CMC demonstration

A small suburb near Warsaw, situated  in a nice pine forest is a special place for me. Here in Marki lives my family. Today I had a special opportunity to demonstrate the CMC at the local kindergarten.
It was very special because my granddaughter was my assistant.  The kindie in Jutrzenki street is opened even though it is during the summer holidays. Because of hot weather we practiced the back massage technique indoors, and after that, the children went outside to play in the shadow of old pine trees.

 

More meetings

Summer Holiday are in full bloom. Warsaw is nearly empty with almost no traffic on the streets, and those are mainly tourists. Everybody has gone to relax at the seaside or, in the mountains or lakes.  

My Friend, a well known artist  Andrzej Renes and his family spend time at Mazury – Land of a thousands lakes.  Apart from working on his sculptures, Andrzej organises creative  workshops for local communities. During these workshops he and his wife Malgorzata use CMC techniques in the relaxation part.

The picture is of his sculpture called “a Dreamer”  in front of his Gallery in Mazury

Meeting with CMC Teachers in Warsaw

 Right at the beginning of Summer Holiday in Poland we had meeting with CMC teachers. We combined it with training for higher Level - 2 Peer Massages competency, which also gave us a great opportunity to share experiences.  

 The feedback from “field workers”  influences the shape of workshops. Our touch/massage lessons for education system are very much a “leaving being”. They change and adapt depending on what the education is going through. It is uplifting that as the transformation of education takes place, our – touch part - is getting stronger and gains recognition within School Curriculums

End of School Year

In Poland on the 26^th of June, the school year ends, and 2 months of long summer holidays begin.
The last day at school is a special day.
Traditionally the students prepare a special celebration with lots of songs and artistic performances.
Parents are invited to come. Students give their teachers flowers as a symbol of appreciation for their work.
On this day it’s easy to recognize a teacher on a crowded street because they carry armfuls of colorful flowers.

The picture is of School nr 3 in Marki, where CMC was introduced in 2012.

Summer in Dubai

 

47 degrees didn’t stop children from playing and swimming. (My daughter said that's not so bad, because in summer, Dubai temperatures go up to 55 degrees Celsius ).
But, It's always uplifting to watch children playing  outdoors.

Visit from Bayswater Primary School

Last Friday and Monday we had 120 students visit us from  from Bayswater Primary School.

At NCG we had only experienced small groups before at the  Medicinal Weeds tour during Eco Festival in March, so such a  big group of students was a challenge. The advantage of the visit was that Bayswater is an Enviro school, so this visit could be an exchange between  “professionals” - and it was. It was very uplifting to have feedback from and interaction with students. 

Our program was full of activities:  sniffing lemon balm, watching chickens, we told about Yacon- special plant, there was a quiz concerning a bee balm . The students tried our famous nettle tea, and experienced hands massage with bee balm cream. At the finish they received a gift –with the sweetest plant on the earth – Stevia. Not only from students and teachers  I also had very good feedback from the volunteers running NCG , so I feel like this experience can be a foundation for our  future friendship and cooperation with the Bayswater Primary .

Update from Learning Zone

It was almost 3 months ago since we created this special plot for educational purposes .Now look at this picture  Apart from 3 square foot gardening plots with vegetables the rest are herbs. We have 38 different herbs here with description of health benefits on white displays. When students from local schools visit us, they can try lemon balm  to smell and taste. We always welcome young visitors!