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.
This ongoing weekly workshop series (via Zoom) explores the Laghu Yogavāsiṣṭha, a version of 6,000 verses abridged by the poet Abhinanda from the larger Yogavāsiṣṭha (36,000 verses). A popular classic of Advaita Vedānta philosophy, the Laghu Yogavāsiṣṭha is a beautiful poem in the form of a dialogue between Sage Vasiṣṭha and Śrī Rāma, tackling the problems of human suffering, of life and death, including the way forward in turbulent times.
SOMA is group of multi instrumentalists who play a blend of meditative soundscapes woven together with traditional Indian kirtan music and inspired folk songs.
Joan Suval was a founding member of Ananda Ashram and a senior disciple of Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati. She dedicated her life to the teachings of Yoga and Vedanta, offering meditations and programs at Ananda Ashram, in New York City and at other national and international locations for over fifty years.
In times of outer conflict a powerful response can be to work on increasing our inner peace.
With this intent we will be starting an on-going Devī Māhātmyam chanting program.
This is a series of classes devoted to the joy of creating herbal teas to support health and vitality.
Join Isabel for a monthly herbal tea series! Learn to make seasonally inspired and delicious teas, cold and hot infusions and decoctions with herbs in the kitchen cabinet, in the garden and growing wild in the landscape.
In this four week series we will learn how to use and decline active participles – past and present. We will use examples from multiple texts as well as make our own sentences using these participles.
A performance by classical singer Kankana Banerjee, disciple of Ustad Amir Khan, as part of Baba Bhagavandas’ Birthday celebration.
With vocal and harmonium accompaniment by Deepak Kumar and Naren Buddhakar on tabla.
Honoring Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati’s main Guru, to whom Ananda Ashram is dedicated.
This day is Babaji’s birthday according to the Indian lunar calendar.
This workshop explores the Dharma Yoga Wheel as a tool for opening, strengthening, and deepening awareness in the physical practice.
This four-day celebration is scheduled around World Sanskrit Day, celebrated on the full moon of the Indian month of Shrāvaṇa, the auspicious occasion of Rakṣhā Bandhana, which falls on Thursday, August 27, this year. The topic is Paramparā: Sanskrit Lineage. Focusing on the transmission of knowledge passed down through ancient sacred texts (śruti), other traditional texts (smṛti), and the living practices that continue today.
A multi-instrumental sound immersion with Cosmic wisdom.
An improvisational celebration for deep listening.