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Dedication
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD BY ALEXANDRA POPE
AUTHOR’S PREFACE – OPENING PRACTICE: AN INVOCATION TO YONI ŚAKTI
introduction
WELCOME HOME
WHO NEEDS YONI ŚAKTI ?
WHAT IS WOMB YOGA AND DO I NEED A WOMB TO PRACTISE IT?
OLD ROOTS
WOMB ECOLOGY AND THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF FEMININITY
YOGINĪS AS AGENTS FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
WHAT IS A YOGINĪ ? NOTES ON TERMINOLOGY
STRONG LANGUAGE: A CAUTIONARY NOTE ON TONE AND TERMINOLOGY
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE TOWN
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
PART ONE FOUNDATIONS
foundations of womb yoga
THIRTEEN GATES
CHAPTER ONE from exclusion to initiation: men teaching women, women teaching the world
SO MANY WOMEN
WESTERN WOMEN LEARNING YOGA 1890–1960
ADAPTING THE TEACHINGS: WESTERN WOMEN SHARING YOGA INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TRADITIONS, 1960–2010
STORIES FROM TODAY’S STUDIOS: DISEMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN YOGA THROUGH DISCOURAGEMENT, DISRESPECT, DISREGARD AND DISCONNECTION
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN’S YOGA PRACTICE THROUGH EXPLORATION, WELCOMING, OPEN SHARING, HONOURING AND RECONNECTION
WATCHING THE TIDE TURN: GUIDELINES FOR A PRACTICAL FEMININE YOGA CONSCIOUSNESS
for women doing yoga now
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER TWO women in the pre-history and early development of yoga
HOW DID WE GET HERE? CONSIDERING THE ROOTS OF YOGA, EXPLORING THE ROUTES OF YOGA
HISTORIES OF YOGA: THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAṬHA YOGA
‘NO WOMEN PLEASE, WE’RE YOGIS.’ WAS CLASSICAL HAṬHA YOGA FOR BOYS ONLY?
HERSTORIES OF YOGA: ‘ARE THERE ANY GIRLS IN HERE?’ LOOKING FOR WOMEN IN THE PRE-HISTORY OF YOGA; GODDESS WORSHIP AND THE GLOBAL MATRIARCHAL NETWORK OF NURTURE
FEMALE VOICE AND PRESENCE IN THE VEDAS
TĀNTRIK YOGINĪS: WERE THE WOMEN TEACHING MEN?
BHAKTI YOGINĪS: DEVOTION AS A DIRECT LINE TO SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER THREE female siddhis: intuited origins for a new perspective on yoga
ANGELA FARMER’S ‘LEGEND’: ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING IT
PĀRVATĪ AND ŚIVA
AN INVITATION TO A RADICAL NEW PERSPECTIVE
MAGICAL MYSTERIES IN YOGA: SIDDHIS, THE SUPERNATURAL POWERS IN HAṬHA AND RĀJĀ YOGA
FEMALE SIDDHIS
FEMALE SIDDHIS THE ORIGINAL INSPIRATION FOR YOGA?
