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Mindfulness
Matri

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 stages of Swami Satyananda’s modern system.

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Philosophy and Mithya
Matri

Bhaṇḍāsura and the Victory of Mahātripura Sundarī

The Lalitopākhyāna narrative from the Brahmā Purāṇa — Bhaṇḍāsura born from Kāmadeva’s ashes, ruling the three worlds for sixty thousand years, and the emergence of Lalitā Mahātripura Sundarī from the fire of pure consciousness to defeat him. The theological reading: desire as static power and its conversion.

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Books and Texts
River Orion

Yoga Kuṇḍalinī — A Classical Manual

A 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 already present and the practice creates conditions for its movement.

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Books and Texts
River Orion

Yantra — Sacred Geometry across Śaiva/Śākta/Vaiṣṇava Traditions

A 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 maṇḍala structures, and Vaiṣṇava diagrams. Situates yantra as sacred technology, not decorative art.

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Satsangs & Masters
Matri

Tantra Shastra: An Introduction

What tantra actually is, why it includes rather than excludes, and how Śakti — the animating energy of all life — sits at the centre of the entire system.

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Tend the flame

Slow letters on yoga, ecology, and the old ways. Arrives like monsoon — rare, full, alive.

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