BSY and Rikhiapeeth: Pilgrimage to the Bihar Yoga Ashrams
A pilgrim’s guide to Bihar School of Yoga in Munger and Rikhiapeeth in Deoghar — two living centres of the Satyananda lineage and how to approach …
Sanskrit and Avestan languages in parallel
Sanskrit and Avestan are not cousins — they are siblings. Two voices from one root, still recognisable in each other's faces across four thousand ye…
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…
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…
Yoga Branches in a Nutshell
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 Yamas and Niyamas: Patañjali’s Foundation for Practice
Patañjali's eight-limbed path begins with ten ethical commitments — five yamas turned outward to the world, five niyamas turned inward to the self.…
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 Eco-Yoga Portal — now known…
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 …