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER FOUR awakening to the feminine energy of the life force: prāṇa śakti and the foundations of womb yoga
WELCOMING THE POWER OF LIFE
CIRCLE OF FLOWING BREATH: WELCOMING THE RHYTHMIC BREATH CYCLE
STAGE ONE
STAGE TWO
FULL YOGIC BREATH: WIDENING THE CIRCLE, INVITING THE GUESTS TO LINGER
VICTORY AND SURRENDER: THE OCEAN–GOLDEN THREAD COMBINATION
GOLDEN THREAD
UJJĀYĪ
OPENING THE LOTUS TO PRĀṆA ŚAKTI: INTEGRATED SOUND, BREATH AND HASTA MUDRĀ (HAND GESTURE) MEDITATION
CHAPTER FIVE greeting the womb with love: nine core practices of yoni namaskāra
RECONNECTION
HEART-WOMB RIVER: THE CHANNEL OF ENERGY BETWEEN LOVE AND CREATIVITY
YONISTHĀNA CAKRA: PLACING THE WOMB BETWEEN EARTH AND WATER
HOW TO USE THESE PRACTICES
A NOTE ON BREATH AND MUDRĀ
HEART-WOMB RIVER SACRED GREETING GESTURE: RIVER-LOTUS FORM (INNER)
HEART-WOMB RIVER SACRED GREETING GESTURE: RIVER-LOTUS FORM (OUTER)
HEART-WOMB RIVER SACRED GREETING GESTURE: LOTUS-OCEAN FORM
HEART-WOMB RIVER MEDITATION
HEAD-HEART SACRED GESTURE MEDITATION
WOMB POWER SACRED GESTURES SEQUENCE
HIRAṆYA GARBHA: GOLDEN COSMIC WOMB
YONI ŚAKTI PŪJĀ: HONOURING THE POWER OF THE WOMB
SEED–FLOWER SEQUENCE
WOMB ELEVATION BRIDGE SEQUENCE
EXTENDED HEART SPACE TWIST POSE
CHAPTER SIX honouring the feminine energy of the life force: nine practices of prāṇa śakti pūjā
MAGICAL RIVER IN SPATE: FULLNESS FLOWING IN THE HEART-WOMB RIVER, HṚDAYA-YONI NADĪ
MORE ON MUD: YONISTHĀNA AND THE SPECIAL PLACE OF THE WOMB
MUD IN THE SCRIPTURES: YONISTHĀNA AND OTHER REFERENCES
PRACTICES TO UNLOCK POWER AND HONOUR THE FEMININE ENERGY OF THE LIFE FORCE: ŚAKTI BANDHAS AND PRĀṆA ŚAKTI PŪJĀ
BHAVA OR INNER FEELING
1 | WOMB PILGRIMAGE: MILL GRINDING (CAKKI CALANĀSANA)
2 | WOMB-HONOURING RHYTHM
3 | LOTUS FEET BREATHING
4 | FULL BUTTERFLY WOMB PILGRIMAGE
5 | SNAKE CIRCLES THE WOMB
6 | STANDING WOMB PILGRIMAGES
7 | STANDING HEART-WOMB RIVER SACRED GREETING GESTURES
8 | FULL HANDS WOMB ENERGY PILGRIMAGE
9 | ETERNAL FOUNTAIN OF ENERGY INVOCATION
NOTE ON PADĀ BANDHA AND MŪLA BANDHA IN THESE PRACTICES
CHAPTER SEVEN embodied spirit: experiencing yoni śakti with womb yoga
ELEMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN YOGA AND THE TAITTIRĪYA UPANIṢAD
TABLE OF FIVES: PENTADS IN SĀṂKHYA AND YOGA
FIVE DIMENSIONS OF BEING SEQUENCE WITH GESTURE AND SOUND
ŚAKTA TANTRA: THE FLOODS OF BLISS AND BEAUTY (SAUNDARYA-LAHARĪ) AND TEACHING ON THE WISDOM OF THE UNION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL WITH UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS (VIJÑĀNA BHAIRAVA TANTRA)
HONOURING THE ELEMENTS WITH SOUND AND GESTURE
TATTVA YANTRA
PART TWO LIFE CYCLES & THE WISDOM GODDESSES
CHAPTER EIGHT Kālī Cycles and circles of female siddhis
A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY NOTE ON WOMEN’S RHYTHMS AND CYCLES
THE WHOLE CIRCLE: A PATTERN OF INTERCONNECTION
FROM BUD TO SEED: CYCLES AND CIRCLES
WOMBS / ROOMS
SIXTEEN CYCLES
GODDESSES AND SIDDHIS
THE TEN GREAT WISDOM GODDESSES (DAŚA MAHĀVIDYĀS) AND THE FEMALE SIDDHIS
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
MĀHAVIDYĀS IN THE CYCLES OF WOMEN’S LIVES
LIVING WITH THE MĀHAVIDYĀS
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS PART OF THE BOOK
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER NINE Ṣoḍasī Celebrating menarche: yoga and girls’ initiation into womanhood
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER AT MENARCHE
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
WRITING A LETTER TO YOUR YOUNGER SELF
