Your Stars Within

Sri Shyamji moved among some of the most recognized names in yoga and spiritual teaching of the last century, playing music with Ravi Shankar, teaching alongside Harish Johari. But he was never famous the way they were. I don't think that was an accident. He told me himself that his own Guru instructed him never to build a big following around himself, that it can spoil the ego. Sri Shyamji was a Nada and Svar Yoga Master, and his focus was on completion, unity with divine tr

This weekend wasn't about mantras or teachings. It was about something much less glamorous, and much harder to explain: the constant, small decisions that make me stop and question which direction to move in next. Not every choice is this hard. Starting with the Neela Srsvati series felt like a clear, intuitive pull, I just knew that was the right place to begin sharing, it came to me in multiple avenues and accidentally through a senior student as well looking for an old tap

1992 Brussels - Neela Srsvati (Blue Saraswati), Tape 3, Side 1 The mantras in this one are incredibly powerful. Wow. I love how he says “from the perspective of sound.” In other tapes he says “from the 6th perspective.” It makes me realize you can really look at life through different lenses, and see different truths. In fact, we are probably drawn toward the philosophies and information that speak to the lens, mind, or chakra we view the world from. So when he says “from the

1992 Brussels - Neela Srsvati (Blue Saraswati), Tape 2, Side 1 *Sri Shyamji taught this correct spelling of Saraswati as Srsvati, which will be used throughout this blog. The current work I am moving through is a 5-cassette tape series entitled Neela Srsvati (Blue Srsvati). This was a workshop he did in Brussels in 1992. It is full of so many gems and beautiful, powerful mantras. I have a deep love for Srsvati because of Sri Shyamji opening that possibility in my world. I am

Welcome to my blog, where I will share with you the adventure it is to archive 50+ years of a great master's life's work! My beloved teacher, Sri Shyamji Bhatnagar, was a Nada and Swar Yogi (science of sound and breath). He left his body in April 2025, leaving behind many dedicated students and decades of sacred sounds and knowledge. In January 2026 I accepted the role of President and Lead Archivist of the Chakra Institute, and the most important task I see before me is prot