Grief & Reconstruction
She arrived after a loss that had unmade her routines. Through breathwork, Kriya, and weekly introspection, the scaffolding came back. Slowly, then completely.
— Fatema
Referred through the network. Linux pricing.
Kri · A practice that holds
Build a practice
that holds.
I'm Ishtiaque. 2nd Dan Kyokushin, 11 years of Kriya Yoga in the Lahiri lineage. I work one-to-one with people who meditate, who train, who try — and still feel their internal state running them. We change that.
First session $75 · 60 min · online · refundable if it doesn't land
15 yrs
Single-teacher lineage. Kyokushin · Kriya · Karate.
What this is
This is not a wellness programme. There are no modules to complete, no habit trackers, no 21-day resets.
The work begins in the first session and the measure is simple: does your internal state actually change? We work with breathwork, physical training, introspection, and energy practices — not separately, but as a single system calibrated to you.
The goal is a practice you own. One that works when I'm not in the room.
How it works
Three mechanisms.
One coherent system.
Each session delivers all three. Each one prepares the ground for the next.
i.
The Reception
Each session begins by reading where your system actually is — not where you think it should be. The first move is calibration: finding the primary mode of self-protection your nervous system defaults to under pressure, then meeting it precisely.
ii.
The Bendings
Six lineages. One body. Each session draws from the bending your system most needs that day — Air for breath, Mind for shadow, Heart for cardio, Band for strength, Form for yoga, Vibe for sound.
iii.
The Convergence
Where ancient and modern meet. Kriya yoga and nervous-system science. Shadow work and strength training. Breathwork and biomechanics. Each practice reinforces the others in the same body, in the same arc of time. The results compound in ways a single modality cannot.
The Six Bendings
Air
Breathwork & Kriya Yoga
Mind
Introspection & shadow work
Heart
Running, cardio, martial arts
Band
Strength & resistance training
Form
Ashtanga & hatha yoga
Vibe
Tibetan singing bowl therapy
The arc
From regulation to ownership.
The work moves through three phases. The arc is non-linear, but the direction is clear.
Phase 1 — Regulation
We begin with the nervous system. Air Bending and the Reception. You learn to come back to baseline at will. Sleep stabilises. The body stops being the loudest thing in the room.
Phase 2 — Capacity
You have a regulation practice that works. Then we layer — physical, psychological, and energetic practices that reinforce each other. Your personal combination of Bendings becomes clear. Routines you couldn't sustain begin to hold.
Phase 3 — Ownership
You understand your own system. Sessions shift from crisis response to refinement. You regulate during stress instead of collapsing into it. The practice belongs to you, not to me.
Most clients move through Phase 1 in 4–8 weeks. Phase 2 unfolds over months. Phase 3 is a relationship to your own system that lasts beyond the work.
Vibe Bending
Sound that loosens what the mind has clenched.
Air Bending
Breath as a circuit intervention — not a relaxation technique.
From the practice
What the work actually does.
Discipline & Consistency
He trained occasionally but couldn't maintain it. Unpredictable hours kept resetting him. We built a structure flexible enough to survive an irregular schedule. He stopped starting over.
— Sadman
Online sessions. Strength, mobility, structured programming.
Begin
Ready to start.
Three steps. The first session does the explaining. If after the first two sessions the work doesn't feel useful, you stop and receive a full refund on the remaining sessions.