What is Abacus?

Abacus is a counting frame constructed on bamboo frame with beads sliding on wires. The device is used to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, division etc. Learning abacus at an early age has some benefits that will help in the overall development of the child apart from learning maths only.

Benefits of Abacus:

1. Fasten calculations : The best advantage of learning abacus is that it helps in fastening calculations. Child can do calculations at an ease.
2. Stress Buster: Abacus helps in removing stress from the child. Its practice reduces anxiety level.
3. Simulates Sensory organs: As abacus device involves working of hands, fingers and eyes in coordination , it helps in simulating brain and its parts; thus increases brain efficiency.
4. Boost Memory Power: Abacus helps in enhancing memory retention as one has to remember how many beads he has counted earlier during the calculation.
5. Concentration level Increases: As child has to be vigilant which beads he has counted and which beads have to be count, thus abacus helps in improving the concentration power of the child.

These are only some of the benefits a child can get by learning Abacus. If you are stressed that your child is not good at maths, do not worry; enroll him/her in the abacus classes for fun and entertaining learning method of maths.

Traits shown by dominance of Right hemisphere: They are creative in nature and they learn the things through visuals. They like the things when it is available physically. They give their best when work in groups as their creative ideas come up in that situation. They don’t perform well in schools as they are disorganized and can’t concentrate on a thing.

Traits shown by dominance of left Hemisphere: These children are socially inactive and least interested in doing outdoor activities. Children with weak right hemisphere are goal oriented and they set directions for themselves. They are academically sound.

But for the overall development of the child, both right and left brain should be balanced. Balancing the mind is important for the digestive, immune and nervous system of the children. There are numerous centers which operate various brain balancing programs for children. Parent should consult the mentors or doctors to determine which part of brain is active in them and how they can go for proper brain balancing.

To harness the benefits of cosmic energy like solar, lunar, geospatial etc., vastu shastra is used and it brings success and happiness in person’s life and work place. Theories or principles of vastu shastra when applied during the construction of the building are much better than doing changes after that. The inhabitants of the place feel positive energy because of it.

 There are some of the advantages that vastu shastra provides:

1. It can enhance the efficiency of the employees and bring harmony at the workplace between employees and boss.
2. The right vastu of the work place increases the creativity and create a stress free environment.
3. The major benefit of applying vastu techniques is that it helps in business growth and expansion due to positive energy flow.
4. At the residential place, vastu design helps in maintaining the health of the persons. If elements of nature are not aligned with the directions, then serious health problems can be faced by the residents.
5. It also brings financial stability and harmony in personal relationships.

If someone is facing problems at his/ her work place or house, then they should go to a vastu consultant and book an appointment to get scan their place and then do prescribed remedy as soon as possible to have happy and blessed life.

Clear your mind and body out of negativities is necessary and can be done through these simple techniques:

 Exercise Daily: To burn the negative energy out of mind and body, exercise daily. Exercise can reduce the stress. Simple activities like taking a staircase instead of Lift, riding a bicycle, a 30 minute walk, swimming and stretching can help in reducing stress.

Take healthy diet: Mind and stomach are inter-related. When we get healthy food, our mind feels calm and relaxed. There are some hormones known as stress hormones whose level need to be checked. Chocolate, herbal tea, plenty of water, fresh fruits and vegetables all will help in detoxifying the body and get rid of stress.

Be an Optimist: Positive thinking is very importantfor any stressed or depressed person because negative thoughts will only exaggerate the situation. Thinking about good people and having good thoughts will calm the mind. Surround yourself with the positive mind people as they will encourage you to also think and behave positively.

Meditation: Meditation is a great way of making mind relax and calm. Deep breathing and yoga are also the part of meditation. This helps in knowing us better, make us kind and mindfulness.

Change the environment: The environment in which you are living matters a lot on your mental and physical health. Environment that is calm and composed, free of negativities is crucial for removing stress. Messy environment creates lot of clutter in life and mind. Remove the clutter or get separate yourself from unnecessary things as soon as possible.

