This Navarātri I am focusing on the Goddess in YOU
The best thing we can do to honor Her is to support your cultivation of her power within you.
Navarātri
Navarātri began yesterday Monday September 22 and ends on October 1st. This is a period of 9 nights when we honor the Devī in her different forms. In Mahāyoga, all Devīs can be seen as embodiments of the Kundalinī Shakti - the indwelling Divine Power in all people. Yes, we will chant this week, and yes we will light lamps for the Devī. But the most important offering I can make is to serve that shakti in people.
In October we begin our 9 Month Mahāyoga Advanced Training. In January we do our Pilgrimage Retreat to India. These two offerings are ALL ABOUT the Kundalinī Shakti. My offering to the Devī is me and my team going all out to get the right people in both of these small groups.
Today we’re focusing on the Training:
We’re gathering a group of modern mystics.
We’re gathering a group of fire keepers.
We’re gathering a group of people who know what time it is.
We’re gathering a group of yogis who know it’s not just about what we do with our bodies. Yoga is what we do with our hearts.
We start our 9 month training in a few weeks.
We would love to have you apply. We’re looking at the applications and talking to people about jumping into this experience of support and training that we are just calling “Advanced Training.” We don’t call it “teacher training”, because no one becomes a teacher in nine months.
But in nine months, profound things can happen.
You will practice.
You’ll be given simple but powerful practices to do every day that will strengthen and open and heal you.
You will learn.
We’ll be diving into the 2000 year old Bhagavad Gītā. Its teachings are more relevant and alive to day than ever before. And not just the Gītā — we will pull in other texts, poetry and teachings along the way. Each week there will be “just enough” teachings for you to work with. You will have a chance to put the deep teachings of yoga in your bones.
You will be held.
You won’t be alone. The cohort of other trainees, along with the support of a teacher in a small group means you will have the alchemy of community working for your process of growth and healing. Along with me, I’ll be bringing in Adriana, Dr. Varsha, and other teachers and supporters. At the end, we’ll come together for an in-person retreat.
You will be fortified.
I almost hate to use this word. The process of yoga is all about de-armoring isn’t it? Yes. And… we are doing this work during times when we need strength and we need to know how to provide strength for others. Our intention is to help strengthen and protect your ability to be de-armored and devoted to the Highest no matter what is happening in the world.
There’s a process.
First you look at the details and apply. I will have a conversation with you and we can figure out if the training is right for you and if there are ways we can help you to do it. We do have some partial scholarships available for qualified applicants. We want to talk to everybody who wants to get this level of support and engagement.