Merike Taza tells Veda Studies’ Sophie French how the ancient runo songs of Estonia share mystic similarities with ancient India’s Veda, and that’s not the only thing the two countries …

LA-Based Johanna Bennett couldn’t reconcile the West’s āsana-centric approach to yoga with how she experienced spirituality when she travelled to India, until she started studying Vedānta and reciting Veda. After …

Clinical Psychologist Katinka Thorne Salvesen tells Veda Studies’ Sophie French how reciting Veda can tame and train the mind to teach it new ways of being. -By Sophia Ann French …

Says Sanja Wieland as she felt she heard herself for the first time while practising mantras. She tells Veda Studies’ Sophie French about the many ways in which Veda recitation …

Sand artist Anne Löper practises Veda recitation to invite Sarasvatī to inspire her and give her ideas, and she studies Vedānta for the clarity required to execute those ideas and …

Veda Studies’s Sophie French talks to Mr Nazem Al Kudsi about the first major temple to be inaugurated in the Middle East and how reciting Veda keeps his overactive mind …

“From the time I was young, I was always drawn to chanting and the way it made me feel. Why did it make me feel that way? What did it …

The first time I met Ohio-based Authorised Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Taylor Hunt was at my home in Mysore. I had read about Taylor and knew of him through the Ashtanga …

The first thing I noticed when interviewing Claudette Evans is a poster of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company in New York on the wall behind her. We were …

Slovenia-based Sanskrit and chanting teacher, Marina Muktidhara, was inspired by the Vedas and the sound system of the Sanskrit language during her Indology studies in Zagreb (Croatia) and Berlin (Germany). …

Nea Ferrier’s matter-of-fact honesty is disarming and talking to her, I felt her quality of maitrī  or friendliness, which is one of the four ways that Sage Patanjali prescribes for …

After her first experience of yoga left Ellie Smith with an injury, her second experience of the practice gave her the healing she needed to nurture herself. The positive effects …

Yoga Teacher and founder of Satori, Iti Jain’s yoga journey may have begun to heal from trauma and anxiety but the practice soon became a way of life for her. …

Said Camilo Dattoli when I asked him what advice he would give to young yoga students who want to start teaching. This was among the best advice I’ve heard from …

At Indica Yoga, we’ve always claimed to teach and promote authentic, integrated spiritual systems and this interview with Ramatara (Nathalie) is a special moment because she is a shining example …