Sublime

This book is about how to cultivate a yoga practice, what constitutes a yoga practice, how to recognize and work with the different stages on the path, and how to keep the tradition of yoga a living tradition through committed practice and critical engagement. On a heart level, this book is about the cultivation of patience, honesty, nonviolence, w

Devī’s Śaktis Created from her own essence. Sampatkarī from her goad. Aśvārūḍhā from her noose. Vārāhī (a.k.a. Daṇḍanāthā Devī) from her arrows; she is the commander-in-chief who rides the chariot known as Kiricakra. Mātaṅgī from her bow; she is the prime minister and rides the chariot known as Geyacakra. All the śaktis of the Śrīcakra.

Yoga is part of an ancient system meant precisely to address human

Working to perfect Mūlabandha is key to enhancing an āsana practice (and to beginning and deepening your prāṇāyāma and meditation practices), because all poses ground through the seed-point of Mūlabandha and, on a more external level, the pelvic floor.

In my meditations, I had been achieving heights by pushing down on the lower energies. But that was just a form of suppression. I had to learn to channel those energies upward instead of pushing them away from me. It took some time, but I eventually began to realize the true purpose of yoga. Done properly, yoga is the science of channeling all ener