where words fail,Music speaks. As per this saying, every class at ELC has devoted time in their schedule for music incorporating different kinds of music as per the age and liking of the children and music is also used during various activities. 

During the yoga and music day celebration this year,Yoga and Music were beautifully blended. The children stood in circle and did warm up actions by imitating the actions done by the teacher who stood in the middle. Then they went on to gentle movements - moving their head,shoulders,hands up and down,wriggling and rolling their hands,moving hips from side to side,bending and touching knees and moving their whole body round and round. The actions were done casually in a smooth rhythm by listening to the song sung by the teacher.  Then inside and outside movements were done in different ways using the whole body. After this, relaxing music was played with the children and teachers doing guided meditation. 

Wishing everyone a healthy, balanced life through the practice of yoga and by blending it with the joy of music. May it lead to bringing peace and harmony to oneself to be relaxed and achieve positive results. 

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Holi is the festival of colors,joy and happiness.It is annually celebrated in the month of March. After winter is gone,Spring commences. Fresh leaves and colorful flowers blossom and nature looks so bright and colorful. With bright color flowers blossoming everywhere it appears like Nature is also playing the festival of  holi along with humanity.

The celebration of Holi involves singing,dancing,spraying colors,playing with pichkari’s(Water gun) and enjoying sweet delicacies.

At Ekadaksha, Holi was celebrated by applying colors,singing and dancing around. Each class gave their dance performances  to Holi themed songs. Colorful dupattas were kept in trays which the children and teachers of that class chose and wrapped aroung their necks.

After each class finished their performances,the whole school as a big group did the final dance,shaking and waving the colorful dupattas.

Colors, art and music are opportunities to erase all stress and tensions in our lives.Celebrating Holi was really a refreshing and relaxing experience for the children and teachers at Ekadaksha.

May the festival of Holi make our lives colorful and fill our lives with brightness of hope and positivity. Happy Holi.

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