🧠 What loneliness does to your brain Long-term social isolation isn’t just emotionally painful — it physically changes your brain. Neuroscientists have found that people who lack meaningful social contact show reduced cognitive abilities like memory, learning, and decision-making. Over time, this isolation raises the risk of dementia and other forms of cognitive decline. Brain imaging studies reveal that loneliness can shrink gray and white matter in regions critical for thought and emotion — including the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala. These changes weaken emotional regulation and make the brain more reactive to stress, threats, and negative feelings. Isolation doesn’t only alter brain structure — it affects brain chemistry too. It activates the stress response system, increasing inflammation and fueling anxiety and depression. Social cognition — the ability to interpret others’ emotions and connect empathetically — also begins to fade, making people feel even more cut off. The good news: re-engaging socially can help reverse some of these effects. Genuine connection — whether through friendships, family, or community — is one of the most powerful ways to protect brain health, slow aging, and sustain emotional well-being throughout life. Source: Layden, E. A. et al. (2023). Nature Communications #Neuroscience #Loneliness #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #CognitiveScience #Neuroplasticity #EmotionalWellbeing

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Goddess Gayatri is worshipped throughout the Indian sub-continent as one of the main Deities. Especially Brahma Muhurta is related to Brahma Gayatri. But the Himalayan region was the main centre for Gayatri Sadhna and teachings. The Sharda Peeth and Kaulantak Peeth were the main centres of Gayatri Sadhna in the past. The whole world knows that because of the genocide of the Kashmiri Pundits and the jihadists destroyed the Sharda Peeth and many temples in Kashmir. And one of the centres of Gayatri Sadhna was also destroyed by the islamic extremists. Now one of the Himalayan Peeth, the Kaulantak Peeth is still practising and teaching the original form of Gayatri Sadhna along with all Her secret forms and traditions. Many of you are not aware that the Holy Hans Kund is related to Bhagwan Shri Brahma Ji and His Shakti Goddess Brahma Gayatri. The ancient tradition and history of Gayatri Sadhna and Brahma Sadhna are linked with the ‘Hans Kund Teertha Yatra’ (the holy pilgrimage) of Kaulantak Peeth. Therefore there is a long history of Kaulantak Peeth related to Gayatri Sadhna. Since the whole world is talking about the Kashmiri Pundits’ genocide these days, so Kaulantak Peeth dedicated the Gayatri Sadhna Camp to the great Kashmiri Pundits who were great Sadhaks themselves. We pray to revive the legacy of Acharyas like Mahasiddha Abhinav Gupta and we also demand justice for Kashmiri Pundits. International Kaulantak Siddha Vidya Peeth (IKSVP) presents you with the glimpses of the ‘Gayatri Sadhna Deeksha Camp’ that was held in collaboration with Kaulantak Peeth, on March 30th and March 31st, 2022 respectively, in West Bengal, India. This spiritual initiation camp was conducted under direct supervision of His Holiness, Kaulantak Nath, Mahasiddha Ishaputra. Highlights: Day 1 began with the guided visualisation session and the seekers prepared themselves to dive into the subtle and mystical world of Goddess Gayatri with the introductory class on Gayatri Devi and the Gayatri Mantra. The seekers prepared their body and mind to receive the knowledge from His Holiness through the Yoga session, and Banshira Yuddha Kala followed by the Kaulachar session with the IKSVP Acharyas. His Holiness, Kaulantak Nath blessed the seekers, who came from across the world, and gave Darshan on the early evening of March 30, 2022. His Holiness then explained the participants the mystical aspects of the most powerful mantra given by the Bhagwan Shri #Vashishth and Bhagwan Shri #Vishvamitra. On Day 2, the seekers were introduced to the Sacred Geometry Yantra of Goddess Gayatri and the ‘Awaran Poojan’ of the ‘Yantra Mandal’ was conducted by everyone under the grace of His Holiness, Mahasiddha Ishaputra. On the auspicious night of March 31st, many seekers transformed into the Sadhaks of the Goddess Gayatri when His Holiness, Kaulantak Nath, Mahasiddha Ishaputra spiritually initiated them through ‘Sparsh Deeksha’ (touching their forehead) into the Gayatri Sadhna. Few had tears of joy in their eyes while most were spell-bounded by the grace of the greatest living Mahayogi on the Planet. Om Shri Gurumandalay Namah. Om Shri MahaHimalayay Namah. Om Sam Siddhay Namah. Om Namo Bhagawati Kurukelle. Om Shri PadmaPriya Suramya Ramapati Ishaputraye Namah. Namo Adesh!!!! #GayatriSadhana #GayatriMantra #GayatriDeeksha #Ishaputra #MahasiddhaIshaputra #KaulantakPeeth #HimalayanSiddhas #MahayogiSatyendraNath #Kaulachara #DevParampara #Spirituality #India #SambhalaSamrajya #Kalki #Dharm #Hindu #Hindutva #Sanatan #Sanskriti #Parampara #Gurukul #GuruShishyaParampara #Gurumandal #Gurumandala #Himalaya #AbhinavGupt #JusticeForKashmiriPandits #Hanskund #TeerthYatra

