Janwaar Castle: A Modern Skate Park in Rural India

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September 10, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace If I’m losing balance in a pose, I stretch higher and God reaches down to steady me. It works every time, and not just in yoga - -T. Guillemets- - Janwaar Castle: A Modern Skate Park in Rural India When is a skatepark more than a skatepark? When it is Janwaar Castle, a local playground in Janwaar village. Between 50-60 children visit the park every day where they learn English, music, dance, painting, 3D modelling, and general life skills. It is a place where Adivasis and Yadavs, boys and girls, and all age groups play together. There are two rules: no school no skating and girls first. Since skateboarding is “cool,” the children will do anything to hang out thereâ€"including going to school. The park was conceptualized and created by Ulrike Reinhard, a German who fell in love with and moved to India after a trip there in 2012. Of skateboarding she says, “It teaches you to fall and rise, take risks and most importantly, maintain balance.” { read more } Be The Change What activity can you do that challenges you to fall and rise, take risks and maintain balance? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine Moshe Feldenkrais: Learn to Learn When Someone Threw Coffee at My Face Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life The Joy of Being a Woman in Her Seventies 12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing 5 Core Practices for More Meaningful Conversations Mark Nepo: Where To Now? DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,117 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More