Light on Yoga and Meditation
Episodes
#24 – What are Mantras?
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mantras are far more than simple relaxation words—they are powerful sound vibrations and universal psychic forces accessible to anyone willing to st...
#23 – Yoga Day Sydney 2025 Interview - Dr Swami Shankardev and Janie Larmour
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of Big Shakti’s podcast, an interview with Dr Swami Shankardev by Janie Larmour, the organizer of Yoga Day Sydney, which wil...
#22 – Beyond Suffering - Eastern Wisdom Traditions as Maps to Mental Wellness
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Illuminating the Inner Landscape: Eastern Wisdom for Mental TransformationAre you struggling with feelings of being trapped in cycles of mental and em...
#21 - Understanding Mental health Through Samkhya Philosophy
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of Big Shakti’s podcast. I'm Dr. Swami Shankardev. Over my nearly 50 years as a medical doctor and yoga therapist, I've disc...
#20 - Evoking Emotions in Yoga Nidra
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The practice of Yoga Nidra unfolds in stages:1. The first stage consists of moving awareness from part ...
#19 – How Stress Wrecks Your Brain and What to Do About It
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is divided into two parts.The first is about how chronic, unresolved stress wrecks your brain.The second is about how yoga and me...
#18 - Core Strength, Calm Mind – Grounding, Alignment, Pulsation
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the talk from our Core Strength Clam Mind Guided Meditation Series, which is now also available in our Life Force Meditations Series.T...
#17 - Activate Your Third Eye of Intuition for Spiritual Awakening
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode focuses on the third eye of intuition, ajna chakra. We have compiled two talks by Jayne and myself. The first is the introduction...
#16 - Prana and Spiritual Growth - Deepening Your Connection to Life Energy
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the talk from our Prana and Pranic Healing Guided Meditation Series, which is now also available in our Life Force Meditations Series....
#15 - Meditation Success Path: from Self-Awareness to Self-Mastery
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following our episode on self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-mastery, episode 13 of our podcast series, quite a lot of people have written to us...
#14 - From Narcissism to Self-Awareness - The Role of Shadow in Spiritual Evolution
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The following two talks by Jayne on the Shadow were taken from the Light in the Chakras and Kundalinī Course that we ran in 2022. They are taken from...
#13 – Self-awareness, Self-Regulation, Self-Mastery
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here are the main points of this podcastSelf-awareness is the core principle in yoga and meditation. It reflects consciousness and helps us transcend ...
#12 - Become Heart Present and Practice Selfless Service
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is based on a talk given by Dr. Swami Shankardev to Yogic Studies students in February 2005 on the keys to heart presence and selfless se...
#11 - Life purpose, chakras, and self-realization
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is from an interview with my good friend Ron Ehrlich in 2019 for his podcast Unstress. For many years, Ron was my holistic dentis...
#10 - Ajapa Japa - Healing the Mind Stage 1
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we are providing you with the Introductory lesson from Healing the Mind – Ajapa Japa Stage 1 Course. It is also available as a...
#9 - What is Ajapa Japa
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you only ever study one yoga meditation technique over your lifetime, you would be wise to choose Ajapa Japa. Ajapa Japa combines many forms o...
#8 - Tantra explained
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is taken from a series of lectures given by Dr Swami Shankardev to a yoga group in 2005. It focuses on tantra. He briefly describes the d...
#7 - Introduction to Yoga and Tantra
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is taken from Big Shakti’s Light on the Chakras and Kundalinī training master class series. This masterclass is taught once every two ...
#6 - Jayne's intuitive dream therapy - interview with Swami Shankardev
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is available on YouTube https://youtu.be/ORs0rDsqZBQIn this episode of Big Shakti’s podcast, I interview Jayne Stevenson, my life partn...
#5 - Dr Swami Shankardev's medical, yoga therapy, psychotherapy practice - interview with Ron Ehrlich
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is from an interview with my good friend Ron Ehrlich in 2022 for his podcast Unstress. For many years Ron was also my holistic de...
#4 - The Importance of Self-awareness
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A video of this podcast episode is on Big Shakti's youtube channel https://youtu.be/UMQ7yQ2v4RkThis podcast episode is taken from Big Shakti’s Light...
#3 - What is Yoga Nidra Meditation?
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast episode is all about Yoga Nidra, a wonderful relaxation meditation technique developed by the great yoga adept Swami ...
#2 - Relaxation Meditation
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, you will hear the first track of the 3 Easy Steps to Deep Relaxation Meditation MP3 series.We intend to use these first few...
#1 - What are Yoga and Meditation?
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's podcast episode describes what yoga and meditation are, how meditation is both a technique and a state of being, and how meditation is a proce...