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My learnings from Emotional Intelligence Workshop

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This workshop has helped and made me aware of many things. I learned the 5 stages of Emotional Intelligence and how they can help me navigate my social, professional and personal life. Emotions are something that each one of us have experienced in one way or the other since the beginning of this existence, this workshop helped me understand those emotions and also how to actually deal with them!
One of my favourite things to learn have been the types of happiness, being someone who has always kept happiness as a center of her life, these types of happiness came as a revelation to me. To understand the role of pleasure, passion and purpose in achieving happiness, made me aware of where I was in my life.
I have learned how to be more kind towards other and to me during this workshop. I learned about my own shortcomings and the emotions I associate with it. I have identified my triggers and have now started practicing on regulating my emotions.
This has been a learning experience, I hope to exercise all I have learned in this workshop!

Learning from Emotional Intelligence

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EI refers to the ability to recognize, understand and manage one’s own emotions as well as the emotions of others. For me, it’s a skill for effective communication, relationship-building, and decision-making.
We understood some steps: SELF- AWARENESS, EMPATHY, SELF REGULATION, MOTIVATION, SOCIAL SKILLS, etc… From my perspective and experience it’s tough to implement all these things directly into our lives and get relevant results about the same but at least we can start to solve our problems by using the same.

So, EI is a skill that can be developed and improved over time through practice and perseverance.

Thanks to my facilitators and colleagues for making these sessions interactive by using videos, sharing experiences, and movies.

Reflecting on Emotional Intelligence: A Journey of Self-Awareness and Growth

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Emotional Intelligence is a concept that has been gaining popularity in recent years, and for good reason. It refers to our ability to recognize, understand, and manage our own emotions, and to some extent the emotions of others. These skills will not only help us in our personal lives but, as I have understood it, also has significant implications for our success in the professional world.

Thanks to FS, I invested around 8 days in this year discussing and learning Emotional Intelligence, and it has been a truly eye-opening experience. During these days, we covered several key concepts that are critical to building emotional intelligence. These concepts include:

We discussed the idea of awareness of our emotions. To start building emotional intelligence, we need to become more aware of our emotions. This means paying attention to how we feel and what is causing those feelings. Once we are aware of our emotions, we can then start working on managing them.

 

So, naturally the next step is to manage and or control our emotions. I feels this is the critical step and more difficult than the previous one, and yes, easily said than done. This means learning how to regulate our emotional responses, so that we are not overwhelmed by negative emotions and can stay calm and composed in challenging situations.

Another aspect of EI is being empathetic towards others, and in perview of FS, towards our students, our fellow teammates and our leaders as well. Empathy is to understand and share the emotions of others. Empathy helps us build strong relationships with others and allows us to connect with them on a deeper level.

Ankita ma’am also conducted a session with us, and we mainly discussed the Ikigai model. It comes from Japanese philosophy that refers to the intersection of four elements: what we love, what we are good at, what the world needs, and what we can be paid for. When these four elements come together, it leads to a sense of purpose and fulfillment in life.

We also agreed to being open to feedback. I guess taking feedback positively is an area where EI is dusplayed. We must not only be open but willing to receive and act on feedback from others, as it can help us grow and develop both personally and professionally.

 

I feel the Life Class was a good opportunity to connect with the people around us. And it’s the people who make an organisation, so having good connections and growing together will develop FS into an organisation we all aspire to work for.

 

Looking forward.

Know thyself !

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We know what is the meaning conveyed from the mission statement of our school. Along with the competence we focus on holistic development of individuals at our organization. It was great to understand that one of the easiest ways to discover compatablity with others is to gauge their emotional intelligence. This life classes was good journey to different domains of EI. I believe to develop emotional intelligence we need to practice enlarging our inner passion at every moment. We got to undersand what is IKIGAI and refine our ideas about purpose, pleasure and passion. In each session, it was great to listen to different perspectives of different teachers.
Concluding the reflection with quote of   Udayakumar D.S (Auther of Fearless and Free: How One Man Changed my Life) –“We all share the same sky. We share our sky with our close ones, and our emotional state affects them first.”

Community Service Group

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Woah! The most pleasant season is round the corner. The chilly mornings are going to give a different sense altogether. The season delivers delectable meals, endless gratitude, and when the first winter breeze blows through the trees you can feel the magic in the air. Nevertheless, it also brings some illness if not taken care of properly. The question often occurs to me, can going from cold winter nights to bright sunny days cause harm to humans only? What about trees in such a freezing climate? From dusk to dawn, trees stand idle under the sky. Their lives are also affected as they are living creatures. In order to better serve the community, what else can be the best course of action?

