by Sophia French | Sep 11, 2024 | Personal & community
Sarah Chenkin played many roles (hippie, psychologist, farmer), and now, she’s enjoying retirement studying Sanskrit and learning to recite Veda… By Sophia Ann French My first psychedelic experience was in college. I was studying literature and art history and had...
by Sophia French | Sep 5, 2024 | Personal & community
Harshita Soni tells Veda Studies’ Sophie French how to apply spiritual practices to daily life and why abhyāsa is essential for spiritual development. By Sophia Ann French I started studying Veda recitation with Shantalaji last year, and at the time, I had no idea...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Sep 2, 2024 | About our team, Personal & community
The Final Pilgrimage Agni, gentle and fierce,Guide him softly, release him free.To the Fathers’ realm, send him swift,Not to burn, but to set him free. Sunward goes the eye, breath to the wind,Earth or water, his path aligned.With each element, may he find,His...
by Sophia French | Aug 28, 2024 | Personal & community
Sucheta Kadethankar quit her corporate job to pursue adventure and study Veda recitation, realising that spiritual life can be applied to everyday life, too. In 2011, Sucheta Kadethankar became the first Indian to cross the Mongolian Gobi Desert on foot. At the time,...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Aug 3, 2024 | About our team, Personal & community
On Saturday, 3 August 2024, my father Sriram, left his body peacefully. Next to my mother Saroja, he has been the greatest influencer, supporter, and advisor in realising Veda Studies. An engineer by training, he was a pilot in the Indian Air Force before becoming an...
by Sophia French | Jul 30, 2024 | Personal & community
Ellen Miles has found a lifetime’s worth of learning in Veda and loves how Indic spirituality has transformed and nurtured her understanding of faith and divinity. By Sophia French I was born and raised in a Christian-Muslim home surrounded by faith and parents who...
