The Forbidden Yoga tradition

Cross Pollinating Shakta Tantra and Advaita Vedanta into Pop Culture

Forbidden Yoga is rooted in an ancient Shakta tradition of West Bengal. We take pride in not offering shallow Neo Tantra workshops but instead focus on authentic sadhanas, rituals, and mind concepts based on this ancient hologram of thoughts. This particular tradition, however, never had a formal name or a traceable lineage, aside from the words of the gurus passed down through hundreds of years. These oral traditions were transmitted as Smriti — a Sanskrit term meaning what one can remember from the guru, encompassing the words and the rhythm of the Laya Yoga teachings with which the guru has programmed his disciple’s mind.

At Forbidden Yoga, we offer an ancient approach to left-handed Kundalini Yoga mystery teachings, along with thousands of rituals and other practices related to Kundalini Shakti. Our lineage is not modern, though outwardly it may appear so. It is old, deep, irrational, and mystical in all regards. We are neither religious nor spiritual in the conventional sense. We simply follow and practice the ancient teachings of this left-handed lineage.

The lineage may or may not include sexual practices; however, most of our practices are non-sexual, with 99% of them done alone in your empty room, without a group. We do not worship any exotic Gods, but we do revere the female manifestation of Kali in her ten forms, as this Tantra is based on her worship. If you wish to join us, you do not need to believe in terms like Samsara, the endless cycle of rebirth, but you should be aware that this tantric lineage has always focused on the possibility of stepping out of the cycle of rebirth to attain Moksha, or liberation, at the time of death. Whether this is still possible today within a left-handed tradition depends mainly on the practitioner. It depends on you and you alone.