A three-day immersion workshop in the melodious sounds of North Indian Classical Music. Learn fundamentals as well as deeper levels of rāga (melodic forms), tāla (rhythm cycles), rhythmic phrasing, vocal and instrumental styles of music, training methods, musicality, performance aesthetics and universal concepts of music, all through the lens of classical repertoire.
A special musical offering in celebration of Ananda Ashram's 62nd Anniversary, presented by sitarist Arjun Verma who is a student of his father Acharya Roop Verma and of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. Accompanied by Naren Budhakar on Tabla.
Join Isabel for a plant walk focused on edible wild plants. We will learn what is good to eat, how to identify it, and when and how to harvest. Putting our new found skills into practice, we will explore and harvest together. After the harvest, we will learn how to prepare the plants into delicious, nourishing dishes and drinks, creating a wild foraged meal, which we will enjoy together.
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.
Saturdays 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Rain date the following Sunday at same time. Location: Ananda Garden Tuition: Single Class: $60, Full Series $250 We recommend attending the full series, […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Join Isabel for a plant walk focused on edible wild plants. We will learn what is good to eat, how to identify it, and when and how to harvest. Putting our new found skills into practice, we will explore and harvest together. After the harvest, we will learn how to prepare the plants into delicious, nourishing dishes and drinks, creating a wild foraged meal, which we will enjoy together.