Our classes

Three tracks,18 ways in.

Every class is open to every age. Learners are placed in a batch by age, never turned away by it. Open any class below to see what it covers and what a learner walks away with.

Two classes: every week
45 minutes: live, each class
First class: free

Book a free class See all 18 classes

Taught live, into whichever room the family is in.

Batches by age, not doors closed by it

Anyone can join any class

4 to 6years

Learning by ear, through story and repetition

6 to 10years

Sound and meaning together, with reading begun

10 to 15years

Text, grammar and discussion in full

Adults join dedicated batches. Tell us the learner's age when you book and we will place them in the right group.

Track 01

Samskara Seeding

through Culture & Scriptures

The texts, the stories and the customs, taught so a child grows up inside the tradition rather than visiting it once a year. This is the track most families begin with.

When it runs

Free 30-min demo · Sunday: Morning 7am, 9am · Evening 5pm, 7pm
Classes · Saturday & Sunday: Morning 8am · Evening 7pm

Bhagavad GitaThe Gita read shloka by shloka, with the meaning unpacked in plain language.

Seven hundred verses of a conversation held on a battlefield about what to do when duty is hard and the mind will not settle. We read it slowly, in Sanskrit and in translation, and we talk about what it asks of an ordinary week.

What they learn

Chant selected shlokas correctly, with the meaning held alongside the sound
Follow the argument of each chapter rather than memorising isolated verses
Recognise the Sanskrit words that recur across the text and know what they carry
Discuss a verse and say what it would mean for a decision this week

Why it is worth the hour

A steadier way of meeting pressure, examinations and disappointment
Vocabulary and grammar that make the rest of Sanskrit literature easier
A shared text with grandparents, and something to say at family gatherings

How the 45 minutes run

The teacher chants a verse; the class repeats it until the sound is right
The verse is broken into words and the sense is built up from them
A short discussion about where the idea shows up in the learner's own life
One or two verses to keep warm before the next class

Do the work in front of you well, and hold the result more lightly.

ShlokaA working repertoire of shlokas, learnt by ear and understood, not merely repeated.

Shlokas are how this tradition has always travelled: short, metrical, and built to be remembered. Learners build a repertoire they can actually use, at home, at a puja, or on a morning when something needs steadying.

What they learn

A repertoire of shlokas for morning, study, meals and festivals
Correct pronunciation, with attention to the sounds English does not have
The meaning of every shloka learnt, in the learner's own words
How the metre works, and why it makes verses easy to remember

Why it is worth the hour

Memory and listening sharpened by learning through the ear
Confidence to recite in front of family without prompting
A calmer start to the day, and a habit that costs five minutes

How the 45 minutes run

Call and response until the sound settles
Word by word meaning, then the whole verse again
Where the shloka is used, and when it is traditionally said
A short daily recitation between classes

Sound carried carefully is one way a family keeps its memory.

StorytellingThe stories that carry the culture, told well and then retold by the learner.

Every idea in this tradition arrives first as a story. Children hear them properly told, then learn to tell them: structure, pace, character voices, and the pause before the part that matters.

What they learn

The great cycles of stories and how they connect to each other
How to hold an audience: opening, pace, and the ending that lands
Voice, expression and the confidence to perform without a script
Retelling a story in their own words without losing its sense

Why it is worth the hour

Vocabulary, structure and expression that show up in schoolwork
Stage presence built gently, in a small group before a large one
A store of stories to tell younger cousins and siblings

How the 45 minutes run

The teacher tells the story in full
The class unpacks what happened and why it matters
Each learner retells a part aloud, with feedback on voice and pace
A story to practise at home, on a willing family audience

A story remembered is a value carried without a lecture.

Sanskrit ClassesSanskrit taught as a language to read and speak, not a code to decipher.

Devanagari, sandhi, cases and verbs, taught in the order that lets a learner read something real as early as possible. Beginners are the norm here, including the adults.

