All right, let’s talk Kundalinī, folks. Let’s talk Kundalinī misinformation, and how ChatGPT is making a dire situation even worse. I got an email today from someone who wanted to know if it was safe for them to do my Integrate Your Kundalinī Awakening course. And in the email, they said they’d had a full …
What the F*ck Has New Zealand Done to Stop Genocide in Gaza?
Context (the horror, the facts you need to know) on what NZ has done to stop genocide. On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched a coordinated attack into southern Israel — killing civilians, storming towns, taking hostages. The Israeli security apparatus responded with ferocity. In the chaos, some Israeli troops even ended up killing their own …
Cannabis as a Sacred Plant Medicine: Journeying, Accessing Trance States & Psychosis
by Kara-Leah Grant, (I wrote this in 2019, and only just published it, 2025) This article has been a long time coming. Given that Canada has just legalised cannabis, and New Zealand is finally having a referendum on legalising it in 2020, it feels like now is the time. The danger in writing about the …
What is Traditional Tantra and Where Do I Learn It?
There is a resurgence of interest arising in traditional Tantra in large propelled by the work of scholar-practitioners such as Christopher Wallis and Christopher Tompkins, and informed by the publication of books like Tantra Illuminated and The Recognition Sutras. This resurgence was possibly seeded by the stratospheric rise — and burnout — of Anusara Yoga. It was founded …
24 Hour Kirtan with the Hare Krishnas and the Unexpected Benefits
It was an irresistible invitation. Would I like to come to a 24 hour Kirtan with the Hare Krishnas who were at ProFestNZ?? Would I? Hell yes! I am a practice junkie, and whilst I’m dedicated to Tantra as my ‘path’, one of the beauties of Tantra is that it encompasses ALL practices, all paths, all religions, all …
To get vaccinated or not? Is that even the question?
I’m writing this in September 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has been raging for 20 months or so. There’s been almost 230 million cases, and 4.7 millions deaths, according to the World Health Organisation. Here in New Zealand / Aotearoa, where I live, we’ve had 3,763 cases and 27 deaths and 37.5% of the population is …