Navaratri is coming! A nine night and ten day festival (with two additional days of practice one day before the start and the day after the victory day), which is celebrated in many ways. One of the ways is in honor to the Goddess Durga.

This is the oldest and longest ongoing Goddess festival on the planet. In celebration and worship of Durga Devi and all that She stands for: justice, protection, strength, power-love-grace to do inner work and meet the world's challenges with poised fortitude and more.

She is the Goddess to call on for these times we all are steeped in around the globe. Durga helps us and has our back no matter what is happening in the inner and outer world (ultimately One). Her mantra and practices are tools to algin, awaken, and invoke Her signature qualities and energy to awaken in ourselves and everyday lives.

The immersion includes wisdom teachings of the Sakta text the Devi Mahatyam and Navadurgas, guided practices inclusive of meditation, pranayama, reflections, self-inquiry prompts, contemplations, yoga asanas, mudras and classical Indian dance in embody Durga and Her signature energy. 

This offering will be held in an online learning portal.

Join us in individual practice and community celebration of Durga Devi and all that She stands for!

Maha Navaratri! Meaning Great nine nights of practice and worship of Goddess Durga, She Who Takes Us Beyond Difficulties, She Who is Strength and Justice. She Who Rides Upon a Tiger or Lion. She Who is Hard to Defeat and much, much more!

This is a special time to be in practice. There's a special field of energy that opens up to us all during this time with people all over the world in committed practice with Her. A field of energy that supports and fuels our own practices.

I will be co-guiding this immersion from my new home in the south of India and Ganga Devi from coastal Brazil.

We hope you'll join us in this ancient celebration and timeless wisdom of the Goddess as Durga and Her many empowered forms. Jai Maa! Victory to the Mother!

Stephanie Renee dos Santos guides people on the inner path through nondual Tantric Shaivism wisdom. She assists practitioners to unravel the inner world and discover for themselves the Heart of Reality. She’s known as an inspiring, loving, creative and compassionate teacher with the Hindu goddess Bhuvaneshwari-like quality to create sacred healing, creative-expressive and meditative spaces. She's been given permission to share these teachings by meditation master, the late Sally Kempton rooted in the lineage of Siddha Gurus (Gurumayi, Muktananda, Nityananda). She holds a B.A in Studio Arts from Whitman College and is an active artist and writer. Painting meditation visions for educational and meditative support. 

She's author of the forthcoming spiritual memoir When She Wakes: Female Kundalini Arising. A firsthand householder account of this divine grace. She writes for Yoga Magazine and contributes spiritual writing to literary journal Lalitamba and is co-creative of Devidance Yoga with classical Indian dancer Ganga Devi. 

Stephanie guides meditation/yoga backpacking pilgrimages throughout the mountains of the world, in-person immersions and Creative Director at Roots Ayurveda Clinic in Kerala, India. www.mountainshakti.com

Gabriela Lopez (Ganga Devi) seeks tools for healing through Feminine Divine teachings, one's that bring empowerment. She is a Homeopath and Iridologist Therapist, focused on the care of women, mothers and children. She has been practicing Indian Classical Dance since 2008. She studies with Professor Krishna Sharana, and conducts workshops, lectures and presentations throughout Brazil. She also has studied with Guru Mithun Shyam of the Vaishnavi Natyashala School in Bangalore, India.  Now, she trains in the historic dance wisdom stream of Marga Natya, a technique based on the ancient script of the Natya Shastra, at the Chidakash Kalalay Institute, Calcutta in India. Her current main focus is sharing this ancient dance tradition which is always associated with developing self-knowledge through art. She is co-founder of "Devidance Yoga" focused on sharing the synergy of goddess wisdom through dance and yoga.  

Click here to view Devi dance at a Yogini Temple in India.

Yes, we'll be exploring this form of worship of Devi this Maha Navaratri!