Ma Jaya often begins guided meditations with instructions for becoming more aware of the breath. This short podcast begins with her instruction “close your eyes.” We suggest you use it as a tool to begin your own meditation.

(2 minutes)

This podcast is a selection from an intensive called “Stepping into the Death of the Ego,” in which Ma Jaya asks us to burn our limiting ego in the fire of awareness.

(7 minutes)

Speaking to Kali Natha Yoga students and teachers, Ma explains that yoga creates more space in the body, especially the heart center. Into this space comes sound, in the form of mantra or chanting, bringing even greater opening. Ma also demonstrates the Breath of Intention, a combination of chanting and breath which can bring us closer to our spiritual Beloved. This podcast offers insight for the practitioners of any yoga, or the devotees of any path.

(9 Minutes)

Ma gives us a very simple formula for receiving the blessings of the universe -- whether material or spiritual.

(4 minutes)

Ma Jaya answers women's questions about power and anger, the true meaning of shakti, and how to respond to sexist language in the scriptures of every religion. The questions were not recorded, but they are clear from the context.

(6 minutes)

A moment of freedom is a moment without thought or ego. Ma points out the many ways our thoughts can bind us, and invites us to taste freedom in meditation.

(9 minutes)

Ma recently answered several questions around the themes of love, fear, and shakti (feminine power). This podcast contains two of those questions and Ma's replies.

(6 minutes)

Ma emphasizes compassionate hands-on service, both as an essential part of the spiritual path and as a way to help a suffering world. The picture on the right is Hanuman, a Hindu deity who exemplifies the spirit of service.

(2 minutes)

Instead of denying negativity, or acting on it, we can offer it up to god or goddess, or to the essence of love. Giving up negativity and opening to love heals the wounded heart.

(4 minutes)

Before going into meditation, it is important to check our posture. This podcast leads us through the steps of aligning the body for meditation and becoming more aware -- a process Ma calls The Seven Points of Kali Natha Alignment.

(6 minutes)

Ma explains the higher and lower ego, and speaks of the fears that we have in meditation, and our choice to go beyond them. This podcast can lead you into meditation.

(6 minutes)

Ma explains the way of detachment, or the Chidakash. This teaching, which Ma learned from her teacher Swami Nityananda, allows us to work with the sick and dying from a place of clarity and detachment./h3>

(3 minutes)

Ma Jaya speaks about using meditation and pranayam (breath control) to help us break our addictions.

(4 minutes)

Ma speaks with great sweetness and simplicity about "that piece of eternity that ties us all together...."

(3 minutes)

Introducing a weekend intensive just before the New Year, Ma speaks of discipline as a joy, not a chore, and explains how procrastination steals us from the moment.

(5 minutes)

Ma Jaya developed Kali Natha Yoga from ancient roots. In this Darshan, given on Yoga Day USA, she shows the connection between yoga practice and the development of intuition and awareness.

(5 Minutes)

Ma Jaya speaks of the soul, and reminds us of the 'mystic seed' within us all.

(5 minutes)

In this darshan, Ma Jaya explains how to deal with the habitual thoughts that can box us in to depression. She also speaks of tantra and earthly samadhi, and recites lines from Ram Prasad, 'This time I will devour thee utterly, Kali Ma…'

(12 minutes)

Ma Jaya speaks of awareness and tantra as she introduces a deep guided meditation.Allow this introduction to lead you into meditation.

(4 minutes)

This is an excerpt from Ma Jaya's darshan on World AIDS Day, 2007. Ma has been an advocate for people with AIDS since the earliest days of the epidemic. She teaches the importance of compassionate service, and sponsors programs for people affected by HIV and AIDS both at home and internationally.

(7 minutes)

Ma Jaya is an American born spiritual teacher, artist, and founder of Kali Natha Yoga. In tonight's darshan, recorded live at Kashi Ashram, she explains the tantric teaching of how to prepare the body for meditation, and then leads the listener on a meditative journey into the silence. (47 minutes)

Neem Karoli Baba, an Indian holy man and Ma Jaya's beloved Guru, chants the name of God (Sri Rama). This is a rare archival recording of his voice.