Patanjali Yoga

09/07/2025

At crossroads again and able to slow down and enjoy the way travelled so far even as I stand at the threshold of a new chapter.

Grateful for the opportunity to share the spirit with YellowDot.org at last month in the most authentic and organic manner.
It has rekindled my love for group work.

So I'm calling another such sitting for a contemplative practice through reflection, writing, visualisation and ceremonial transmutation.
Your energy will create the conditions.

DM if interested.


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23/06/2025

04/06/2025

These Were the Original Energy Bites of the Himalayan Silk Road🌄

Before protein balls and granola bars, there was tsampa — a simple, sustaining fuel used by Tibetan travelers, monks, and merchants trekking the high passes of the Silk Road.

This variation, Apricot Tsampa, blends roasted barley flour, butter tea, and dried apricots into a hearty bite that’s sweet, nutty, and nourishing. It was portable. It didn’t spoil. And it kept traders moving across some of the toughest terrain on earth.

Tsampa wasn’t just food. It was survival.

In ancient Tibet, tsampa was everywhere — mixed by hand in tents, packed in bundles for long journeys, and eaten by nomads, warriors, and pilgrims alike. The dried apricots in this version reflect the influence of Silk Road trade, bringing Central Asian fruit into Himalayan tradition.

It’s chewy, lightly sweet, and 100% historical.

Ingredients:
• 1 cup roasted barley flour (tsampa)
• 2 tbsp butter or yak butter
• ¼ cup strong black tea or butter tea, cooled
• ¼ cup chopped dried apricots
• Pinch of salt

Instructions:
1. Brew your tea and let it cool
2. Mix the barley flour, butter, and tea until dough-like
3. Add chopped apricots and form into small balls
4. Chill for 30 minutes or eat immediately — they travel well and last days

📖 Read the full blog post and recipe here:

https://eatshistory.com/traditional-tibetan-recipe-tsampa/

This is a bite of Silk Road history — sweet, simple, and packed with the spirit of ancient travelers.

31/05/2025

The importance of conflict resolution for health

A Self-Devaluation Conflict is a shocking moment that catches you off guard when your psyche perceives…⁣
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“I can’t do it”⁣
“I’m not capable”⁣
“I’m no good”⁣
“I’m not ____ enough”⁣
“Something is wrong with me”⁣
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The experience of incapability is biologically linked to the tissues in your body that perform functions that make you able to do a task, your connective tissues- muscles, bones, ligaments, blood vessels, lymph, fat, etc.⁣
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Depending on the situation and what you are perceiving yourself as not capable of doing, the specific areas of the body involved will begin to adapt according to their biological function.⁣
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During the active conflict there is loss of tissue.⁣
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As you actively feel “not enough” your tissues become thinner, there is necrosis of tissue, weakening of the area, decalcification, osteoporosis, osteopenia, anemia, etc.⁣
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This necrosis persists as long as the conflict is active.⁣
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Ongoing active self-devaluation of a particular tissue predisposes this area to injury and a normal movement or activity that wouldn’t usually cause a problem could result in a fracture or rupture.⁣
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The intensity of the self-devaluation determines which layer of connective tissue will be affected:⁣
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Light Devaluation = Fat, Blood Vessels⁣
Moderate Self-Devaluation = Lymph, Cartilage, Ligaments⁣
Severe Self-Devaluation = Bones⁣
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When this conflict is active you will have compulsive thinking about the thing you are feeling incapable of doing, the thing you feel stupid about, the situation that is unjust, the thing you can’t get a handle on etc.⁣
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BUT THEN as soon as you resolve the conflict the body immediately begins building back better than before and the involved tissue becomes thicker, bigger, stronger, and more capable after the biological program is complete.⁣
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Thats the whole point of this biological adaptation = stronger after resolution!⁣
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Following conflict resolution the tissue begins at once to repair and rebuild. When this repair process is taking place the tissue is swollen, tender, warm, tense, stiff, sore, etc. ⁣
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Remember: PAIN is an indication of HEALING⁣
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Read the rest of the article on Substack!⁣

03/05/2025

I've been fortunate to not have to rely on the allopathic medical system since my return to Lanka in 2013 thanks to qualified, ethical and heart-centered healers like Shobana Cooke .

As I ease into week 4 of having Chikungunya thanks to her loving guidance, I would highly recommend homeopathy as a very helpful modality for anyone.

Homeopathy is a natural pharmaceutical science that utilizes extremely small doses of substances to stimulate a person’s immune system. Each medicine is individually prescribed according to the “Law of Similars” A substance that can cause
a certain set of symptoms can cure those very symptoms. Like cures like. Anything that a substance can cause, it can cure in
small doses! Think of all the substances that “cause a state”- poison ivy(itching), snake venom (hemorrhaging), bee venom (swelling),...homeopathic remedies have been made with these extracts. They can all cure what they cause. Let me give you an example. You have the flu and I have the flu.You take your Panadol and I’ll take Gelsemium(if it was a Gelsemium flu!). We’re both going to get immediate relief! The
difference is, you may be saddled with a Post-Viral Syndrome for suppressing a fever artificially, while the homeopathic patient will return to vitality with no side-effects, no ill-effects, no post-viral symptoms, just a natural and swift return to health - rapidly & gently. The remedy called Gelsemium (yellow jasmine) when given in overdose will cause all the common symptoms of the flu. So,guess what our most often-used flu remedy is? Of course Gelsenium! And it’s not because Gelsemium “kills flu germs”, it’s that it
mobilizes your own immune system to recognize your flu, to mobilize against your flu, and to support your immune system to respond to it. Your immune function knows what to do in order to maintajn health and vitality. Homeopathic remedies support your immune function.
DM for consultation to discover this medicinal art.

