Class Schedule
Location: Online
Saturdays 9-10am
Class consists of a combination of Gentle Hatha and Kundalini yoga.
Gentle Hatha Yoga uses postures called (asana) in combination with conscious breathing techniques(pranayama), and mental focus to develop strength and flexibility. Through proper alignment and mindful actions of the body, Hatha Yoga cultivates awareness, balance, improve concentration and a sense of relaxation through meditation techniques(dyana).
Kundalini yoga uses breath, movement, and focus to energize the body while supporting strength and balance of the glandular and immune system. This promotes emotional well being, mental clarity, self-awareness, stress relief, and balancing all chakras.
Good choice for beginners regardless of your age, or body ability, flexibility, Experience your self deeply and notice a transformation towards physical strength, self- awareness, mental clarity, and peaceful mind.
A strong yoga practice begins with a sturdy foundation, this class can fine tune even an advance practice.
Location: Online
Sunday from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Start date: Jan 16th (15 classes)
This Yoga and mindfulness class designed to help kids gain the skills they need to thrive in the face of everyday challenges. This class allows for kids to have the unique opportunity to learn stress management techniques and to be introduced to the concept of self-care. Her class is also focused on giving kids easy and practical tools to help them channel their inner strength and power while having fun at the same time! Radha tailors her class to make sure that kids not only enjoy the movement of yoga but that they get the opportunity to learn how their minds and bodies impact one another and how they can work together to create harmony. Radha's goal is to help kids thrive in the world, regardless of their circumstances, and to navigate the many challenges they face with a sense of personal power and self-awareness.
This semester the class will be taught by Braj Rani.
Benefits of the yoga and mindfulness for Kids:
- Supports kids to be more confident in how they handle difficult situations and improve decision making
- Allows for kids to gain a greater understanding of how yoga can support their bodies physically and mentally
- Creates opportunities for kids to have movement that is powered by creativity and accommodating for all levels
When: Monday starting August 9th-Nov 20th at 6 pm CST
Maximum Class Size: 10 students (for adults)
Online: Zoom
Learn to chant Vishnu sahasranam stotram.
When: Saturday Starting on Sept 18th-Dec 21th at 5 pm CST
Maximum Class Size: 10 students (for kids ages 7 and above)
Online: Zoom
Weekly Vishnu Sahasranama Chanting Class with Guru Lakshmi for kids 7-19. This course is specially designed for kids who are passionate about learning and value our rich culture and tradition. Your child will be able to chant learned lines of Vishnu Sahasranama after the end of the course each course. It might take them more then two semesters to learn the entire Vishnu Sahasranama and will depend on the students practice and performance. Find lyrics for the class at https://vignanam.org/mobile/
Location: online
Your Child Will:
• Develop a love for mathematics
• Accelerate his/her learning journey
• Unleash Creative Potential
• Excel in Grades
• Develop Winning Habits such as staying organized, punctual and working in teams
A detail syllabus will be shared on day 1 of the class. No prior Vedic mathematics experience required.
When: Saturdays starting Feb26-May 7th
Maximum Class Size: 10 students (for all ages)
$360 for 11 classes
Online: Zoom
Structure of the session:
· The tabla class will be for beginners who are interested in learning the tabla instrument.
· Students will be first taught theory and history of the tabla drum alongside basic bols and hand strokes.
· Creating a strong foundation on Sur, Taal, and Lay will be heavily emphasized.
· As the students gradually learn and improve, the class will move ahead to more advanced structures and material.
· Students will be taught the popular rhythmic cycles that are present in Hindustani classical music, as well as popular Indian folk Rhythms.
· The class will also have an emphasis on tabla accompaniment for Mostly Kirtan, bhajan classical and light classical music.
Requirements to Join the class:
· Must have your own pair of tablas
· Must take aside a minimum of 3 days a week, one hour a day to practice. If you can do more, that’s even better.
