Chyk Navi Mumbai recently organized a camp titled Geeta for yuva. The camp was from 24th– 26th of June, and concluded on 27th of June with an external outbound learning experience to Z-Bac adventures, Kolad. The camp was attended by around fifty campers belonging to the age group of 16-28 years. Br. Anand Chaitanya (Acharya, Chinmaya Mission Chennai) and Br. Ved Chaitanya (Acharya, Chinmaya Mission Navi Mumbai) were the Camp Acharyas.
The camp was aimed to teach campers the Bhagavad Geeta with a pragmatic approach. Since it was a youth camp, the sessions were designed for the youth entirely. Each session having at least one interesting activity to make campers understand the Geeta. Campers watched the movie ‘The legend of Bagger Vance’ and understood how the teachings of Geeta could be used in life to succeed. Interesting games were played that involved learning and also tested fitness level of each camper. Campers experienced how learning from Geeta can be brought into life. Campers were divided into five groups, each group was asked to perform something (dance, skit, mime etc.) based on the teachings of Bhagavad Geeta. It was an active learning experience for each and every camper!
On 27th of June the learning sessions started from the morning in the Serene green environment and clean air of Kolad. It started with warm up sessions in the morning which involved basic stretching and cardio exercises followed by sumptuous breakfast. Thereafter all the campers were divided into four equal groups and each group went forward with their respective allotted adventure activities. The adventure activities involved rappelling, artificial mountain climbing, Burma bridge crossing, archery, shooting etc. With the campers’ focus on learning, they experienced fear and also learnt how to overcome it. They learnt how to balance speed and rhythm, most importantly all the campers learnt how to live in the moment. The campers then proceeded to do the water activities (Raft building, Flying fox etc.). With their floats on, everyone swished and splashed water on each other, while some chose to just stay afloat enjoying the gentle winds near the river. Faith indeed transcends fear.
The camp was an amalgamation of fun-learning and awesome experience. In the end campers were thankful to Anand ji and Ved ji for preaching Geeta with a pragmatic approach. Each office staff member and volunteer also put in efforts to make this camp a great success.
