by SOYA admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Meditation and Pranayama
Excerpt from the book Spiritual Yoga by Gyandev McCord In his book, Gyandev shares affirmations for many different yoga postures. See the bottom of this article for a list of several of the affirmations that can be found in his wonderful book! You can get...
by Mugs McConnell | Dec 3, 2021 | Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs
The 14th Kriya in this series of 20 Tantric Kriyas A Chakra चक्र is a “wheel of energy”, or a center of spiritual power. The most widely known Chakras run along the spinal cord and into the brain. They are actually in the energy or astral body, as opposed to the...
by Mugs McConnell | Nov 4, 2021 | Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs
Amrit Pan is the 13th Kriya in this series of 20 Tantric Kriyas. Amrita (अमृत) literally means “immortality”. It relates to the nectar the Greeks called “ambrosia”, which is the nectar or food that gave them immortality. This Rig Veda tells us the nectar is flowing...
by Mugs McConnell | Oct 6, 2021 | Meditation and Pranayama
Shambhavi Mudra is the 12th Kriya in this series of 20 Tantric Kriyas. Shambhavi Mudra is first described in Letters from the Yoga Masters on page 132. It teaches how to focus the eyes softly to the mid brow area. Here we can build on that technique as part of these...
by SOYA admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Meditation and Pranayama
By Kim Boykin Shambhala Sun, January 1998 Permission to share noted at end of article. My husband and I spent last summer at my family’s cabin in Grand Lake, Colorado, at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. In town one day, I picked up a pamphlet on living in...
by Mugs McConnell | Sep 9, 2021 | Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs
Shakti Chalani Kriya is the 11th Kriya in this series of 20 Tantric Kriyas. Shakti means “energy” and Chalani means “to churn”. This kriya facilitates the rotation of Shakti, the feminine or Kundalini Energy within us. Shakti Chalani is a name given for yogic...
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