These can be some of the tips and measures by following one can de- stress himself. He can also appoint a meditation or yoga trainer or can join a stress management courses under expert supervision.

This kind of playing is inducing irritation, anger and fierceness in them.  They already have the pressure of studies, an above this they have to face pressure of doing better than others.

The difference between the child of early age and nowadays is that parents didn’t imposed objectives goals on them. They were free to do what they want and their way according to abilities. But today’s child is forced to enter that field in which all other are going. Parent’s try to mold them in a way that is not meant for them. Because of this “cultural” misunderstanding, children often feel they are not understood, and parents feel frustrated as their child acts out. If this “cultural divide” deepens, the quality of the relationship between parents and children can deteriorate, creating a lack of closeness among family members.

Who has inspired the children to do this? Somewhere, parent and their social pressure is compelling them. It is necessary to give proper direction to the juvenile at this point, so that the future will appear self sufficient. Its parent‘s duty to understand their child need, wants and interests. There are some plans and courses which help parent to know about their child’s abilities. It will enable them to counsel so that children can blossom, laugh and be successful.

Benefits of Reiki:

1. Clears away the blocked energy pathway.
2. Flush out the toxins from the body.
3. Induces better sleep and provide deep relaxation..
4. Mind and body becomes stress free.
5. Maintain harmony and balance between mind, body and soul.
6. Relieves physical pain.
7. Enhance the self-confidence and inner peace.

One can take Reiki course and become a Reiki master to heal self and others. It is a quite effective therapy and no health board licenses needed for its practice and learning.

Depression is a disease that makes the person sad and weak from inside. Depression of mind is increasing in human society day by day. People do not treat it as a disease and do not get treatment and keep living a depressed life. They do not even know that treatment of this disease is possible. People need to get rid of this misconception, so that they can again laugh and lead a happier life.

Today, experts have proved this by research that treatment of this disease is possible just like any other disease. Our brain that controls all the body functions is composed of crore of cells called neurons. Each neuron communicates with other neuron through neurometer. Change in some neuron meter causes depression.

The symptoms are as follows:

The depressed person doesn’t take interest in any work. His mind gets bored from home, family, business, enjoyment, pleasure etc.  Sometimes situation become so worst that he feels to get suicide.

Depression is of two types: Reactive and Endogenous. There must be some reason for reactive depression to occur like death of a loved one, financial loss, fail in exam or love whereas endogenous depression can be because of changes in hormones. The problem arises due to imbalance in the secretion of glands. Depression affects the people of 25 to 45 years of age but it effect goes on increasing with age. In children, its symptoms are different like irritability, stubbornness, not interested in going to school and less concentration in studies. A depressed person surrounds himself from his personal problems so well that he get isolated from the outer world. This lead to monotonous and Despair life.

Preventive measures:  Some of the medical areas that proved beneficial in curing depression are psychotherapy, electronic therapy, meditation, yoga and acupressure. Medicines can also cure the condition but they have side effects too.

Psychotherapy is the therapy in which psychologist try to understand the patient’s mind through certain set of question. Psychologists try to provide solutions to them so that any fear or bad imagination don’t make home in patient’s mind. Depressed person should be encouraged to do meditation, yoga and acupressure sessions. Giving pressure on pituitary, nervous and adrenal glands points will help in balancing the hormonal level.

1. The things we don’t use become useless for us. This context is the same for our mind and memory also. If we don’t use it, it will lose its power of understanding and recall. So, a person should always quest for learning new things that are out of their comfort zone. When the brain tends to learn new things and activities, our memory will become strong.
2. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise is a true saying. Having good sleep of 8-10 hrs will prepare the mind for new things. With sound sleep, a healthy diet is also necessary. A healthy diet includes fruits, vegetables, and omega-3 rich foods. Omega -3 is considered to be beneficial for brain health in some researches. The use of tea, coffee should be limited.