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ A RITUAL TO RECONNECT THE PLACENTA WITH THE EARTH AND A RITUAL TO RE-VISION YOUR OWN MENARCHE
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER TEN Tārā Honouring the cycles of the moon within: yoga, menstruation and fertility
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
YOGA PRACTICES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ MENSTRUAL BLOOD PŪJĀ
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
PARAMPARĀ, OR THE YOGIC TOWER
EXEGESIS
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER ELEVEN Kamalātmikā Freeing the śakti: yoga and full spectrum feminine sexuality
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
A NOTE ON SEX IN NEO-TANTRA AND TĀNTRIK YOGA
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ JUICE AND HONEY
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER TWELVE Mataṅgi Manifesting the śakti: yoga and creative expression
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ LUCID DREAMING RITUAL
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Bhuvaneśvarī Nourishing the golden cosmic womb: yoga, pregnancy and birth
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ ON THE LAP OF THE COSMIC MOTHER
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Chinnamastā Thanksgiving, grieving and healing: yoga and postnatal recovery
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ RADICAL RITUAL RECYCLING 1: DRINK YOUR OWN BREAST MILK
RADICAL RITUAL RECYCLING 2: GIVE THE PLACENTA BACK TO THE EARTH
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Bagalāmukhī Stepping into the unknown: yoga and perimenopause
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ SELF-ANOINTING FOR ACCEPTANCE
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Bhairavī Embracing our power: yoga and menopause
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ RADICAL RITUAL RECYCLING 3: DRINK YOUR OWN AMAROLĪ
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Dhūmavatī Living our wisdom: yoga and the crowning of a woman’s life
MĀHAVIDYĀ AND SIDDHI WISDOM AND POWER
LIMITATIONS: CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
FREEDOMS: YOGA PERSPECTIVES, TECHNIQUES AND AWARENESS FOR BREATHING, MOVING AND BEING
YOGA PRACTICES
YOGIC REMEDIES AND RESPONSES
FEED THE WILD YOGINĪ ENCOUNTER YOUR OWN DEATH
QUESTIONS AND REFLECTIONS
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
PART THREE FURTHER PRACTICES OF WOMB YOGA
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Yoga nidrā : an inner ritual of healing and homecoming
LIST OF PRACTICES
SCRIPTS FOR YOGA NIDRĀ PRACTICES
YOGA NIDRĀ 1: STARRY NIGHT PURE YOGA NIDRĀ THE FUNDAMENTAL PRACTICE OF AWARENESS (KĀLĪ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 2: NEW BEGINNINGS MENARCHE, INNOCENCE, TRUST AND POWER (ṢOḌASĪ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 3: CYCLICAL WISDOM UNFOLDING MENSTRUATION, CYCLES AND SEASONAL TURNINGS (TĀRĀ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 4: IN THE WILD GARDEN, JOYOUS FREEDOM TO FLOW SEXUALITY, CREATIVITY AND JUICE (KAMALĀTMIKĀ AND MATAṄGI)
YOGA NIDRĀ 5: NOURISHING GROWTH NURTURING THE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT NEW LIFE (BHUVANEŚVARĪ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 6: THANKSGIVING AND GRIEVING POSTNATAL RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION AND ADAPTATION (CHINNAMASTĀ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 7: BEING WITH NOT KNOWING PERIMENOPAUSE AND THE INEVITABILITY OF CHANGE; BECOMING THE SEED AT THE HEART OF THE FRUIT (BAGALĀMUKHĪ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 8: SELF-ANOINTING RITUAL EMBRACING POWER, MENOPAUSE AND THE CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK ONE’S OWN TRUTH; EMPOWERED BY NATURE TO BE YOUR TRUE SELF (BHAIRAVĪ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 9: OUT OF THE SMOKE TOUCHING POWER CLOSE TO THE BONE (DHŪMAVATĪ)
