Friday, April 12th @ 10am PT Join the Next Live Lesson Time Zone Convertor Live Lesson Etiquette Join with a cup of tea, pen and paper for notes and your full attention! If the lesson has handouts, it is helpful to print them before hand.  Put away unnecessary devices, tell your family members it is […]

Q&A Send Kaya a Note! Share anything you feel moved to share with Kaya – about how you feel during or after the class, your insights, your hopes.  

Here are complementary practice suggestions for you. April 9-17, 2024   Shorter Daily Practice: Devata Pranam [opening mantra] Optional Ganesha Mantra [of choice] 108 Names of Durga 1x [if initiated] Ya Devi  Closing Mantra Deeper Practice – Devata Pranam [opening mantra]– Optional Ganesha Mantra [of choice] -Couplet 1 108 Names of Durga Ya Devi -Couplet

March 24/25: Full Lunar Eclipse April 8th: Partial Solar Eclipse Eclipses come in pairs or triples, the span of time of these groups of eclipses is an “eclipse season“. Below find the eclipse story as well as helpful explanations & suggestions for navigating eclipse days & season.   Eclipse StoryTime The Serpent who Swallows the Sun

Thursday, April 11th @ 2pm PT Join the Next Live Lesson Time Zone Convertor Live Lesson Etiquette Join with a cup of tea, pen and paper for notes and your full attention! If the lesson has handouts, it is helpful to print them before hand.  Put away unnecessary devices, tell your family members it is

Audio Recordings to Support Your Practice If you are new to the practice, you can do any of these:  play these anytime to listen and get used to the sounds and rhythm.  sit at your altar or sacred space and listen while you read the sanskrit sit and your altar and listen and pause to

In this class Kaya shares teachings about Śakti, the role of devotion to a form, what is the Devī Mahatmya Scripture. Then she takes you through learning the 3 mantras that will be your practice during this Navarātri and for as long as you would like to continue as a daily practice. We delve into

Days 7-9 of Navarātri are dedicated to Sarasvati Devī “You who hold the māla on which you repeat the sacred syllables, which form the basis of language, you hold the book in which the story of life is written. You who wear the necklace of pearls, all the shimmering souls in the world dwell in

Days 4-6 of Navarātri are dedicated to Laksmi Devī Lakshmi Worship The Four Aims of Life and Love as a Direct Path Practicing Devatā Pranām Who is Lakshmi & What is the Lakshmi Principle Lakshmi’s teachings of how to worship her Purifying the elements through pūja & mantra She is True Wealth  Dharma Domestic Bliss

Days 1-3 of Navarātri are dedicated to Durgā Devī Please visit the Start Here! Welcome page if you haven’t already done so.  Start Here! She is the Devī of transformation, vitality, courage, fearlessness, and the love that motivates us to rescue ourselves. She fights for us, and is our own ability to fight for our

Please Print Mantra Handouts You can also purchase your own copy of the Chandi Path. {note Amazon has listed the author / translator incorrectly. The author has the same name but is a Swami in California, in the tutelage of Shree Mā} Our Devī Forum Join Kaya and all of the participants of the Navarātri

Navarātri Dates: April 9-18, 2024 All revere your lotus feet, Oh Goddess. Giver of all that is beautiful. Give us your form, give us victory, give us wellbeing, remove all hostility. Devi Mahatmya Your place to meet the divine Your place of devotional and contemplative practice is yours. While we follow certain suggestions of the

Welcome to Navarātri! Navarātri Dates April 9-17, 2024 Celebrating Navarātri Set aside time for the program teachings. Binge them or drip them out over the 9 day period. The teachings and the stories are a way to practice celebrate in addition to the mantras.   Set up an altar to the divine feminine with all five elements invoked. Offer

Live class Thursday, April 11th at 2pm PT link to join live Time Zone Convertor Live Lesson Etiquette Join with a cup of tea, pen and paper for notes and your full attention!  Put away unnecessary devices, tell your family members it is “study time,” and turn off notifications and distractions.   It is OKAY to

The Sacred Spiral This practice brings in forward “curling” which invites heart opening, surrender, rest and inner absorption. As we move toward & open the spine we open the realm of Shiva & Shakti. Shiva & Shakti are both particularly celebrated and found at night, called “Rātri” in Sanskrit. This word rātri means night, but

Ananta Nidrā Prayatna śaithilyānanta samāpattibhyām Yogic mastery through the relaxation of all effort and meditation on the infinite. Patañjali Yoga Sūtra Ananta Nidrā is designed to deeply soften your body and mind to the realm of the edgelessness that results from deep relaxation. This guided awareness leaves an imprint of the vastness of the sky