What they learn

Read and write Devanagari fluently
The core grammar: cases, verb forms and the sandhi rules that join words
Enough vocabulary to read simple verses without a translation beside you
Simple spoken Sanskrit for greetings and everyday exchanges

Why it is worth the hour

Direct access to texts, instead of depending on somebody else's translation
A grammar so systematic that it sharpens thinking about language generally
Easier learning of Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and other Sanskrit-derived languages

How the 45 minutes run

A short drill on what was covered last week
One new idea, taught with examples before rules
Reading practice on a real verse, however simple
Written practice between classes, corrected in the next one

Read it yourself, and nobody stands between you and the text.

Vedic ChantingChanting in the traditional manner, with attention to svara, rhythm and breath.

Vedic chanting is exact: pitch, length and accent all carry meaning, and the tradition has protected them for millennia by teaching mouth to ear. That is how we teach it too, one line at a time.

What they learn

The svaras and how a shift in pitch changes what a syllable means
Correct articulation of sounds that do not exist in English
Breath control and the rhythm that makes long passages possible
A set of chants for daily practice and for family occasions

Why it is worth the hour

Concentration trained by an activity that punishes wandering attention
Steadier breathing, and a practice that settles the mind quickly
A skill that is genuinely difficult to acquire from recordings

How the 45 minutes run

The teacher chants a line; the class returns it exactly
Correction of individual sounds, learner by learner
The meaning of the passage, so the sound is not empty
Daily repetition between classes, a few minutes at a time

Precision, held over generations, is its own kind of devotion.

RamayanaThe Ramayana as a whole story, with the questions it raises left open.

Not a summary and not a cartoon. The class follows the narrative from Ayodhya to the return, stopping where the characters face a choice, and asking what they should have done.

What they learn

The full arc of the story, and who everyone is
Key shlokas and the passages worth knowing by heart
The choices each character faces, and what the text says about them
How the story is told differently across regions and languages

Why it is worth the hour

A frame for thinking about loyalty, duty and difficult decisions
Cultural fluency at festivals, and in conversations with elders
Comprehension and discussion practice, in a story they want to follow

How the 45 minutes run

A section of the story, told properly
Discussion of the choice at its centre
A shloka from the passage, learnt together
A question to think about before the next class

Character is what is left when the easy choice is taken away.

MahabharataThe great epic, taught with its ambiguities intact rather than smoothed away.

The Mahabharata is long, tangled and honest about how hard it is to be good. We follow the main line of the story, and we do not pretend the difficult parts are simple.

What they learn

The main narrative and the families at its centre
The sub-stories that carry the book's real arguments
Where the text refuses to give an easy answer, and why
Passages worth memorising, including from the Gita within it

Why it is worth the hour

Comfort with complexity, and with more than one side being right
A grounding for almost every later story in Indian culture
Discussion and reasoning practice on questions that have no neat answer

How the 45 minutes run

The episode, told in full
What each character wanted, and what it cost
Open discussion, with disagreement welcomed
A short passage to sit with before the next class

Grown-up questions deserve grown-up answers, at any age.

Indian Cultural ClassesFestivals, customs and the reasons behind them, for families far from where they began.

Why the lamp, why the rangoli, why that day and not another. This is the class for a child who takes part in festivals without knowing what any of it means, and for a parent who was never told either.

What they learn

The festival year, and what each one marks
The customs of a puja, and the reason for each step
Regional differences, and why the same festival looks different elsewhere
The vocabulary of ritual, so instructions from elders make sense

Why it is worth the hour

Belonging at family occasions rather than standing at the edge of them
Answers ready when a friend at school asks what a festival is for
Traditions a family can keep abroad without a temple down the road

How the 45 minutes run

The festival or custom of the week, and its story
What is done, step by step, and why
How it varies across regions and families
Something simple to try at home before the next class

Doing something with understanding is different from doing as you are told.

Track 02

Confidence Building

Voice, argument and presence

Speaking, debating and standing in front of a room. The skills that decide whether what a child knows ever reaches anybody else.

When it runs

Free 30-min demo · Sunday: Morning 8am, 10am · Evening 6pm, 8pm
Classes · Saturday & Sunday: Morning 9am · Evening 8pm

Public SpeakingSpeaking to a room without fear: structure, voice, and enough practice to make it ordinary.

