Self Awareness 


A place for teachers to present ideas for balance and 'self time' both for students and for ourselves

 

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”
- Tao Tzu

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Nadia's Site


 WE ARE THE WATER GROUP!!

Dornalee                                                    Teena
“Music expresses feeling and    "The conditions for creativity are;
thought, without language; it    to be puzzled; to accept conflict;
was below and before speech,   to be born everyday and to feel  and it is above and beyond all   a sense of self" - Erich Fromm
words" - Robert Ingersoll

Nadia                                                           Luke
"You cannot do yoga. Yoga is           "The time will come when,
your natural state. What you can       with elation you will greet
do are yoga exercises, which may     yourself arriving at your own
reveal to you where you are             door, in your own mirror and
resisting your natural state.            each will smile at the other's
~ Sharon Gannon                            welcome" - Derek Walcott
 


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Luke's Site

 

Many of us are too quick to talk about the merits and shortcomings of others, but for clear reasons we're seldom around to hear other's perceptions and criticisms of US. Barring the "critical friend", we really are left to our own devices to monitor who we really are - how we present ourselves to others, and how that compares to what we'd like to become.

 

The Water team chose to explore self-awareness as part of holistic education. This includes ways that teachers can become more self aware and ways that teachers can facilitate student self-awareness. In the following links you'll find information and ideas about self-awareness related to: poetry, art, yoga, and music.

Self awareness involves both an awareness of one's own existence but also the ability to recognize our unique inner selves. There are many paths toward self awareness, they often include the use of the imagination and creativity, the exploration of the soul through reflection and meditation, and being in touch with our hopes and dreams.

We hope that the ideas presented here will help you and your students as you move toward greater self awareness.