A pilgrim’s guide to Bihar School of Yoga in Munger and Rikhiapeeth in Deoghar — two living centres of the Satyananda lineage and how to approach them.
Sanskrit and Avestan are not cousins — they are siblings. Two voices from one root, still recognisable in each other’s faces across four thousand years of separation.
The foundational text of eco-yoga: 63 verses of the Atharva Veda addressed directly to Earth as living, conscious Mother. “I am the son of Earth, Earth is my Mother.” The thesis of ecology.yoga, sung in 1200 BCE.
Trika Shaivism’s 36-tattva architecture, in unbroken lineage and brief touches on Chinese alchemy and physics, a note on the four-thousand-year westward transmission, and a guided contemplation walking the 36 in a single sit.
The foundational scripture of svara yoga — the science of the breath — given as a dialogue between Pārvatī and Śiva across 396 verses on nāḍī, tattva, time, and the rhythm of the nostrils.
Bhakti, Karma, Rāja, Jñāna — four hands of yoga that work as one body. A foundational map for anyone beginning the path or returning to its roots.
Patañjali’s eight-limbed path begins with ten ethical commitments — five yamas turned outward to the world, five niyamas turned inward to the self. Across the wider yogic tradition these appear in many forms; the Yoga Sūtra distils them into the soil all practice rests on.
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