Modern Yogini | Natalie Backman Yoga

Sep 23, 20204 min read

Breakdown or breakthrough?

I am the night, the eternal darkness within. I generate, venerate, and destroy. I am that which burns away your ego and false sense of...

Apr 9, 20194 min read

Santati...Sustainable Peace

"Yogis - not just the modern ones - have long dreamt of devoting themselves to living in a rarified world, free of problems. For ages...

Apr 9, 20192 min read

The Tradition of Tantra

“Self-knowledge is the key that opens the door to freedom...” ~ Yogarupa Rod Stryker Tantra is a philosophical system that sees the world...

Apr 9, 20194 min read

Cultivate the Fire

Om Agni Mide ~ The Rig Veda The Fire Stage ~ Agni The final, and ultimate, aim of practice is referred to as the Fire stage. Its primary...

Apr 9, 20193 min read

And the Sun Can Be Made to Rise

"Like the Sun, Prana is the fuel for life ~ everything in our world is nothing less than concentrated sunlight. All life is sustained by...

Apr 9, 20193 min read

Steady the Moon

"Like the moon, the mind is not self-luminous...both receive their ability to shine from another source. Whereas the moon reflects the...

Apr 8, 20194 min read

Turning Tapas Into Tejas

Welcome to the Fire For the last several weeks I have found myself saying, "I haven't written anything in ages!” I have intended to, but...

Nov 4, 20187 min read

Yoga, my Spiritual Path

ganesa graha nakshatra yogini rasi rupinim devim mantra mayim naumi matrkam pitha rupinim "I open myself to the teachings that reveal the...

Oct 25, 20186 min read

Modern Yogini

At the risk of committing cultural appropriation, I'd like to introduce myself as... a Yogini. Why the hesitation? What's the big deal?...