11 min
Talk · Kamlesh D. Patel (Daaji)
Do We Need to Meditate Every Day?
Eleven minutes on the question every beginner asks.
Overview
What does yoga & tantra point to?
Yoga and Tantra span practices ranging from classical eight-limbed yoga to tantric traditions that work directly with breath, mantra, subtle energy and embodiment as paths to awareness.
Some approaches are strongly devotional, others more technical or philosophical. Contemporary settings often adapt historical material for a general audience, which makes context and lineage worth asking about.
Attention placed fully in the body is already a form of stillness.A central teaching within Yoga & Tantra
Explore Yoga & Tantra
Clear ways in.
The full history is complex. The browse experience does not need to be. Start with a recognizable living tradition and discover its deeper context naturally.
Teachers
Voices within this path.
Yoga & Tantra holds many schools and lineages beneath it. Its teachers are gathered below.
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Amrita Baba
Finnish teacher and founder of Open Heart, a system he built from Zen training and Hindu tantric yoga, combining trauma work, physical practice, mantra, dance and meditation.
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Anodea Judith
American author and teacher on the chakra system, integrating psychology, mythology and energy-body theory.
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In memoriam
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Baba Hari Dass
Indian yogi and silent monk (1923–2018), born in Almora and classically trained in the ashtanga yoga of Patanjali as well as kriya yoga, ayurveda, samkhya, tantra, Vedanta and Sanskrit. He took a vow of silence in 1952 and kept it for the rest of his life, teaching by writing instead: commentaries on the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the Samkhyakarika and the Vedanta Panchadasi, alongside aphorisms, plays and children's stories. He founded Mount Madonna Center in California and the Sri Ram Ashram orphanage in India.
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Baba Shiva Rudra Balayogi
Indian-born yogi and direct disciple of Shivabalayogi Maharaj who teaches Jangama Dhyana, a meditation practice centered on prolonged mental silence.
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Bill Mahony
Professor of Religion at Davidson College and scholar of Vedic religious imagination, teaching non-dual tantra philosophy alongside his academic work.
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Bruce Joel Rubin
Academy Award-winning American screenwriter (Ghost, Jacob's Ladder) who has taught weekly meditation classes for decades, rooted in his practice with teacher Rudi (Albert Rudolph).
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Upcoming events
Gatherings across yoga & tantra.
Events attached to unpublished lineages still roll up to the nearest public path, so this hub remains complete.
05NOV
Online Fall Meditation Gathering
Online · Online retreat
See event pageOnline retreat
06NOV
Luminous Soul Satsang: Meditation, Chanting & The Significance of the Yamas
Online · Online satsang
See event pageOnline satsang
06NOV
November Online Weekend Retreat
Online · Online weekend retreat
See event pageOnline weekend retreat
07NOV
Cacao and Sound
Los Angeles, California, United States · Ceremony
See event pageCeremony
Talks & videos
Watch across yoga & tantra.
Documentaries, interviews and talks connected to this path and its lineages.
35 min
Talk · Kamlesh D. Patel (Daaji)
On Love and Relationships
Half an hour of questions about soulmates, answered without the romance.
42 min
Talk · Kamlesh D. Patel (Daaji)
The Power of Meditation
In conversation with Ichak Adizes on what daily practice actually changes.
47 min
Interview · Kamlesh D. Patel (Daaji)
A Pure and Purposeful Life
Three quarters of an hour on what he thinks a life is for, from his own channel.
Listen
Recordings from across yoga & tantra.
Talks, guided meditations and podcast conversations from the teachers within this path.
Shambhavi SarasvatiKashmir Shaivism
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Teacher Hijinks, Spiritual Ancestors, and Social Justice
From the podcast Satsang with Shambhavi
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Grace, Emotions, and the Global Shunya
From the podcast Satsang with Shambhavi
Shambhavi SarasvatiKashmir Shaivism
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Inherent Value Is the Key to Ending Our Suffering
From the podcast Satsang with Shambhavi
Shambhavi SarasvatiKashmir Shaivism
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Reading Room
Source texts
The source text beneath this path, free to read.
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Translated by Pancham Sinh · 1914
The classic manual of postures, breath and purification practices underlying Hatha Yoga.
Discernment
Clarity should include the human context.
Practices that involve close physical contact or altered states deserve extra care around consent, training and the teacher's accountability.
Ask about contextIs a statement philosophical, meditative, relational or practical?
Notice powerHow are authority, money, intimacy and complaints handled?
Include embodimentDoes the teaching make room for emotion, the body and nervous-system limits?
Keep agencyA useful teacher supports clear choice rather than demanding surrender of judgement.