Reflections on commissioning a personalised numerology mala
This year’s White Tantric Yoga was a big one. It stands apart from the eight or so others (not that I’m…
Category: Life as a yogi
Yoga and academia: Studying for an MA in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation
For a long time, I’ve been skeptical of academia, and deeply suspicious of the mind, which tends to get the…
Meet Fatehdeep Singh: Eternal student of gatka + level 2 kundalini yoga teacher based in Rome
I’m Fatehdeep Singh from Rome, Italy. Coming from the information technology field (my job) and different sports played since my…
Kundalini yoga’s secret ingredient of attraction: Saibhung
One of the magic ingredients we get from practising kundalini yoga is “saibhung”. It’s a Gurmukhi word that means self-existent. With…
How we use heat / tapas in kundalini yoga
It’s a scene that those of us who practice kundalini yoga know all too well: we’re holding our arms out to…
What we can learn from the Nasadiya Sukta creation myth
The Nasadiya Sukta — hymn 129 from Rig Veda mandala 10 — has come to be my favourite poem. There are…
An onion a day… how to make onion cough medicine
Unlike hatha yoga traditions which tend to steer clear of ‘mind stimulating’ or ‘agitating’ foods such as onion, garlic, ginger…
Meet Sujan Singh: Co-founder of Yoga Jap kundalini yoga centre in Rome, translator of Yogi Bhajan’s teachings into Italian and serial ‘sadhana surfer’
I’m from Rome, Italy. Coming from the information technology field (my job) and different sports played since my childhood, I…
If you want to change your life, do kundalini yoga! This is how it is changing me…
When I started practicing kundalini yoga in 2008, life completely changed. I’d been practicing hatha yoga for about a decade before then,…
Naad yoga: Are you off-pitch or off-tempo?
In naad yoga, some of the concepts we study are tempo and pitch. We do this by playing and singing…