Kaulantak Peeth would like to wish you all, a very divine "Happy Guru Poornima 2021" to all the Bhairava/Bhairavis. Because of covid-19 restrictions, the ceremony was held privately. Some few Bhairava/Bhairavis celebrated the Guru Poornima with His Holiness Mahasiddha Ishaputra. In the speech that followed, he revealed us some secrets about gurus which were not known to the public. It was a night celebration and we have some pictures that was captured and we would like to post it for you all. Lastly, Happy Guru Poornima 2021 once again. Om Sam Siddhaye namaha Om Shri Maha Himalayay Nahama Om Shri Guru Mandalaya namaha Om Shri Padma Priya Ramapati Ishaputraye Namaha Om Shri Kaulantak Peethaya Namaha Namo Adesh ji! #GuruPuranima #Ishaputra #KaulantakPeeth #MahayogiSatyendraNath #IKSVP #Shivir #Camp #Online #Sadhana #Mystic #Yogi #Sadguru #Guru #Mahaguru #ParamGuru #International #Kaulantak #SiddhaVidyaPeeth #Prabhu

Last month, 'International Kaulantak Siddha Vidya Peeth' (IKSVP) organized its first camp under its own banner, the “Ugra Narsimha 2 Days Basic Course” on 26-27th January at Satara, Maharastra. Ugra Narsimha is one of the forms of Narsimha which is ferocious and full of wrath. Narsimha is also considered to be one of the avataras of lord Vishnu to kill the daitya Hiranyakashyapu. The course is all about the middle path approach to defeat all the evils inherent in our lives. It is also about pursuing the middle path to practice 'Siddha Dharma'. The first day is where 'His Holiness Mahasiddha Ishaputra' explains the theoretical part of the deity worship while the second day was all about the karmakand. The course was conducted through the tradition of 'Guru-disciple' tradition of 'Siddha Dharma'. We would like to present the pictures taken during the two days of the course to our fraternity. We shall also update you other information as soon as we receive them. Namo Aadesh! Om Sam Siddhaya Namah! Om Gurumandalaya Namah! Om Priya-Ishaputraya Namah! #KaulantakPeeth #HimalayanSiddhas #Ishaputra #SiddhaDharma #Iksvp #MahaSiddhaIshaputra #Narsimha #KurukullaTemple

