The Five Prāṇas — The Breath in the Body Is the Breath of the World
Six seekers came to the sage Pippalāda, and one asked the question everything rests on: what powers hold this body together? The answer was the fivef…
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Brahmacarya Is Not What You Were Told — The Restraint That Was Never a Wall
Brahma means higher awareness; ācharya means to live in. The word is about where a person lives, not about what they may do in bed — and Patañjali…
The Hindu Yogi Science of Breath – Ramamcharaka
An early 20th-century survey of yoga within the Hindu religious and philosophical framework — āsana, prāṇāyāma, mantra, and the classical dar…
Yoga in Daily Life
A systematic approach to bringing yoga practice off the mat and into the rhythms of ordinary days — morning protocols, breath practice integrated wi…
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…
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…
Yoga Nidra in a Nutshell
An accessible introduction to yoga nidrā — its tantric roots in nyāsa practice, the layered structure of the mind it works with, and the eight sta…
The Potential of Mantra — Satsang by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
A 1981 satsang from Ganga Darshan, Munger — on awakening mantra śakti through anuṣṭhāna, the two forms of Gāyatrī, the Navaratri sādhana cy…
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…
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…
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 Secret of Health: Yoga and the Inner Ecology of the Mind
Swami Satyananda’s teaching on why physical health without mental hygiene is incomplete — and the precise yoga tools that address the interface wh…
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…
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.…