In harmony with rebirth of nature, the Persian New Year Celebration, or always begins on the first day of spring, March 20th of each year. Norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts - the End and Rebirth. About 3000 years ago Persian's major religion was Zoroastrianism, named in honor of its founder Zoroaster, and arguably the world's first monotheistic religion. Zoroastrians had a festival called "Farvardgan" which lasted ten days, and took place at the end of the solar year. It appears that this was a festival of sorrow and mourning , signifying the end of life while the festival of Norooz, at the beginning of spring signified rebirth, and was a time of great joy and celebration. Norooz was officially acknowledged and named "Norooz" by mythical Persian emperor, Shah Jamshid, from Achaemenid Dynasty (500 BC).
Ashaemenied created the first major empire in the region and built Persepolis complex (Takhte Jamshid) in the city of Shiraz. Norooz in Persian means "New Day" and brings hope, peace and prosperity to the world and has been celebrated among people regardless of ethnic background, political views or religion in many countries around the globe such as Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Georgia, Iraq, Tajikistan, Syria ,Armenia and India. Some of the activities during Norooz are Spring cleaning, buying new cloths, painting eggs, family reunion, giving presents, visiting neighbors and friends and celebrating by having a picnic on the 13th day of Spring. Happy Norooz!

I can hear her paces!
Gentle and light!
Nature becomes fresh in her fragrant appearance.
Trees sprout,
Birds begin singing,
And rivers start singing the life melody…

صداي قدم هايش را مي شنوم
آرام و سبك
طبيعت با عطر حضورش تازه مي شود
درختان جوانه مي زنند
پرنده ها نغمه خوان مي شوند
و رودخانه آواز حيات سر مي دهند

Yesterday's frozen and wintry nature becomes like a paradise with her pleasant breeze,
And trees forget all the cold memories on the auspicious arrival of spring.

دنياي بي روح و يخ زده ي ديروز با نسيم دلنشينش چونان بهشت مي شود

و درختان تمام خاطرات سرد زمستاني را به يمن ورود بهار از ياد مي برند

I was thinking;
Maybe I am just like this nature.
And until my heart is the prison of bitter memories, it won't host the spring!
My heart shook! How can I forget?
But…forgiveness in not naivety, it’s not forgetfulness…
Forgiveness is a present for our heart, to become weightless, to be peaceful & mellow.
I clean my heart from hatreds and annoyances, to welcome the spring full of affection, love and truthfulness…
Calm and light, like the spring…

با خود انديشيدم؛
شايد من نيز همانند اين طبيعتم
و قلبم تا زماني كه زندان خاطرات تلخ است، ميزبان بهار نخواهد شد
دلم لرزيد. چگونه فراموش كنم
اما... گذشت سادگي نيست، فراموشي نيست
بخشايش پيشكشي است براي قلب خود، كه سبك شود، كه آرامش يابد
دلم را از كينه ها و رنجش ها مي شويم، تا با وجودي مملو از مهر و پاكي، به استقبال نوروز بيايم
سبك و آرام، چون بهار

Aromatherapy to boost brain power

 آيا ميدونستيد بو هاي مختلف در تسريع يادگيري نقش مهمي دارند؟! در اين پست مطلب بسيار جالبي رو در اين

مورد آوردم...يه بار خوندنش خالي از لطف نيست.

Can certain smells boost brain power? Let’s first take a look at what else certain odors can do:

• Stores are now using special odors to make customers buy things and spend more money
• The leathery smell of a new car is an artificial odor sprayed on to enhance buyer satisfaction
• Casinos are using odors to make people gamble more
• London’s Heathrow Airport has used the scent of pine needles to reduce passenger tension and stress
• Bad odors can make people more aggressive.
• Olympic weight lifters have used smelling salts before competition to boost their strength
• Although going for a closed MRI scan can make people feel as if they’re getting buried alive, a vanilla-like odor has been shown to reduce anxiety by 63 percent in patients going for such a test.

Teaching Listening Better: Is Listening being taught as well as it could be?

In Listening classes, students are usually given practice in listening but they are not actually taught listening. Practice is not enough.

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