Summer Camp Activities
Summer Camp Activities
Participants enrolled for this SUMMER CAMP INDIA, will experience a Home Away From home, An entirely new world to live-in for 3 weeks fearlessly under the guidance of experts and getting to learn all that is required for venturing into these places ever in life. We have been conducting summer camps since 1999, and habitually our Experienced, Young and dynamic Team will work for this summer camp. Kriya Yoga Samsthan had successfully conducted various programmes on a large scale where 500 to 5000 participants nation-wide gather at one place and comparatively this camp is a small assignment to work out for the management team. Once the students get admitted to the camp, we divide them according to their age groups and initiate training.
Daily routine kick-starts with a wake-up whistle early in the morning at 5:00 am and concludes at 8:30 pm and all the scheduled activities are mandatory to all participants.
MORNING WAKE UP
Yoga teachers, Physical Education Teachers (PETs), dormitory wardens and other volunteers wake up the participants and line them up height wise in the Main Assembly hall. It helps to balance your children’s mental health. Research has proven that those who wake up early have shown better mental health symptoms. They are optimistic, satisfied and feel positive about situations. It also lowers the chance of mental illnesses which is usually found in those who go to sleep late and wake up late.
PRATAHKAL MANTRAS
Yoga teachers, Physical Education Teachers (PETs), dormitory wardens and other volunteers wake up the participants and line them up height wise in the Main Assembly hall. Students Learn 8 Important mantras From “Nitya Dina Charya” Vedic Syllabus.
NATURE CALL
Students are made to consume warm/plain water by dormitory in-charges and PETs and made to walk for 5 minutes before attending nature calls. If they are eating and not pooping, the colon can become dangerously distended, a condition called 'megacolon' can happen. The feces can become hard and impacted, and the bowel can actually rupture. We train them to go for proper Stools in time regularly.
YOGA FITNESS TRAINING
Participants are divided into groups and the training commences with warm up exercises and specifically this training is very important for everyone in the camp. Yoga improves strength, balance and flexibility. Slow movements and deep breathing increases blood flow and warm up muscles, while holding a pose can build strength. Balancing on one foot, while holding the other foot to your calf or above the knee (but never on the knee) at a right angle.
VEDIC SANDHYA & VEDIC HAVAN
Kriya Yoga Samsthan conducts various programs under the footsteps of Maharshi Dayananda Saraswathi, Founder of Arya Samaj. The purpose of Hawan is to enhance the energy of the human body and make it healthy and progressive. The therapeutic value of Hawan is based on the ingredients used (Table 1). One of the main ingredients used is cow “Ghee” or “Clarified Butter” which has enormous beneficial properties.
VEDIC CHANTING - SLOKAS AND MANTRAS
It’s very important for grooming Participants. Age groups of 7-16 years is the right time to learn and chanting of these slokas and mantras will be remembered for lifetime. Chanting also helps in releasing beneficial endorphins, which act as a pain reliever in the body, and boosts the natural metabolic process of the body. Chanting shlokas everyday lowers blood pressure, normalizes heart beat rate, brain wave pattern, adrenalin levels, and even reduces high cholesterol levels.
RIFLE SHOOTING
20 participants are restricted to one group and the group is divided according to Height-Wise. Air guns are used for small game hunting, pest control, recreational shooting (commonly known as plinking) and competitive sports such as the Olympic 10 m Air Rifle and 10 m Air Pistol events.
HORSE RIDING
Horseback riding is another favorite discipline in Summer Camp. Riders can develop better reflexes and a sense of balance and coordination as they use their entire body to guide and propel the horse forward. Riding also offers cardio benefits. Riding, lifting saddles onto the back of a horse, mucking stalls, moving hay bales, etc., builds muscles and physical strength.
ARCHERY (DHANURVIDYA)
It is a very important activity for students to improve their concentration levels in this training period. It Improves your upper strength. The arms, core, chest, and shoulders are all used when practicing a proper draw. Similar to lifting weights, an archer usually holds their draw for a couple seconds, which allows for tension in the muscles. Repetition of this action leads to muscle development.
