Natalie Backman
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Apr 10, 2019
- 4 min
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Apr 9, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Apr 9, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Apr 9, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Nov 5, 2018
- 7 min
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...
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Natalie Backman
- Oct 26, 2018
- 6 min
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?...
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