Sheela Shankar
28-29th June 2025
We are honoured to invite you to a weekend of in-depth, traditional Vedic Chanting with senior teacher Sheela Shankar.
Hosted by our shala & Nadine Watton - one of our key teachers in our community who has been studying with Sheela for 3 years as part of a certificate program.
This is a rare, once in many years opportunity to learn from a teacher like this, in-person & online. More details below…
Saturday 28th 12:00 - 17:30
“Vedic Chanting for Wellness"
Appropriate for beginners and intermediate level practitioners.
Introduction to Vedic Chanting (90min)
Basic rules and the benefits of Vedic Chanting (90min)
Chanting of sections from the Vedas that focus on healing and wellness. (100-120min- time for short Q&A).
Sunday 29th June 12:30-18:00
"A Meditative Immersion in Vedic Suktams"
This workshop will be appropriate for intermediate level and long-term chanting practitioners.
Voice Culture to open and release the vocal cords (90min)
Chanting of Vedic Suktams with a brief explanation of their meaning (90min)
The classical pedagogical technique of teaching Vedic Chanting. (100-120min- time for Q&A).
✺ Booking ✺
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Individual Saturday or Sunday only at £70 per day and are limited as we give priority to those that can attend the full weekend first.
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Zoom links will be set out at least 1 hour before the session and high quality microphone and tech set up for each session.
No recordings of the workshop, but Sheela will provide recordings of the chants and exercises to continue your practices.
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There is 1 full (or x2 50%) scholarship available for this workshop.
Please fill out our general Mysore info form or email us to apply.
Sheela Shankar
Sheela Shankar is a student of T.K.V. Desikachar.
She has undergone the 2-year teacher training Diploma in Yoga at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai and was working in the editing and production of the journal Darsanam. She was one of TKV Desikachar’s foremost teachers of Vedic Chanting and is also a trained classical singer in both the Carnatic and the Hindustani tradition.
Over the years, Sheela has continued to practice and teach Vedic Chanting and bhajans to several individuals and groups from different parts of the world.
She was the keynote speaker at the Association of Yoga Studies Convention, UK in 2019 with Ravi Shankar.
In association with Sadhanamala, UK, she runs a Vedic Chanting Certificate course to train teachers in Vedic Chanting. This has been ongoing since 2018. Ravi and Sheela are the co-founders of YogaNidhi, a centre for Yoga and Vedic Chanting in Chennai, India.
Ayurmantra chanted by Sheela Shankar
Oct 6, 2014
A simple chant seeking good health and well being.