The most requested class we run. Children learn to build a talk, stand still, project, and survive the moment when they lose their place, because everyone does, and it matters less than they think.

What they learn

Build a talk with an opening, a middle and an ending that lands
Project the voice, control pace, and use a pause deliberately
Hold eye contact and stand still without fidgeting
Recover from losing the thread, without apologising for it

Why it is worth the hour

Classroom presentations and interviews stop being dreaded
Ideas get heard because they are delivered clearly
Confidence that shows up well beyond speaking, in every group setting

How the 45 minutes run

A short warm-up on voice and breath
One technique taught and demonstrated
Every learner speaks aloud, every class, without exception
Specific feedback, and a small thing to practise before next week

A good idea badly delivered is a good idea wasted.

Confidence BuildingFor the child who knows the answer and will not raise their hand.

Confidence is not a personality; it is a set of habits, and they can be taught. Small group, low stakes, and a steady climb from speaking to four people to speaking to a room.

What they learn

Introduce yourself clearly to a stranger, and answer a question fully
Speak first in a group instead of waiting to be called
Handle being wrong in public without shrinking from it
Body language that reads as calm even when it is not

Why it is worth the hour

Participation at school rises, and teachers notice
Friendships come more easily when starting a conversation is not frightening
A habit of trying, rather than avoiding the risk of getting it wrong

How the 45 minutes run

An easy opening exercise everyone can do
One skill for the week, broken into a small step
Practice in pairs, then in front of the whole group
Something to attempt at school or at home before the next class

Courage is a practice, not a temperament.

Debate ClassesArguing well: evidence, structure, listening, and disagreeing without heat.

Learners are given a side, often the one they disagree with, and taught to argue it honestly. It is the fastest way we know to teach a child that the other position usually has something in it.

What they learn

Construct an argument with a claim, evidence and reasoning
Anticipate the other side and answer it before it is raised
Take notes while listening, and reply to what was actually said
Speak to a time limit without rushing the ending

Why it is worth the hour

Sharper reasoning, and writing that follows an argument through
Real listening, which is rarer and more useful than quick talking
Composure in disagreement, at school and later at work

How the 45 minutes run

The motion, and sides assigned rather than chosen
Preparation time in pairs, with the teacher prompting
The debate itself, timed and structured
Feedback on argument and delivery, separately

Understand the other side well enough to argue it, then decide.

Track 03

Art & Craft

Dance, drawing and making, in the Indian tradition

Classical dance, drawing, painting and making, taught through the forms and festival crafts this culture produced, including live online Bharatanatyam for beginners. Batches are opening now; timings are arranged with the families who join.

When it runs

Batches are opening now and timings are set with the families who join. Tell us the days and hours that suit you and we will build the batch around them.

BharatanatyamLive online Bharatanatyam classes for beginners: adavus, mudras and abhinaya, taught step by step from home.

Bharatanatyam is the oldest of the classical dance forms still danced, and online it is learnt the same way it is in a hall: one adavu at a time, in front of a teacher who can see your feet. Beginners start at the beginning: posture, aramandi and the first adavus. Every learner is corrected by name, every class.

What they learn

Aramandi, posture and the basic adavus, built up in the traditional order
Hasta mudras, and what each one means when it appears in a piece
Tala and jathi: keeping time aloud, and dancing to it without drifting
A first item, Pushpanjali or Alarippu, danced from memory

Why it is worth the hour

Stamina, balance and posture, built by an hour that does not feel like exercise
Expression and stage presence, which carry straight into speaking and performance
A classical training available at home, where no teacher lives nearby

How the 45 minutes run

Warm-up, then last week's adavus revised with the tala spoken aloud
One new adavu or mudra, demonstrated from two angles on camera
Every learner dances it alone while the teacher watches and corrects
A short daily practice, with a clip sent back if the family wants feedback

The body learns the story before the words arrive.

Art & PaintingDrawing and painting in the Indian visual traditions, from rangoli to Madhubani.

