Special gift for special people

Dear Matru Mandir Parents,

We are very thankful to you for being wonderful Matru mandir parents. As a thank you gift we wish to bring something very special for you. Because we know you are doing a great service to humanity by bringing up a wonderful child.

We are aware that creating happy, confident, loving and caring child needs lot more than safe and secured environment. It needs an emotionally matured, aware and childlike parent who can think & operate like a child but guide & direct as an aware adult. And to be such a parent we require a lot of physical and emotional energy as well as open & forgiving nature.

While parents have great intention of being such a parent our day to day life makes thing quite challenging and stressful. And in the process of juggling all roles they end up being unhappy, agitated and angry parent. A little fine tuning in our attitude and some simple tools like Pranayam, Meditation etc. will bring miraculous change in your life.

Siddha Samadhi Yoga (SSY) is the training which will bring out that exploring child from within you while creating better clarity about healthy & joyous living. It will connect you with your self and with the world around you and bring effortlessness in everything you do. SSY brings out your true potential which will in turn help you bring out your child's true potential. SSY creates happy families leading happy and healthy lives.

For supporting you in your parenting we are offering the SSY Introduction on this Sunday - October 16th at Matru Mandir during the Rishi S'Cool hours (9-30 to 11-30 am).

And as our special gift to you we will offer this class in convenient once a week sessions spread over 13 weeks on Wednesday 6-30 to 8-30 pm OR Saturday ( 4 to 6 pm) OR Sunday 9-30 to 11-30 am and at a special discounted price. Our usual cost of SSY training is $200 which includes registration and cost of material but as a Matru Mandir parent you will pay only registration cost i.e. $50. The complete program will be spread over 13 weeks which will include 12 session held weekly once (Sunday morning) and 1 whole day for Initiation.

We will discuss logistics and other details on introduction day.

Me & My Bapu

Without ever meeting and seeing how can someone inspire you so much? I not just revere Gandhiji but he has always been a great inspiration for me.

Yesterday was Gandhi Jayanti and I was trying to remember when I first became aware of Gandhiji's existence. And it dawned upon me that my relationship with Bapu started at the age of 5 when I stepped in to my school Balmohan Vidyamandir. And since that day in my heart little Bal & little Mohan always lived and grew.

Our school was established by Shikshanmaharshi Dadasaheb Rege who himself was just 7th grade passed person but had a vision of creating human beings like Mohandas Gandhi & Bal Gangadhar Tilak by giving right values through education. In fact the name of the school was kept "Balmohan Vidyamandir" by taking Bal for Tilakji's name and Mohan from Gandhiji's name. Dada used to tell us how he sees Gandhiji and Tilakji in us; how he wants us to be truthful and fearless in accepting and owning up responsibility & consequences of our actions just like Bapu did. I must have heard some of Gandhiji's stories so many times that they are ingrained on my mind.
For 10 school years of my life; every day I saw Gandhiji's statue and read & heard his stories and listened to Dada's words about how I must become like him. And though I left the school after graduating my association with Gandhiji continued. Somewhere deep down in my heart I carried Dada's vision with me.
Today while talking to my little babies at "Matru Mandir" I remembered my power over their tender minds. And I felt very happy that I was nurtured by a great soul like Dada who installed Gandhiji in my heart at such a tender age. Now I know Gandhiji will walk along with my little ones and guide them just like he guided me.
My new journey with Bapu started today.

Ganesh Sthapana

Namaste uncles, aunties, grandmas, grandpas, dadas & didis,

Tomorrow Lord Ganapati is coming to stay with us at the “Matru Mandir” for 10 days. Today Lata aunty came to our school and showed us how to make colorful Murthies of Ganapati. She made one Ganapati murthy for each one of us.

Tomorrow evening at 6 pm we will receive Ganapati Bappa in procession and then do Pooja and Aarti for him.

Vishakha Ajji told us today that Ganapati Bappa is the GOD of knowledge and so all people who wish to gain knowledge pray to him. He also brings joy and happiness by removing bad things from our life. But most importantly we all are happy because we will get to eat Modaks and other lovely foods along with Bappa.

The program will start at 5-30 pm tomorrow evening with all of us bringing Bappa to Matru Mandir. Then Rahul uncle will do Pooja and establish the Bappa. After this we will all do Aarti and then we all will eat dinner Prasad and go home.

Please come to Matru Mandir at 5-30 pm tomorrow and join us in this fun. We can also invite other babies of your friends so they can participate in this fun.

Lovingly yours,

Neel, Atharva, Atharva, Anushka, Arin, Mugdha & Kanav.

Guru Poornima Celebration

Jai Gurudev.