When: Saturdays starting Feb26-May 7th
Maximum Class Size: 10 students (for all ages)
$360 for 11 classes
Online: Zoom
Structure of the session:
· The tabla class will be for advanced students who have already taken the beginners class and are interested in learning advanced skills
· Students will be first taught theory and history of the tabla drum alongside basic bols and hand strokes.
· Creating a strong foundation on Sur, Taal, and Lay will be heavily emphasized.
· As the students gradually learn and improve, the class will move ahead to more advanced structures and material.
· Students will be taught the popular rhythmic cycles that are present in Hindustani classical music, as well as popular Indian folk Rhythms.
· The class will also have an emphasis on tabla accompaniment for Mostly Kirtan, bhajan classical and light classical music.
Requirements to Join the class:
· Must have your own pair of tablas
· Must take aside a minimum of 3 days a week, one hour a day to practice. If you can do more, that’s even better.
Location: Online/via zoom
Saturdays starting 01/16/22 at TBD CST
Minimum Class Size: 5 students
Maximum Class Size: 8 students
$250 for 14 classes
Adults and teens are welcome to join and the class will taught based on the skill level of the student. Students can come to this class with a broad range of experience playing the dholak or anyone who will be starting this class as a beginner.
Structure of the session for a beginner:
· Students will be taught the 2 basic beats that are played in satsangs of Radha Madhav Dham.
· At first we will teach single beat which is for slow Pad Kirtans
· Once the students master this we will learn the double beat which is played in faster Naam sankirtans.
· The class will also have an emphasis on dholak accompaniment for Kirtan,
Requirements to Join the class:
· Must have your own dholak
· Must take aside a minimum of 3 days a week, half hour a day to practice. If you can do more, that’s even better.
Structure of the session for intermediate students:
- students who already know the 2 basic beats and have played in satsangs at Radha Madhav Dham.
- Students will be taught different variations to increase the musicality of their dholak playing. This will include tukras (variations to supplement the basic beats) and beat variations off of the main 2 beats played in kirtan.
· The class will have an emphasis on dholak accompaniment for Kirtan,
Requirements to Join the class:
· Must have your own dholak
· Must take aside a minimum of 3 days a week, half hour a day to practice. If you can do more, that’s even better.
Location: Online/via zoom
Saturdays starting 01/16/22 at TBD CST
Minimum Class Size: 5 students
Maximum Class Size: 8 students
$250 for 14 classes
Adults and teens are welcome to join and the class will taught based on the skill level of the student. Students can come to this class with a broad range of experience playing the dholak or anyone who will be starting this class as a beginner.
Structure of the session for a beginner:
· Students will be taught the 2 basic beats that are played in satsangs of Radha Madhav Dham.
· At first we will teach single beat which is for slow Pad Kirtans
· Once the students master this we will learn the double beat which is played in faster Naam sankirtans.
· The class will also have an emphasis on dholak accompaniment for Kirtan,
Requirements to Join the class:
· Must have your own dholak
· Must take aside a minimum of 3 days a week, half hour a day to practice. If you can do more, that’s even better.
Structure of the session for intermediate students:
- students who already know the 2 basic beats and have played in satsangs at Radha Madhav Dham.
- Students will be taught different variations to increase the musicality of their dholak playing. This will include tukras (variations to supplement the basic beats) and beat variations off of the main 2 beats played in kirtan.
· The class will have an emphasis on dholak accompaniment for Kirtan,
Requirements to Join the class:
· Must have your own dholak
· Must take aside a minimum of 3 days a week, half hour a day to practice. If you can do more, that’s even better.
Introduction to Sanskrit for teens and adults:
Introduction to Sanskrit is designed to make understanding India's rich spiritual literature fun and easy. This class will focus on learning simple Sanskrit words, pronunciation, and vocabulary in simple and systematic steps. It will include fundamentals of this enriching language, daily slokas and meaning of the slokas. The worksheets will gently lead the student through small steps with clear, concise explanations. Each session includes instruction in the alphabet with easy practice exercises at the end. The class will be focused on younger kids but will not be restricted to a specific age group.