24/01/2025

What if I told you that things are more than they seem?
What if I told you that you are more than you think you are, that you are more than you have been told you are, so much more than anything that happened to you?
What if I told you could be all that you are and more?
Would you?

Dare to BE 🔆

Floating to the end of the first month of 2025 on a high note, introducing the science of mind to our newest batch of aspiring architects ⚛️

📸 Potential. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2025.

13/01/2025

It takes an open heart to transcend a lifetime of limits. Sometimes we arrive at this openness by Grace effortlessly.
Sometimes it is forced onto us to draw us into the light when we meander in the darkness.
We are all worthy.
We only have to be willing.
Grace conspires to bring things together and lead us back to Source.
So we may realise the source of all that we seek within and use it to lighten the world for all of creation.

Feeling called to offer an intuitive process this evening online @ 9pm IST. Call +94772500817 before 4pm IST to participate.

Happy New Year Full Moon 🌕
May We Be Light ⚡

16/12/2024

Accounts of people describing deep meditation often present such states as "pure consciousness experience" which feel alert yet are practically devoid of any content other than "awareness itself." In general, these states are described as timeless, suggesting a loss of the notion of time and other a...

09/10/2024

Do you feel alone in your distress?
Does it seem like the support you need is unavailable to you?

When we experience stress, our bodies activate a variety of physiological responses, including increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and stress hormones such as cortisol. This is accompanied by fatigue, fogginess and a tendency for negative thinking and defeatist behaviour.
When strong, frequent, or prolonged adverse experiences such as extreme poverty or repeated abuse are experienced without support, stress becomes toxic, as excessive cortisol disrupts developing brain circuits.

Tolerable stress occurs when more serious difficulties, such as the loss of a loved one, a manmade or natural disaster, or an injury, are buffered by a system of care which helps individuals adapt, which mitigates the potentially damaging effects of abnormal levels of stress hormones.

When we have supportive relationships, we learn to cope with everyday challenges and the stress response system returns to baseline. We are clearer in our thinking and can access more helpful ways of being. Scientists call this positive stress.

Psychosocial factors, such as occupational stress, social support or isolation, sleep quality, and mental health, are shaped by racial, economic, and other societal structures.
Community care based on the understanding of interconnectedness was how our ancestors supported themselves and each other.

So here's your invitation to access the help you desire and help others access it too! - Join the Mindfulness based Capacity building sessions in Slave Island this weekend. Sessions are free but donations from external participants benefit the Slave Island community!

DM for details before 10th October. Limited spaces!

22/08/2024

Yesterday I reconnected with my personal practice after a long break. During my break I observed myself distracting myself with anything and everything from sleep to food to movies to shopping to pets to gardening to people. I told myself it was self-care.

But as I allowed the impulses to run their course, I became aware of a longing for more, an anger at not receiving more, a sadness for my potential which I felt was drying up when I compared my present lull to my past seasons of doing and being. I was aware of the familiar story built on the experience of my ancestors who were healers in Northern Sri Lanka before they were scattered all over the world fleeing persecution, opting to live quieted lives.

I realise that this story lives on in my thoughts only as long as I allow it. In reality, it does not hold up to my lived experiences of expansion and lightness and knowing. So I choose not to entertain it any further. In doing so, I am not negating the truth of the pain and suffering of the past. Rather I am daring to forge a different future.

If you ever find yourself feeling unhappy, ask yourself what really makes you happy?
If you ever find yourself longing for a seat at the table, ask yourself if you really want to be seated? and that too at that particular table?
Change your thoughts, change the story.

I wish you all the peace of understanding and knowing that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
You are safe, you are protected, you are loved, guided and blessed.

🙌🏽💜

26/07/2024

Announcing the reoffering of Metaphysical Counseling 💫

Just this year I've had conversations with a few young people (both clients and students and practitioners in mental health) about creating meaning in life and work. What occurred to me is that many of them have been conditioned to live life rationally and have a very limited experience of what it could mean spiritually. Naturally the nature of the work I do seems to be a bit of a curiosity.

So I was drawn into a spot of research this morning which yielded this beautiful bit of clarity through Luk Bouchaert's Handbook of Spirituality and Business, which I'd like to share, epecially in the context of advice sought by young practitioners in training sharing that they don't feel adequately equipped by their education to feel comfortable to attend to real life cases people present with;

Abstract
"Rationalism gradually attained its dominant position in Western culture from the nineteenth century. By rationalism we mean a way of life dominated by positive science as the ultimate source of truth and/or by utility maximization and rational choice as the ultimate criteria for ethics and management. The consequences of this dominance of the rational in Western culture and business life are ambiguous. On the credit side we find growing prosperity and improved material conditions of life and life expectations. On the debit side are the collapse of communities and the overexploitation of our ecosystems, causing unprecedented problems."

Excerpt
"In the case of spirituality, the rational is subservient to the spirit, which is considered a higher faculty of knowledge and discernment disclosing the intrinsic meaning and purpose of life. A spiritually based concept of rationality aims at restoring the priority of the spirit over the rational."

And my bit of big sisterly advice is -
1. Care for a plant. Something unpopular. Use it to beautify your space. Go on doing it for years until you feel something you've never felt before.
2. Try to support people as fellow human beings. Imagine their suffering is yours. Imagine easing that suffering for yourself.

15/06/2024

It is so heartening to see people transform in such a short time 💜

We are halfway through 2024! If this is the year you're looking to make a change, please know that it is possible. All you need to do is to set the intention and I'll guide you through the process.

I'll be offering the Intentional Living programme for a 2nd cohort of four participants in August. Drop me a comment or DM to let me know you're interested and I'll arrange an informational session in July so you can decide if this path is for you!