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 in northern New South Wales.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

The pūrṇāhuti — the final offering that seals a Vedic ritual — chanted from the opening invocation of the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad. Audio recording with Sanskrit, chant guide, and translation.

Bābā Śrī Chand Bhagavān Jī's Mātrā Sāhib — the foundational composition of the Udāsī order, recited daily by the lineage. Jñāna yoga, tyāga, tapasyā, and sevā distilled into chant.

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.