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Antar Mauna: Tantric Path To Inner Calm

Peace, bliss, harmony. Who can experience these states? Nowadays most of us are struggling with our mental state. Influenced by our conditionings and overwhelmed by the pressures of day-to-day living in today's increasingly stressful society, most of us are full of mental tensions, which manifest as anxiety, nervousness, guilt, fear, obsessions, and sometimes, as phobias. Some of us turn to drugs, alcohol, shopping, or superficial relationships as a temporary means of escape and solace. Some seek help from psychiatrists or psychotherapists to try to cope. If you observe, all of us are looking for some form of change; a little relief from the inner conflicts and suffering. We want to feel at ease with oneself and experience, if not bliss, just a speck of peace and contentment. As humans we enjoy happy thoughts and tend to push away sad or morbid thoughts. This push results in suppression of thoughts. Suppression causes mental blocks over time. The suppressed thoughts remain in the subconscious mind and become the source of inner conflict and suffering. This course will enable you to release these oppressive mental tensions and become your own psychotherapists in the process using tantra. Tantra is an ancient tradition that encompasses every aspect of life, to achieve ultimate freedom. The word "tantra" is derived from two root words: "tan", which means to expand consciousness, and "tra", meaning "a medium". Once you have expanded your consciousness, this paves the path for inner peace. There are many techniques in tantra and one of the technique is Antar Mauna, which is a beautiful tantric process that directly works at the mind level. There are many misconceptions regarding tantra, but per the tradition, expansion of the consciousness using various endeavours in the life is the goal. Antar Mouna literally translates to inner peace. Peace which is attained not by suppression of an inner experience, but after harmonizing the activities of the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind.

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Meet your Teacher

Nivritti Yoga

Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

About Nivritti Yoga: The word ‘Nivritti’ simply refers to ‘the path of turning inward’, the path where we are no more searching for happiness and fulfillment through our actions in the outside world but finding it inwards through contemplation and meditation. On this path, attention is directed inward, often with a focus on acceptance and finding a connection with our true selves. Sages believe that everyone has the enlightened self, which in most humans stays in a sleeping state, unless awakened through some spiritual practice. With the belief that everyone has the potential to awaken the inner self - which is the source of ecstasy, joy, and fulfillment – we started Nivritti Yoga, out of a passion for sharing the wisdom of the sages and ancient texts (Scriptures). We teach practices completely pure and traditional in form, stemming from the roots of yoga and tantra and adapting them to suit individual needs. It is a disciplined science, encompassing all aspects of life and balancing the mind, body, and spirit. This helps us restore perfect health and leads us from gross awareness to super consciousness (God), resulting ultimately in eternal bliss or Sat-Chit-Ananda, which is the aim of life. About the teacher: Born and brought up in the world's yoga capital, Rishikesh, Sandeep is a classical wellness coach. He has learned under the traditional ashrams of yoga, vedanta, and tantra, which includes Ramakrishna Mission, Bihar School of Yoga (Yogic Studies & Yoga Psychology), Sivananda Ashram (Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy), and the Yoga Vedanta Dhanvantari Ashram. Along with various certificates, he also holds a Master's degree in yoga and meditation. Before starting with Nivritti, he worked as a yoga teacher in a leading spa destination, Ananda in the Himalayas. He loves to share traditional and authentic practices that will help you overcome physical, psychological, and emotional hurdles and realize your true potential with perfect health, mental clarity, and happiness - the Essence of our being. Sandeep lives in India at Rishikesh, in a house at the bank of river Ganga.

10 Days

2.6k students

4.8 stars

16 min / day

Acceptance

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Lesson 1

Pratyahara Of Hearing

The first stage of establishing inner calm is the withdrawal of the senses from external stimuli (sensory objects). This particular aspect of sadhana (spiritual practice) is known as ‘pratyahara’ (withdrawal of the senses). Withdrawal of the senses from the sense objects turns the outward-going tendency of the mind inwards, and we learn to fix things inside, not outside. In today’s meditation, we will learn to withdraw our sense of hearing, thus reducing the influence from sounds in our minds.

Lesson 2

Pratyahara Of Touch

There shall be noise, there shall be disturbances from outside circumstances and from internal turmoil, but our goal is to witness and remain undisturbed. In the previous meditation, we experienced withdrawal from our sense of hearing. In today’s meditation, we will learn to withdraw our sense of touch, thus reducing the influence from touch, in our minds.

Lesson 3

Pratyahara Of Vision

Today's meditation is a continuation of turning the mind within. In the previous meditation, we experienced the withdrawal of our sense of hearing and touch. in this session, we will be guided to withdraw our sense of vision too. Thus, preparing us to witness subtle changes happening at the mind level.

Lesson 4

Total Pratyahara

In today's meditation, we are going to introduce new elements of sense perception , will prepare us for the next days.

