Summer Workshop 2026: Introduction to Sanskrit Meter & Chanting with Anne Vial*

Mon, Aug 10 to Weds, Aug 26
Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Love Sanskrit? Love Rhythm? Sanskrit comes alive with chanting! Learn to recognize and chant some of the most common meters in Classical Sanskrit. You will take away a “tool-box” for reciting your favorite Sanskrit verses correctly, beautifully, and honoring tradition. Together, we will “explore and befriend” some of the most common meters used in stotra/devotional hymns and verses.

Introduction to Meter / Syllables, Rhythm & Chanting /Tools for meter analysis & study / Meter definitions and example verses / “Meter-clinic”: bring your own verse / DROP IN: each session covers a new meter!

Anne Vial (born in Nuremberg/Germany, 1975) – works as a Literary Scout in Barcelona, Spain. She graduated from University College London (BA in Modern European Studies) and King’s College, University of Cambridge (MPhil in Social and Economic History). She is blessed with wonderful Sanskrit teachers of the Ananda Ashram lineage, Indira and Shanta Bulkin (The East-West Sanskrit Institute), also Dr. Elena Sierra (University of Barcelona), Dr. M.A. Jayashree (Mysore, India), Dr. Deven Patel (University of Pennsylvania) and Dr. Antonia Ruppel (Munich University). She loves sharing Sanskrit chanting and meter.