Global Hindu Heritage Foundation is conducting close to 200 Bala Datta Kendras in seven States in Bharat – Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. We are committed to transmit the greatness of Sanatana by teaching about our scriptures, national heroes, Mahatma, moral stories, historical incidents, chanting of slokas and mantras and Itihasasas. 
As a part of this effort, we developed a comprehensive syllabus that includes the chanting of Slokas. A shloka is the one in which each line contains sixteen syllables. Shlokas, which are generally repeated to aid concentration in meditation, have their origins from the Vedic period. Chanting of shlokas has been prevalent in Indian culture for hundreds of centuries. It is the recitation of words that have spiritual meaning. Students at Advaith are taught Sanskrit Slokas every week. Every time they learn a new shloka, students are trained to pronounce each Sanskrit word clearly and in a flawless manner.  Students are also trained to recite Slokas in a particular tune and rhythm that will eventually make them well versed.
The benefits of chanting of shlokas.
•    The effect of breath while chanting. Research shows that a chanter’s respiration rate slows from the normal 12 to 15 breaths per minute to between five and eight breaths per minute, which is considered optimal for mind-body health.
•    The audible sonic effect produced while chanting. This reflects the pleasurable sensations and healing effects of extended vowel sounds typical of sacred chants, like shlokas.
•    The ultimate ‘intent’ of the person chanting. The desire to be close to God plays an important role. The synergy of the above five characteristics give chanting various powers that has been attributed to it.
Advaith School in Hosur encourages students to recite Shlokas regularly, doing so has various benefits:
1. Improves Attentiveness in Kids
Sanskrit sooth minds and this helps children focus on whatever they do and develop concentration. No matter what state of mind your child is in at present, you can help her calm down by taking a few simple steps. This will enhance your child’s acceptance and make her strong from within.
2. Creates values among children
Prayer for peace and healing for all beings. Prayer time should be a period of joy, devotion, and piety and never of boredom or force. This will develop over time.
3. Chanting can help in healing
The rhythmic up and down vibration created by chanting shlokas creates a melodious effect in the body known as the Neuro-linguistic effect (NLE). The Neuro- linguistic effect on the body is possible even if the person chanting does not know the meaning of the shloka. Another effect is the Psycho-linguistic effect (PLE), which occurs when one knows the meaning of what one is chanting.
4. Enhances clarity in speech and linguistic skills
The pressure on tongue, lips, vocal cord, palate and the connecting regions in the brain generated by the continuous chanting of Shloka stimulates the hypothalamus that then functions more efficiently. (Source: Advaith International Academy)
The following two slokas were taught last week in our classes:
"Sarvopanishado Gavo dogdha gopalanandanah
Partho vatsah sudhirbokta dugdham gitamritam mahat.
(All the Upanishads are the cows milked by Krishna, the cowherd boy. Arjuna is the calf. Those who are wise and pure drink the milk, the Supreme, immortal nectar of the Gita.)" -Gita Dhyanam (Meditation on the Gita) 
Vedas are the breath of the Lord. Upanishads are the defining points of the Vedas. Sort of crowns. All Upanishads are compared to cows here. If the milk is compared to Gita, then it means that the
knowledge attained through a devoted study of the Gita gives the essence of all Vedas (and Upanishads in turn). In many slokas Upanishad icverses are repeated verbatim in the Gita. Foreseeing the difficulty of the forthcoming generations of Kaliyuga vasis, Krishna has prepared a digest of the consummate wisdom of the Vedas and presented them in his dialogue with Arjuna. Let us memorize this sloka today. I believe you have memorized the previous three.
Hare Krishna
Vasudeva Sutam Devam Kamsa Chanoora Mardanam
Devaki Paramaanandam  Krishnam Vande Jagat Gurum
 I bow to Lord Krishna, the son of Vasudeva, who was the cause of Mother Devaki's immense happiness, and the one who killed the wicked Kamsa and Chanoora, and who is the supreme teacher of the universe.
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