Readers! 2010 is a busy year for Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute. In addition to our workshops, parenting classes and direct couple and family services, we are part of 3 exciting writing projects, described below. (Send an email to contact@dzfi.org if you would like to pre-order any or all of these books): 1. The Co-directors of [...]
Social capital, Developmental Assets, Things that make you feel good and give you hope. Support systems. People you can depend on and trust and who reciprocally depend on and trust in you. These are the intangibles, the things that you cannot buy or sell that make for a healthy and productive society. These are the [...]
In December, 2009, Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute Co-director Krsnanandini Dasi presents a workshop entitled, “What is An Empowered Woman” in Kansas at the BhaktVan Yoga Center. Participants at the 2 1/2 hour workshop were students who were studying to become Yoga Instructors themselves and included the Poet Laureate of Kansas. Many copies of the Booklet of [...]
We begin the New Year, 2010, with an attitude of Gratitude We have so much to be thankful for………….. As some of our readers know, the two Co-directors of the Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute are husband and wife team who have a total of 19 children and several grandchildren. Every year, for the past several years, [...]
In today’s world, people all over the globe are experiencing tremendous stress and pressure from a variety of challenges in their relationships and in their economic, moral, spiritual, and environmental arenas. This rise in stresses has produced a concomitant rise in depression and mental illnesses. In this month’s newsletter, we examine the honeybees to see [...]
We are quite busy at Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute this coming August, 2009. In addition to our usual working with couples, we facilitate workshops, host a dynamic Youth Occasion and speak at a wedding in Columbus: Monday-Thursday, August 10-13, 2009 — Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute’s Co-Directors will present a two day training in Healthy Relationships in Washington [...]
Dear Friends and Readers, Before we get into some exciting news, we’d like to tell you about an upcoming event. Co-directors Krsnanandini and Tariq will be featured guests on the monthly Parents Tool Talk Internet radio show on Friday, July 10, 2009 at Noon EST. You can listen to the show LIVE on the Internet [...]
What’s Happening at Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute? Order a copy of The Booklet of 8s in our Lulu.com store. This concise guide to spiritual living is full of nuggets and seeds to prompt your personal growth. It offers simple yet powerful ways to access and develop your strengths. We are at the halfway mark (5th class) [...]
Even in ordinary dealings, business people share exchanges such as eating meals together, having discussions and giving gifts. In healthy relationships, loving exchanges are the essence of connectivity. Over 500 hundred years ago, a wonderful saintly and scholarly gentleman, Srila Rupa Goswami, in his book, The Nectar of Devotion, delineated the following six primary loving [...]
Sometimes, despite our best efforts, good intentions and positive relationship skills, we will experience sadness. This is such a time for many in our circle and we are sharing the following with the express hope that our readers may be touched and encouraged. One of the most painful circumstances is observing the deterioration of a [...]
