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Writings from the teachers and practitioners at Maatre. On yoga, philosophy, healing, and what it means to live more deliberately.

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What Patanjali Actually Means by Chitta Vritti Nirodha

PHILOSOPHY

Yoga & Philosophy

What Patanjali Actually Means by Chitta Vritti Nirodha

The most quoted line in the Yoga Sutras is also the most misunderstood. A close reading of what Patanjali was and was not saying about the nature of the mind.

Swami Sant Prakash · April 2025 · 8 min read

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HEALING

Healing

Sound as Medicine: The Science Behind Sound Healing

Tibetan bowls, tuning forks, mantra. Sound healing draws from traditions thousands of years old. Modern neuroscience is beginning to explain why it works.

Dr. Nonah Khanna · March 2025 · 6 min read

Pranayama Before Asana: Why the Order Matters

YOGA

Yoga & Philosophy

Pranayama Before Asana: Why the Order Matters

Most modern yoga classes invert the traditional sequence. Breath before body was not an accident of design — it was the entire point.

Swami Sant Prakash · March 2025 · 5 min read

AYURVEDA

Ayurveda

Sattvic Food: More Than Just Vegetarian

Sattvic eating is a complete philosophy of nourishment. What you eat, when you eat, how it is prepared, and even the state of mind in which it is cooked — all of it matters.

Maatre Kitchen · February 2025 · 7 min read

Marchula: The Village Nobody Talks About

PLACE

Nature & Place

Marchula: The Village Nobody Talks About

Jim Corbett is famous for its tigers. Marchula, in the buffer zone on the Ramganga, is known to very few. This is what it is like to live adjacent to one of India's last true wild places.

Maatre Team · January 2025 · 6 min read