Project Samskriti
Isha's initiative for India's classical arts: music, dance and Kalaripayattu, kept alive the way they were always practised, as an offering and as a way inward.
What Project Samskriti is
Sadhguru launched Project Samskriti on a Guru Purnima to preserve India's classical arts and pass them on. It teaches Indian classical music, classical dance and Kalaripayattu, the martial art of Kerala, through workshops, online classes and performances.
In India these arts were never only entertainment. They grew out of devotion and were practised as an offering, refined over centuries to bring balance to the body, the mind and the emotions. Project Samskriti keeps that spirit at the centre: the aim is not only skill but a deeper experience of life.
Samskriti, Sadhguru Gurukulam
Samskriti is a residential school at the Isha Yoga Center, at the foot of the Velliangiri Mountains near Coimbatore. Children join at seven or eight and stay until eighteen.
Instead of filling them with information, the school helps each child find what they are capable of. They train every day in yoga, Bharatanatyam, Indian classical music and Kalaripayattu, and study Sanskrit, English and mathematics alongside.
The teachers who lead the classical arts at Dhee Yogalayam trained at Samskriti.
The arts our teachers bring to Mysuru
Kalaripayattu
Kerala's ancient martial art, trained side by side with yoga and held to build strength, flexibility and focus.
About the art →Bharatanatyam
Classical dance learnt as a way to heighten awareness of body, mind and emotion, built around a complete devotional piece.
About the art →Indian Classical Music
Voice, raga and rhythm, learnt through songs from the bhakti tradition.
About the art →Dhee Yogalayam is an independent studio. We are not part of Isha Foundation or Project Samskriti and do not run their programs. For Project Samskriti's own workshops, online classes and performances, visit isha.sadhguru.org/project-samskriti.
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