The Sanskrit program is divided into beginning and intermediate levels. Certificate students of the Ayurvedic Studies and Gurukula Programs are required to attend and participate in the Sanskrit classes and are tested at the end of the year to assess their learning. First year students will learn how to read, write and pronounce the Devanagari script through working with basic Ayurvedic and yogic vocabulary and through memorizing several chants that are regularly recited in Institute classes. Through the knowledge and practice of the sounds of Sanskrit, which are bija mantras, we can tune our chakras . They will be required to write a short paper discussing some aspect of this classic yoga text.
Yoga is the process of becoming free from limited definitions of the field of consciousness.
In this sense, Sanskrit, the language of yoga , is perfectly aligned with the model of yoga. In the second year Gurukula Sanskrit program there is more of a focus on directly reading, chanting and understanding the Ayurvedic classical literature . To be considered for the Gurukula Program there is a strong set of prerequisites including an ability to pronounce Sanskrit in the Devanagari script. This first year training will help prepare you for that prerequisite. The Gurukula Program Sanskrit classes will combine the study of Ayurveda and grammar through memorization and understanding of traditional Ayurvedic sutras .