The third and fourth day of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra camp that was held in Satara on 21-27th December, 2019 under the guru disciple lineage of "Siddha Dharma" encompassed the explanation of techniques of Vigyana Bhairava Tantra. All together, there are 112 meditation techniques mentioned in the Tantra. The third day was the start of explanation of those techniques by His Holiness Mahasiddha Ishaputra. In the span of third and fourth day of the camp, he revealed 60 techniques. The remaining techniques shall be revealed in the ending days of the camp. We were provided with some pictures taken during the third and fourth day of the camp. We would like to post it here. Namo Aadesh Om Sam Siddhaya Namah Om Gurumandalaya Namah Om Priya Ishaputraya Namah #KaulantakPeeth #HimalayanSiddhas #Ishaputra #VigyanaBhairava #SiddhaDharma #MahaSiddhaIshaputra #KurukullaTemple #Iksvp

The third and fourth day of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra camp that was held in Satara on 21-27th December, 2019 under the guru disciple lineage of "Siddha Dharma" encompassed the explanation of techniques of Vigyana Bhairava Tantra. All together, there are 112 meditation techniques mentioned in the Tantra. The third day was the start of explanation of those techniques by His Holiness Mahasiddha Ishaputra. In the span of third and fourth day of the camp, he revealed 60 techniques. The remaining techniques shall be revealed in the ending days of the camp. We were provided with some pictures taken during the third and fourth day of the camp. We would like to post it here. Namo Aadesh Om Sam Siddhaya Namah Om Gurumandalaya Namah Om Priya Ishaputraya Namah #KaulantakPeeth #Ishaputra #HimalayanSiddhas #SiddhaDharma #VigyanaBhairava #MahaSiddhaIshaputra #Iksvp #KurukullaTemple

A seven days residental course on "Patanjali Yoga" course is currently ongoing from 23-29th september 2019. It is organized by International Kaulantak Peeth Siddha Vidhya peeth under the guru sishya tradition of "Siddha Dharma". Mahasiddha Ishaputra under whose guidance the current course is being held explained the origin and history of Patanjali Yoga which was never revealed before. Some of the facts about Maharishi Patanjali that he revealed was the real name of Patanjali, his childhood! his guru. He also revealed the lesser known facts about Patanjali Yoga and its parent yoga. He also explained the two important chakras important to Patanjal Yoga. We still have six more days of the camp and we shall update you other informations related to the course as soon as we are permitted to do so. Namo Aadesh Om sam siddhaya namah Om gurumandalaya namah Om Priya Ishaputraya namah #KaulantakPeeth #MahaHimalayanSiddhas #BhagwatiKurukulla #PatajaliYoga #Iksvp #MahaSiddhaIshaputra #Course #KurukullaTemple

A seven days residental course on "Patanjali Yoga" course is currently ongoing from 23-29th september 2019. It is organized by International Kaulantak Peeth Siddha Vidhya peeth under the guru sishya tradition of "Siddha Dharma". Mahasiddha Ishaputra under whose guidance the current course is being held explained the origin and history of Patanjali Yoga which was never revealed before. Some of the facts about Maharishi Patanjali that he revealed was the real name of Patanjali, his childhood! his guru. He also revealed the lesser known facts about Patanjali Yoga and its parent yoga. He also explained the two important chakras important to Patanjal Yoga. We still have six more days of the camp and we shall update you other informations related to the course as soon as we are permitted to do so. Namo Aadesh Om sam siddhaya namah Om gurumandalaya namah Om Priya Ishaputraya namah #kaulantakpeeth #iksvp #himalayansiddhas #patanjaliyoga #siddhadharma #mahasiddhaishaputra #guruparampara #kurukullatemple #course

A seven day "Mahakapalika course" had been conducted by Kaulantak Peeth from 23-29th June at Satara, Maharastra. The course was conducted under the guru-disciple tradition of "Siddha Dharma". Mahasiddha Ishaputra started the first day of the course by explaining the term "Kapalika"and its relation with Pashupat Vidya, Vama Marga and Aghora. The Kapalika are the kapala centric tradition which means they value the human brain and mind to be the most important thing in this universe. Likewise, Mahasiddha Ishaputra also explained the belongings of Kapalika which they always carry with them. The second and third day was well spent on imparting of various Kapalika Dhyana techniques as well as explanations of human anatomy. The rain was our constant company for the whole course. It rained heavily and the environment was as serene as our camp. Presented hereby are some pictures taken during the camp. We shall update you with the other informations as soon as possible. Namo Aadesh Om Sam Siddhaya Namah om Gurumandalaya Namah om Priya Ishaputraya Namah #mahsiddhaihaputra #siddhadharma #kaulantakpeeth #himalayansiddhas #course #ishaputra #dhyana #kurukullatemple #iksvp

