Live online classes in Chicago

Indian culture classesfor families in Chicago.

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 Chicago. Four time zones and a long school day, so batches are set early morning or after dinner, never in the middle of homework.

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Our batches, in Chicago time

America/Chicago

Saturday morning8am ISTFri 8:30pmin Chicago
Saturday evening7pm ISTSat 7:30amin Chicago
Sunday morning9am ISTSat 9:30pmin Chicago
Sunday evening8pm ISTSun 8:30amin Chicago

Times are shown for a term-time weekend and follow Chicago'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 Chicago 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 Chicago 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 Chicago

What time are the classes in Chicago?

Our batches run Saturday morning IST (Fri 8:30pm in Chicago), Saturday evening IST (Sat 7:30am in Chicago), Sunday morning IST (Sat 9:30pm in Chicago), Sunday evening IST (Sun 8:30am in Chicago). 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 Chicago?

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 Chicago learn from a teacher who grew up inside this tradition rather than one who is the nearest available.

My child was born in USA and speaks no Sanskrit. Is that a problem?

No, it is the normal case here. Most of our learners start from nothing, and the teaching assumes English as the language of instruction throughout. Batches are grouped at 4 to 6, 6 to 10 and 10 to 15 so a beginner is never sitting with learners years ahead of them.

How do we pay from USA?

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.

Are classes live or recorded?

Live, always, in small batches with the camera on. A recording cannot hear a child mispronounce a word and correct it, and that correction is most of the value.

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