When: Sunday 11 a.m to noon CST starting June 20th - Aug 15th.
Location: Online
The Class will have14 sessions during starting on Jan 10. Based on the current regulations, the classes would begin on-line using 'Zoom' but IF the restrictions ease down the line and RMD opens to all again - there may be a few 'face-to-face' classes as well.
Topics covered: speeches/debates/telephonic conversations/interviews and much more.
Location: Online
This class helps build leadership and speech abilities in students through hands-on learning and professional examples.
In the class, young people learn valuable skills including:
Evaluating their own speaking ability
Preparing and giving speeches
Giving impromptu talks
Controlling their voice, vocabulary and gestures
Giving constructive feedback and more
Introduction to classical dance with some postures and mudras along with semi classical steps on age appropriate Bollywood songs.
The Class of Popular Fiction through the Lens of Hinduism is a fun reading club for 4th and 5th grade children or older. All children are expected to do a lot of reading at school and their spiritual life is often observed as a completely separate practice from their real life pursuit of grades and fun breaks.
This class is a mix of both where we will be diving deep into the plot and the characters to find the hidden gems of Hinduism in it, to understand the real world drama and how we make decisions in certain circumstances, how our inner karmic blueprint and presence of mind helps us control our reaction to it and change circumstances. It'll be a fun mix of upper elementary novels and some short stories. The sessions will be a relaxed pace of thinking, discussing using the basic Hinduism concepts of karma. Prior knowledge of the Basics of Hinduism will be highly desirable for a session of fun reflections, but not a must have. We will build the concepts and develop the vocabulary as we discuss the stories. Preferred class timings Saturday 2-3pm or Sunday 4-5 PM.
Location: Online
Weekends (flexible based on enrollment)
Fun filled and relaxation activity class with hands-on and step-by-step teaching and learning experience.
Different types of painting mediums like pencil sketches, water-colors, acrylic, oil colors on canvas will be practiced.
Art-work will include illustrations, figurative sketches, classic art forms(e.g. Madhubani,warli,kalamkari,rural art forms etc), scenery and still-life.
At the end of the session, participants will be refreshed and will develop their unique perspective towards art.
Location: Online
16 classes
Day - Weekends (flexible based on enrollments)
Supplies list will be provided. Students will need to get their own supplies.
No prior exposure to painting or artwork required
Fun filled activity class with hands-on and step-by-step teaching
Primary focus is on teaching fundamental drawing concepts
Introduction to various types of painting
Primarily Pencil and Crayon based artwork
Simple sketches/shapes, still life (e.g. fruits), basic symmetrical shapes, birds/animals/nature drawing, perspective drawing
At the end of the session, kids will be able to apply the basic skills learnt in this class to move on to advanced artwork
Location: Online
Weekends (flexible based on enrollments)
Basic Level class recommended (but not a mandatory pre-requisite)
Fun filled activity class with hands-on and step-by-step teaching
Build up on different types of paintings learnt during Basic level
Primarily Watercolor and Acrylic color based artwork
Slightly complex artwork includes figurative sketches (humans/animals/birds), new art forms (e.g. Madhubani), scenery and object drawing
At the end of the session, kids will be able to build up on their art skills with an enhanced and independent method towards generating artwork
When: Sunday starting on January 16th at 12:45 PM CST
Maximum Class Size: 10 students (for all ages)
Minimum Class Size: 3
$100 for 14 classes
Online: Zoom
I am excited about teaching Marathi to Austin kids. This class will help them learn reading, writing, and speaking in Marathi. I also want them to have conversations in Marathi with their parents, grand parents, siblings and others, even after these classes are over.
I have Masters in Special Education. But my love for languages motivated me to become Teacher of the students with English as second language. I am an avid reader of Marathi literature. During my spare time , I love reading Marathi classical novels to contemporary books, magazines.
This will be online class. Total 14 classes, 40 mins each class. Maximum 2-3 students in a group.