YOGA NIDRĀ 10: IN THE YOGINĪS’ TEMPLE RESTING AND HEALING TO LIVE IN WISDOM AND POWER: FULL CONSTELLATION OF YOGINĪS
FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES
CHAPTER NINETEEN intimacy: mind and breath
MEDITATION: WELCOMING INNER SILENCE, CONNECTING WITH THE INNER TEACHER (ANTAR MOUNA)
BREATH DANCES (PRĀṆĀYĀMA)
Golden thread breath
Peaks and valleys breath (also used as Birthing breath)
Triangle breaths and psychic alternate nostril breathing
Balancing breath (padadhirasana)
Sonic massage (bīja mantra massage)
Humming bee breaths (bhrāmarī prāṇāyama)
Cooling breaths (śīthalī and sitkarī)
Healing breath
CHAPTER TWENTY energy locks and seals (bandhas and mudrmudas)
AWAKENING THE FEET AND HANDS (PADĀ BANDHA, HASTA BANDHA)
A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY: PELVIC MUSCLES AND THE MYTH OF THE “PELVIC FLOOR”
VAGINAL ROOT LOCK FOR USE WITH EMPTY WOMB (YOGINĪ MŪLA BANDHA)
MENSTRUAL AND PREGNANCY ROOT LOCK FOR USE WITH FULL WOMB (GARBHA MŪLA BANDHA)
UPLIFTING LOCK WITH ROOT LOCK UḌḌĪYĀNA BANDHA WITH MŪLA BANDHA)
RECLINING UPLIFTING LOCK (SUPTA UḌḌĪYĀNA BANDHA)
HORSE GESTURE (ANAL SQUEEZE) (ASHVINI MUDRA)
PSYCHIC GESTURE (URETHRAL SQUEEZE) (SAHAJOLĪ MUDRĀ)
URINE DRINKING (AMAROLĪ)
FIVE ELEMENTAL HAND GESTURES (HASTA MUDRĀS)
Earth gesture / pṛthivī mudrā
Water gesture / āpas mudrā
Fire gesture / agni mudrā
Heart space gesture (relating to element of air) / hṛdaya mudrā
Space gesture / ākāśa mudrā
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE support and nurture: security and uplift for the pelvic organs
APPLICATIONS
INTEGRATION OF PELVIC ORGAN SUPPORT AND POSITIVE POSTURE INTO DAILY LIFE
HEALING BREATH: LIFTING UP TO HEAL AND ENERGISE
SEMI-SUPINE PRACTICES
Explorations with a flat lower back (counter-nutated pelvis)
Explorations with an arched back (nutated pelvis)
Explorations in decompression of pelvic organs
Combined explorations with decompression and arched back
Explorations in foot arch support (pāda bandha) for vaginal lift (yoginī mūla bandha), pelvic lift and pelvic organ support
INVERTED PRACTICES
Pelvic tilts with feet against wall
Rolling pelvic lift with feet against wall
Supported restorative pelvic lift with feet against wall and in Butterfly pose
STANDING PRACTICES
Standing cat with agnisāra kriyā
Pelvic tilts exploration and rolling pelvic lift with back against wall
Dynamic taḍāsana (Mountain pose) for pelvic organ support
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO nurturing and freeing energy
BREAST CARE AND ENERGY NURTURE PRACTICE (DEER EXERCISE)
COMPLETE LIBERATION OF ENERGY SERIES (PŪRṄA PAVANAMUKTĀSANA OR PPMA)
A: From stick pose
B: From Butterfly pose
C: From Cat pose
D: From kneeling
E: From easy cross-legged pose
POSES TO UNBLOCK THE LIFE FORCE ENERGY (ŚAKTI BANDHAS)
Womb pilgrimage (cakki calanāsana)
Pulling the rope
Dynamic spinal twist
Rowing the boat
Pumping water (easy version)
Pumping water (deeper version)
Greeting squats
Rocking and twisting mermaid (sacro-iliac joint-stabilising practice)
CLEANSING PRACTICES (KRIYA)
Essence of fire cleansing (Agnisara kriya)
Shining skull breath (kapalabhati)
BEING IN THE CYCLES / THE DANCE OF LIFE
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE integrations
