Morning Star Children’s Camp
June 14-25, 2010

This June, I directed a summer day camp at Ananda Girisuta (Prama Institute) for a beautiful group of young children.

We began the mornings with a long Circle Time that included spiritual songs, dancing and singing kiirtan, meditation, yoga postures, and spiritual readings and discussion. The days were filled with art and craft projects, handwork, games, water play, nature walks, and trips to the river. Our local farmer Jiivan Mukta hosted the children at Raven Ridge Farm to harvest food for their lunch, which they helped prepare and ate with vigor! Visvamitra took the children on the mystic Cliffs Trail, and led them in a Native American exercise. Maya Devi taught the children to draw intricate mandalas, and told them supernatural stories from her native Philippines.