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SACRED DEPTH OF TANTRA & TRADITIONAL YOGA
Yoga Nidra: The Practice of Deep Rest and Awareness
What Is Yoga Nidra? Yoga Nidra is often described as yogic sleep, when in fact it is the method of resting in the deeper brain waves between waking and deep sleep.. In Yoga Nidra the body is relaxed...
How to Learn Reiki Healing
What Is Reiki Healing? Reiki healing is working with universal life force energy in its purest form. This energy is available to all beings and has always existed. Reiki is a method that is passed...
What Are The Yoga Sutras?
If you’ve taken a yoga teacher training course or dove into a serious study of Yoga, chances are that you have come across the Yoga Sutras. The Yoga Sutras are paramount in the world of classical...
What Is Kali Yantra?
What is Kali Yantra? The Kali Yantra is one aspect of the Goddess Kali. Kali is a popular Goddess in the Hindu religion and a particularly important deity that we can work with in Tantra Sadhana. We...
The Origins of Vedic Mantras
The Origins of Vedic Mantras The Sanskrit word “mantra” is composed out of Man = mind of the body, or brain. And “tra” = which means to transfer or transport. The word mantra can also be understood...
What are the Shiva Sutras?
Citanyamatma, Shiva Sutra, 1/1 "Thus the Shiva Sutras begin imparting that “Consciousness is the Self” … Such a short thread of wisdom, this statement has far-reaching implications for how we may...
Importance and Benefits of the Shiv Sutras
Importance and Benefits of the Shiv Sutras The Shiv Sutras, timeless aphorisms that guide us to the awareness, recognition, and remembrance of our infinite nature and undying essence, hold immense...
What Are Tattvas And Gunas?
Introduction And now we will attempt to explain the building blocks of reality. Even though this seems like a lofty goal, an explanation of the tattvas will do just that. In Sanskrit, tattva can be...
What is Mahadeva?
Lord Shiva is known in many glorious forms and by many honorific names. You may have heard him referred to as Mahadeva. But what does “Mahadeva” mean and why is this an often-used name for Lord...
Who is Tripura Sundari?
Her complexion is like the red dusk sunset, as the early twilighted moon sets in, her reflection becoming golden, a radiant beam of pure perfection. In union eternally with Lord shiva, she dwells...
What Are Bija Mantras?
What are Bija Mantras? If you’ve ever wondered what a Bija Mantra is, how they relate to the Chakras, and how Chakras can realistically be activated in Tantra Yoga… Then this article is for you....
All That You Wanted To Know About Celebrating Mahashivratri
India is the land of festivals, thanks to the different cultures, ethnic backgrounds, languages, and spiritual sentiments that make it unique. Maha Shivratri is one such festival observed in India...
What Is Kirtan Music? A Yogic Explanation & 3 Mantras You Can Sing
Singing Kirtan music is an ancient practice in Yoga that can bring powerful spiritual effects, and is part of a practice known as Bhakti Yoga. Kirtan songs are made up of sacred sounds that can be...
What Is Kashmir Shaivism? A Path To Pure Consciousness
Kashmir Shaivism, often spelled Kashmir Saivism, is a spiritual practice that believes that everything is an expression of pure consciousness. It is an ancient Tantra practice where Lord Shiva holds...
Understanding the different styles of Yoga
The word yoga is deemed to have been derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Yug’, meaning ‘to unite’ or ‘to join’, so can therefore be described as a path of Union. What you may not know is that Yoga can...
Sacred sexuality
Let's talk about Sex So here we are, speaking about an important subject that has become the face of Tantra in the western understanding. We would like to start by saying here that sexual practices...
What is Kriya?
What is Kriya? The practice of Kriya is a very important key in traditional Tantra, and is interestingly different from many aspects of Tantra practice. A number of Kriyas can be seen as similar to...
What is Yantra & Mantra?
Traditional Tantric Practices Tantra is a spiritual path that embraces life in order to awaken consciousness. Within Tantra Yoga various techniques are used such as Mantra, Yantra, ritual and...
What is Sanskar & Shodhan?
What makes the path of traditional Tantra so effective? The process of Sanskar and herbal medicines combined with the use of Mantra. Just as in Ayurveda and other ancient systems of medicine the...
What is Fire Yagna?
What is fire yagna? Tantric Fire Yagna Yagna is a sacred fire ceremony traditional to the Tantric and Vedic systems of India. Various materials depending on the specific quality of the Yagna are...