Bliss of Ashtang
Eight anushthans of Ashtanga Yoga, from foundational restraint to ultimate absorption.
Grounding in purity. Architecting inner order.
Builds ethical purity, emotional stillness and self-restraint by turning away from harmful habits, creating a calm inner base.
Core practice
Conscious restraint, ethical self-auditing, impulse control.
Key topics
Value of human birth, the need for a Self-Realised Sadguru, satsang, Navavidha Bhakti, Yama practice.
Inner sight
For busy professionals and seekers: guided inner auditing, digital detox and noble silence prepare the ground for meditation.
The resonance of being. Sound as medicine.
Sacred sound and repetitive chanting purify samskaras, the subconscious impressions, and calm mental turbulence.
Core practice
Rhythmic sound immersion, vocal mantra vibration, daily discipline.
Key topics
Receiving Naam from a Sadguru, mantra and Beej mantra, rules for chanting, faith in the Naam, Yogashastra.
Inner sight
Mantra chanting, sonic resonance and physical cleansing restore balance, clarity and energy.
Disciplined cadence. Physical immovability.
Joins mantra discipline with physical stillness. Posture is valued for steady, effortless presence, Sthira Sukham, not flexibility.
Core practice
Sustained silent or subvocal mantra with a still body.
Key topics
Akhand Naam Japa, chanting techniques, chanting on the six chakras, heart-centre recitation, sattvic diet, postures.
Inner sight
Stillness within movement, while a continuous mantra flow quiets sensory chatter.
Illuminating the inner temple through breath and visualisation.
Links breath control with meditation on a sacred form held in the heart space, awakening higher consciousness.
Core practice
Expanding prana to illuminate inner vision.
Key topics
Why form matters in meditation, the formless taking infinite forms, the soul's true form, fasting for Roopdarshan, dietary discipline.
Inner sight
Guided breathwork moves life-force into the heart for deep concentration on the divine image.
Master the senses. Withdraw to the source.
Turns attention inward by loosening dependence on the senses. Self-inquiry, Manana, lets one observe the mind without identifying with it.
Core practice
Inward reflection, sensory detachment, disidentification from thought.
Key topics
Atmachintan, the transitory and the eternal, types and stages of contemplation, consistency, Kundalini Shakti.
Inner sight
Observe thoughts as a silent witness, reaching a stillness beyond words.
Single-pointed focus. Non-dual awakening.
Moves from contemplation to focused absorption in the non-dual truth of the inner Self.
Core practice
Concentration on non-dual truths and contemplative self-knowledge.
Key topics
Pure knowledge, Jnana; unbroken self-contemplation; intellectual knowledge and direct realisation, Atmanubhuti.
Inner sight
Draws on Advaita Vedanta to resolve doubts and turn the intellect toward direct experience.
Unbroken awareness. Reclaiming the observer.
Effort gives way to effortless awareness; the meditator and the meditation merge, and one rests in the Self.
Core practice
Continuous, uninterrupted self-aware presence.
Key topics
Meditation on the inner divine Self, Ajapajap, Nigrah, from body-consciousness to saintly consciousness, Sahajavastha.
Inner sight
A seamless peace untouched by mental fluctuation: the final preparation for the ultimate goal.
The ultimate oneness. Pure bliss consciousness.
The culmination of the path. Ego boundaries dissolve into Sat-Chit-Ananda, existence, consciousness and bliss.
Core practice
Complete absorption beyond thought, form and individuality.
Key topics
Methods of samadhi, Videhi and Unmani states, devotional surrender, Swaroop Samadhi, Moksha and Kaivalya.
Inner sight
The ego fades into cosmic consciousness, bringing freedom, unconditioned bliss and liberation.