Line, colour and pattern taught through the styles this culture actually produced: Madhubani, Warli, Pattachitra, rangoli and kolam. Learners finish with work worth putting on a wall.

What they learn

Control of line and brush, built through traditional motifs
Several regional styles, and what makes each recognisable
Colour as these traditions use it, including natural pigments
To finish a piece properly rather than abandoning it half-done

Why it is worth the hour

Fine motor control and patience, built without it feeling like practice
A visual vocabulary rooted in the child's own heritage
Something made by hand in a week otherwise spent on screens

How the 45 minutes run

The style of the week, and where it comes from
A demonstration, drawn along with the class
Independent work with the teacher watching and correcting
The piece finished at home, and shown at the start of the next class

Made slowly, by hand, and therefore worth keeping.

CraftMaking things with the hands: festival craft, paper, clay and thread.

Toran for a doorway, diyas for Deepavali, rakhis in August. Craft tied to the calendar, so what a child makes has somewhere to go afterwards.

What they learn

Craft techniques with paper, clay, thread and natural materials
Festival pieces made in time for the festival itself
Planning a piece before starting it, and finishing what was started
Working neatly, and tidying up afterwards

Why it is worth the hour

Dexterity, patience and pride in something completed
A part to play in preparing for festivals, rather than watching
Screen-free time that produces something real

How the 45 minutes run

What is being made, and what it is for
Materials listed before the class so nothing is missing
Step by step making, together on camera
Finished pieces shown at the start of the following class

The hands remember what the head forgets.

Track 04

For Adults

Gita, sutras, chanting and song

Adult batches, taught at adult pace and without any assumption of prior knowledge. Most of these learners are beginners who never had the chance earlier, and evening batches are set with the group.

When it runs

Batches are opening now and timings are set with the families who join. Tell us the days and hours that suit you and we will build the batch around them.

Bhagavad Gita for AdultsA chapter at a time, in Sanskrit and in English, with the argument taken seriously.

An adult reading group rather than a children's class slowed down. We work through the Gita chapter by chapter: the verse, the grammar that holds it together, the commentaries where they disagree, and the question of what any of it asks of a working week.

What they learn

Chant each chapter's key verses with correct svara and pronunciation
Read the Sanskrit closely enough to see where translations diverge
Follow the argument across chapters instead of collecting quotations
Know where Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva read the same verse differently

Why it is worth the hour

A text to return to for the rest of your life, rather than a course to finish
Steadiness in decisions taken under pressure, which is what the book is about
The vocabulary to discuss it with elders, and to teach it to your own children

How the 45 minutes run

The verses of the week, chanted together
Word by word reading, with the grammar shown rather than assumed
Commentary, including where the traditions part company
Open discussion, then the verses to sit with before the next class

Act well, and hold the outcome more lightly than the effort.

Patanjali's Yoga SutrasThe 195 sutras studied in order, as the manual on the mind that they are.

Four padas, 195 sutras, and almost no wasted words. This is a close reading of Patanjali for adults who want the text itself rather than a paraphrase of it, with practice discussed as practice rather than theory.

What they learn

The sutras in sequence, with the Sanskrit read rather than transliterated
The eight limbs, and what each asks in ordinary life
The vocabulary of the mind this text established: vritti, klesha, samskara, vairagya
How the classical commentaries open up a sutra that seems closed

Why it is worth the hour

A precise language for what the mind does, which makes it easier to steady
Grounding for a personal practice that is not borrowed from a studio
A short text you can genuinely come to know well, rather than skim

How the 45 minutes run

The sutras of the week, chanted and then parsed
The commentary, and what it adds that the sutra leaves implicit
Discussion of the practice it describes, honestly
One sutra to hold in mind through the week

Practice, sustained over a long time, without interruption, and with respect.

Music & BhajansSinging bhajans and kirtans properly: raga, tala, breath and pronunciation.

For adults who sing at home, at satsang, or only in the car, and want to do it well. Voice, breath, the ragas the repertoire uses, and the tala that holds it together, taught by a teacher who will correct you.

