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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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Yantra — Sacred Geometry across Śaiva/Śākta/Vaiṣṇava Traditions

A survey of yantra — the geometric support for meditation, mantra, and śakti — across the three major Hindu tantric currents. Covers the Śrī Yantra in detail (nine-triangle matrix, pañcadaśī encoding), Śaiva maṇḍala structures, and Vaiṣṇava diagrams. Situates yantra as sacred technology, not decorative art.

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Yoga for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors

A careful, evidence-informed yoga therapy guide for women during and after breast cancer treatment — fatigue management, lymphedema precautions, gentle restorative sequences, and the psychological territory of healing a body that has been through medical intervention. Neither clinical nor sentimental; deeply respectful of the whole person.

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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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Vedic Planner — Science of Light Pañcāṅga 2017

A practical pañcāṅga (Vedic almanac) covering the 2017 solar year, calculated for Sacramento CA by Science of Light. Includes retrograde cycles, nakṣatra transits, Vedic festivals with astronomical basis, and a section on muhūrta — the science of auspicious timing.

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Matri Matarishvan

Brahma Vidyā: The Agni Purāṇa

The Agni Purāṇa — one of the most encyclopaedic of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas — as a study resource in Brahma Vidyā, the direct knowledge of the ultimate reality.

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Dharma Yoga: Adi Shankaracharya

How a child from coastal Kerala became the philosopher who systematised Advaita Vedānta and established four living monastic institutions across India — a life that reshaped the spiritual geography of a civilisation in thirty-two years.

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Kashmir Shaivism — the 36 tattvas

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.

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Sublime Bhakti Sūtras of Sage Śāṇḍilya

Śrī Śāṇḍilya’s hundred sūtras define bhakti as parā anurakti — supreme attachment to the Lord. A less-circulated translation; for those prepared to receive it, a door-way other editions do not open.

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