Entries by Education for Life
Music and Education for Life
By Darshan Lotichius Two hours every week are spent with five third graders. On my schedule it says I’m supposed to teach them music. Have I taught music before? Sure! Apart from many individual violin classes, I explored the realm of sound for about 6 years with a previous generation in our school. We sang […]
Survey Questions and Corresponding Life Skills Action Charts
Survey Question Corresponding Life Skill Charts 1) I am energetic and enthusiastic Forming Healthy Habits, Getting Up in the Morning 2) I am comfortable with who I am. Choosing Happiness, Practicing Peace 3) I strive to improve myself. Building Will Power, Living Truth 4) I give up easily when things get difficult. Building Will Power, […]
Starting an Education for Life School: An Interview
The Lila School, an Education for Life School in Slovenia, started in September, 2013. An interview with Tina Rutar, the founder of the school. EFL: What does it take to get a school started? Tina: First we contacted the Education for Life headquarters to find out what I could do to educate teachers in this […]
License
Requirements for Licensing an Education for Life School The school mission statement must be approved by the EFL International Board of Directors. In addition, the school must receive positive reports at three to five year intervals from onsite visiting teams selected by EFL International verifying that the school’s administrators and teachers are implementing the EFL philosophy […]
Education Quotations by Paramhansa Yogananda
The following are a series of quotations from Paramhansa Yogananda selected by various teachers of Education for Life schools in Europe and the U.S. “Educational authorities deem it impossible to teach spiritual principles in public schools because they confuse them with the variety of conflicting forms of religious faith. But if they concentrate on […]
Dalai Lama, Children, Meditation, and Patanjali: a class series for families
Below, you will find a series of class outlines that introduce the practice of meditation and the supporting life qualities to groups that include both parents and children. The basic principles are derived from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the traditional source of guidance on how to calm the mind from the yoga teachings of India. Many of the […]
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Usha Dermond