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Dive into the richness of the Sanskrit language. Dr. Anuradha Choudry from Pondicherry, India shares Sanskrit as a yoga practice. Through the precise sounding and experience of the vibrations of each letter, one will begin to harmonize with deeper truths.

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Season 1 - The Sound of Sanskrit

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We begin our journey into the Sanskrit alphabet through sounding the 50 vibrations.

Sanskrit is the language of the soul of India. Dr. Anuradha Choudry of Bangalore, India, invites us to study this language as a path to Truth.
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Why Sanskrit?
Anuradha C. & Kira S.
Conversation
25 min
Mother Tongue
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Hridaya is the word for heart in Sanskrit, and the literal translation is, "that which receives, that which gives, and that which moves."
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Heart of Sanskrit
Anuradha Choudry
Talk
5 min
Mother Tongue
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We begin our journey into the Sanskrit alphabet with an understanding of the human vocal system and the points where sounds are produced in the mouth.
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Know Thy Mouth
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
5 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 2 - Pronouncing the Postures

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We dive into an exploration of seeing, saying and writing the names of the postures.

Anuradha and Kira explore the usefulness of proper Sanskrit pronunciation of the postures to allow for inner vibrational alignment.
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Pronouncing the Postures
Anuradha C. & Kira S.
Conversation
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Dr. Anuradha Choudry playfully leads us through learning the name of the body parts in sanskrit. Follow along!
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Body by Sanskrit
Anuradha Choudry
Suitable for all
10 min
Mother Tongue
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We pronounce, write, and explore Tadasana (Mountain Pose) in Sanskrit.
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Tadasana in Sanskrit
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
5 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 3 - Sounding and Seeing the Consonants

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Sounding the Consonants in Sanskrit.

Anuradha takes us through the first five of the 25 Sanskrit consonants—the gutturals—ka, kha, ga, gha and na.
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Sounding the Five Gutturals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha takes us through the second five of the 25 consonants—the palatals—ca, cha, ja, jha and ña.
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Sounding the Five Palatals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
5 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha takes us through the next five of the 25 consonants—the cerebrals—ta, tha, da, dha and na.
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Sounding the Five Cerebrals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 4 - Mantra Practice

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We continue our sounding and looking at the sanskrit letters through the practice of mantra.

Kira and Anuradha introduce Season 4 of Mother Tongue, in which we explore the practice of mantra as a way of learning Sanskrit.
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Why Mantra?
Anuradha C. & Kira S.
Conversation
20 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha breaks down the sounding of Aim and invites us to feel the vibrations in our body. You will feel focused in the heart and mind.
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Exploring Aim
Anuradha Choudry
Suitable for all
20 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha explores the transformative power of the sound AUM, what is said to be the most powerful sound of the Universe.
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Exploring Aum
Anuradha Choudry
Suitable for all
40 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 5 - Writing the Vowels

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We play with writing the vowels and learning their symbols when in combination.

Learn how to write the Sanskrit vowels stroke by stroke and feel the energy that they create in the body.
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Writing the Vowels
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
25 min
Mother Tongue
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Learn how to write the Sanskrit consonants in combination with the vowels, and feel the energy that they create in the body.
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Writing Combinations, Part I
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
25 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha writes the Sanskrit consonants in combination with the vowels, and invites us to feel the energy that they create in the body.
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Writing Combinations, Part II
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 6 - Writing the Consonants

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We play with writing the consonants, semi vowels, siblants and conjunctions.

Anuradha writes the gutturals or consonants, articulating the sound in the back of the throat—ka, kha, ga, gha and na.
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Writing Gutterals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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We experiment with visualizing and drawing the palatals with our mind and body.
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Writing Palatals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha writes the cerebrals, articulating the sound in the center of the roof of your mouth—ta, tha, da, dha and na.
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Writing Cerebrals
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 7 - Sounding the Words

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We play with sounding and proper pronunciation of common Sanskrit words.

Anuradha begins to sound out Sanskrit words, starting with the proper pronunciation of Hatha Yoga and Pranayama.
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Hatha Yoga and Pranayama
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Letting the Eight Limbs be our vehicle, we begin to explore how letters combine to create the words Astanga Yoga and Niyama.
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Eight Limbs of Yoga
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
20 min
Mother Tongue
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Letting Sutra 1.2 of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra to be our vehicle, we start to play with writing words in combination with each other.
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Yoga Sutra 1.2
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 8 - Building Our Vocabulary

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Everything has a gender in Sanskrit. In this season, we look at the masculine, feminine, and neuter versions of words.

Anuradha breaks down the building blocks and structure of the sanskrit language looking at how words are built.
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Intro to Language Building
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
15 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha introduces us to sanskirt words and explains that key to all words is knowing the gender—masculine, feminine, or neuter.
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Building Words
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
5 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha introduces us to the masculine form of words in sanskrit, demonstrating objects and common yoga words that use this form.
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Masculine Words and Objects
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 9 - Pronouns

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In this season, we learn Sanskrit pronouns in first, second, and third person.

Anuradha welcomes us to this season of Mother Tongue, introducing us to the concept of sanskrit pronouns and introducing us to her guru.
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An Introduction to Pronouns
Anuradha Choudry
Show Intro
5 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha introduces us to sanskrit pronouns, breaking down the different forms into an easy grid to help us learn.
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Sanskrit Pronouns - The Basics
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
5 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha breaks down pronouns into a grid to show us how the pronouns build on one another.
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Writing Sanskrit Pronouns
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
20 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 10 - Verbs

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In this season, we learn Sanskrit verbs in first, second, and third person.

Anuradha provides an overview of verbs in the Sanskrit language, explaining the basic framework of how verbs are conjugated.
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Intro to Verb Conjugation
Anuradha Choudry
Show Intro
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha explains to two sets of verb conjugations that we will be exploring on this season of Mother Tongue.
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Verb Sets
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
5 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha, with the help of Alana, shows how verbs get conjugated in the third person singular in the present tense.
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Third Person Singular Verbs
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Season 11 - Nouns

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Anuradha introduces us to the different cases in language building in Sanskrit grammar by illustrating a helpful drawing of the different cases.
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Introduction to Sanskrit Cases
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
25 min
Mother Tongue
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We continue to explore the noun cases in Sanskrit to help understand the logic of the eight cases so that we can begin to use them to build sentences.
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The Logic of Noun Cases
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
10 min
Mother Tongue
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Anuradha breaks down the masculine cases of words in the first, second, and third person.
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Cases Masculine
Anuradha Choudry
Tutorial
30 min
Mother Tongue
N/A
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