‘It takes an entire village to raise a child &
a village is the people not the place’
Hello Parents!
- 7 Habits of Brighter Minds Children is a course targeted at children who are in their formative years, the period when habits are cultivated.
- The theme for the year 2025 is ‘Observation’ and to support this common learning theme for entire year, the observation workbook will come handy for nurturing observation as a life-long atomic habit.
- An ‘Elder’s guide’ is also available to help you in guiding your young ones in effectively completing the Observation modules and to be part BM club.
About Brighter Minds
Based on the science of Neuroplasticity, Brighter Minds (BM), a Heartfulness initiative, is a training methodology designed to catalyse cognitive growth for children between the ages of 5 and 15 for a lifetime of learning.
Everything is changing and must evolve in the right direction (…) This method* can help many of them develop, among other things, their sense of observation, which currently appears to be losing ground.
*with reference to Brighter Minds
– Babuji, Whispers from the Brighter World, 13th Sept 2015
What are the 7 Habits?
Your child who is attending the regular Brighter Minds course
(Alpha/Alpha plus) is exploring the seven learning outcomes of
Observation, Focus, Confidence, Comprehension, Empathy, Intuition &
Memory.
Why these 7 Habits?
These 7 habits are holistic in nature and are applicable in all situations in daily life. By nurturing these habits, the child’s innate brain capabilities which they can apply during their formative years which will eventually result into their personal excellence.
How to nurture 7 Habits?
By reinforcing and providing continual habit formation of the 7 habits. The 7HBMC course will be complimentary to the Brighter Minds course which is designed for your child’s meta-cognitive skills development.
VISION
Creating an egregore for holistic well-being, growth & purposeful living
MISSION
To nurture a spiritual culture at home, fostering inner growth, joyful learning, mutual trust & respect and family bonding.
As you do, So they learn: The story of mirror neurons*
Values: Gratitude Kindness Respect Harmony Honesty
7HBMC – The Purpose
For parent:
- To guide your child in a methodical way using 7HBMC workbook & be an active contributor to the meta-cognitive development.
- To engage a child who is part of BM courses(Alpha, Alpha+)
- To provide continual engagement for the child in nurturing the 7 habits
- An elder’s guide to be an active contributor & support for your child
- Course themes co-relating to school education phase
- Online parent engagement session about Heartfulness way of meditation and lifestyle.
For the Brighter Mind’s child
- Student companion workbook while doing BM course
- Activity based learning
- Fun and challenging exercises & assignments
- Continual engagement through BM club & annual summit in Kanha
- Be a champion of 7 habits
- Observation workbook comprises of 12 themes
- Applicable to students between the age of 9-15 years
- Self-paced activities for year long learning
- 30 hours of learning through the workbook and additional activities on Heartfulness Learning Academy(LMS) to promote deep learning.
- To guide & motivate your child an Elder’s Guide is also made available.
- An opportunity to sign up for BM Club.
- On completion of the workbook activities invitation to participate in BM Summit at Kanha.
Elements of 7HBMC
*Course & Workbook is available only in English
Course Design
The word Educere comes from latin source which means to
manifest, to lead, to bring out. The principles of heutagogical
learning are applied in the course design of 7HBMC.
Integrated and holistic
The workbook activities considers holistic learning by
integrating elements of:
- Socio-Emotional learning (SEL)
- Functional Literacy And Numeracy (FLN)
- Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL)
- Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
For deepening the integrated and holistic learning capabilities additional activities are available on Heartfulness learning academy
(Learning Management System).
Workbook Features
Theme 2025: Celebrating Observation
- Surrounding clues
- Under the microscope
- Everyday wonders
- Patterns revealed
- Ripples of change
- Spark of Imagination
- Gradual discoveries
- Heightened awareness
- The larger picture
- The Heartful Communicator
- Heartfulness Peace Ambassador
** Note: Only Current and past students of Brighter Minds program can purchase the 7HBMC workbook
Another aspect of clear seeing is attentiveness and observation,
which can be trained. It is best if this training starts in childhood.
