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Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras is one of the best known, yet least understood texts on Yoga. Yoga Sūtras are accepted as the authoritative text on Yoga doctrine and practice and in this course you can comprehensively (...)

Exploring the Yoga Sutras

27 July 2025

£145

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Devotional music and chanting practices have been a crucial part of ancient Indian cultures and are still a vital part of Hindu culture today. Chant and music are interwoven throughout Hinduism, and are an indispensable (...)

Hindu Devotional Music and Chant

27 July 2025

£110

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This course provides a broad survey of Hinduism, covering its key texts, history, and philosophies. We created this course to give you an understanding of the nature and scope of Hindu texts and religious traditions. (...)

Introduction to Hindu Texts, History, and Philosophy

27 July 2025

£95

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Yoga is a popular and well-known practice for millions around the world. It is a tool for meditation as much as exercise and well-being. Yoga has been practiced for at least 2500 years and over (...)

Philosophy of Yoga

27 July 2025

£110

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This course builds upon our Sanskrit: Level 1 course. We further develop our understanding through grammar and by chanting and translating verses from yoga-related texts. We will study chapters 3 and 4 of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of (...)

Sanskrit: Level 2

27 July 2025

£275

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In Level 6 we will begin to look at compounds as well as the passive voice, and past passive participles. We will study Chapters 11 and 12 of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga. Learning how (...)

Sanskrit: Level 6

27 July 2025

£275

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Shaivism is a major strand of Hinduism that celebrates Śiva, also known as Rudra, as the Supreme Being. If you are interested in Shaivism and the representation of Śiva within Hinduism, then this expertly curated (...)

Shaivism

27 July 2025

£145

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The Sanskrit word ‘tantra’ refers to texts regarded as revelation from God (Śiva at first) that arose in the early medieval period. This new religion spread quickly and attracted the patronage of kings, spreading to (...)

Tantra: A New Understanding

27 July 2025

£145

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How did an ascetic approach to renouncing the world become a globalised industry focused on postures? In this course we explore the development of modern forms of yoga, from traditional texts to contemporary practices. In (...)

The Roots of Modern Yoga

27 July 2025

£145

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In this course, we take a look at 3 of the most important, yet shortest, Upanishads. Guided by a specialist tutor, students will study the Kena, Ishavasya, and Mandukya Upanishads. Students will be encouraged to (...)

Three Short Upanishads

27 July 2025

£125

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The Vedas and Upanishads are poignant and essential texts within Hindu culture and tradition. They provide an insight into the teachings of Hinduism and offer a comprehensive understanding of Hindu philosophy and ritual. This excellent (...)

Vedas and Upanishads

27 July 2025

£125

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In this course, we mark the evolving conception of women in Hinduism, their religious roles, and their social status. We begin with the earliest stages of Hindu society and move to the present. This course (...)

Women in the Hindu World

27 July 2025

£125

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Later Terms

This course provides an in-depth exploration of the Bhagavad-gītā’s first six chapters, exploring its philosophical depth and poetic beauty. We examine the Gītā’s context within the Mahābhārata and the core teachings on karma-yoga (selfless action), (...)

Bhagavad Gītā Chapters 1–6:
The Path of Action

27 July 2025

£145

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In Sanskrit Level 10, we will almost finish the book – Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga – studying chapters 19 and 20. Over the course of the 9 weeks, we will learn about both primary and (...)

Sanskrit: Level 10

26 July 2026

£275

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In Sanskrit Level 11 we will build upon what we have learned in the previous 10 courses, continuing to develop understanding through learning grammar and chanting and translating verses from yoga-related texts. In this course, (...)

Sanskrit: Level 11

11 October 2026

£275

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This course builds upon our Level 1 and 2 Sanskrit courses. We will study chapters 5 and 6 of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga, integrating traditional Indian and Western academic methods of learning for an (...)

Sanskrit: Level 3

12 October 2025

£275

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In Level 4 we will study chapters 7 and 8 of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga. We will finish Part I, learning the future tense, pronouns, and more sandhi rules and then start Part II, (...)

Sanskrit: Level 4

18 January 2026

£275

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In Sanskrit Level 5 we will be learning more consonant ending nouns, the remaining athematic verbs, causative verbs and quotations with the particle इति. We will go deeper into Part II of “Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga,” covering (...)

Sanskrit: Level 5

26 April 2026

£275

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In Sanskrit Level 7 we will finish Part II of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga, covering Chapters 13 and 14. We will learn the remaining types of compounds, possessive nouns, present participles, gerundives, and the (...)

Sanskrit: Level 7

12 October 2025

£275

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In Sanskrit Level 8, we will build upon what we’ve learned in the previous 7 Sanskrit courses and begin Part III of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga, covering Chapters 15 and 16. We will learn (...)

Sanskrit: Level 8

18 January 2026

£275

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In Sanskrit Level 9, we will build upon what we’ve learned in the previous 8 Sanskrit courses, covering Chapters 17 and 18 of Yogāvatāraṇam: The Translation of Yoga. We will learn about secondary verbal roots, (...)

Sanskrit: Level 9

26 April 2026

£275

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