Lesson 5

Witness The Mind

In today's meditation, stage 2 of Antar Mauna will be introduced. We will learn to witness the inner workings of the mind, witnessing what inner noise is. It will make one understand the workings of one’s own rational and irrational mind, as well as giving one an understanding of what ticks off people. This practice will reduce the distractions at the mind level.

Lesson 6

Observe The Thoughts

Antar Mauna is a practice of establishing inner calm. The calm is attained not by suppression of an inner experience, but after harmonizing the activities of the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind. We started harmonizing mental experiences by developing the awareness of the senses - sensory experiences, then continued by becoming aware of spontaneous thoughts. In today's practice, we will continue to be aware of the spontaneous thought flow.

Lesson 7

Accepting Inner Experiences

As humans we enjoy happy thoughts and tend to push away sad or morbid thoughts. This push results in suppression of thoughts, and suppression cause mental blocks over time. The suppressed thoughts remain in the subconscious mind and become the source of inner conflict and suffering. In today's meditation, we will learn to accept unpleasant inner experiences.

Lesson 8

Samskara Impressions

Samskaras, the latent impressions hidden within, act as powerful barriers to calm, as well as day-to-day happiness. These impressions must come out. If we go on pushing them back, they will explode in time, and we may not be able to cope with them then. In tantra, this stage is called "Atma shuddhi" or "Chitta shuddhi" - that is, self-purification or mental purification. In today's practice, stage 3 of Antar Mauna is introduced, and we will learn to release past impressions.

Lesson 9

Traumatic Impressions

No matter how carefully we live, traumatic incidents may still happen to us. It can take months, years, and sometimes our whole life to get over the pain, suffering, and feel safe again. In today's practice, we will learn about trauma, its causes, and its effects on our psyche. In the meditation, we will be guided to release these impressions.

Lesson 10

Peace, Calm & Harmony

Today we will learn about the source of peace, calm, and harmony. Stage 4 of Antar Mauna will be introduced today. In this stage, we learn to bring and maintain the state of thoughtlessness. Initially, we try to maintain 15 seconds of thoughtlessness. Later, with practice, we try to increase the time. As this is the concluding day of the course, we will understand how to increase the intensity of the practice.

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Recent Reviews

Dinyell

January 7, 2026

Impactful. Thank you!

Nina

October 31, 2025

Beautiful and calming.

Drew

August 8, 2025

This 10 course provided a guided approach to meditation lm Sandeep was an excellent teacher, providing calmness and clarity throughout.

Nancy

July 25, 2025

Maybe a little less talking suring the observing thoughts part, but overall a very valuable course.

Lucy

January 27, 2025

I really enjoyed this course & learning about the technique of Antar mauna - having such clear steps really appealed to me, and the concept of letting my thoughts appear to deal with, as opposed to letting them fester in my subconscious, made a lot of sense to me. I definitely want to explore it further. Thank you, Sandeep!

Kew

September 15, 2024

Thank you for this wonderful course, Sandeep. I appreciated the simplified way of getting my mind, calm, and felt totally relaxed. Great start to my every day.

Katie

August 23, 2024

Excellent course. I struggle all the time with wandering mind. This brief course is very helpful to calm those thoughts. Thank you so much for continuing to share your gift with us. ☮️💖🙏🖖🪷🕉

Cody

June 30, 2024

Having been turned away by several therapists who told me that the amount of trauma I have internalized is beyond their skillset, I was sketical to take this course. Its only 10 days, so I stuck with it and it was relatively pleasant and insightful. However, toward the end of the course I had an absolute breakthrough. It is a difficult thing to describe and, as with anyone, it was entirely personal and specific experience. In a nutshell, years of pain and deep seeded suffering emerged from me in a way that I thought I was to never have relief from. I believe what happened to me was a breakthrough in my particular extraordinary life’s journey, and I live my days the better for it. I am truly greatful to Sandeep and to this Antar Mauna tantric path to inner calm course.

Travis

January 8, 2024

Amazing!

Micah

December 17, 2023

Wonderful course!

Heather

October 26, 2023

Really great guided meditation course

Heather

July 18, 2023

This course was great. I learned a lot and want to continue with this kind of meditation.

Alex

July 17, 2023

A excellent course, a great instructor!

BJ22

May 11, 2023

I liked that each day built on the previous day by recapping before adding something new 🙏

Cat

February 19, 2023

This course brought me to a place of calm, free of thoughts. Thank you.

Suat

October 13, 2022

Great course, I learned Antar Mauna and internalized. Thanks 🙏☀️

Patrick

September 14, 2022

Great course offering tootls to experience tge senses, here and now, thoights and thougtlessness. I will definitely try to integrate this in daily life. Maybe some pauzes are needed during the practices giving more time to experience all of the above. Thank you for the wisdom and help. Namaste!

May 15, 2022

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May 3, 2022

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