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Nectar of Time

"Time is the ornament of the Goddess" ~ Saundarya Laharī

Sacred Storytelling of the Vedic Tradition Monthly Vedic Astrology Forecasts Devotion, Mantra & Ritual
Est. by Kaya Mindlin in August 2022

April 2025

Renewal, Tests & Sacred Success

Hanumān Jayanti, Solar New Year, Sita Jayanti & Akṣaya Tritiya
April brings the Solar New Year and a great time to embark on renewal, sacred scheduling and envisioning the year ahead, particularly with regard to health & wealth. 
 
This month will be one of the richest devotional months of the year. Stories, Meaning & Mantras will abound!

The Full Moon brings Hanumān Jayanti & the 9th Lunar Day brings Sītā Navami, the birthday of Sītā. This is sa perfect time to listen to Kaya’s Rāmāyaṇa storytime with powerful stories of both Hanumān and Sītā facing impossible circumstances, embracing their emotions, spiraling downward and then rising above. We will also have extra special stories of Hanumān that teach us about the human journey of facing and surpassing challenges on our way to supreme success!

Late April brings the celebration of Narasiṃha – a fierce form of Vishnu who appears in the harshest of circumstances. We will learn the secrets of his story and what it means for our lives, as well as why we pray to this form for health in particular.

April brings us the most auspicious day –  Akṣaya Tritiya – the day of gold. Kaya reveals the golden secrets of this day with suggested practices, teachings and a beloved story of prosperity from vedic scripture. 
 
This is a Vedic Month not to be missed  by spiritual aspirants!  

It all begins on Saturday April 5th, with our Tea & Jyotish Forecast + live Q&A for the month on the 1st Saturday of April {recorded for your convenience}. 
 
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What Members Say...

"I love the Nectar of Time! Kaya is a fabulous teacher and shares her wisdom in such a nurturing way. Every session is shared in a way that makes it easy to understand and apply to my life. The sessions give me time and space to slow down and tune in. Building this time in to my monthly routine has been the perfect way to take a sacred pause. The impact these sessions have had on my life have been profound. It's changing the way I look at and I interact with the universe. Making conscious decisions to live my life in a more harmonious way has greatly improved my life. I look forward to each session and I’m so grateful to have such a warm and nurturing teacher!"
Caryn
"Nectar of time is beautiful place to remember that we are part of something grand. I’m amazed how Kaya’s teachings are generous, uplifting, and ever nourishing. Nectar of Time helps ground me - from the very cup of tea I poor in the morning to more important issues in my life. With Kaya, it’s never about information, though you get plenty. She shares wisdom, Vedic wisdom that it reaches your heart. You grow, you learn, you transform. It’s not a course, but a way of life that lingers with you and supports you. And that is so rare in this modern world."
Jenn
"I spent so much of life pushing against forces beyond my control, but Kaya shows a more calm, deep, harmonious way through life. It turns out if we know what the cycles are and the remedies and practices to do life is more easeful! The teachings and stories in the Nectar of Time always come at the perfect moment. I might be right in the middle of the kind of struggle that Kaya is talking about, and she gives the remedies, practices, mantra to alleviate struggle and accentuate the blessings of the time. On top of all the beautiful wisdom, there is the community, and the feeling that you’re not alone, and that there are many people trying to live a life that is more harmonious and in tune with these beautiful wisdom teachings. It's such a gift and I cannot imagine living without it now."
Christine
What is the Nectar of Time?

Tapestry of the Veda Tradition

Jyotiṣa | Mantra | Sacred STories | Yoga | Āyurveda

"Kaya, you are a holder of the timeless tradition of mother as storyteller. It is eternal isn't it? Mother-as-storyteller and inter-generational wisdom whisperer." ~ Hart DeFouw

Nectar of Time is firmly rooted in sacred stewardship of tradition. It is an offering of love to time itself as a form of the divine. Inside the Nectar of Time we spiral month by month through the vedic year embracing the devotional festivals and rituals and cosmic configuraitons with stories, sādhanas and songs. This offering was born of Kaya's love of galvanizing and alchemizing the full spectrum of the veda and tantra tradition into a rich devotional tapestry where students can not only learn but have the direct experience of a vedic life that is easily woven into householder life. Stories & Teachings come alive inside the Nectar of Time where Kaya shares her approach to threading jyotiṣa, āyurveda, kaṭhā {storytelling}, śāstra {scripture} and coomunity connection with our popular live Q&As.

