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Santosh Sachdeva

Where Stillness Meets Awakening

— Eight of over 300 —

Illuminated Kundalini Experiences

Each painting depicts a precise inner vision witnessed during meditation — rendered with the fidelity of direct experience.

The Collection

Eight visions from the inner journey — paintings born of meditation, rendered in light and silence.

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Painting No.

The Seven Chakras

A stylised rendering of the seven main chakras in the etheric body...

“The illustrations of the workings of the ascending Kundalini energy are unique and unprecedented. In all the history and all the literature about the Kundalini, there has never been anything like this in detail and delineation of the actual processes.” — Rohit Arya, The Sacred India Tarot

Biography

The Journey

Her spiritual journey began in 1995 when she attended a Brahma Vidya course conducted by Justice M. L. Dudhat of the Bombay High Court. Between 1996–1999, she experienced an intense Kundalini awakening accompanied by vivid visions, which she documented through detailed illustrations.

An unprecedented visual record of the inner process of Kundalini awakening.

Today, Santosh Sachdeva conducts weekly group meditations both online and at her residence in South Mumbai, while continuing to counsel spiritual aspirants on their path to awakening.

Padmasambhava — The Lotus-Born — Padmasambhava — *The Lotus-Born* Ca. 18–19th c. Painted banner Art Institute of Chicago · CC0

A practice received — then carried forward.

The Eight
Spiritual Breaths.

A powerful system of Kundalini Yoga that leads to personal transformation and conscious evolution — received in the tradition begun by Edwin John Dingle and formalised in India by Swami K. S. Ramanathan, founder of the Brahma Vidya Mission, Mumbai.

— First hand · the source — Guru of Ding Le Mei A Tibetan Master under whom Edwin John Dingle studied in Tibet in the early 1900s. Dingle considered him his spiritual guide or Guru.

— Second hand · carried west — Ding Le Mei — Edwin John Dingle English journalist and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; one of the first Westerners to enter and live in a Tibetan monastery. Founded the Institute of Mentalphysics in 1927; later headquartered in California, and taught the Breathing Exercises to over 220,000 students.

— Third hand · the founder — Swami K. S. Ramanathan Indian disciple who studied Mentalphysics under Ding Le Mei in California; brought the practice to India and founded the Brahma Vidya Mission in Mumbai. Honoured with the title Jyotirmayananda — “Being of Light” — by Ding Le Mei’s wife.

— Fourth hand · the teacher — Justice M. L. Dudhat Of the Bombay High Court; Swami Ramanathan’s student, who taught the course in Mumbai. Santosh’s direct guru — under his guidance she joined the Brahma Vidya course in 1995, the year that began her Kundalini awakening.

— Lineage —

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— The Volumes —

The Eight Spiritual Breaths, Volume I cover

Vol. I. Foundations The system, its origins and the first breaths set in detail.

The Eight Spiritual Breaths, Volume II cover

Vol. II. Practice Practical application — daily rhythm, refinement, embodiment.

— The Practice Continues — The Eight Spiritual Breaths Course → A daily practice, taught online at eightspiritualbreaths.com.

ॐ Appreciation

The dream-like visions presented by Santosh Sachdeva are very good, and they represent the blessings of the Masters to this generation. Tapasvis like Mahavatar Babaji, who have been engaged in ascetic practices for hundreds of years in the mountains in India, can thus enlighten any jiva. Yet there are hundreds of thousands of beings to choose from, and at least thousands of Sadhus who can be so blessed.

The reason for her being singled out for this honour is that she too has been a part of the stream of Sadhus life after life, and this is the culmination of her own Punya karma involving hundreds of years of Sadhana. Every single atom of her body has become receptive to the teachings of the Masters, and this book is the result.

This is the rarest of rare occurrences, a Mahadurlabh yoga in the physical world. I suggest, therefore, that she diligently continues this practice to illustrate the workings of the Kundalini.”

Swami Gagangirinath Maharaj Gagangiri Yogashram, Khopoli, Maharashtra

— In the company of — Teachers, masters, fellow travellers.

With Baba Gagangiri Maharaj, 1999 — 1999 Baba Gagangiri Maharaj Seeking blessings.

With Justice M. L. Dudhat — 2000 Justice M. L. Dudhat With my Guru, at the launch of my first book.

With Justice M. L. Dudhat at first book launch, 2000 — 2000 Justice M. L. Dudhat With my Guru, at the launch of my first book.

With Ramesh Balsekar — 2000 Ramesh Balsekar In conversation with the Advaita master at my home, discussing notes for my second book ‘Kundalini Diary’.

With Eckhart Tolle — 2000 Eckhart Tolle At my daughter Nikki’s home in Hong Kong.

With Guru Jyotirmayananda — 2001 Guru Jyotirmayananda Swami K. S. Ramanathan, founder of Brahma Vidya Mission India. In conversation at his home.

With Paramahamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati — 2003 Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati President, Bihar School of Yoga. Presenting a copy of my first book.

With Master Charles Cannon — 2008 Master Charles Cannon On his visit to India.

With Yogiraj Gurunath — 2015 Yogiraj Gurunath Presenting the first copy of my book ‘The Kundalini Artworks’.