On 17th Jan2013 .Bal Bhavan
(child's building) in Mandi village South Delhi Suneel arranged a remarkably
successful and unique meeting--which developed over several years of
interpersonal building efforts. That is to say, years of meetings were
needed to develop the openness and trust with some of the
participants. The Bal Bhavan is a large area with scattered buildings,
creative sculptures, various large plant arrangements, and many sites of
special interactions for kids. It was built in the semi-socialist 60's
under Nehru and now has very little funding so the program is propelled
by a dedicated multi-talented staff.
We planned a month-long bead treatment of 25 regular
attendees in the program. The children were told to make a painting
and write 3 favorite words. This assignment will be repeated each month
and become an on-going record of each child's sense of self and
tension. This method was stimulated by the before and after self-
portraits in Jo Ann Lenney's paper. We taught the regular teacher,
Suleka, in how to place the beads. Suleka wears a large bindi
and shares many stories of traditional India, using stimulation of
various skin locations to make a physiolocal or spiritual effect.
Acupuncture by jewelry, body decoration, or massage has a very deep
history here. Suleka will repeat treatments regularly. She and other
staff will note behavioural changes in these children who they know
well. Correlation with the change of drawings may or may not be
evident. NADA India will help wit these evaluations.
Secondly, Suneel invited a Rotary Club " Inner Wheels"
women's group to the same location (and time) for a class and
demonstration of NADA ear acupuncture. Many of their members felt more
relaxed and also more energetic. The value and simplicity of NADA was
evident to these middle class and professional women.
A third simultaneous event was very special. During
the regular school class an unkempt older woman crouched behind the
students in a mysterious manner. She approached the Inner Wheels group
while they were having acupuncture. She took a treatment and started
talking with them as a strong sensible woman moments later. It was
quite a transformation..She and Suleka started talking as friends
instead of seeming adversaries. The Rotarians were impressed that poor
lower class woman could find inner resources and maturity so quickly.
The woman left and returned soon with 5 family members who looked
despondent. All improved readily. One woman was observing purdah,
because of her family situation. She also was helped by NADA.
We also held the graduation the graduation of Pallavi
and Suneel's beauty culture, young women's empowerment group. They will
use the bead treatment as part of their provision of head massage.
Their own extended families will be their first customers. More
innovative evaluations will be used. All these sessions were conducted
in the same space. Most of the groups did not know each other, but all
of them gained a better perception of the human potential.
MIKE
MIKE