This month, our focus is on Yoga Therapy. Not simply as a set of techniques, but as a living tradition that addresses the most profound dimensions of human suffering and healing.

At its essence, yoga therapy rests on the understanding that the body, mind, and consciousness are inseparable fields of energy. When an imbalance arises in one field, it ripples into the others. Healing, therefore, is not only about easing symptoms, but about restoring harmony across the entire spectrum of being.

Yoga therapy draws upon the subtle maps of Sāmkhya, yoga, and tantra - systems that chart the currents of prana, the layers of the psyche, and the deep archetypal forces that shape our lives. It also engages with the latest insights from psychology and neuroscience, which increasingly confirm what yogis intuited millennia ago: that awareness itself is the greatest medicine.

For us at Big Shakti, yoga therapy is a spiritual science of transformation. It is where philosophy becomes practice, and where practice becomes healing. It teaches us how to regulate our nervous system, align with the rhythms of nature, and, most importantly, awaken the inner intelligence that guides us towards wholeness.

In this edition of our eMag, we invite you to explore yoga therapy not just as a method of treatment, but as a sacred dialogue between ancient wisdom and modern life. It is a path that leads beyond managing illness to cultivating resilience, clarity, and the capacity to live with conscious presence.

And if you missed our announcement last month - you can get our new Yoga Therapy bundle here.

Reflection  

Yoga is the harmonious path that brings together discipline of body, clarity of mind, and devotion of spirit. Through steady practice, the yogi is freed from sorrow, rooted in peace, and the Self becomes the healer of all suffering. — Bhagavad Gita, Ch. 6 (Dhyana Yoga, interpreted)

Here are five reflection points to consider as you move through the month:

1. Healing as Wholeness

When you think about healing, do you focus on reducing symptoms, or do you also consider restoring harmony across the body, mind, and spirit?

2. Awareness as Medicine

Notice a moment today when awareness itself shifted your state. Did simply observing change your experience?

3. The Right Medicine

Which yogic tool—breath, mantra, asana, or meditation—feels like the medicine you most need right now?

4. Subtle Currents

Reflect on where you feel energy blocked or flowing freely within you. How might a slight adjustment in lifestyle, breath, or thought begin to open these channels?

5. Sacred Dialogue

In what ways are you weaving together ancient wisdom and modern knowledge in your healing journey? How do they complement and deepen each other for you personally?

Featured Teaching

Healing the Mind: Ajapa Ajapa Stage One

SELF-PACED COURSE: 7 Modules, 42 Topics, 12 Integration Exercises, 3 Guided Meditations, 8 CPD points, Teacher Support 

If you only ever study one meditation practice in your lifetime, let it be Ajapa Japa — the most profound and essential technique of the yoga-tantra tradition.

Our Healing the Mind Course guides you to master Ajapa Japa, a meditation that unifies breath, sound, and awareness into one powerful practice. It heals and stabilizes the mind, reduces stress and anxiety, and awakens your innate clarity and vitality.

You’ll learn how to apply this transformative technique both in formal practice and in daily life — enhancing emotional resilience, self-regulation, and creativity while deepening your spiritual awareness.

What you’ll receive: 

• Authentic Ajapa Japa training from yoga-tantra and psychology

• Video and written lessons with precise step-by-step guidance

• 3 guided meditations for emotional stability and healing

• Practical tools for stress, anxiety, and trauma recovery

• Pathways to greater self-awareness, resilience, and higher consciousness

• Continuing Professional Development Certificate (8 CPD points)

👉 Explore Healing the Mind Course – The Most Essential Meditation for Lifelong Wellbeing

Behind the Scenes

Our resident Ganesha is on the move!

 

Big News! This month, we are relocating to a new city. We are relocating from Sydney, Australia, Swami Shankardev’s birthplace, to Melbourne, Australia, Jayne’s birth city.

Sydney is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It has an extraordinary harbour, the Opera House being its major icon, which we have been blessed to live near, fabulous beaches, and year-round sunshine.

Melbourne is known as the cultural capital, with a large population of European citizens, an outstanding arts scene, and changeable, mostly wintery weather. Its unique charm is found in neighbourhood cafés that feel like home, and a city that hums with music, galleries, theatre, and lively conversation.

We decided on this move only recently, but once the seed was planted, it took root and grew quickly. As much as we enjoy stability, when we commit to change, it tends to gather its own momentum—helped along, we feel, by the steadiness and vitality that comes from our sadhana.

An idea can happen in a flash—the air element—but then comes planning, which calls in fire and earth elements. Finally, there’s the physical move itself: packing boxes, shifting furniture, and moving our own bodies into a new space, which requires all the elements to be in sync. Travel, or movement, is associated with the water element.

Over these last few weeks, we’ve said heartfelt goodbyes to dear Sydney friends and peers, neighbours we’ll miss, gym buddies, ocean swims, familiar streets, and the places that have long been our regular haunts. At the same time, we’re excited about reuniting with old friends and family in Melbourne, immersing ourselves in the city’s rich culture and vibrant arts scene, and channelling this new energy into fresh creative works to share with you.

Like yoga therapy, this move reminds us that change is about balance, releasing what no longer serves, opening to new rhythms, and trusting that each transition brings renewed energy for growth.

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Wisdom Worth Revisiting

Find practical insights and timeless reflections in these previously published pieces on Yoga Therapy.

Read

📚 Yoga Therapy Reimagined – Merging East and West Learn how Big Shakti blends Eastern wisdom (like yoga‑tantra and Ayurveda) with Western medical and psychotherapeutic approaches to create a holistic “yoga of mental health” that treats not just symptoms, but the whole person, fostering resilience, self-awareness, and lasting well-being. 

Listen

🎧 Podcast Ep. 3: What is Yoga Nidra Meditation? This episode reveals how Yoga Nidra brings deep rest, clears hidden tensions, and opens access to inner clarity and healing, helping you feel restored in body, mind, and spirit. You’ll also be guided through the three stages of Yoga Nidra—relaxation, transformation, and awakening—each unlocking deeper levels of wellbeing.

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With warmth and inspiration,

Jayne and Swami Shankardev

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