Shunya
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Breathing the Divine

A space for stillness, love, and the awakening of the inner light.

For those who feel the deep call homeward, to the Divine already living within.

ANCIENT WISDOM FOR PRESENT TIMES

The science of the breath

Kriya Yoga is a spiritual science that involves harnessing and directing life-force energy, or prana, for soul evolution. This is done through slow, controlled breathing known as pranayama, for it is the breath that acts as a sacred bridge between the body, mind, and soul.

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The body’s life-force moves as several subtle currents. Of these, two are most relevant in Kriya Yoga: one that rises, and one that descends. In ordinary life these two flow in opposite directions, scattering our energy outward and binding us to sensory attachment and restlessness. Through the conscious practice of the breath, Kriya draws them together and into balance. As they meet and unite, the breath settles, the mind grows still, and the freed life-force is drawn inward and upward along the spine.

This has a twofold effect: the rising current expands and refines our consciousness, dissolving the ego, while the descending current helps purify the deep imprints of past karma. Body and mind are nourished and revitalised by the life-force, the nervous system settles, and the practitioner is carried, over time, toward stillness, clarity, and union with the Divine.

Kiruthika Rajeswaran

About Kiruthika

A living bridge between stillness and life

I am a yogi, mystic, poet, and entrepreneur, living a quiet life with my family and dogs in Yorkshire, England.

Even as a young child, there was always a magnetic, irresistible pull towards the Divine, arising from the deep inner knowing that beneath our perceptible world lies something unspeakably vast, pure and loving. This was never a question of belief; it was a quest to remember what home truly felt like for the Soul.

Along my journey, I came to see that the divine essence can be honoured within all forms: sacred scriptures, iconography, and fully realised saints and masters each reflect an aspect of the One formless Divine — Shunya, or pure Consciousness, Reality, or God.

Through loving devotion, writing and the practice of Kriya Yoga, I share ancient wisdom in a way that can be integrated into daily modern life, gradually transforming humanity from within.

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A Personal Soul Reading from a Mount Shasta Shaman

Back in January 2026, I had a personal soul reading from Eric Starwalker, a respected shaman from Mount Shasta. The whole reading was 1.5 hours but I’ve edited it down to the 30 minutes that I felt inwardly permitted to share, choosing to leave out the very personal or specific details.

There’s also a beautiful and hopeful message in here for our times — for the new dawn of awakening which will blossom in humanity’s heart. Each one of us matters. Do we choose love and peace, or fear and hatred?

Writing

From the Heart of Stillness

Essays and poems on practice, love, inner life, and the mystery that meets us in stillness.

ARTICLE

The Golden Age of Peace Dawns Within

It starts and ends with us.

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POEM

Shunya: A Journey Home

Been so incredibly busy with work lately that I've missed writing for my Substack. I took a deliberate pause today and following a 3 hour meditation session, this little poem emerged (May 2026)

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ARTICLE

How My Existence is Thanks to Lord Murugan (Kartikeya)

A personal story of Lord Murugan divinely orchestrating my parents' wedding and protecting me at birth.

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POEM

A Thousand Arms

When sitting down to meditate tonight, a spontaneous flow of gratitude carved out these few verses. (Sept, 2024)

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ARTICLE

No One Gets Away From Being Human: A Peek into My Life

A personal reflection on some of my childhood experiences that transformed me, and on what it means to be fully, messily human.

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POEM

Ode to Mother Rose

Inspired by a single rose offered in prayer. Finding it dried, I was about to discard it when its intoxicating fragrance took me by surprise. I humbly placed it back, and sat down to write.

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ARTICLE

Beyond the Mystical, Back to the Ordinary

May we know that our individual human potential is infinitely greater than any otherworldly experience, that there is something beyond the beyond.

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ARTICLE

The Mountain: A Parable about Spiritual Seeking

A spiritual allegory: travellers scale a mysterious mountain that promises transformation, encountering universal challenges that test every seeker's resolve.

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ARTICLE

Rasa: The Divine Essence Within

What happens when we let God out...

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ARTICLE

For the Love of Nageswari Amman, my Divine Mother

The guiding Shakti who has been spiritually raising me since the age of 12.

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ARTICLE

Who Am I? From a 7-Year-Old's Void to Ramana Maharishi's Ashram

The timeless journey of self-enquiry is one we all share.

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POEM

Tavern of my heart

Written in March, 2020.

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A sacred beginning

When you feel ready, the path is here

Initiation is a sacred beginning: the receiving, with care and reverence, of a practice that heals, revitalises, and expands the soul’s consciousness toward its own divine indweller.

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