What they learn

A repertoire of bhajans and kirtans, sung from memory
Basic swaras and the ragas the devotional repertoire draws on
Tala: keeping time, and coming back when the group drifts
Clear pronunciation in Sanskrit, Hindi and other bhajan languages

Why it is worth the hour

The confidence to lead singing at a family or community gathering
Breath control and vocal ease that carry into ordinary speaking
A practice that lifts a mood faster than most things available on a screen

How the 45 minutes run

Warm-up: breath, swaras and the day's raga
The bhajan taught line by line, with meaning
Singing together with the tala kept aloud
A recording to sing along with before the next class

Sung together, an ordinary evening becomes an occasion.

Sahasranama ChantingVishnu and Lalita Sahasranama learnt properly, a section at a time.

A thousand names, chanted correctly, is a serious undertaking and an unusually satisfying one. We build it in sections, with the meaning of the names given as we go, so it never becomes an unbroken wall of sound.

What they learn

The Sahasranama in sections, chanted accurately and from memory over time
The meaning of the names, so the chanting is not empty of sense
Correct handling of long compounds and the sandhi that joins them
The traditional order of a full recitation, including the opening and closing verses

Why it is worth the hour

A settled daily practice that asks for consistency rather than intensity
Concentration and memory trained on something worth remembering
The ability to lead a recitation at home when the occasion calls for it

How the 45 minutes run

Revision of the previous section, chanted together
The new section, line by line, corrected individually
The meanings of the names covered that week
Daily repetition between classes, ten minutes at a time

A practice kept up quietly, for years, changes the person keeping it.

Sanskrit for AdultsBeginner Sanskrit for adults, taught without embarrassment and at adult pace.

For the adult who can recognise Devanagari but not read it, or who learnt some at school and lost it. We move faster than a children's class and explain the grammar as grammar, because adults find that easier, not harder.

What they learn

Devanagari, read and written with confidence
The case system, verb classes and the sandhi rules that join words
Enough vocabulary to read a simple shloka unaided
How to use a dictionary and a grammar to work out a verse yourself

Why it is worth the hour

Independence from translations, and from whoever wrote them
The ability to help your own children with what they are learning
A structured, satisfying study that has an end you can actually reach

How the 45 minutes run

A drill on the previous week, briskly
One grammatical idea, with examples before rules
Reading a real verse, however short
Written exercises between classes, corrected in the next

Late is a perfectly good time to begin.

How it works

01
Book a free trial
A free 30-minute demo class. Tell us the learner's age and what interests them. No payment, no commitment.
02
We find the right batch
Matched by age, level and time zone, so the class actually suits the learner.
03
Two live classes a week
Two 45-minute sessions with a qualified teacher. Cameras on, questions welcome.
04
Practice between classes
Short, simple practice. Enough to keep it alive, not enough to become homework.

What you need

A laptop or tablet

A camera and a steady connection. Nothing to install beyond the meeting link.

Two 45-minute classes a week

Two live classes, plus a few minutes of practice on the other days.

A quiet corner

Somewhere the learner can speak out loud without feeling self-conscious.

Learners join us from

India
USA
UK
Canada
Australia
UAE
Singapore
Malaysia
Nepal
Mauritius
South Africa
New Zealand
Qatar
Oman
Kuwait
Netherlands
Ireland
Switzerland
Germany
Trinidad & Tobago
Fiji
Japan

Questions parents ask

Are classes live or recorded?

Live, always. Recorded lessons cannot hear a child mispronounce a word and correct it, and that correction is most of the value.

What if we miss a class?

Tell your teacher and we will fit you into another batch that week where we can, or share what the class covered.

We are not in India. Will the timings work?

We schedule around the learner, not around Indian hours. Families join us from 22 countries.

My child is a complete beginner. Is that a problem?

No. Most of our learners start from nothing, including the adults. Batches are grouped by age (4 to 6, 6 to 10, and 10 to 15), so a beginner is never sitting with learners years ahead of them.

What do classes cost?

Fees depend on the programme and how often the batch meets. Ask us on WhatsApp and we will send the current fee list. The 30-minute trial class itself is free.

Free 30-minute trial class