-Excerpts from the ‘Seer article’ September 2024
Brighter Minds Club
- An opportunity to signup into the BM community for children
- Online quiz (Self-paced) on various child centric themes
- Information about Brighter Minds Kanha Summit
- Information about children’s courses & camps
- Parent engagement session on Heartfulness
**Note: Students who have purchased the workbook will be able to
signup for the Brighter Minds Club.
Brighterminds Learners International Spiritual Summit
- 5 days symposium to celebrate the culture of Observation(Theme for year 2025).
- BLISS Event will be held at Kanha from May 24, 2025 to May 28, 2025 with departure on May 28th.
- The first 500 students to complete all workbook activities before the announced cutoff date will be invited to the BLISS.
- Exclusive invite for students undertaking 7HBMC course & signed up to BM Club
- Cost: Rs.300/- per day (includes vegetarian food and non-ac accommodation)
- Activities: Refresher on the Brighter Minds Course, Yogasanas, and Team Bonding Activities
- A signature experience of the summit in the serene atmosphere of Kanha Shanti Vanam
Learn more about Kanha Shanti Vanam
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on the science of Neuroplasticity, Brighter Minds (BM), a Heartfulness initiative, is a training methodology designed to catalyse cognitive growth for children between the ages of 5 and 15 for a lifetime of learning.
For more details, Please visit: www.brighterminds.org
It is another avenue of learning and a place of engagement for children of Brighter Minds to connect with each other, learn from each other, play fun and interesting games and experience the Brighter Minds practical manner. This club has its own vision, mission, values, anthem and pledge. The activities in the club are based on ‘Educere’ Learning Framework.
Brighter Minds Programs help children by unlocking their inner potential and prepare them for the future life. They are delivered at Brighter Minds Learning Centres by trained facilitators. These programs are time bound i.e. 13 weeks for ‘Alpha’ program and 6 weeks for ‘Alpha plus’ program.
The 7 Habits of Brighter Minds Children is a set of 7 workbooks, consisting of practical exercises and activities that complement the Brighter Minds Program. The practical exercises can be pursued by children in a self-paced manner with the active involvement of parents/elders. BM Learning Centre will not play any role in completing the activities of the workbook.
The objective of this course is to help young children to inculcate 7 habits (i.e. Observation, Focus, Confidence, Empathy, Comprehension Intuition and Memory) which will help them to navigate the complex world with correct thinking, right understanding, and an honest approach to life.
Anyone who is in the age group of 9-15 years and / currently pursuing /completed any Brighter Minds Program. Parents / Brighter Minds Learning Centre facilitators can register children.
Children who have completed / undergoing any Brighter Minds Program and who have registered for 7H Course are eligible to join BM Club.
Yes, if he completes the program
Yes
There is no suggested time as such for completing the activities of the workbook. It is purely self-paced and depends upon the active involvement of the parents/elders and children to complete the workbook.
The workbook contains exercises and activities and the children have to upload the activities into the portal as directed. Apart from this there is no specific monitoring of the progress. It is the responsibility of the parents/elders to encourage their wards to complete the exercises/activities to derive maximum benefit from the course.
The cost of the workbook is Rs.1500/- which includes registration to 7H Course, cost of 1 work book (Observation workbook) and access to Heartfulness Learning Academy.
Heartfulness Learning Academy is an online Learning Management System (LMS) of HET (Heartfulness Education Trust). Students can use this platform for enhancing their learning as well as complete the online activities assigned to them as a part of the course which they have subscribed.
Children signing up for 7H Course will have to complete activities on Heartfulness Learning Academy (HLA). Credentials for accessing HLA are email and password. Please mention the email to which the HLA access needs to be given. Note that this email ID cannot be changed after submitting the signup form.
For any further information please write to: 7h@heartfulness.org