The library
Resources
Practices, texts and writing on classical yoga — everything in one place.
Sun, moon & planets
Astrology & yoga
A section of its own — jyotisha's real place beside yoga, Surya Kriya and the sun tradition, moon days, and honest boundaries on what the planets do and don't do.
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The practice library
Practices
6 categories — asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, kriya and meditation — each cited from the classical texts.
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The source texts
Texts
Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Gheranda Samhita — chapter by chapter, with our commentary.
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The asana matrix
Asanas, mapped
Every posture in one filterable index — Sanskrit name and meaning, family, level, what it works on, what prepares it, what releases it, and where the classical texts name it.
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Practice by goal
Where to start
Hand-written sequences for beginners, flexibility, lower-back comfort, morning practice and posture — each with a beginner and an intermediate version, honest cautions and what the evidence actually supports.
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Technique by purpose
Breathing & pranayama
Hand-written guides to breathwork — starting safely, breathing for sleep, Nadi Shodhana, Bhramari, slow breathing and what the evidence actually supports.
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Timing & rhythm
How long, how often
How long to hold poses, how often to practise, whether ten minutes is enough, Savasana length and more — breath-led answers for real schedules.
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Equipment
Choosing a mat
Thickness, size, materials, sensitive knees and balance — honest mat guides without the sales fog.
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Source & scholarship
Classical texts, modern questions
What the Pradipika says about asana, what Patanjali meant by steady and comfortable, the eight limbs, mudras, longevity — textual evidence, history, tradition and modern research kept carefully apart.
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Deep rest
Yoga Nidra
Guided deep rest, lying down — a full beginner script, using it for sleep, how long and how often, sankalpa, NSDR compared, and the honest history of the practice.
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The daily sequence
Sun Salutation
All twelve positions breath by breath, a four-week beginner path, how many rounds make sense, the breath rule, the real twentieth-century history — and Surya Kriya and Surya Shakti compared honestly.
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Stress and anxiety
When the mind won't settle
Careful, evidence-led guides: what practice can honestly offer an anxious system, an evening sequence, restorative shapes, the breathing that helps and the breathing that backfires, and where a doctor belongs in the picture.
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Practice essentials
Buy with discernment
Six focused collections on tongue scrapers, meditation cushions, copper bottles, rudraksha malas, TPE mats and singing bowls — materials, fit, use, care and honest evidence.
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Food and practice
Sattvic and pranic food
What the sources say, what modern pranic food lists mean, what to eat, and how to use the four-hour empty-stomach guideline without turning it into dogma.
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Essays & notes
Blog
The latest writing — essays and notes on classical yoga, meditation, philosophy and practice.
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Subtle body & history
The 114 chakras, explained
The seven familiar centres, the 114-chakra teaching, locations, petals, seed sounds and colours — with classical texts, living lineage and modern interpretation kept clearly apart.
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Ritual objects, honestly
Copper, grounding & structured water
What grounding really means, why yogis have worn copper for centuries, and what 'structured water' claims do and don't say — no miracle promises.
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Recommended reading
Books we genuinely recommend — the ones we hand to people who ask where to begin.
Swami Rama
Living with the Himalayan Masters
A modern classic on the living tradition — Swami Rama's account of the teachers who trained him, and what direct experience actually means.
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi
The book that carried classical yoga and its lineage to the wider world — Yogananda's life story, and still the warmest doorway into the science of meditation.
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Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
Stephen Mitchell's lucid translation of the eighty-one chapters on effortlessness and balance — not a yoga text, but the closest neighbour to the stillness the classical yoga books are aiming at.
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