3. Try to organize the large data into small form by using memory tools called mnemonic devices. These devices create just an easy form to learn things.

Acronym:  An acronym is a word that is made up by taking the first letters of all the keywords to remember. Like RAM is used for Random Access Memory.

Visualization: It means to give an image format to the information we want to store.

Chunking: It means breaking the large information into small chunks. Basically used for remembering the numbers.

 Different people have different learning styles and they maintain their own format to store information.

4. Playing mind games like Sudoku, word puzzles and crossword will enhance the memory as they brainstorm the mind to get the information.

5. Repeating, organizing, and grouping of things and activities will enhance the memory skills. Repeating means doing things from time to time to make them permanent stay on our minds. Disorganization leads to stress so organized the data into that form which is suitable for you. Grouping means to keep the same things in one bag. When going to market, group the things to buy under different categories like fruits, vegetables, general items, etc.

6. Physical exercises are as important as mental exercises. It will increase the oxygen supply to the brain and reduce the loss of memory. Exercises that require hand and foot muscle co-ordination, are best for building brain health. Other activities like swimming, jogging, walking, rock climbing will help in brain and memory boosting.

7. And last but not least is, spending time with our loved ones, friends and family members will keep stress at aback. And when stress is less, the memory will be strong. When there is no clutter in the mind, then the things that we have learned will always remain on our minds.

What basically stress is? Stress is psychological, physiological and behavioral response of a person when they lack balance between the line of need and achieve. It is that state of mind that affects a person’s thinking ability, mental peace, growth, development, working ability and it is referred to silent killer as it can also cause heart attack, blood pressure issues, chest pain, weight gain, hair loss and many more.

That’s why it is very crucial to manage the level of stress before it becomes untreatable or lethal for anyone. There can be many techniques which one can follow to bust their stress.

First of all, a person should be aware of the sources of stress known as Stressors. Root cause of the problem must be known to us, only then we can cure it. Sources can be any of our habit, attitude, workplace, relationships etc.

One should understand that we can’t control each and every situation that comes to us. So the event that is unfavorable to us, we should accept it positively. Positive thinking will not change the situation but it can change our perception towards it. Anything that happens, happens for good is the best positive phrase everyone should remember.

Communicate: Communicate with self and with others is also one of the stress busters. Half of the people are stressed because they are not able to express their views, ideas and opinions. When we express ourselves to others, we feel relaxed. Getting other’s point of view will help in coping with changed situation.

Doing exercise daily can also reduce the level of stress as it is effective as antidepressants. Walking is also a good exercise to improve or maintain healthy mind and body.

Balanced and healthy diet that is full of nutrients and minerals help in reducing stress as lot of energy is waste when a person is suffering from stress issues.

Deep breathing, meditation, yoga and music therapy are some practices that can help in alleviating stress.

Sleep of 6 to 8 hours is vital for every individual. Don’t suppress sleeping hours due to work and relationships as this increases the stress level and affects one’s working ability.

Cut the usage of alcohol, drugs and other medications to reduce stress.

Things that are organized and maintained are better than unorganized one. So, try to manage the things in time. Time management is crucial for every one as time stops for none and when it is gone, it is gone. That’s why, there will be no sense of crying on past time, give your career, relationship, business a new start.

Avoid contact with people who are depressing and negative in nature. Try to play with kids and pets.

These can be some of the measures; by following a person can reduce the stress level. But if symptoms persist, one should consult an expert.

Er. Jangra said we can increase our concentration and memory level by doing simple mental exercises daily. Wisdom of mind is an institute which help people in strengthening their mental health. He also explained that researches have shown, person doing mental exercises and playing mind puzzles has strong mental state as compare to others.

The workshop was inaugurated by Principal, Dr. Suman Sardana and presided over by Dr. Yashurai Tayal. Other faculty members were also there for attending the workshop.