Yoga Kuṇḍalinī — A Classical Manual
A classical manual on kuṇḍalinī practice — the preparation of body and nervous system (śarīra-śuddhi, nāḍī-śodhana, kriyā sequence), t…
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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 Ya…
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, gen…
Devi Mahatmya — The Glory of the Goddess
The Durga Saptasati — 700 verses mapping the Goddess’s defeat of cosmic delusion — with Swami Sivananda’s introduction and the complete PDF fo…
Yoga Stretches
A practical guide to yoga-based stretching — distinguishing the held, breath-integrated āsana from the ballistic stretch, addressing the role of th…
The Origin of the Mahavidyas: Sati, Daksha, and the Ten Great Wisdoms
The Puranic story of Sati’s confrontation with Daksha and the emergence of the ten Dasa Mahavidyas — the complete map of divine feminine power in …
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, n…
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…
Dharma Yoga: Adi Shankaracharya
How a child from coastal Kerala became the philosopher who systematised Advaita Vedānta and established four living monastic institutions across Indi…
Yoga Vāsiṣṭha: Rāma’s Monologue of Despondency
The opening of the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha — Rāma's great dispassion — and why his ancient crisis of meaning is the tradition's model for genuine enqu…
Pṛthivī Sūkta — Hymn to the Earth (Atharva Veda)
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, Eart…
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 westwa…
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 pr…
The Śiva Svarodaya — Alchemy of Sun and Moon
The foundational scripture of svara yoga — the science of the breath — given as a dialogue between Pārvatī and Śiva across 396 verses on nāḍ…