The Story of Marpa
Marpa was an extremely frightening child. When he was 3 or 4 years old, everybody in the city was afraid of him. He had an immense power in him, and everybody said, “This child, either he is going to become a spiritual teacher, or he is going to destroy all of us as...
The Story of Tilopa, Naropa, and the 6 Yogas of Naropa
The great yogi Tilopa, after he attained very high spiritual initiations and a very elevated state of consciousness, became a fisherman and lived the life of an ordinary fisherman for many years. At the same time, in Bengal, there was a great scholar, Naropa. Naropa...
What is the Tantra Intensive?
Tantra is quite famous, but most people don’t really know what tantra is all about. Tantra is a path of spiritual evolution that begins transformation at very concrete levels, like your body, your job, your relationships and in time leads to a deeper and deeper...
Tantra for Women: A New Podcast with Maria Blandine Wegener
Recently I sat down with Mahasiddha teacher Maria Blandine Wegener for a two-part podcast on Tantra for women. In an in-depth conversation for my Humans in Love podcast, Blandine and I discussed a wide variety of topics relating to Tantra for women, Tantric sexuality,...
Tantra Podcast: A Two-Part Introduction to Tantra with Uriel Yariv
Recently I sat down with Mahasiddha teacher Uriel Yariv for a special introduction to tantra podcast. In an intimate tantra podcast recorded for Humans in Love: A Podcast for Passionate People, Uriel and I discussed a wide range of topics related to walking the...
Student of the Month: Charlie
I have been training with Mahasiddha Tantra Yoga studio for one year. During the yoga course of this year I have been having exponential spiritual awakenings. This January I attended the New Years silent retreat for more advanced students who already have some kind of established practice.
Student of the Month: Terrence
My spiritual journey started about a year ago with a series of traumatic and unexpected events: first, I had just officially (and reluctantly) finalized a divorce after seven years of marriage, followed almost sequentially by an internal power struggle at my global management consulting firm (which, after several months of fighting, I lost and was “gracefully” requested to leave of my own volition…as if I had a choice).
Student of the Month: Josie
During 2017, I left my job, sold my, house, separated from my husband, and set off backpacking the world in search of finding myself. Through my travels in Europe, I learned so much but did not connect deeply with myself.
Sahasrara: The Crown Centre
The opening of the crown chakra is undoubtedly one of the peak achievements of the spiritual path.
The path of yoga teaches that in every human being there is a spark of sacredness and that the spiritual peaks are not reserved to only to priests and kings but are accessible to all those who devote themselves to the path. The doorway to these high spiritual realities is the Crown Chakra.