Tag: swimming

  • Photos: Kovai Brahmasthanam festival

    15 -17 Jan, Bharata Yatra 2009, Enroute to Kovai & Brahmasthanam festival. Photos from  Amma’s visit to  Amrita University,  meditation, satsang & bhajans by the swimming pool,  Kovai Brahmasthanam festival and celebration photos.

  • A sweet parting gift

    A sweet parting gift

    2 October 2005, Amritapuri Today after noon, after having finished giving darshan to newcomers, Amma unexpectedly headed towards the pool. Within minutes, word had spread throughout the Ashram that she was going swimming. Ashramites ran to their rooms to put on their swimsuits and rushed to the pool to spend time with her. Though Amma had…

  • A delightful game for those who know swimming

    16 March 2005 — Amritapuri The 30 children from Alappad who are currently taking swimming lessons in the Ashram swimming pool came to Amma with a desire: Would Amma go swimming with them? Word got around pretty quick. Soon everywhere one went one would people talking in hushed yet excited tones: Did you hear? Amma…

  • The water is a delightful game

    16 March 2005 — Amritapuri The 30 children from Alappad who are currently taking swimming lessons in the Ashram swimming pool came to Amma with a desire: Would Amma go swimming with them? Word got around pretty quick. Soon everywhere one went one would people talking in hushed yet excited tones: Did you hear? Amma…

  • Buoyancy experiences: teaching tsunami kids how to swim

    15 March 2005 — Amritapuri It was only a week after the tsunami that Amma first mentioned Her idea of providing swimming lessons for the village children in the Ashram swimming pool. Amma wanted to help the children to overcome their fear of water, as so many had become petrified of Mother Sea since the…