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*This is a membership program designed to change your life over the course of time. Join anytime and cancel your membership anytime.  

Inside the Nectar of Time...

Each month’s offering is rooted in the vedic calendar. Here’s what’s included: 

  • Monthly Live Tea & Jyotish session – a forecast of the Vedic Astrology of the month so you can understand & plan the month ahead
  • Monthly Stories of Gods, Goddesses & Sages based on vedic festivals of the month. Kaya offers her storytelling skill, and her revelations of hidden meanings
  • Spiritual Sādhanas – such as mantra, āsana, yoga nidrā or devotional ritual depending on the vedic festival of the time
  • Suggested lifestyle practices such as āyurvedic self massage & recipes as well as daily chanting 
  • Bonus classes & storytimes for various festivals or extra Jyotish updates!
  • Access to our online sangha of over 250 members for sharing in conversation, connection & inspiration
  • Special gifts & bonuses from guest teachers and friends of Nectar of Time

"Storytelling, practices and teachings given at the right time are a healing remedy that allow you to entrain to time. Sacred is time, and sovereign is the one who knows how to wield it." ~ Kaya

 
 The Nectar of Time container threads devotional stories, sacred rituals & vedic astrology into a divine tapestry that will change your life. Created as an ongoing membership in 2022, each month is unique due to ever changing astrological conditions interplaying with the cyclical nature of the vedic calendar. 

 

 

**This is a membership designed to change your life over the course of time. Your selected payment method will be automatically charged at the end of each payment cycle as long as you wish to be a member. 

Features of Nectar of Time

Storytelling & Mantras & Sacred Celebration

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Each month focuses on a particular theme, divine form, or celebration of the Vedic calendar. Kaya shares storytime and sacred ritual honorings or practice attuned to cosmic configurations. 

Āyurveda Self Care & YOgic practiceS

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Bonus on-demand content each month from Kaya & guest teachers include āyurvedic lifestyle, recipes, āsana, prāṇāyāma, yoga nidrā open source sanskrit recitation, singing & scriptural teachings. 

Tea & Jyotish created by Kaya & Michael

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Annual + Monthly live vedic astrology forecast created by Kaya and her husband, Vedic astrologer Michael Manzella. Plan your life with wisdom. The Live Q&As make the sharing even more meaningful. 

+ ACCESS TO OUR ONLINE SANGHA OF OVER 250 Members

Experience your life journey guided and nourished by divine timing, and anchored in the breath of the cosmos, manifesting as the vedic calendar and its meanings. 

Join Nectar of Time

One year container for $405
annual membership
Or Join MOnthly at $40/month
monthly membership

**This is a membership designed to change your life over the course of time. Your selected payment method will be automatically charged at the end of each payment cycle as long as you wish to be a member. 

What Members Say...

