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Kamala Knowlton

Kamala Knowlton
Kamala Knowlton was introduced to Sanskrit in 2009, intrigued by the sounds of asana names as they were called out by the teacher.  Wanting more, she sought out the help of the American Sanskrit Institute’s Sanskrit by CD program. Within a few months, she had learned the alphabet, how to read Devanagari, and some grammar; and soon after began her study of the Yoga Sutras.  In 2012, Kamala began the ASI apprenticeship training under the direction of Zoe Mai, which not only deepened her understanding of the alphabet and the grammar, but heightened her appreciation for the depth and structure of the language. In 2014, she became an apprentice teacher for ASI. Today she continues her study of the Yoga Sutras, and is delving into translating and memorizing verses of the Bhagavad Gita.  Kamala teaches weekend ASI immersions and small group study, using a learning system based on yogic principles that will set you free.  Kamala (ERYT500) also teaches Integral Yoga Hatha, Gentle Flow Yoga, and Restorative Yoga on California’s Central Coast.

 

Upcoming Classes

Dates Location Class Type Instructor
January 18-20 Stavanger, Norway Sanskrit Level I Moritz Ulrich Details
January 26-27 Medford, NJ Sanskrit Level I Sarah LaFleur Details
February 01-03 Berlin, Germany Sanskrit Level I Moritz Ulrich Details
February 2-3 Washington DC Sanskrit Level I Ellen Cull Details
February 16-17 Mission, KS Sanskrit Level I Zoe Mai Details
February 16-18 Santa Barbara, CA Sanskrit Level I Kamala Knowlton Details
March 9-10 Duluth, MN Sanskrit Level I Jenny Tumas Details
March 22-24 Washington, DC The Seeds of Yoga; Mantra and Meditation Zoe Mai Details
April 13-14 Vero Beach, FL Sanskrit Level I Erik Marrero Details
April 22-28 Santa Fe, NM Advanced Teacher Training Zoe Mai Details
May 18-19 Lemoyne, PA Sanskrit Level I Erik Marrero Details
October 8-9 Rishikesh, India Sanskrit Level I Jenny Tumas Details
Ongoing Washington, DC Study Group Ellen Cull Details
Ongoing Collingswood, NJ Private Sanskrit Study Zoe Mai Details
Ongoing Collingswood, NJ Weekly Sanskrit Class Zoe Mai Details
Ongoing Collingswood, NJ Sanyama Meditation Zoe Mai Details
Ongoing Online Study Group Rick Roberts Details
Ongoing Online Online Studies Zoe Mai, Director Details

Durga

Why has Sanskrit endured? Fundamentally it generates clarity and inspiration. And that clarity and inspiration is directly responsible for a brilliance of creative expression such as the world has rarely seen.

Kali

Among the many marvelous gifts of the Sanskrit language is a rich spectrum of terminology that defines with impeccable precision a world of vision and clarity that opens through yoga and meditation.

Tripura Bhairavi

Great discoveries occur, whether through mathematics or music or Sanskrit, not by the calculations or manipulations of the human mind, but where the living language is expressed and heard in a state of joy and communion.

Shiva

Over millennia, Sanskrit was refined as an instrument of Yoga. By 500 B.C. it had reached a point where it was perfected, and ready to be laid down formally. The genius Panini was born for that purpose.

Tripura Sundari

In Sanskrit the concept of spiritual freedom exists as a certainty. It exists within the context of an ancient proven science, equally precise as our modern science.

Imix

Sanskrit combines perfection of sound with inspired truth to create a living experience of spiritual awakening, a sense of being eternal. Itʼs a flow that we rarely have a chance to know in our fragmented world.

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Shri Yantra

Sanskrit is a play, a dance of energy in the eternal now. It, modeling life, is perfectly designed to take us beyond our expectations . . but we must be ready to be in the role of a perpetual learner, a student of life, of ancient wisdom encoded . . .

Tripura Sundari with 42 Dieties

Learning Sanskrit is an opportunity to know directly for ourselves what the rishis discovered long ago. Most important, when approached as a sacred language, it makes us happy.

Shri Yantra

This tidal wave of nurturing wisdom is the blessing of ancient rishis who divined a perfect language to sustain a love for knowledge and cultivation of the purest essence of truth, the discovery of oneʼs self.

Sarasvati

In ancient India the intention to discover truth was so consuming, that in the process, they discovered perhaps the most perfect tool for fulfilling such a search that the world has ever known — the Sanskrit language.

Shiva / Shakti

Knowing a verse or stotra by heart makes it possible to enjoy the magic of feeling the body, breath, voice, tongue and lips effortlessly reproduce something of exquisite beauty, while meaning guides the mind to a restful place.

Shakti

The extraordinary thing about Sanskrit is that it offers direct accessibility by anyone to that elevated plane where the two, mathematics and music, brain and heart, analytical and intuitive, scientific and spiritual become one.

12 Pointed Star

The chanting of Sanskrit as preparation to meditation is the vehicle. It tunes the body, mind and senses to a finer frequency and then provides the road map, ancient truths that glide through the mind with a minimum of effort.

All yantras © PennyLea Mackie