Did you know that you can Heal Your Body, Mind and Aatmaa through the Powerful Vibrations of the Ancient Language of Samskrtam?
Did you know that the entire universe is nothing but vibrations and that includes your own body and mind?
That is why sound, which is also vibrations, can affect your body and mind positively or negatively.
Our First Attempt
Honestly, we should have done this project in 2013, when we were inviting people to come in person to Philadelphia for a residential camp to learn Samskrtam from Shanthi.
At that time, we spent a lot of money on a company which promised to send an email to thousands who were teaching some aspects of Yoga-Shaastram (meaning Yoga-Science). After the email was sent, a few responded with lot of resistance. They felt that it was fine to pronounce the Samskrtam words however they wanted.
They felt entitled to treat Samskrtam words like English and felt offended when pointed out to them that doing so would amount to misappropriation of Yoga-Science. So, that project didn’t work out well. Even now, many spiritual teachers and chanters feel the same when their pronunciation is pointed out.
Would Her Action be Right?
Mary doesn’t know how to pronounce French; but if she chooses to recite French poetry on stages and make money of it, or worse still, if she chooses to TEACH French poetry to others, how right is her action?
If a French poet hears her pronunciation and points it out to her, is she correct in getting angry with him while she has made no efforts in learning correct pronunciation of French?
If she accuses him of being judgemental, who is really being judgemental here?
Should she not learn and master something before she chooses to teach it to others?
How can teaching precede learning?
How can teaching make someone an expert, if they are teaching it incorrectly?
It is puzzling and confusing with no answers to these questions.
Unfortunately, this is what is happening in the spiritual, chanting, and Yoga-world today. Samskrtam being scientific could produce completely OPPOSITE effect if mis-pronounced.
Our Second Attempt
Shanthi brought out her very first digital product, an educational 3 CD set called Yoga-Dhvani in 2014. She speaks about correct pronunciation in that. She made it in such a way that people can repeat it after her, word by word in every tune.
We wanted to provide an opportunity for the listener to learn the chants in all the tunes if they chose to.
We aim for perfection though it is difficult to achieve, and set the bar high for us, our students and our Yoga-teacher trainees. Yet, we had no program specifically to learn correct pronunciation of Samskrtam.
We are glad we are offering it now.
There may be many courses out in the market that teach you how to pronounce the sounds of Samskrtam language. They may be audio or video training. But this course is very different.
We understand the 18 lessons through 4 stages. They are,
1. Unlearn
2. Appreciate
3. Ignite
4. Empower
1. Unlearn (3 Lessons) - You start from very simple understanding of why the language is called Samskrtam and NOT Sanskrit, how the country of its origin should be called, how the way of life in that country should be called. You learn eye-opening truths and un-learn facts you thought to be true before.
2. Appreciate (4 Lessons) - You appreciate through stories how a language and culture are interconnected, not just Samskrtam, but even your own native language, and how it is beneficial to know more than one language.
3. Ignite - (5 Lessons) - You ignite yourself by understanding the power of Samskrtam and its ability to heal your body, mind and Aatmaa (inner being) and unleash your highest potential.
4. Empower (6 Lessons) - You become empowered by learning the correct sounds of the vowels, consonants, how to emanate the correct sounds and by hearing some sample words. You revisit the words learned in the earlier lessons and understand how to exactly say them in the light of learning the sound production.
Yes, you learn many Samskrtam words as they come in each lesson even before you learn the sound production.
You learn the importance of Correct pronunciation and the dangers of incorrect pronunciation.
NOTE: While learning how to say the words in each lesson correctly, you not only hear pronunciation tips, but also see them in a visual manner. You get lot of opportunity for repeating the words learned in each lesson.
The Origin, meaning, pronunciation tips, and repetition practice of the above two words
Video Duration: 6:57 Minutes
Explains the Origins of the above 2 words, how to say Hello in Samskrtam, what the real name for Hindu is, and pronunciation of Samskrtam words of Lesson 1 & 2
Video Duration: 8:47 Minutes
How to say in Samskrtam something is “Indian”, 2 other words for Bhaaratam, general pronunciation guidelines and tips
Video Duration: 9:45 Minutes
How Samskrtam is my home language and my daughter’s mother-tongue, Saying culture in Samskrtam, meaning of culture, how Samskrtam has all the knowledge
Video Duration: 9:52 Minutes
Intertwining of language and culture through stories of Hercules and BhagirathaH, inspiring us that if we set our mind and focus on something, we can achieve it.
Video Duration: 4:51 Minutes
How learning more than one language is easy for kids, the many benefits of it in brain power and overall maturity
Video Duration: 10:23 Minutes
Whether there is age limit to learning, why it is never too late to learn anything, role of a teacher in inspiring a student
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How exactly Samskrtam is scientific and how it helps physically, mentally, and spiritually
Video Duration: Minutes
How learning Samskrtam improves speech and offers full mouth exercise
Video Duration: Minutes
How Samskrtam words that are powerful when pronounced correctly can become dangerous when pronounced incorrectly
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Chants when properly pronounced bring quick healing to body and mind
Video Duration: Minutes
5 Reasons why Samskrtam is a Yogic language
Video Duration: Minutes
Pronunciation of Vowels and concept of transliteration that is used to represent Samskrtam
Video Duration: Minutes
The various parts of the mouth used to produce the sounds are discussed
Video Duration: Minutes
Sounds that use less life-force energy (Alpa PraanaH) and more life-force energy (Mahaa PraanaH)
Video Duration: Minutes
Learning to pronounce 5 rows of consonants
Video Duration: Minutes
A few 2 and 3 lettered words are presented to develop familiarity with the language
Video Duration: Minutes
With the new knowledge of sounds, words learned in the earlier lessons are practiced again
Video Duration: Minutes
This audio bonus has practice Sessions of vowels and consonants by other students. You can listen to them and hear how they get corrected with respect to their pronunciation. This helps to boost your own practice and progress.
Use this group to:
This is not a typical course where you get the CD or video, and you are left to yourself to get motivated, learn and practice. You would then have no way to know if you got your pronunciation right.
This is a course where you are guaranteed to get your pronunciation right. How? Until you get 100% Okay from Shanthi, you can keep posting your pronunciation recording of vowels and consonants and continue to get feedback from her. There is no limit to the number of times you can post.
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