Monthly Archives: September 2012

[Teaser] Spanda Karikas Lecture Series Week 02 – 25/09/12

A two-minute teaser of Week 2’s lecture series on Spanda Karikas, a Kashmir Shaivaism text, by Manoj Kaimal from Manasa Yoga.

This week, we take a detailed look into the invocatory poem of Kshemaraja on the dynamic nature of consciousness. Here he glorifies many aspects of the pulsating nature of universe, envisioning the universe as a reflection in a mirror, the mirror being the pure reflective energy of universal consciousness, universe as pure sound vibrations etc. A quick meditative introduction to …

Towards a ‘Ganesha Experience’

Talk given by Manoj on the day of Ganesha Chaturthi, relating the wisdom of Ganesha to yoga …

Practicing awareness in daily life

On the auspicious grounds of Shankara Illam, the house of Shankaracharya’s mother, Manoj gives an early morning talk on different aspects of practicing awareness to the 2010 India retreat …

[Complete] Spanda Karikas Lectures Series Week 1 – 18/09/12

This is the full video of first week’s lecture series on Spanda Karikas, a Kashmir Shaivaism text, by Manoj Kaimal from Manasa Yoga.

Since their introduction in Manasa’s first workshop in 2002, the terms ‘spanda’ and ‘shakti’ have been familiar to Manasa yogis. This is part 1 of a 10-week lecture series by Manoj, in a totally dedicated verse-by-verse exposition of the original Tantric text of ‘Spanda Karikas’ for our understanding, contemplation and application.

The full audio download of this lecture is …

Sutra talk on asana