River Orion
Senior Educator15 shakti
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Self-Discipline in 10 Days — Theodore BryantTheodore Bryant’s 153-page practical guide to building self-discipline as a learnable skill — structured in ten daily chapters. A Western psychological companion to the tradition’s own analysis of vāsanā,…
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Yoga in Daily LifeA systematic approach to bringing yoga practice off the mat and into the rhythms of ordinary days — morning protocols, breath practice integrated with work, evening wind-down, and the understanding that every…
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River Orion posted a new post. 2 days ago
Tibetan Dream Yoga — Milam, Six Yogas of NāropaA 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…
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River Orion posted a new post. 3 days ago
The Butter Thief — Kṛṣṇa's Makhan-Chor CycleThe makhan-chor cycle — Kṛṣṇa’s childhood thefts of butter in Braj — as a sustained text of Vaiṣṇava theology. The butter is śakti in its most condensed, most nourishing form; the theft is the divine’s…
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River Orion posted a new post. 5 days ago
The Heartbeat of the Absolute — Osho on the Īśāvāsya UpaniṣadOsho’s discourses on the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad — eighteen verses that open with the declaration that the entire universe is pervaded by the divine (īśāvāsyam idaṃ sarvaṃ). Osho reads the Upaniṣad as a teaching on…
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Shrimad Bhagavad Gītā — Bilingual Sanskrit and English EditionA 77-page bilingual edition of the Bhagavad Gītā presenting the complete Sanskrit Devanāgarī text alongside an English translation. All 18 adhyāyas — from Arjuna’s crisis on Kurukṣetra through…
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River Orion posted a new post. 2 weeks ago
Astro-Ethnobiology — Jyotiṣa, Human Character, and the Ecology of the CosmosPeer-reviewed paper (J. Hum. Ecol. 17(4), 2005) by Padhy, Dash, and Padmavati examining the astrological basis of human character from an ethno-biological perspective — a scholarly engagement with the Jyotiṣa…
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River Orion posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Friday Kirtan at Mata'sEvery Friday 6–8pm, the Ecology Yoga community gathers at Mata’s for two hours of devotional singing — call and response, Sanskrit bhajans, mantras from the Śaiva and Śākta traditions. Recording from a recent gathering.
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River Orion posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Healing Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Havan at Mata's on SaturdaysEvery Saturday, the Ecology Yoga community gathers for a havan centred on the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya mantra — the ancient Vedic fire ritual with offering, stotra, kirtan, and saṅkalpa. For healing, transformation, and…
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River Orion posted a new post. 6 weeks ago
Yoga Kuṇḍalinī — A Classical ManualA 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…
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River Orion posted a new post. 6 weeks ago
Yantra — Sacred Geometry across Śaiva/Śākta/Vaiṣṇava TraditionsA 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…
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River Orion posted a new post. 6 weeks ago
Yoga for Breast Cancer Patients and SurvivorsA 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…
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River Orion posted a new post. 6 weeks ago
Yoga StretchesA 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…
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River Orion posted a new post. 7 weeks ago
Vedic Planner — Science of Light Pañcāṅga 2017A 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…
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River Orion posted a new post. 3 months ago
The Bhagavad Gītā's Enduring QuestionWhat the Gītā actually asks — and why its answer through karma yoga and dharmic action remains the most practical teaching for ecological and relational life.
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