The Last Day!

       Our last day of Eastern Disciplines began like the rest of the week, with meditation. But this time we did a walking meditation in Bell Park, although it was cold, the nature and fresh air was really very refreshing.

Next, we had final presentations from Iris, Franz, Isabella, Grace L, Claire T, Ari and Claire L. Iris gave a presentation on Kusala and Akusala in Buddhism, Franz spoke about Zen Buddhist Koans, Isabella spoke about the Buddhist concept of the Soul, Grace L spoke about Integrative Medicine, Claire T spoke about the Hinduism Feminist Movement, Ari spoke about Mental Health in Aryuveda and finally, Claire L spoke about the evolution and origin of Zen Buddhism. 

At the end of the day, we created our class's presentation about our A-term for next Thursday and did our final end of the day yoga session. It was a bittersweet yoga session, but we all had a great time and learned so much. If you want to hear more about our experience and those of other A-terms, come to the Post Oak High School next Thursday at 10:00 AM!

Namaste! :)

We're in the Final Stretch of A-Term (pun intended)

Today we began our day with an exciting seminar about the last part of our book. We all came to class with questions we had after completing our book. Our seminar was thought-provoking and was definitely a great way to start the morning. 

After our our seminar we had some much appreciated open work time to prepare our presentations for later in the day. We used our mindfulness techniques to keep ourselves of track and some of us practiced a few yoga poses throughout our time working and during lunch to stretch our bodies after working over computer! Yoga is a beautiful thing! After lunch and little bit more open work time, it was time for two presentations. 

First, Grace A. gave an engaging presentation about how Buddhism changed women's role in society. 

And our next presentation was about Chinese Meridian Theory, by Kirby. We learned about acupuncture and how Qi flows through the body and into organs. 

Lastly, we practiced yoga with our favorite YouTube yogi, Adrien. It felt great to stretch out our bodies after a long day of independent research and listening to or giving presentations. Overall, today was a very productive day for the Eastern Disciplines A-term group! We each learned a lot through our own exploration of topics that interest us and our classmates teaching us. We had a great second to last day of A-Term and I'm looking forward to learning more from my classmates tomorrow!