Person in this photo is Sir John Woodroffe, a British judge of the High Court of the Calcutta from 1904 to 1923.
He was the first Western person to understand Tantric mysticism.
This is his unlikely story:
Meditation is the strongest "medication" in the world.
But 99% of people don’t know how to do it.
Here are 7 Guided Meditations to relax, focus & heal your mind:
If you close one nostril while breathing, you change the state of your brain and nervous system.
It's incredible, but scientifically proven.
Thousands of years ago, yoga masters understood this and developed pranayama practices.
Here are three simple pranayama exercises you
Just from your nasal hairs, it can be accurately predicted whether you will develop asthma.
The nose is a central aspect of your health, but few know its secrets.
Here are the essentials:
If you:
• Spend a lot of time on your phone/computer
• Sleep in incorrect positions
• Have poor posture
Here are 6 simple yoga poses to relieve you of any neck problems:
(With Video Examples)
If you’re stressed about work, relationships or just life…
Here are 6 simple yoga poses that will instantly relieve physical & mental stress:
(With video examples)
Here are three simple pranayama exercises that have been an endless source of benefits for me. Their names vary across different traditions, but I prefer these. Perform these every other morning , all three in this order:
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Bheda Abheda
Sit comfortably.
Inhale through the
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This woman is the reason why Hitler chose the most important symbol of the entire Northern Hemisphere.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a passionate mystic and researcher of world religions. Unfortunately, she never truly understood the world's traditions, despite writing thousands
Always breath through your nose.
Mouth breathing significantly alters our physiology. It causes the soft tissues at the back of the mouth to become loose, while nasal breathing, in contrast, helps expand our airways. This distinction has profound implications for health and
I've been doing Yoga for over 15 years.
Taught 100s of yoga instructors.
So I created a full course to teach you how to start your yoga journey.
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Before I share three pranayama exercises with you, let me tell you about the many health benefits they offer. Pranayama has been extensively studied in recent years and provides the following advantages:
Stress Reduction:
Pranayama practices activate the parasympathetic nervous
90% of people don’t breathe properly.
But it’s the simplest way to transform your physical & mental health.
Here’s a 5-step process to master breathing:
If you find yourself feeling:
• Lethargic
• Low energy
• Mentally drained
Here are 8 Yoga poses to boost your energy throughout the day:
(With video examples)
Big pharma brings in $1,500,000,000,000 every year.
They do this by prescribing pills for everything.
Here are 7 natural health hacks they don't want you to know:
Yoga is your key to a better life:
• Mentally
• Physically
• Spiritually
Ready to start your Yoga journey?
I created a Beginners Guide with everything you need to get started.
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Fact:
The average human attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds.
Today, it ranges from 6-8 seconds.
Soon enough, no one will be able to focus for more than 2 seconds…
Here are 7 natural ways you can increase your focus:
Mental health issues are at an all-time high (& continue to rise).
Nearly 1,000,000,000 people worldwide report having poor mental health.
So here are 7 science-backed ways to increase happiness & decrease stress:
I just created a Yoga Mini-Course.
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At age 47, he was a disabled veteran.
At 300lbs, Arthur Boorman couldn’t walk without assistance.
He couldn’t even dress himself.
Now he can run, exercise & is healthier than 90% of our population
Here’s how he healed himself without drugs or medication:
Breathe for 5 minutes in sync with this video.
It's the world's simplest, scientifically proven way to lower your cortisol levels and activate your parasympathetic anti-stress nervous system, getting you ready for a harmonious weekend.
Abraham and his wife Sarah of the Abrahamic tradition.
Brahma and his wife Sarasvati of the Vedic tradition.
Similar names? Not a coincidence. They are the same.
Here's why:
I recommended one of my clients to use mouth tape at night. When we met again two months later, I couldn't believe my ears.
Her entire family had been freed from chronic health issues. She, her husband, and their two children started using mouth tape every night.
After two
Contrary to the New Age belief, chakras are not mystical energy centers within the body.
Instead, they represent a brilliant ancient method for understanding reality.
In reality, all mental health problems are metabolic problems.
This radical claim comes from Harvard Medical School.
Therapy sometimes works. Medications sometimes work. Dietary changes sometimes work.
Now we know why: they alter the brain's metabolism. 🧵 1/9
With over 500 million copies sold, Harry Potter is a global phenomenon.
Yet its magical world holds deeper secrets that are actually rooted in the ancient Vedic scriptures of India.
Sounds unbelievable? Let me connect the dots in this thread: 🧵
300,000,000 people worldwide practice yoga.
If you’re not one of them…
Give me 3 minutes to convince you to start in 2024.
The 7 major benefits of yoga (backed by science):
This is Shavasana, also known as the Corpse Pose.
Its health benefits are astounding, and anyone can do it almost anywhere.
Here are the essential things you need to know:
Everyone believes the best ways to stay healthy are:
• Running
• Lifting Weights
• CrossFit training
They’re all wrong.
Surprisingly, there’s a way that trumps them all.
Here’s what it is & why it’s life-changing:
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Over the last 15 years...
I’ve travelled the world, started successful businesses & mastered the art of Yoga & spirituality.
Here are 10 things I wish I knew at 20:
The world's first mental health unicorn:
Calm.
4,000,000+ paid subscribers.
Valued at $2 BILLION.
Here are their 13 practices that will heal & regulate your nervous system:
Nāropā was the original ice man, mastering cold over a thousand years before Wim Hof.
He uncovered the secret to controlling body temperature, a knowledge Tibetan culture has meticulously guarded to this day.
