Prana Mandir

10/15/2026

I have the power to shape the life I want. 🌿

There’s a difference between trying to control every part of your life and recognizing the role you play in creating it.

We may not choose every circumstance, every change, or every challenge that comes our way. But we can choose the habits we cultivate, the boundaries we honor, the thoughts we return to, and the small steps we take toward the life we want to live.

Change doesn’t always arrive through one big decision. Sometimes, it begins quietly: with a choice to listen to yourself, to try again, or to do one thing differently today.

You don’t have to have the whole path figured out. Just remember that your choices matter, and small steps can become meaningful change.

What is one small choice you can make today that brings you closer to the life you want?

10/13/2026

October is Emotional Wellness Month.

Emotional wellness is not about feeling positive all the time. It is about developing a deeper awareness of what we feel, learning to meet those feelings with care, and building practices that help us move through stress, change, and difficult moments with greater steadiness.

The way we relate to our inner experience matters. When we slow down enough to notice what is happening within us, we create space between what we feel and how we respond.

This is one of the places where the practices of yoga can offer support.

Through breath, movement, meditation, and mindful awareness, yoga invites us to listen more closely: to the body, to the breath, and to the mind. Over time, these practices can help us develop greater awareness of our patterns, recognize when we are carrying tension, and cultivate a more grounded relationship with ourselves.

Emotional wellness isn't about eliminating difficult emotions. It is about having the awareness, practices, and support to meet ourselves through all of them.

This month, consider creating a little more space to check in:

What am I feeling?
What is my body telling me?
What do I need today?
Where could I offer myself a little more compassion?

Sometimes the practice is simply to pause, breathe, listen, and return.

A place to return to yourself.

10/05/2026

Ending the week with gratitude.

For the people who showed up.
For the spaces that welcomed us.
For the conversations, practice, laughter, vulnerability and connection.

This week reminded us of something we believe deeply at Prana Mandir: healing happens in community.

A very special thank you to Kate and Rabbi Kanfer at Kehilat Ma’arav for welcoming Prana Mandir into your community and for the thoughtfulness, trust and care you brought to creating this experience with us. We’re so grateful for the opportunity to share this practice with your community, and for the beautiful space you created for us to come together.

And to everyone who joined us — thank you for bringing your presence, openness and energy. We’re grateful to have shared this evening with you.

This is why we gather.
To practice.
To listen.
To connect.
To make space for one another.

With gratitude,
Prana Mandir

10/02/2026

Join Prana Mandir for an intimate evening of Resonant Kriya Yoga, breathwork, meditation, and sacred practice in a private garden in Hawthorne.

Led by Lea Kraemer, this 75-minute experience is inspired by practices of purification and renewal in the ancient traditiion of Shabd Kriya Yoga.

Together, we explore the relationship between breath, movement, stillness, and the radiant body — creating space to turn inward, reconnect with yourself, and experience the practices in community.

09/28/2026

If you are in LA - we invite you to join us in a beautiful private garden for Resonant Kriya Yoga on October 3.

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BREATH
The luminous body · Pranamayakosha
Through conscious breath, we bring Prana — the vital energy that moves through us and connects body, mind, and spirit.

STILLNESS & MOVEMENT
The bliss body · Anandamayakosha
Through movement, meditation, and stillness, we cultivate deeper awareness to experience other layers of ourselves.

RADIANCE
Go beyond where you have gone before.
An invitation to discover what becomes possible when we give our attention to the experience of Being.

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09/16/2026

Soundless sounds, inner sounds, can be experienced at times in meditation or in spiritual practice as the Kundalini Shakti sweeps through the central axis of the chakra system. The inner movement of purifying, sweeping, and clearing energy channels to leave open the chakras can be accompanied by vivid sensory phenomena.

This can become so expressive at times, that sensory experiences coming only from within you, can feel AS IF they are out-loud.

Inner sounds can be as clear as a the hissing of a snake (at the base chakras), as tremendous as a lion's roar, or as intoxicating as bird calls or melodic flute (at the heart center).

Swami Kripananada, in the Sacred Power, wrote, "The awakened Shakti purifies the different senses.
The eyes gain the power of seeing even distant objects, the ears can hear the inner music, and divine fragrances and nectar are released."

If this happens within you - understanding how this is a part of the energy-rising journey can be helpful. You do not need to do anything and there is nothing to correct - only realize that your inner machinery is working well. Just like your refrigerator is not broken if you hear the "kerplunk" of the ice, or your window is not broken if you can see light-patterns shinning through in the morning sun.

09/05/2026

How we begin the day shapes how we move through it.

When you don't have time for a longer morning practice - a full Sadhana - remember that even a few intentional minutes are enough to change how you meet the day.

Try these two simple self-rituals:

1. Begin with your breath.
Before reaching for your phone or moving into your to-do list, take 3 - 11 minutes to simply listen to your breath. Hearing its sound and feeling its sensation, let your attention settle into your body and mind.

2. Set an intention.
Instead of asking what you need to accomplish today - try asking:
How do I want to feel today?

Let that feeling become a conscious anchor for the choices you make throughout the day.

Small rituals can create meaningful shifts.

Which one will you try tomorrow morning?

08/18/2026

LA community - We are so pleased to invite you for a Resonant Kriya Yoga practice this Sunday at 5pm in a beautiful private garden.

06/05/2026

01/31/2026

We are now a inhumane nation with no regard for decency.
Are we going to demand to take back our democracy or continue to see what happens when convicted low life is given dangerous power?