Here are some glimpses of the life class’s community service project, which involved Tree Trunk Painting and adding fertilizer to the soil to replenish nutrients. Tree trunk painting is an old-time method which was adapted by us to seal trunks and protect them. Several tree trunks were painted white and red to help shield saplings and very young trees from a variety of damage like cracking, splitting of the tender new bark, which can allow introduction of disease, insects, and fungus. Furthermore, we also added fertilizer in the soil to promote healthy plant growth. I want to extend my sincere gratitude to my co-facilitator and all of the participants since this event would not have been a success without them. Many hands, different actions and one motto:

Onam Sadya : A 7D Food exploration group initiative

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This was the first time I attended the 7D food explorers life class–and I would say it was one of the life classes which had the most LIFE in it. The way we connected with each other, the tears, the laughs, the stories, the emotions…all raw..unfiltered…deep, active, uninterrupted listening…actually putting into practice all that we have learnt in all the years of life classes at FS.

I never imagined that people could bond so strongly over food–everything food. For me, bonding over food was limited to eating together—but I realised that researching, talking, cooking and serving was an experience which made us bond more strongly than any other aspect of life. 

The immersion activities for the ‘D’ day–or shall I say ‘O’ day;) were very well thought of, it actually helped us connect with our emotions in a deep and meaningful manner and we were able to give our best during the prep and service on ‘O’ day. (Get the pun ‘O’ is for Orgasmic pleasure–and Onam Sadya–the food and the experience gave Orgasmic pleasure to many–especially to me 😉 

Imagine 10-12 novice cooks in the kitchen trying out new recipes for the first time- just by following Youtube videos–with no idea of the actual taste, consistency , texture or aroma–yet no shouting, no grunting, no exasperated sighs–just preparing the food with plain, pure love, smiles, hugs and embraces. It made the food what it was –‘LOVE on a Platter’–or Love on a KELA PATTA—‘Kele pe pyaar’ sounds slutty and erotic–hence we go with Love on a Kela Patta 😉

I was pleasantly surprised at how things fell into place on the day of ‘Onam Sadya’, there were many things out of place, not going according to plan, yet everything was in perfect unison–flowing like it was meant to, without hesitation, driven by love, it was love in action. I was humbled by the praises, people can be so generous with their words and actions–it made me embrace the fact–that the world revolves around love—love makes things happen–our Love for Food–made all the magic happen.

Click here to view some moments from the celebration

 

My food exploration journey so far…

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Food may be essential as fuel for the body but Good Food is fuel for the soul……

By Malcom Forbes

 

-Food as Nirvana

This Life Class is Nirvana for me where I experienced a state of perfect peace, harmony, the joy of togetherness, and happiness in the world of food along with passionate food explorers. 

 

-Food and Experiences

I have never seen or heard about the food in 7 dimensions and I experienced it in this life class through immersion of all the senses and realizing its close connection with so many aspects of life

 

-Food and Memories

On the first day itself, I connected myself with it. It was a quiz where we were shown some pictures and asked to identify the desi vegetables/fruits.  I was really surprised during that activity that I knew those fruits and veggies and could vividly share fond memories of them from my childhood.

 

 

– Food and Cooking!

I can cook enough to survive but inspired by the monsoon mood when we decided to cook momos I undertook the challenge of making Thukpa (my first ever) and I surprised myself when everyone relished it bowl after bowl and asked for the recipe!

– Food and Culture

The ONAM SADYA experience was one of its kind where I cherished the cooking of an elaborate 18-course menu and relished it traditionally on a kela Patta wearing a beautiful golden border saree and gajra along with some very beautiful souls. What an amazing way to experience and immerse in a culture and celebrate togetherness!

 

 

-Food and Heritage

When roaming the streets of Rander I realized the rich heritage of Surat which I have never ever seen or heard of. Not only I felt privileged to visit these charming heritage sites and hear their stories but it also doubled my appetite and joy of eating a delicious bowl of Randeri Khawsa 

 

 

-Food and Travel

Food as a traveler???? Ya each food has a story about its origin- history and its evolution. How it traveled around the world and how it got modified and adapted and how finally it comes to our plate. Amazingly interesting and shocking as well! Pizza is one such example that we explored.

 

-Food and Togetherness

When we all work together I never find any errors, blunders, or any mess even when we face challenges or limitations. Only a deep sense of connection with each other and a sense of effortlessness. Be it the Onam Sadya where we had a gigantic task of cooking an 18-course menu for more than 50 people with barely any exposure to Kerala food or when we had to flip the pizza in the air at Dome!