The third and the fourth day of the ‘Vajra Yogini’ camp that the Kaulantak Peeth held discussed the concept of ‘Bali’ and other various techniques integral to the path of Vajra Yogini. All together, His Holiness Mahasiddha Ishaputra explained the participant’s forty kinds of bali and its do’s and dont’s. In his own words, His Holiness explains that the concept of bali in today’s contemporary tantra has been all about animals sacrifices which is plain wrong. The bali or the offerings that the tantra prescribes, has nothing to do with the animal sacrifices. His Holiness the head of the supreme tantric peeth revealed that the animal sacrifice prevalent in the society in the name of tantra is nothing but a social taboo created in the name of feeding ones stomach in the name of deity. To pacify all these taboos, His Holiness thus explained the participants and revealed the real essence of bali or sacrifice. He all together revealed forty different bali’s. The procedure of offering the bali as per His Holiness and Siddha Dharma is that the bali should always be made up of dough. For instance, animal sacrifice means one sacrifices one’s own animal instinct and this is done by making an animal out of dough and then offering it. It was this procedure that the tantric misinterpreted and started using real animals. As per him, the use of real animals is sin because the dough doesn’t have a soul but animals do. Killing an organism with soul is a sin and Kaulantak Peeth doesn’t promote sins/ His Holiness revealed that the practice of Vajra Yogini can only proceed when one offers ones animal instinct to the goddess to walk into the path of her. Presented hereby are the picture taken during the third and fourth day of the course for the Kaulantak Peeth fraternity. We shall further update about the remaining happenings very soon. Namo Aadesh Om Priya Ishaputraya Namah Om Gurumandalaya Namah Om Sam Siddhaya Namah #kaulantak #peeth #iksvp #course #tantra #vajra #yoga #dakini #yogini #ishaputra #nath #siddhadharma #mahasiddhaishaputra #kurukullatemple #himalayansiddhas

A seven day residential camp on "Vajra Yogini" was recently organized and concluded by the Kaulantak Peeth under the holy guidance of His Holiness Kaulantak Peethadhishwara, MahayogI Satyendra Nath Ji Maharaja (Ishaputra) from 17-23 March. The second day of the course was well spent on explaining "Vajra Yogini". It was more like the extension of the first day where Mahasiddha Ishaputra further revealed and elaborated various unknown facts about the deity. In his own words, he explained that the path of Vajra Yogini is the path of "तमसोमा ज्योतिर्गमय". The first phase of her practice involves "tamas" or her path is the path from tamas to the light. He further explained that the mastery of ones own existence also involves the mastery of the "tamas" element inside us. The indulgence of tamas or the ignorance of tamas are nothing but the same thing. Both leads to sins and bondages. The perfection of tamas is the key and its perfection transforms a person from a seeker to a Mahasiddha. Various other important aspects of Vajra Yogini were also discussed like her weapon and staff "khatvanga", her mudras, Dakini poses etc, her association with 64 Yoginis etc. We have also taken some pictures which we would like to present herein so that the Kaulantak Peeth fraternity gets the glimpse of the course of Vajra Yogini and the happenings of the Peeth. Namo Aadesh Om Sam Siddhaaya Namah Om Gurumandalaya Namah Om Priya Ishaputraya Namah #kaulantakpeeth #iksvp #course #tantra #vajra #yoga #dakini #yogini #ishaputra #siddhadharma #mahasiddhaishaputra #himalayansiddhas #kurukullatemple