 AUM SHRI GURUBHYO NAMA:

 With the loving blessing of Poojya Guruji we started our Matru Mandir last year on the auspicious occasion of Guru Poornima. Today on completion of first year all the babies offered flowers to all the great masters and received their blessings for the journey in knowledge seeking.

 With great love and pleasure we invite you for celebrating Guru Poornima tomorrow - Saturday July 16^th.– from 9 am onwards at “Matru Mandir” – 18062 Norwood Park Place, Tustin CA 92780.

 All of you are welcome to join our Matru Mandir babies in offering love & gratitude. Offering our sincere thanks to those who have helped us to grow in our life is an important Samskaras. In Rishi Culture Guru Poornima is celebrated with great joy. Please don’t miss this opportunity to involve your children in this important event.

 You may bring some fruits, flowers. Prasad will be served at 12 noon.

If you wish to volunteer for cooking call us on 949 705 6670.

 Blessings,

Matru Mandir & LiYA USA team

Gurupoornima

AUM SHRI GURUBHYO NAMA: 

Guru Purnima, or the Full Moon of the Guru, is celebrated in the month of Ashadha (July-August). This day is significant for disciples who seek to get initiated by their Guru, students who desire to get the blessings of their teachers, and for everyone who wants to honor persons of great wisdom and learning. This is a rare time to solve unsolved problems.

The Greatness of Guru

The Guru is considered an embodiment of the archetypes Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. As per a Vedic saying, Guru's form is the basis of meditation, Guru's feet are the basis of worship, Guru's words are the basis of mantra (sacred sound), and Guru's grace is the basis of enlightenment.

The word 'Guru' means remover of darkness (In Sanskrit, “Gu” means darkness, “Ru” means remover). Thus, Guru Purnima is the day of eradicating ignorance and illuminating our lives with knowledge. On this day, Guru can inspire us to overcome our limitations and conjure a life of wonderful possibilities.

Time for Spiritual Renewal

 The Full Moon represents enlightenment, which is the full flowering of consciousness. On the Vedic calendar, Guru Purnima is the Full Moon that falls near the summer solstice, the month of greatest light. This Full Moon is important because it is the time when all divine teachers shower blessings on the earth providing increased energy for our spiritual awakening.
On Guru Purnima, grace from these Masters is easily accessible to all those who think of them.
 Also, there is a Guru element inherent in all of us. Accessing the energy of the vortexes visited by Siddha Gurus can help in the unfolding of that element within us, so that higher wisdom can effortlessly descend upon us.
For Guru Poornima 2011, Pujya Guruji has ordained a one-week Silence Sadhana Shibir in Katarkhadak from July 8 to July 15.
Pujya Guruji will himself be present at Katarkhadak during this Shibir including the day of July 15 which is the day of Guru Poornima 2011.

Change in schedule of Online introduction of ISP

Dear parents,

Due to the long weekend many parents are not able to make it for the introduction this weekend. Hence we have postponed the Online introduction of the ISP Online batch to next Saturday July 9^th at 9 am on WiziQ.

Those of you who have yet not registered for the batch please do so immediately. The class size is kept limited to 10 couples and these classes get full very quickly.

There is no change in the actual class schedule - class will start as planned from Sunday July 10^th .

For registration: You can pay $200 online by Pay Pal. On the payment confirmation I will send you the registration form which you must fill up and email to me immediately.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

Love & blessings,

Vishakhama

Be a "YES" parent with ISP training

Dear parents,

We will be starting our next Online ISP batch from Sunday, July 3^rd. Introduction will be on July 3^rd at 9 am Pacific Time.

The OC batch introduction is scheduled on Thursday, June 16^th at 6-30 pm at the “Matru Mandir”.

Please let me know if you wish to join the next batch of ISP and learn how to do parenting with joy.

Parenting is a knack and with the ISP training you too can be a wise and friendly parent.

Love & blessings,

Vishakhama

Free talk on "POsitive Parenting" by Mrs. Jaya Row

Dear parents,

Parenting is a tight rope walk. No matter how careful you are there is no guaranty that you will do it right! Hence we are always on a look out for right guidance so we can give our best to our children.

Well we bring another opportunity to you. We are blessed to have Mrs. Jaya Row of the “Vedanta Vision” in our Matru Mandir on coming Tuesday – May 10^th at 6-30 pm. She will be talking about “Positive Parenting”.

Jayaji is a great scholar of Vedanta. Her talks are not just informative but most inspiring ones and they come from deeper understandings of Vedantic knowledge. She has been conducting various seminars, workshops and training programs to help people incorporate Vedantic knowledge into day to day life.

We have been associating with Jayaji for last few years and are very fortunate to have her every year. Please join us and take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.