Class time and day will be decided soon.
Syllabus will be covered as per A.B.G.MV Mandal. Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal is an institution for the promotion and propagation of Indian classical music and dance. The administrative offices of ABGMVM are in Miraj, while its main music school or Sangeet Vidyalaya is in Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
You can find more information at https://abgmvm.org
Students can appear for 1 to 9 levels of exam of A.B.G.M.V Mandal.
Time: Any day as per mutual convenience
When: Sunday starting Sept 12th at 10 a.m CST
Maximum Class Size: 10 students (for all ages)
Minimum Class Size: 5
$100 for 14 classes
Online: Zoom
I am excited about teaching Kannada to Austin kids. I want to help them learn reading, writing, and speaking simple words and sentences. In addition, I want them develop an interest in conversing in Kannada with their parents, grand parents, siblings and others. I hope the kids will continue the journey of learning Kannada and using it in their daily interactions with others even after these classes.
I have a PhD from UCLA. I work as a computer consultant Worked as a part-time professor in IIT-Chicago several years back.
My interests in Kannada involve: reading novels, books by famous Kannada authors and magazines. Also dabbled in writing short Kannada jokes, poems, stories. I have volunteered for English tutoring a poor girl student in Bangalore
Location: Online
(Will included 14 group classes)
Time TBD
We Offer Individual class , fees available on request .
Location: Online
14 classes for Fall 2020
Monday 5pm or 5.45pm / Sunday 9am or 9.45am
Location: Online
(Will included 14 group classes)
Time TBD
We Offer Individual class , fees available on request .
Location: Online
Will include 14 group classes
Friday 6pm and Monday 7:15pm
We Offer Individual class , fees available on request .
Location: Online
Time : TBD
Structure of the class:
There will be 12 total classes. Students will be taught all the concepts required for the course. We will learn the strategies required to solve questions. Students will be taught as per TEKS laid by TEA.
From active gamer to game creator using Scratch for age 7-10
Weekdays one class per week
Class day/time - Wednesday 6pm -7 pm
Class Introduction:
Your child will learn how to create programs, make games and solve programming problems
Build a complete understanding of Scratch 3.0 from the ground up!
Learn to code with drag and drop coding blocks.
Understand all the fundamental programming principles
Understand complex programming topics.
Learn to use Scratch to develop games!
Create games with Scratch, like Arkanoid Game!
From active gamer to game creator using Scratch for age 11-14
Weekdays one class per week
Class time - Thursday 6pm -7pm
Class Introduction:
Your child will learn how to create programs, make games and solve programming problems
Build a complete understanding of Scratch 3.0 from the ground up!
Learn to code with drag and drop coding blocks.
Understand all the fundamental programming principles
Understand complex programming topics.
Learn to use Scratch to develop games!
Create games with Scratch, like Arkanoid Game!
Location: Online
Structure of the class:
There will be 16 total classes. Students will be taught all the concepts required for the course. We will learn the strategies required to solve questions. Students will be taught as per TEKS laid by TEA.
When: Saturday 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm CST from December 4th - December 18th (3 classes)
Registration - one per family
The Divine conversation between supreme God Shree Krishna and his friend and disciple Arjun, known as the Bhagwad Gita, is one of the most popular Hindu scriptures. It is known the world over, and has been read and recited by many who have been impressed and inspired by it. However, to truly understand it and learn to live one's life by its principles, correct guidance is required. In his books and lectures, Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj has explained the sophisticated concepts of the Gita in a simple and practical way as they relate to the path of bhakti. Drawing on these explanations, Swami Nikhilanand will lead this interactive class, in which he will review the three or four most important teachings of each chapter in a compelling and interactive format.
In these three sessions, he will cover the rest of Chapter 5, and all of Chapter 6 of the Gita. This class will help you remove doubts, answer questions, and develop a stable foundation of spiritual knowledge that will form the basis for your devotional practice.
