Upcoming Sanskrit workshops- 3 Part Series, Online or In-Person

Sundays of September 27th, Nov. 15th, and Dec 13th, 9.30am-12pm PT

Suggested Donation: $50 In person, $20 Online per workshop. $108 for all three workshops(You can take Workshop 1 and/or Workshop 2 and/or Workshop 3, or all of three. )

Workshop # 1:

Sanskrit Pronunciation & Chanting for Asana Practitioners

– Phonetic Resonance – the electromagnetic vibration of the Sanskrit Language – applies to all areas, the endless width and breadth of the language, including mantras, scriptures, stotras, asana, ayurveda, Panini, and beyond.

In this workshop, we will focus on this resonance, particularly as it concerns the area of asana names. We will review the sounds of the Sanskrit Alphabet, work on pronunciation with echoing long and short sounds, and chant āsana names in Guruji’s style of chanting as it relates to re-wiring the brain. We will also add an introduction to Sanskrit meter.

Sunday, September 27th, 9.30 am -12 pm PT

(12:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET (NY) |6:30 pm – 9:00 pm CEST (Berlin)

Suggested donation: $50 in-person, $20 Online (Zoom link will be given after rsvp’ing)

To RSVP or for questions, contact: Yoga Society of SF (email [email protected]/Call/ 415.285.5537/ Text 415.503.7802

For online participation, Zoom link will be given after rsvp. You can rsvp here or pay through zelle to [email protected]

About Shanta Bulkin

On December 15, 1971, Shanta was in Northern Vermont planning a multi-year overland trip to India with two buddies.There, he met an elderly fortune teller by the name of Adolphus Gonyaw, who, despite his travel plans, predicted Shanta would meet a man in New York State in 6 months. He added that this man would change his life.

Shanta met Dr. Mishra at Ananda Ashram on June 15, 1972. He was a very depressed 23-year-old at the time. The first thing Dr. Mishra said to him was, 'If you want to stay here, you must study Sanskrit. At that moment, a line was clearly 'drawn in the sand.' This wasn't an interview. It was a clear statement of what needed to take place in order to reside at the ashram. No discussion followed. This meeting took place exactly 6 months from the day which Adolphus predicted. Now, more than 50 years later, Shanta strongly feels his dharma is to turn students, of all ages, on to this amazing electromagnetic language

Workshop # 2:

Writing the Sanskrit Alphabet in Devanāgarī

November 15, 9.30 am-12 pm PT

Focusing on how to write Sanskrit letters, showing the English transliteration with diacritical marks. The diacritical marks indicate what part of the mouth a particular letter is pronounced from. We will introduce one Sanskrit verse in this session.

Workshop # 3: Writing Sanskrit words and learning Sanskrit verses & Mantras

Dec. 13th, 9.30 am-12 pm PT

Here we will introduce, pronounce, and chant the seed letters and names of the 7 main chakras.