Satsangam

Navarasa in suffering, illness, and emotional healing
2026-01-29
Thursday, 10:00am ET (New York Time) / 8:30 pm IST
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Exploring rasa in Daily LifeNavarasa in suffering, illness, and emotional healingThis session explores how rasa is present in everyday suffering. In stress, sickness, anxiety, grief, irritation, and emotional fatigue. Instead of pushing these states away, the session invites participants to recognise them as distinct rasas that colour the mind, shape behaviour, and affect the body. Drawing from Āyurveda and rasa theory, the session looks at how emotions move through digestion, sleep, breath, and energy, and how healing often begins with clear seeing. Through simple daily practices such as mindful listening, breath, rhythm, and small lifestyle shifts, participants will learn how rasa can become a practical guide for emotional balance and recovery.
Guest Instructor | Dr Shubham Kulkarni

Ayurvedic doctor & music therapist – End of life care & Mental health care specialist
Head of the Department, Gandharva Veda Music Therapy, MCPHI, Maharishi University, The Netherlands
Fellow of Naad, Raag, Ras & Consciousness based on Abhinavgupta’s philosophy
Trained classical vocalist, and disciple of Pandit Shounak Abhisheki ji
Clinical & Philosophical researcher focusing on insomnia, depression, pregnancy care, Shaivism, tantra , mental health & end of life care .
Clinical practice & Tutoring in more than six countries .

We welcome you to join us in heartfelt conversation on the context in which Indian wisdom traditions exist in Vedic Threads. For 35 USD/month you have access to two live 1.5-hour sessions/month with Dr. Ramkumar, Dr. Welch, Navneet Raman, world-class guest instructors, dedicated participants from all over the world, and more than 70 hours of content from previous sessions. Schedule details available on your class page after registration.
Register | Monthly ($35 USD)

Navarasa at the threshold of death and transcendence
2026-02-05
Thursday, 10:00am ET (New York Time) / 8:30 pm IST
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Exploring rasa in Daily LifeNavarasa at the threshold of death and transcendenceThis session brings rasa to life’s deepest threshold, and to the many smaller thresholds within daily life. Endings, losses, separation, ageing, and letting go. Through navarasa, participants will explore how fear and sorrow arise alongside love, devotion, courage, and wonder, each as a lived flavour with its own intelligence. Drawing from the Śaiva Tantric vision, the session reflects on how emotions can be held without denial or collapse, and gradually refined into insight. The movement of rasa toward śānta becomes a way to understand transcendence not as escape, but as steadiness and clarity within change. The session invites participants to see how living with rasa each day can prepare the mind for transition with depth, dignity, and peace.
Guest Instructor | Dr Shubham Kulkarni

Ayurvedic doctor & music therapist – End of life care & Mental health care specialist
Head of the Department, Gandharva Veda Music Therapy, MCPHI, Maharishi University, The Netherlands
Fellow of Naad, Raag, Ras & Consciousness based on Abhinavgupta’s philosophy
Trained classical vocalist, and disciple of Pandit Shounak Abhisheki ji
Clinical & Philosophical researcher focusing on insomnia, depression, pregnancy care, Shaivism, tantra , mental health & end of life care .
Clinical practice & Tutoring in more than six countries .

Register | Monthly ($35 USD)
