The core of the 'new American invention' somatic yoga lies in interoception, the lived experience of the body from within. Something essential of all yoga, but redefined again due to so much confusion in the field of yoga. Yoga practice is grounded in first-person sensation rather than external form, visual imitation, or predefined outcomes. Movements … Continue reading The Essence of Somatic Yoga
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Structural Yoga and Somatic Yoga
Two Epistemologies of the Body 1. Yoga as a Way of Knowing Yoga has never been merely a system of exercises. At its core, it is a discipline of perception. Every genuine yoga tradition implies a particular answer to a fundamental question: how do we know the body? Is the body something that must be … Continue reading Structural Yoga and Somatic Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga and hearing of tinnitus, how does these relate? And how can we awaken spiritual seekers for understanding what is Nonsense and what is Truth?
In the world there is so much misunderstanding of spiritual phenomena. For instance the above question already contains a misunderstanding. Here is a dissection of the problem. Surat Shabd Yoga (also known as the Yoga of the Inner Light and Sound) places great emphasis on attuning to the Anahad Shabd or Audible Life Stream—a divine … Continue reading Surat Shabd Yoga and hearing of tinnitus, how does these relate? And how can we awaken spiritual seekers for understanding what is Nonsense and what is Truth?
Surat Shabd Yoga: A Historical Overview and Meditation Practice
Surat Shabd Yoga, often translated as the "Yoga of the Inner Light and Sound" or the "Union of the Soul with the Divine Sound Current," is a contemplative meditation tradition emphasizing direct inner experience of divine light and sound as the path to spiritual liberation. Historical Origins and Development The roots of Surat Shabd Yoga … Continue reading Surat Shabd Yoga: A Historical Overview and Meditation Practice
VedicVibes Youtube Channel as a catalyst for transformation and out-of-the-box spirituality
VedicVibes: Leaving the Box of Modern Spirituality https://www.youtube.com/@Vedicvibesorg Much of what today passes for meditation, yoga, and spirituality no longer challenges anything. It soothes, reassures, and confirms. Techniques are packaged, experiences are explained in advance, and inner life is framed in ready-made narratives. The result is a spirituality that feels active but rarely transformative. The … Continue reading VedicVibes Youtube Channel as a catalyst for transformation and out-of-the-box spirituality
When Magick Lacks Yoga
On 'Un prince de Belzébuth' and the image that colonises inner space The book 'Un prince de Belzébuth. La mort d’un sorcier' by Jean Lorédan (1853 -1937), with a preface by the famous student of magick and the occult Louis Pauwels, and the accompanying image of Hell attributed to the Italian painter Andrea Orcagna, do not … Continue reading When Magick Lacks Yoga
There Is No Going Inside: stop New Age Misleading Language!
Go Inside. Go Inside. Feel inside. Etc. Noooo! There Is Only Watching What Is Rising! Much of contemporary meditation rests on a subtle but decisive mistake. People are told to go inside, to turn inward, to enter the body, or to descend into deeper layers of experience. This language sounds innocent, but it quietly introduces … Continue reading There Is No Going Inside: stop New Age Misleading Language!
With Chinese Inner Alchemy we can avoid New Age Fantasies
New age fantasies are penetrating the entire western meditative world. I am sick of it. It leads people totally astray. Anyone who works seriously with inner sensing, inner light, or subtle bodily regulation will eventually encounter the same problem: as soon as experience becomes subtle, people start to inflate it with stories. Lights turn into … Continue reading With Chinese Inner Alchemy we can avoid New Age Fantasies
Singing as a Way to Activate the Inner Light: Innovation in Meditation
How Sound Can Open the Field of Phosphenes! Most people associate phosphenes, the inner lights seen with closed eyes, with silence, darkness, or visual practices. Far less explored is the role of the voice. Yet sound, when used in a very specific way, can act as a direct catalyst for the emergence and stabilization of … Continue reading Singing as a Way to Activate the Inner Light: Innovation in Meditation
Āloka-Saññā and the Ancient Lineage of Inner Light Perception: phosphenes and the Buddha
Among the earliest and clearest descriptions of internally generated luminosity in the contemplative traditions is the Pāli term āloka-saññā, which translates as the perception of light, or more literally, the recognition and knowing of light. This term appears repeatedly in the early Buddhist canon, not merely as a poetic metaphor but as a reproducible perceptual … Continue reading Āloka-Saññā and the Ancient Lineage of Inner Light Perception: phosphenes and the Buddha
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