SEQUENCED POSES WITH GESTURES (ĀSANA-MUDRĀ-MANTRA-VINYĀSA)
Full moon salute (pūrṇa candra namaskāra)
Moon phase salute (candra namaskāra)
Swaying palm tree with Womb greeting sequence (taḍāsana vinyāsa with yoni mudrā)
Postnatal sun salute
Feminine strength: spiritual warrior dance
BALANCING POSES
Fierce goddess and Lord of the dance vinyāsa (śiva/śakti: devījai utkaṛāsana-naṛarājāsana vinyāsa)
Half moon pose: easy version
FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR spirals and snakes
SEQUENCES FROM CAT POSE AND KNEELING
Circles and spirals
Kneeling salutations (vajrāsana namaskāra)
Rising snake series (kuṇḍalini vinyāsa, śaśāṅkabhujaṅgāsana)
Snake pose variation
TWISTS
Extended heart space twist
Standing twist (katicakrāsana)
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE nourishment
INVERSIONS
Half shoulderstand flow (viparīta karaṇī mudrā)
SUPPORTED POSES AND RESTORATIVES PART 1
Wall as teacher sequence
SUPPORTED POSES AND RESTORATIVES PART 2
Simple and super deluxe five-star corpse pose (savasana)
Supported side-lying
Open flower (supta baddhakoṇāsana)
In the golden cosmic womb (Queen’s pose) (hiraṇya garbha / supported supta baddhakoṇāsana)
Hare pose (śaśāṅkāsana) with fists and blankets
Supported forward bend
Surrender and worship (praṇāmāsana)
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX connection and flow
SUGGESTED SEQUENCING FOR PRACTICE AND CLASSES
For uplifting spirits and energising:
For calming and grounding:
For reconnection and self-acceptance:
To nourish and strengthen:
To get unstuck and move on:
To become cool, collected and quietly energised:
To build sexual and creative energies:
MENSTRUAL AND FERTILITY MĀLĀ : CIRCLE OF PRACTICES TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND TO SUPPORT FERTILITY
PART FOUR EXPANSIONS
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN world as womb: womb ecology, eco-feminism and yoga activism: a powerful force for change
RESOURCES FOR YOGA AND ECO-FEMINIST ACTIVISM
FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH
RUNNING TO GROUND, GOING HOME TO THE EARTH: THE STORY OF THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF SITA
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT a womb-friendly yoga manifesto
PART 1 THE NEED FOR WOMB-FRIENDLINESS IN THE YOGA WORLD
PART 2 THE INFORMATION
YOGA AND WOMB LIFE: SPECIAL TIMES
At-a-glance table for womb-friendly yoga practice
A VOICE FROM THE WOMB
SHARING THIS INFORMATION
REVEALING THE COSMIC GATEWAY
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE conclusion and beginnings: śakti circles
CLOSING RITUAL: GREETING WOMEN’S POWER IN A ŚAKTI CIRCLE ‘NAMASTE TO YOU, SISTER: AND NAMASTE TO YOUR ŚAKTI!’
A NOTE TO MALE READERS
A NOTE ON YOGA LINEAGES AND TRADITIONS
AFTERWORD genesis, gestation and birth of Yoni Śakti: learning to be fearless
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TRAININGS, RETREATS AND LEARNING RESOURCES
NOTES ON PRONOUNCING SANSKRIT WORDS
SANSKRIT GLOSSARY OF TERMS
SELECT CHRONOLOGY: 50,000 BCE – 2003 CE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PERMISSIONS
INDEX OF THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS AND LIFE EXPERIENCES
INDEX OF PRACTICES
GENERAL INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
APPENDIX TEN MĀHAVIDYĀ YANTRAS: FOR MEDITATION AND CONTEMPLATION commentary and reflections by Nirlipta Tuli, illustrator
WHAT IS A YANTRA?
POWER AND SYMBOLISM
BASIC INSTRUCTIONS ON TRATAK: USING YANTRA FOR MEDITATION
MANTRA AND YANTRA
CAUTIONARY NOTE
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