Program details –

Free talk on “Positive Parenting” by Mrs. Jaya Row

On Tuesday, May 10^th at 6-30 pm at the “Matru Mandir” at 18062 Norwood Park Place, Tustin, CA 92780

Dinner after lecture at 8pm.

Children are welcome with confirmation (we have volunteers taking care of children during the talk)

RSVP by Monday (5 pm) is must by email – ssyvishakha@liyausa.org / phone – 949 705 6670

Love & blessings,

Vishakhama

Infant Education for parents

The new batch of Infant Siddha Program (ISP) begins on May 1^st week.

For joining the batch face to face OR online both parents must attend the free introduction.

The ISP batch for parents in Orange County start on Thursday May 5^th – 6-30 pm to 8-30 pm at Matru Mandir at 18062 Norwood Park Pl., Tustin CA 92780. 

The online batch for parents from other parts of US is starting from Sunday May 8^th – 9 am to 11 am on WiziQ.

Introduction for the online batchis scheduled on Saturday April 16^th at 9 am (Pacific time) on WiziQ -http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/511267-infant-siddha-program-isp-introduction

Tabla time with Hemantkaka

We are very happy to have Hemantkaka (Hemant Ekbote) visit Matru Mandir on alternate Mondays for introducing taal & beat to our babies. 


We now dance & clap on dha dhina, dha tee na:)


We already know numbers and now we sing numbers in rhythm.


We also learnt how Tabla can sing Na Na & Dagga can sing Key & Gey.


Thank you Hemantkaka.

Music Hour this Sunday

Hello Parents and Kids!

I am very excited to tell you all about this Sunday's Music Hour.

My 13-year-old friend Maya will be joining us to play the Guitar for the kids.

There will be lots of singing and fun!!

So please do not miss this one :)

Looking forward to seeing all the kids on Sunday morning, as usual from 10-11.

Please be there at 10 AM sharp so you do not miss all the fun!

Love,

Saneyee

Clap your hands

Too Many Things - Spoiling Our Children

When you spoil your children with material goods, where is that motivation coming from, your own inner child?
One of the greatest things about children is that they have the ability to entertain themselves for long periods of time with something as simple as a cardboard box, a container, or a set of measuring spoons. It makes you wonder why we feel the need to buy them so many toys that they won't even have time to play with them all before they grow out of them. Often, if we take the time to question our compulsion to constantly give our children new toys and clothes, and to spoil them with food that is not even good for them, we will find that we are trying to fill up the space to avoid our own difficult feelings and pain. If you feel yourself wanting to spoil your child with material possessions, take a moment and see if you can feel where your motivation is coming from.

We may be inundating our children with things they don't need out of our own desire to create a feeling of abundance that was lacking in our own childhood, or out of a need to feel liked by our children. Both of these motives tend to be unconscious, stemming from unresolved issues from our own upbringing or even our adult life. These unresolved feelings naturally come up when we find ourselves in the role of a parent, often as our child reaches the age we were when these traumas were most pronounced. Spoiling your children will not save you or make your pain disappear, only acknowledging and working on your emotional issues can do that. What our children really need us to provide for them is both a sense of safety and a sense of freedom and love of which there can never be too much. If we are able to do this well, material possessions need not take center stage.

We all want to provide our children with a good and happy life, but most of us know deep down that material possessions play a very small role. We confuse our children when we seek to make them happy through buying them things. When we do this, they take our cue that happiness comes in the form of toys and treats, rather than in the joy of being alive, surrounded by love, and free to explore the world. 


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Tree Plantation at Matru Mandir

Please join us on Saturday – January 8^th for inaugurating pooja at our new Matru Mandir premise.

Time is 11am to 12 and lunch there after 12.

Address is “Peace Home” 18062 Norwood Park, Tustin, CA 92780.

This new year we will be planting trees at Matru Mandir. Your babies can join for a tree plantation along with the Matru Mandir babies.

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One of the important aspects of spiritual development for children is to connect with the nature. Nature teaches nurturing, caring and giving in abundance. It is very important for children to connect with the nature. By being friends of trees, animals & birds they see how natural it is to offer oneself to others.

Our new “Matru Mandir” has a lot of nature. Each child will plant a tree and then take care of it. By watering the tree and seeing it grow a special bond gets created between the child and the plant.

Please RSVP if you wish to participate in the plantation so we can keep a tree for your baby. This will be a very important experience for your baby.

You can also sponsor a plant in the name of your grown up children and participate in our program.

Love & blessings,

"Matru Mandir"
temple of education with motherly care!

Email: matrumandir@liyausa.org

Tel: (949) 705 6670;