Saturdays: starting April 2nd-May 21st (8 classes) via Zoom
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm CST
Ages: 18+
Price: $299.00
Minimum Class Size: 10 students
Make 2022 Crazy Good in your Devotional Journey, learn powerful tools and distinctions on how to make your mind your best employee and not your boss. Learn how to get yourself centered, learn the importance of 'Energy, Frequency and Vibration", and learn how to manage your inner dialog , the one no-one else hears, to be warm, friendly and supportive in your devotional journey. Each week we will cover distinctions and tools, you get to practice and come back and review and learn new tools. It is a hands on , interactive, engaging and extremely valuable opportunity to make 2022 a year that catapults you into a new level of devotion. Powerful skills in managing both yourself and others in a kind and effective manner.
Instructor:
Sailesh Ranchod is a project manager in the IT industry. He has been leading global teams on complex projects for the past 20+ years. He brings a wealth of experience in applying these principles in real world scenarios and now he is applying them in the devotional arena to help support us in our spiritual journey. Do not miss this great opportunity.
Location: Online (30-45 min session)
Saturday 11:15am
After completion of all the basic and advance adavus this course start with dance items from Margam.
These will be private classes. For group classes please contact the teacher.
Location: Online (30-45 mins session)
Saturday 11:30am
Introduction to Bharatnatyam, basic posture, basic mudras, etc.
Location:Online (30-45mins sessions)
Please note: Time and Day(s) are TBD
Introduction to Bharatnatyam, basic posture, basic mudras, etc.
Location: Online 30-45 mins sessions
Saturdays 10:30am
For Intermediate private classes
Location: Online
Starting from Jan 16th, 2022
Highlights of the 14 Week Basics of Hindu Culture Classes:
➢ Understanding and appreciating Our Hindu Culture
■ Hindu Customs
■ Hindu Festivals
■ Worship and Prayer
■ Character Development
➢ Introduction of Sanatan Dharm
■ Forms of God
■ Law of Karm
■ Cycles of Time, Srishti and Pralay, Brahmand
➢ Uniqueness of Hindu Culture
■ Many Religions, but only one God
■ Core beliefs of being a Hindu
■ Hindu Scriptures
Location: Online
Structure of the class:
There will be 12 total classes. Students will be taught all the concepts required for the course. We will learn the strategies required to solve questions. Students will be taught as per TEKS laid by TEA.
Location: Online
Structure of the class:
There will be 12 total classes. Students will be taught all the concepts required for the course. We will learn the strategies required to solve questions. Students will be taught as per TEKS laid by TEA.
When : Every Sunday at 8:30 to 9 am from Jan 16th to April 2nd
Where : on-line
Fees: $25 per family
**Free for Shiksha students and parents.
108 Sun salutation challenge is an opportunity to rejuvenate yourself!
This will be a wonderful 12 weeks journey where we will gradually ramp up towards the goal of doing 108 continuous sun salutations on the auspicious days of Yugadhi/Gudhi Padwa ( 4/2/2022).
We will have a goal outlined for each week.
Some of the proven benefits of Sun Salutation -
Increase your energy circulation
Enhance physical strength
Cardiovascular workout
Weight loss and more!
What could be a better way to start a new year ?
When : Every Sunday at 8:30 to 9 am from Jan 16th to April 2nd
Where : on-line
Fees: $25 per family
**Free for Shiksha students and parents.
108 Sun salutation challenge is an opportunity to rejuvenate yourself!
This will be a wonderful 12 weeks journey where we will gradually ramp up towards the goal of doing 108 continuous sun salutations on the auspicious days of Yugadhi/Gudhi Padwa ( 4/2/2022).
We will have a goal outlined for each week.
Some of the proven benefits of Sun Salutation -
Increase your energy circulation
Enhance physical strength
Cardiovascular workout
Weight loss and more!
What could be a better way to start a new year?
The only change is Title should say
‘108 Sun salutation workshop’ instead of ‘Sun Salutation workshop
