Kāla Bhairava, the Black Dog, and the Child at the Gate — The Guardian of the Eternal City
Before you may meet Śiva at Kāśī, you must first seek the permission of the one who guards the gate — Kāla Bhairava, the Kotwāl of Vārāṇas…
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The Great Night — Mahāśivarātri, and the Hour a Stone Was Given Its Breath
On 1 March 2022 a black stone at Middle Pocket was bathed at half past midnight and made a temple. The night it happened on is four thousand years old…
54 — 10 — ONE
A working record of what was built, by how many people, and in what order — from a payroll of fifty-four to five properties on three stacks, rebuilt…
Every Village Is a Limb of the Mother — The Om Sakthi Song and the Landmarks as the Goddess’s Body
A song climbs a long ladder of names — Madurai's Mīnākṣī, Kāśī's Viśālākṣī, Mysore's Cāmuṇḍī — until the whole map of the coun…
Sri Guru Stotram — Salutations to the Teacher
The fifteen shlokas of the Sri Guru Stotram with IAST transliteration and English translation — for chanting on Guru Purnima and daily practice. Aud…
Kṛṇvanto Viśvam Āryam — The Soma Prayer of the Ṛg Veda
Three words from Ṛg Veda 9.63.5 — 'make the whole world noble' — as a window into the Vedic cosmology of Soma: the lunar-restorative principle t…
The Book of Books — Rāmacaritamānasa of Tulsīdās: A Living Text for a World in Exile
Two Rishis walked in one morning carrying something wrapped in red cloth. What they placed on our altar has been sitting in the yoga hall ever since …
Śānti Mantra — Om Saha Nāv Avatu (Kena/Taittirīya Upaniṣads)
The peace invocation of the Kena, Katha, Śvetāśvatara, and Taittirīya Upaniṣads — chanted before and after every teaching session in the Vedic…
Full Śānti Path — Four Mantras: Asato Mā, Mahāmṛtyuñjaya, Tvameva Mātā
The complete Śānti Path — four prayers from different Vedic currents held together: the Bṛhadāraṇyaka passage from unreal to real, the prayer…
Mātṝkā in Sahasrāra — 50 Seed Syllables Across the Cakras (×20)
The fifty mātṝkā seed syllables of the Sanskrit alphabet distributed across the six primary cakras — Mūlādhāra through Ājñā — chanted tw…
Saṅkaṭanāśana Gaṇeśa Stotram — 13 Stanzas with Transliteration and Translation
The Saṅkaṭanāśana Gaṇeśa Stotram — thirteen stanzas naming the twelve primary epithets of Gaṇeśa, as narrated by Nārada. Recited at the…
Dīpajyotiḥ — Prayer While Lighting a Lamp
Two verses for the lighting of a lamp — the first invoking the flame's power to bring auspiciousness and dissolve enmity, the second naming the lamp…
Guru Śloka — Two Verses from the Guru Stotram
Two verses from the Śrī Guru Stotram (Guru Vandanam) — the first establishing the guru's identity with Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara, the seco…
Tantrokta Devī Suktam — Complete 30 Verses, Hymn to Aparājitā
The Tantrokta Devī Suktam in full — thirty verses recited at the close of the Devī Māhātmya, addressing the Goddess as she manifests in consciou…
Śrī Hanumān Chālīsā — Complete 40 Verses with Transliteration
The complete Hanumān Chālīsā — Tulsīdāsa's 16th-century Awadhi devotional poem, forty verses and two dohās, with full transliteration. The mo…
Liṅgāṣṭakam — Eight Verses to Sadāśiva
The Liṅgāṣṭakam in eight stanzas — each ending with the same declaration of prostration before Sadāśiva's liṅga. With full transliteratio…
Śrī Rāma Rāma Rāmeti — The Śloka Equal to the Thousand Names
The one-verse śloka given by Śiva to Pārvatī — chanting Rāma's name three times is equal in sanctity to reciting the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma in …
Guide to Chakra Bīja and Mātr̥kā — The Seed Syllables and the Alphabet Goddesses
A 38-page guide from the Sound Yoga Academy mapping the cakra bīja seed syllables (LAM, VAM, RAM, YAM, HAM, OM) and the mātr̥kā — the fifty Sans…
Mā Amba Lalithā Devī — Stotra and Devi Prayer
A 21-verse stotra to Mahātripurasundarī Lalitāmbikā with Sanskrit and English — each verse invoking a different aspect of the Goddess — follow…
Śrī Rājarājēśvaryaṣṭakaṁ — Hymn to the Queen of Queens
Eight-canto hymn to Mahātripurasundarī Lalitāmbikā, attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya. Full text in IAST and Devanagari with English translatio…
Friday Kirtan at Mata’s
Every Friday 6–8pm, the Ecology Yoga community gathers at Mata's for two hours of devotional singing — call and response, Sanskrit bhajans, mantra…
Healing Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Havan at Mata’s on Saturdays
Every Saturday, the Ecology Yoga community gathers for a havan centred on the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya mantra — the ancient Vedic fire ritual with offerin…
Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam — A Thousand Names of Devi
The complete Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam from the Brahmanda Purana — a thousand names of the divine feminine as a living map of consciousness, for chan…
Mantra Va — Alakh Bābā Śrī Chand Bhagavān Jī Mātrā Sāhib Jī (मात्रा साहिब · ਮਾਤਰਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ) with Babaji and Matri
Bābā Śrī Chand Bhagavān Jī's Mātrā Sāhib — the foundational composition of the Udāsī order, recited daily by the lineage. Jñāna yoga, t…
Mantra Pūrṇāhuti — पूर्णाहुति — Sanskrit and Audiotrack
The pūrṇāhuti — the final offering that seals a Vedic ritual — chanted from the opening invocation of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad. Audio recor…
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…
Grant
Receiving the Yoga For Good grant felt like a quiet wind finally catching my sails. After years of dreaming and sketching, this support allowed the…
Shri Kailashpati Mandir — A Temple Raised From the Ground It Stands On
A copper kalaśa given before there was any roof to put it on, and the mud-mix temple that rose to meet it — month by month, from 2021 to 2023.
Shri KailashPati Mandir — The Foundation Stone, and the River That Made It
June 2021: a fire that may not go out, a liṅga no hand carved, and a copper crown that had waited four years for a roof. The foundation of a temple …