 

-Food and giving-receiving Joy

I experienced the joy of giving or I must say the joy of receiving during Onam Sadya and lunch at Dome with Jumbish kids. I felt so satisfied when I saw a smile on their faces. It wasn’t giving but receiving deep satisfaction that swelled up my heart.

 

Last but not least Food and Gratitude:-

Thank you so much @fontainheadschool to give such a wonderful life class

I am forever grateful to this opportunity suggested by you @shalininandkumar

and Shahnaz ma’am for unforgettable moments, and for the best experiences, we had together.

 

Chocolate – before and after!

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The first ever reaction that comes to anyone on listening to chocolate is pleasure and comfort. It makes the world go round. It is the ultimate happiness that anyone can savour. We would all agree that everything is good if it is made of chocolate. Most of us would relate chocolate as a way to deal with feelings instead of to satisfy hunger. 

 

We were all super-excited when we learnt that we were going to learn about chocolate. And this is the first thing that we got to read.

 

 

Imagine our disbelief when we learnt that our delicious chocolate has been termed as something that is suited for the consumption of pigs! And then we learnt that what we read was one of the first detailed accounts of the original chocolate that comes from the History of the New World (1564) by the Milanese Girolamo Benzoni, who travelled in Central America. 

 

So the story goes like this. In the early days, before the 16th century, chocolate wasn’t this creamy, rich, sweet, sensuous, soft, decadent and super addictive food that we know of. It was extremely bitter, gruelly, coarse, crumbly and too heavy to eat. More than a treat, it was a treatment, used as a medicine or fed to soldiers as an instant energizer to prepare them for war. 

 

It is only through the human desire to improvise, innovate and derive pleasure that we got the chocolate that we know. It is a great example of human ingenuity in action.

 

So if you were born before the 16th century, your experience with chocolate would have been very different. So different that if you time travelled and reached this day in Switzerland and tasted chocolate, chances are you wouldn’t be able to make any association of one with the other.

 

And this is the short video about the history and evolution of chocolate that we watched,

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibjUpk9Iagk

 

Chocolate has been known and loved for many centuries, not only as food but also as medicine. The process of how chocolate is created right from the cocoa beans that grow inside the pods of the cacao trees that are native to central South America to the bars that we relish was worth learning. 

 

So the next time you find yourself craving some chocolate, don’t dismiss it as simply craving for a sweet treat. It could be an important signal that your heart is in need of love. Give in to the desire and buy yourself a big bar.  

 

Me and my ramblings – an inward journey (7D food exploration)

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What is a person who is not a cook by choice doing in a food workshop? Well, learning to like the 7-dimensional experience associated with food, that’s what!

What enticed me to the workshop possibility was the wonderful collage of videos and associated big ideas that came my way as this year’s life class possibility. I filled it up just because it was something different. Something that seemed hands-on. And the workshop has not disappointed. If anything it has helped me learn a lot about myself as a person.

Here are four things I have understood about myself through the 6 days journey:
1. I have a cooking preference – being an introvert by nature, I like my kitchen space to myself. I don’t like people hovering and I am a stickler for authenticity in names (“Dhosa” vs “Thosai” #IYKYK)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BfiVwZuXsSu9bTfa9

2. I need to learn to let go of my perceptions – when I sat down to relish the Onam Sadya meal myself I was surprised at how authentic it tasted despite being cooked by people who knew little to nothing about the dish. I learnt that letting people enjoy a challenge is not bad after all! I assumed that people with varied backgrounds will find it difficult to learn how to cook a typical dish – but the Onam Sadhi dismantled that perception, and how!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nZYVksDbRumjfMb6A

3. It is not bad to watch a youtube video and learn how to cook a dish – when I did that with the momo-making exercise, I was pleasantly surprised that I could do something that I had been making fun of for so long. I now watch these Instagram reels on making food (watch, not make, so don’t consider yourself invited!)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XkeStGu6ipqckxSPA

4. In giving we receive – the visit to Dome Pizzeria was one of the most beautiful learning experiences about being a kind/non-judgemental teacher (Thanks, Shrey). It also underscored for me the assumption that children who are ‘underprivileged’ need us to ‘help’ them. What we did there was not charity. It was something we did to make ourselves feel good (compounded by the fact that the Pizza and Iced-tea we served them is not the kind they enjoy).
https://photos.app.goo.gl/81rfzGYVrbu1eHbF8

Thankful for the experience! But if at the end of it, you ask me ‘why the name 7D?’ I’ll say, just because Shahnaz is extremely creative!

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