by Sophia French | May 28, 2025 | Personal & community
Neda Lazarevic reconnected to her native spiritual roots while discovering Indic knowledge and reciting Veda. By Sophia Ann French Neda Lazarevic was born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia) and spent her early career as an academic. She has a PhD in Computer Science and...
by Sophia French | May 21, 2025 | Personal & community
Veda recitation helps us tap into our spirit, analyse our ego and realise our true self, says Judes. By Sophia Ann French Judes Yang knew she wanted to practise and teach yoga since she started practising in 2003. She was born in Taiwan, but her family immigrated to...
by Sophia French | May 1, 2025 | Personal & community
Silva Pukšić says she doesn’t know what benefits she receives from reciting Veda, but she continues to recite because she enjoys it and can’t stop. By Sophia Ann French Silva Pukšić (Spiritual name: Karuna Devi) has been studying the effects of Yoga on well-being...
by Sophia French | Apr 15, 2025 | Personal & community
“Spirituality is the way you listen to the world,” says David, and he advises Veda students to read and listen before reciting. By Sophia Ann French “Death seems to be a great healer of wounds and seems to make us wiser — death makes us see things more clearly.” —...
by Sophia French | Apr 3, 2025 | Personal & community
Sylviane Conzen has been close to music her entire life but felt she rediscovered sound when she started reciting Veda. By Sophia Ann French Belgium-based Sylviane Conzen is the third musician I have interviewed from the recent graduates of the Indica Veda Studies...
by Sophia French | Mar 27, 2025 | Personal & community
A life-long devotion for Gaṇeśa led Shraddha Sharma to study Veda, and a sign from the obstacle-removing deity convinced her that she should be teaching Veda, too… By Sophia Ann French After we study the invocatory mantras, the first sūktam students of Veda study is...
