by Sophia French | Mar 6, 2024 | Personal & community
Artist Drdha Vrata Gorrick reveals how to turn a drawing into a vessel for the divine. In conversation with Veda Studies’ Sophie French. na ca rūpaṃ vinā dhyātuṃ kenapi śakyate ||sarva rūpa nivṛttā hi buddhiḥ kutrāsya tiṣṭhati | nivṛttā glāyate buddhir...
by Sophia French | Feb 27, 2024 | Personal & community
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. When I interview most people, it is me asking the questions, but this interview with Oslo-based Clinical...
by Sophia French | Feb 13, 2024 | Personal & community
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 affected her body-mind-intellect. In his book Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound,...
by Sophia French | Feb 6, 2024 | Personal & community
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 turn them into art. In conversation with Veda Studies’ Sophie French… When I started...
by Sophia French | Jan 30, 2024 | Personal & community
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 focused. My parents had an interfaith marriage and they fought the world for it. Growing up...
by Shantala Sriramaiah | Nov 13, 2023 | Personal & community
I’d like to share a little background on how the Friday community classes came to be. When I first started to teach chanting, it was mainly to very small groups in Brussels, in a lovely space called Shanti Home where I felt at home. Friday evenings were mantra...