The Nectar of time has been an incredible support, especially for someone that is a student of Jyotisha. Every month I look forward to hearing Kaya's stories, wisdom and knowledge that can easily be integrated on the earthly realm.. The way I perceive other people has changed. This really has been the biggest transformation, to spontaneously be able to understand, perceive and feel the microcosm as the macrocosm and move away from old beliefs. I am very happy that Nectar of time is continuing and as always thank you Kaya for what you bring to light for us.
Gabriela
The Nectar of Time has been incredibly supportive and uplifting for me. I am more deeply connected to the rhythm of the cosmic order. The stories and lessons shared give me deeper insight on both a micro and macro level. The jyotish shared helps me understand and interpret experiences I am having and helps me navigate life's circumstances with more grace and assurance. Being part of the Nectar of Time community has been a profound blessing in my life.
Meredth
"I'm So appreciative of all the love and work you put into these monthly talks and the additional support talks you give throughout the months. On top of it all, you add additional stories and resources to deepen your topics! Plus we have all talks recorded! You are a wealth of gold! Thank you, thank you, thank you! So glad I found you and Michael!
Jaqui
Nectar of Time is an all-embracing guide in my every day life and my spiritual practice. Kaya shares Vedic astrology, ancient teachings, self-care tips and more in a way that allows me to apply these in my daily life. Especially the Jyotish insights and the way it affects our lives is so helpful to me. Though the teachings are complex, I never feel overwhelmed and we can always ask questions throughout the month. Kaya’s teachings help me in a lot of ways. But if I had to pick only one, it would be that I live my life with a lot more inner stability. I've established a healthy routine (with yoga classes and delicious recipes inside the program) and live in a more natural rhythm now.
Julia

Join Nectar of Time

One year container for $405
annual membership
Or Join MOnthly at $40/month
monthly membership

**This is a membership designed to change your life over the course of time. Your selected payment method will be automatically charged at the end of each payment cycle as long as you wish to be a member. 

Each month in the Nectar of Time is a living offering. 

Each month is a living offering...

  • Ganesha Chaturthi – Hidden meanings + mantras & āsana practices for Ganesha
  • Pitr Pākśa – Teachings & Practcies for the ancestors
  • Navarātri – Stories & practices for the goddess
  • Dipāvali – Celebration + deeper understanding
  • Eclipse Season – guidance & meaning for strange times
  • Vedic New Year – Honoring the Sun & Moon
  • Śivarātri – Shiva Storytime to deepen your spiritual journey + yoga nidrā practice to meet lord Śiva
  • Saraswati Jayanti – Stories, Mantra, and Meaning
  • Akṣaya Tritiya – Hidden meanings, scripture & suggestions
  • And so much more!!

What Members Say...

I’m so grateful for finding my way to you. Your teachings are everything I've been looking for. The Feminine Divine teachings and stories in particular are absolutely beautiful and moving, I feel like a child in some ways, maybe because it feels so new to me... yet I have a great feeling that I have known these things deep in my past or all along some way..
Bridget
Each lesson held new gems and insights which has allowed a depth to grow over time in me. My entire practice is more joy-filled. The deeper integration of the teachings feels natural and connected to me. I had felt isolated for a very long time in my study and practice.. There had been shadows and wounds that I now see in a new light. I appreciate how you answer questions with ease, humor and honesty.
Tamsie

Nectar of Time created by Kaya Mindlin & Michael Manzella in 2022

My love for jyotish began with our early studies on the banks of the Ganges in India in 2002, continued under direct tutelage of Hart deFouw and grows day by day. 

My love of storytelling began in childhood, raised by performing artists. Reading vedic stories to my children further awakened this love and I began sharing festival stories and meanings with small groups in 2016 while pregnant with our second child. The stories are open source & timeless. But they are stewarded by culture I share them from a personal vision. 

Culturing my mind with the vedic teachings and devotional practices for 25 years, the meanings of stories are often now revealed in quiet reflection. Weaving my love of Jyotisha, Āyurveda, Yoga and Storytelling together in the Nectar of Time is my offering that I hope honors my teachers while delighting & supporting you in the right ways.

Tea & Jyotish segments & Vedic Calendar counsel r are under the advisement of Kaya’s husband, master Vedic Astrologer Michael Manzella. 

Michael has been advising clients internationally for 16 years, having been under direct & private tutelage of Hart deFouw since 2005. His skill, warmth, humor, depth and practical approach give you well needed insight and decision making regarding everything from work and family to finance and study to spiritual practice, relationships and more. 

Jyotish is for everyone! His diverse clientele range from actors & acupuncturists, healing practitioners and astrologers, farmers and teachers, Chefs and CEOs. 

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