ARCHERY (DHANURVIDYA)
‘Malla' means wrestling and 'khamb' translates to pole. Put-Together, Mallakhamb means wrestling on a pole. Mallakhamb is an ancient martial arts form intended as a training aid for wrestlers and ancient warriors. The practice of Mallakhamb incorporates anti-gravity fundamentals, laws of motion, and other vectors like force, balance, bounce, spring etc.and it demonstrates fundamental principals from high-intensity training to high-intensity interval training. (Note : Do Not practice Without Expert Supervision).
SWIMMING
It is a general training for every student. Separate batches for boys and girls are conducted. Each batch has 20 to 40 Students. Swimming is a good all-round activity because it keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body, builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness and helps you maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs.
DRAWING AND PAINTING
Experienced and expert Fine arts teachers are engaged to polish participants' drawing and painting skills. By having the opportunity to put them out on a piece of paper, it gives us the chance to see clearly, to improve what we envision and to a point, be more creative. By practicing drawing and painting, we are given the chance to be in touch with our emotions very uniquely compared to any other human activities.
MUGDAR EXERCISES
In the ancient times, the Gada/ Mace was used by the strongest and most skilful commanders of the army. It was believed that the opponent must be killed with a single blow of Gada. The Mugdar training is an effective aerobic exercise and the primary advantage is shoulder strength and flexibility. This practice resulted in building up the soldiers strength by keeping their muscles under tension for longer periods of time.
GOLF
Golf Keeps Your Weight Down: A round of golf walking burns 1500 calories and keeps your weight down. So no matter how badly you play you win! Golf Reduces Stress, (or so they say) and increases your mental capacity, creativity and problem solving ability, all of which are positives.
SPORTS
Every evening from 2.45pm to 6.45pm students can enjoy playing games like cricket, basketball, volleyball, sports that support emotional, behavioral and intellectual development. Studies have shown that students who learn outdoors develop a sense of self, independence, confidence, creativity, decision-making and problem-solving skills, empathy towards others, motor skills, self-discipline and initiative.
VEDIC SCIENCE
In this Modern era of science and technology, growing children must be definitely exposed to good values and taught of a good lifestyle inorder to make their future better and even better. We are trying to mould the student coming to summer camp through vedic science which is very useful for their future life. Reading the Vedic Science is essential and also the right of every human being.
MEDICAL SCIENCE
Every student must be given the knowledge about medical science from their childhood since now-a-days children are suffering from many chronic health issues as a result of Today’s trendy lifestyle. During the Summer Camp, we provide them with basic knowledge on how to cope up with this scenario by offering them a detailed PPT Crash Course which will be greatly beneficial to their future life.
INDOOR GAMES
badminton, billiards, bowling.table tines,chess caroms and other sports activities according to their interest. Playing indoor games regularly helps children improve their physical fitness. This is because these activities incorporate a myriad of body movements. Researchers also believe that children who engage in indoor physical activities more develop fast-twitch muscles, which ultimately improves their reflexes.
AUDITORIUM–PATRATIC MOVIES FOR STUDENTSTeaching patriotism in summer camp will help students build up a sense of identity. It will help them feel like they belong in their country. The students get the chance to understand that they have a purpose in society. It helps builds the students' character development.
Two Day Adventure Camp Activities
This will be an outing to the nearby Adventure resort At RAMNAGAR Adventure Retreats spread in a span of 100 acres surrounded by hills. This includes trekking uphill for 3km. Yearlong Lotus pond and Shiva temple are the major attractions along the trek. Rock Climbing, Rappelling, River Crossing, Tent pitching, mud games Commando Net, Zip lining and other team spirit creating activities are the other attractions of the Adventure Camp. The day ends with a Bonfire activity. Thus participants enjoy this adventure and it will be an experience to remember for the lifetime.
NIGHT LIGHT WALKING
Towards the middle of the summer camp we take them for night walking between 8:00 pm to 9.30 pm. Participants will enjoy this activity with torch lights and sticks. We will give security along with our staff. It will be a different enjoyable experience for kids.
CAMP FIRE
We will arrange a campfire before the concluding day at the Camp premises for the participants to enjoy by singing, dancing, playing games etc.
