Tag: yoga
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Anahata Chakra: part 1

Within the realm of Anahata chakra, ‘…there is this sense of being in the moment, and flowing with all the ups and downs of life, and this is Surrender.’
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‘Yoga at Lughnasa’, and ‘The Human Singing Bowl’

Please enjoy these two articles from Spandan (Michael McCann). The first, a beautiful poetic text regarding Symbols and meanings. The second, equally poetic, explores the infusion of the mantra OM through the human body. YOGA AT LUGHNASA “We shall show them Our signs on the horizon and in themselves…” …
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Manipura Chakra

Recordings compiled from a recent online course, and including content from the archives; the Chakra course at Mandala Yoga ashram in 2002. This recording is an introduction and a guided reflection to Manipura Chakra. The text books, especially those written by Swami Nishchalananda (see ‘Books’ in the header menu), give the standard definitions of the…
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Swadhishthana Chakra

Recordings compiled from a recent online course, and including content from the archives; the Chakra course at Mandala Yoga ashram in 2002. This recording is an introduction and a guided reflection to Swadhishthana Chakra. The text books, especially those written by Swami Nishchalananda (see ‘Books’ in the header menu), give the standard definitions of the…
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Mooladhara Chakra

Recordings compiled from a recent online course, and including content from the archives; the Chakra course at Mandala Yoga ashram in 2002. This recording is an introduction and a guided reflection to Mooladhara Chakra. The text books, especially those written by Swami Nishchalananda (see ‘Books’ in the header menu), give the standard definitions of the…
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A message from Swami Nishchalananda

Dear Friends,Despite these troubled times, I hope you are well. A year ago, I delivered a series of teachings and meditations on the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra, organised by Chitra Lekha in Sweden and recorded by Narada (Tony Sugden). Recently, Narada has put these recordings on my blog as a series of six recordings. I…
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Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – continued

The next two sessions in the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra series are now live. Subscribers to the series can find them in the subscription section on the main menu or the link on the front page, or by clicking on the link below. The sessions are in depth explorations of some of the dharanas (practices) from…
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Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – The Practices

As the editor of this blog, I’ve gone through all the archived recordings of Swamiji’s teachings on the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra from around 20 years ago. In terms of audio clarity and the breadth of content, the recent series that Swamiji did via Zoom is the best that I’ve found (and Swamiji is with me…
