Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Margaret Taylor, new Soulkids Mentor, talks to Zoe about her “Journey to Becoming Awesome!”


Margaret Taylor
I was looking for a new challenge and came across an article in Expat Living talking about the experience of being a children’s mentor.  I came along for a free talk held by Vikas Malkani, one of the founding members of SoulCentre®, Singapore and was inspired to sign up for a six month training programme. Along the way I learned a lot about myself which helped not only my own personal development but also my relationship with my young son. 

The culmination of the training programme was to help run a Soulkids® workshop over two days.  Whilst I admit to being apprehensive (if not truly terrified!) at the thought of trying to ensure that almost 60 children had a fun, informative and transformational weekend, the end result was, in the words of Soulkids® themselves, truly AWESOME!!!

To see the changes in the children as they blossomed from shy, self conscious individuals into the self confident, happy, friends that emerged at the end of the two days was truly a joy.  It was a privilege to be part of the team that helped with the children’s transformation and I can’t wait for the next one!!

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

SoulKids® 01/02 JUNE 2013

The founders of SoulKids, Vikas and Sally and their team welcomed 57 children and 15 Mentors to the Hollandse club for what turned out to be an amazing, fun filled weekend with lots of learning and life lessons.

Children from 5 - 14, boys and girls and many different nationalities all came together with one purpose – "To be the Best that they can be"

Enjoy a few images of the weekend that show the fun and excitement felt by the children.

Jonathan Jumping

Get Over your Fears

Hugging Game


The comments from the children were so inspiring:

"I will be positive - think positive and say Yes to life" Andie

"I have become more independent and confident in myself - I want to come back as many times as possible" Sarah

"Its such a fun place and you learn how to be happy and successful" Tobias

"It makes every child special!" Sashwika

"It opened my eyes and taught me important values" Justin

"I have never been to a place where I learn so much – through stories and games - SoulKids is AWESOME" Kavin

"SoulKids is great! I have never been to a school like this ever! I want to come back. You learn lessons and feel so special"  Kiahna


Words the younger children used to describe SoulKids

COOL   EPIC   FUN   HAPPY   AWESOME

UNIQUE    SPECIAL      LOVING     WELCOMING     SUPER