{"id":22981,"date":"2022-10-14T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T01:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=22981"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T11:54:35","slug":"the-yale-scholar-is-integrating-bharatanatyam-with-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/the-yale-scholar-is-integrating-bharatanatyam-with-mindfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yale scholar integrates Bharatanatyam with mindfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"

(October 14, 2022) <\/strong>Yale scholar Shruti Parthasarathy, who has been learning Bharatanatyam since the age of five, has introduced the ancient Indian dance form to the people of Middleton, Wisconsin where she grew up and now to students at Yale<\/a> where she is currently an undergrad student. With cultural workshops and a new app launch she combines her love for dance with the growing need for mindfulness, helping people discover the spiritual potency of Bharatanatyam, which originated in India thousands of years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shruti, who has performed at many concerts in the US and also a few in India, founded Mindful Kala to bring Bharatanatyam into the spotlight and make the ancient dance form\u2019s cultural history visible through the lens of social well-being, the need of the hour in modern society. <\/span><\/p>\n

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She has been collaborating with Yale University to expand the reach of this novel approach, using Bharatanatyam to reduce stress and mood disorders and mitigate the effects of increasingly sedentary lifestyles.<\/span>The youngster has bagged several awards in dance competitions and volunteer work, including the President’s Volunteer Service Gold Medal in US. She has also written a book to help children build an interest in the dance form.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Through Mindful Kala, Shruti offers small as well as longer intensive workshops at the Good Life Center at Yale, where she is enrolled as an undergraduate scholar. Her interactive app allows people of all ages to learn about the benefits of the integration through activities and informational slides.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI aim to empower people through interactive and easily accessible educational tools to elevate well-being and foster inter cultural sensitivity through Indian dance forms,\u201d says the youngster, who was introduced to Bharatanatyam by her mother, Hemalatha when they moved from India to Madison 15 years ago.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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