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Tibetan Dream Yoga — Milam, Six Yogas of Nāropa

A practitioner’s guide to milam — dream yoga as transmitted through the Six Yogas of Nāropa. Covers the preparatory practices (recognition of the dream state, stabilisation, transformation), the relationship between milam and tummo, and the view that the dream state is an intermediate training ground for the bardo. For serious practitioners of Tibetan Buddhist tantra.

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Ayurveda
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The Plants That Held a Brain Together

They called it treatment-resistant schizophrenia. It was untreated trauma, untreated addiction, and a brain injured by the pharmaceuticals meant to fix it. A mother’s account of bringing her son back from drug-induced extrapyramidal damage in thirty days — and her pharmacological case, fully referenced, against the revolving door of public psychiatric care.

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Mindfulness
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Yoga Nidra in a Nutshell

An accessible introduction to yoga nidrā — its tantric roots in nyāsa practice, the layered structure of the mind it works with, and the eight stages of Swami Satyananda’s modern system.

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Yoga Kuṇḍalinī — A Classical Manual

A classical manual on kuṇḍalinī practice — the preparation of body and nervous system (śarīra-śuddhi, nāḍī-śodhana, kriyā sequence), the cakra system as integrated map, and the understanding that the śakti is already present and the practice creates conditions for its movement.

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Yoga Stretches

A practical guide to yoga-based stretching — distinguishing the held, breath-integrated āsana from the ballistic stretch, addressing the role of the fascia, and organising sequences by joint group and daily need. For students and teachers who want a biomechanically grounded somatic entry point.

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Mindfulness
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The Yamas and Niyamas: Patañjali’s Foundation for Practice

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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Tend the flame

Slow letters on yoga, ecology, and the old ways. Arrives like monsoon — rare, full, alive.

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