This thread unveils that ancient secret:
12. You will never see the world as it is.
You see everything through the state of your body and mind.
Your nervous system and hormones decide almost everything for you.
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Meillä lapset eivät ole saaneet kotona uskonnollista kasvatusta. Juuri siksi haluamme heidät uskonnontunnille, jotta näkevät toistakin puolta ja avartavat näkymiään.
The Clockwork Universe: Mechanistic Thinking in the Modern World.
Our worldview is shaped by mechanistic ideas.
Here's how it has it changed our understanding of reality:
The term autonomic nervous system was introduced by the English physiologist John Newport Langley in 1898.
However, ancient yoga texts indicate that the autonomic nervous system was familiar to ancient yogis thousands of years ago.
Their way of understanding it blew my mind:
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It seems to me that any topic, in any field, that orthodox views disagree with is now labeled as far-right extremism. Why?
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Men who lack an understanding of masculinity and cannot express their masculine role.
Women who lack an understanding of femininity and cannot express their feminine role.
These forces never get a chance to meet and seek balance.
A study found that a higher density of nasal hair is associated with a lower risk of developing asthma in patients with seasonal rhinitis. This suggests that nasal hairs play a protective role by filtering out allergens and other particles, thereby reducing the likelihood of
Five most amazing temples in the world.
The scientific and philosophical understanding encoded in these temples will blow your mind.
A thread 🧵
1. The Temple of Luxor, Egypt
Starting yoga can be overwhelming.
But it doesn’t have to be.
Here are my top 7 tips to help you start your Yoga journey:
(After 10+ years of teaching)
I feel like I haven’t introduced myself on here.
A little bit about me:
• Grew up in Finland
• Oldest of 4 children
• Discovered interest in Yoga while on a trip to India
• Found a guru to teach me & ended up studying him for 12 years
• Started Shakta Yoga School with my
9. Strict discipline makes you unconsciously dislike yourself.
In the long game, it pays to give yourself some freedom.
“Eat Ice cream if you feel like it”
Have you also learned the yoga myth?
Most Western yoga practitioners have.
According to this myth, Patanjali defined yoga long ago, outlining 8 limbs that lead to the calming of the mind's movements.
The biggest problem? It's not true. Let me clarify:
8. When you compare yourself to others, you develop unconscious ways to dislike yourself.
The important thing is to go in the right direction with integrity.
Eventually, you will be rewarded.
"The world is a bad place."
This is often said by those grappling with inner turmoil.
Resolve that, and the world shifts from grim to wonderful.
Life has always involved suffering, yet many find gratitude in it.
Your inner state shapes your experience of the world.
Every culture has practiced ritual because it truly works.
Yes, exactly that stuff with altars, candles, chanting etc.
But in modernity, ritual is the most neglected form of self-transformation.
Read this if you want to bring ritual back into your life:
Almost everyone knows that yoga means to connect or union.
After a decade of learning from various yoga teachers, I've discovered that few truly understand what we are meant to connect with.
Let's explore this fundamental question:
A revolutionary idea is reshaping our understanding of mental health:
Nearly all mental health disorders can be traced back to the functioning of mitochondria.
Here’s the proof and how you can improve yours:
Over the past 10 years, I have read everything I could find about Chakras.
Shockingly, 99% of modern Chakra interpretations are from 20th century and lack historical foundation.
Chakras were originally an ingenious tool.
Here's a thread revealing the hidden wisdom on Chakras:
Numerous yoga practitioners around the world think Kundalini is a mysterious energy at the base of your spine.
While delving into original texts, I found that Kundalini is more profound: it's a sophisticated map for navigating reality.
Many mistakenly believe that Kundalini is a mystical serpent near the spine.
In reality, it is something far more profound and intricate.
Firstly, there are multiple Kundalinis, each reflecting how ancient yogis mastered the art of traversing different layers to reality:
After training hundreds of yoga teachers, I've found that modern bestsellers like "Light on Yoga" or "The Heart of Yoga" don't capture yoga's amazing depth.
Here are four books that will forever change how you view this ancient science:
Across Eurasia, a single thunder god is venerated under various names:
• Parjanya in Vedic mythology also known as Indra
• Perëndi in Albanian mythology
• Perkele in Finnish mythology
• Perkūnas in Lithuanian mythology
• Perkʷūnos in Proto-Indo-European mythology,
Imagine a world where your body isn't just a flesh-and-bone machine, but a living, thinking process.
This isn't science fiction – it's how ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese viewed the human form.
Even Leonardo viewed the human body as a miniature universe. 1/ 🧵👇
7. Just do your practice.
Most of the problems swirling around in your mind stem from your imbalanced body.
When you fix that, most of your worries disappear and you can focus on the few that remain.
I'm from Finland.
Just a few centuries ago, it was normal for Finnish homes to have an "elättikäärme" (house snake). Families fed them milk for good fortune. Kids and snakes coexisted peacefully.
Let's explore snake beliefs before fear became the norm:
The World Tree is a powerful symbol found in many cultures, often intertwined with serpent imagery.
Let's explore this fascinating connection between trees, snakes, and cosmic symbolism across different mythologies:
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Olen samaa mieltä, että verovarat eivät kuulu tähän tarkoitukseen.
Tietäen kuitenkin tämän nimenomaisen projektin vetäjät, kannattaa olla varovainen loanheitossa. Kyseisillä ihmisillä on aidosti kunnioitettavat arvot, joista monella meistä olisi opittavaa.
Muistakaa, että me