Bhutan: Where the Earth Spoke and We Listened
- Sumana Sethuraman
- Apr 25
- 2 min read
What began as a geology block slowly unfolded into something far more alive...
With the wholehearted trust and support of six families, this journey came into being. I travelled with my Grade 6 children, carrying our classroom into the mountains, into rivers, into living landscapes… where the Earth herself became our teacher.
This is the beauty of the Waldorf curriculum.
Learning meets the child at the right moment, through experience, through story, through relationship. Knowledge becomes something lived, felt, and deeply understood. The world is never separate from learning, it is the very ground of it.
And Bhutan… held us.
We walked through conifer forests, breathing the cleanest air we’ve known. We touched rocks that carried the memory of immense forces, stones that spoke of fire, pressure, and time, and truly took our breath away. We sat by rivers, watched mountains rise around us, and began to feel the story of the Earth from within.
We lived in a local home, shared meals that were simple and deeply nourishing, soaked in hot stone baths, and experienced a culture that moves with dignity and grace.
At Utpal Junior School, we shared a day that will stay with us forever. Conversations, music, laughter, an earthquake drill that reminded us of the living Earth beneath us, and a cultural exchange that felt so natural, so human.
And somewhere in the midst of all this… a song was born.
The children wrote it. Composed it. Lived it.
And when we returned, we carried Bhutan back with us into a studio, shaping these memories into sound, into something we could hold and share.
This video is that memory.
A journey through geology, through the geography of Asia, through the history of Buddhism, through culture, community, and even little moments of tracking our expenses before stepping into our business math block.
But more than anything…
this was a journey of togetherness.
Of laughter, of shared wonder, of children seeing, feeling, and expressing the world in their own way.
What will stay with us?
The rocks.
The rivers.
The mountains.
Our friends in Bhutan.
And the joy of having lived and learned… together.
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