5-Day Alchemy Immersion: The Spiritual Fire of Shiva-Shakti अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् agnim īḻe purohitaṃ yajñasya devam ṛtvijam “I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, who presents these oblations to the gods.” After 4 days of preparing — gathering the basics of Shakti Tantra, invoking the mantra of the Goddess, and learning to appreciate the wonders of Agni the Scared Fire — Day 05 culminates with a 3-hour Fire Puja to Karthikeya, the glori

Some insightful reminders from yesterday’s client consultation: Anger is a great protector and teacher. It tells us where our boundaries have been breached; where our energies have been drained or taken for granted. It brings to urgent attention to something that didn’t sit right. Anger tells us, “I need to address this. This is important to me.” Anger is a protector, too. It gives us the fire to take action, the burst of power to either fix the energy-breach — or even combat

Shraavan Supermoon Like those who come to me, I too, am constantly learning and relearning ways of receiving and offering my work. After all, it’s been 13 years of doing Moon Circles… To honor the shakti within me means learning to truly honor the ebb and flow of my own energies. To listen. To abide. To trust. For everyone it is different — thus, learning also to heal the self-shaming that comes from being different, and functioning differently from what society and ancestry

CYCLE 1 COMPLETE Pratipada. Taking in this New Moon day to sit back and bask in the gentle tamasic energies. Also reflecting on the wonderful adventure over the last 2 weeks, returning to personal consultations after a very long hiatus. When the guidance came one evening I was as surprised myself. I sat in that vision for a whole week before it was clear what I needed to offer: a karmic-centered astrology reading — followed by a collective Fire Puja at the end. The purpose of

When we are not living in alignment with our life force, flowing along with Prana — we start to grasp at information around us to stay afloat. We escape the anxiety of the Body by running into the attic of the Mind. But. The anxiety continues to grow, although ignored. The Body starts to weaken, although numbed. Using an overload of superfluous information (or other outer distractions), we numb ourselves to what the Body wants to say. “I’m scared. Help me.” “I’m losing contro

YOU decide what your Circle of Peace looks like. What it contains: what it allows and disallows. You have to choose. Through experience, we learn for ourselves what are the type of things we are happy to accept — and what are the type of things we no longer wish to tolerate. As a Sacral Generator, I need to discern when to stop feeding my energy to projects and people that are not aligned with my inner truth and purpose. I had to learn to say ‘no’. And boy, did it piss many p

STAYING STILL … with an uncomfortable emotion — and resisting the urge to grasp onto the nearest distraction (food, drink, Netflix, relationship, someone) to pacify or numb the anxiety… is H A R D F*king hard. I too, understand very well the writhing anxiety that emerges as a result of yet-healed abandonment, unworthiness, shame, guilt, fear. When your body cannot tell for sure whether it is under threat — or not. The lungs seem to be suffocated. Or is it the stomach? The con

On the Topic of ‘Purification’ Those who walk the path are almost constantly in purification. Purification means ‘to burn away the dross of an existing limitation, usually an unconscious fear pattern we have retained across many lifetimes’. Purification often manifests as falling ill, depression, or sometimes obstacles in one’s path. Resistance is an automatic reaction to Purification — instead of pushing through the discomfort, it is more ‘comfortable’ to revert and go back

TIME … reveals all. Time reveals the gifts and the flaws. Time helps us digest, understand, and heal. Time helps us grow. Time repeats itself until we see what’s needed to grow. Until we see the wounded pattern and find means to rise above. Time reveals betrayals. Wait. Let me rephrase that. Give someone enough time and they will show you who they are. Not who they say. Give it more time and they will show you again. This applies to all of us too, of course. I’ve found that t

Om Yogininam Yogini Yogeshwari Yogabhayankari “O Most Sublime Yogini Goddess of the Great Path (yoga) Remover of Fear by means of Yoga.” Our longings are intertwined with the deep desire to meet with the Beloved… that inner Beloved which resides within us all. Our inner Shakti, the Feminine Force which is the ever churning creative desire… Our inner Shiva, the Masculine Force which is still, unmoving, and at peace… Both long to meet the other. In this world we have forgotten