Live online classes in Montreal

Indian culture classesfor families in Montreal.

Sanskrit, shlokas, chanting, the Ramayana and the Gita, storytelling, public speaking, Bharatanatyam and yoga, taught live from India, in small batches, at hours that work in Montreal.

Quebec's Charter of the French Language sends most children of immigrant families to French-language schools, so a child of Indian parents in Montreal usually spends the school day in French and goes home to English, an Indian language, or both. Montreal parents therefore ask a question Toronto parents rarely do: whether a class taught in English suits a child whose schooling is French. For most it does, because the English in the room is the plain English of a teacher explaining the next verse. The clock is Toronto's: the Indian evening batches land at 8:30 on a Saturday morning and 9:30 on a Sunday through the winter, an hour later in summer.

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Our batches, in Montreal time

America/Toronto

Saturday morning8am ISTFri 9:30pmin Montreal
Saturday evening7pm ISTSat 8:30amin Montreal
Sunday morning9am ISTSat 10:30pmin Montreal
Sunday evening8pm ISTSun 9:30amin Montreal

Times are shown for a term-time weekend and follow Montreal's own daylight-saving calendar, so they may shift by an hour in summer. If none of these suit, tell us the hours that do: batches are built around the families who join them.

What families in Montreal can learn

Every class below is open to every age, and every one is taught live in a small batch.

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.

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.

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.

Yoga & Wellness

For kids, adults and seniors, and for the back and neck that ache

Live online yoga in small batches, taught by qualified teachers in the tradition it comes from. Separate batches for children, adults and older learners, and focused batches for what people actually come to yoga with: back pain, a stiff neck and shoulders, weight, sleep and stress.

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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.

Taught from India, live

Teachers in Bengaluru, in small batches, with the camera on. Nothing recorded, nothing outsourced to an app.

Built around Montreal hours

Two 45-minute classes a week at a time that works on a school night where you are, not where we are.

English throughout

Instruction is in English. No prior Sanskrit, Hindi or reading of Devanagari is assumed of anybody.

Batches by age

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

Questions from families in Montreal

My child is schooled in French. Will an English class work?

Usually, yes. A child needs enough English to follow a teacher's instructions, and most Montreal children of Indian families have that from home. If you are unsure, the free trial class is the honest test: the teacher will tell you afterwards whether the batch will work for your child.

Is Montreal on the same clock as Toronto?

Yes. Montreal, Toronto, Brampton and Ottawa all keep Eastern time and move their clocks on the same American calendar, the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November.

Which slot do Montreal families take?

The two Indian evening batches, which fall on a Saturday or Sunday morning here. The Indian morning batches land at 9:30pm on Friday and 10:30pm on Saturday in winter, which suits adult learners rather than children.

What time are the classes in Montreal?

Our batches run Saturday morning IST (Fri 9:30pm in Montreal), Saturday evening IST (Sat 8:30am in Montreal), Sunday morning IST (Sat 10:30pm in Montreal), Sunday evening IST (Sun 9:30am in Montreal). If none of those suit, tell us the hours that do and we will build a batch around them. We schedule around the learner, not around Indian hours.

Do you have a centre in Montreal?

No, and we would rather say so plainly. Every class is taught live over video by teachers in India, and our office is in HSR Layout, Sector 2, Bengaluru. That is what lets a family in Montreal learn from a teacher who grew up inside this tradition rather than one who is the nearest available.

How do we pay from Canada?

Fees depend on the batch and how often it meets, and we take international payments. Message us on WhatsApp for the current fee list in your currency. The 30-minute trial class is free, with no payment details taken.

Free 30-minute trial class