Time: 5:00PM - 6:30PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

• Price: USD 25

• To receive Zoom link please register on our booking page.

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

Parivartan - A Time to Change : A Short Introduction to Yoga Ecology

with Swami Prembhava Saraswati

Yoga Ecology is the Yogic and Vedic way of living an ecological lifestyle in harmony with Mother Nature- Prakriti.

In this short introductory session, the science of Yoga Ecology will be introduced. We will explore aspects of Yogic lifestyle, attitudes and practices, that can help us to reconnect with Mother nature in our daily lives and guide us to live simple, harmonious and healthy lives, not only for the individual but for society and all other species on earth.

This Introduction to Yoga Ecology and lifestyle is for both beginners and experienced yoga practitioners.

About Swami Prembhava

Swami Prembhava Saraswati ( Bachelor of Environmental Science-Newcastle University and Masters of Applied Yogic Science - Bihar Yoga Bharati, India)has been studying and teaching Yoga Ecology at Ganga Darshan Vishwa Yoga Peeth in Munger, India since 1996. Since 2017 she has been travelling globally teaching Yoga Ecology and Lifestyle in yoga centres around the world. She is passionate about the environment and outlines the simple changes every individual needs to make in their daily lives to live yoga moment to moment and through Living Yoga, live ecologically.

She is the author of the “Janani” Yoga Ecology and Lifestyle series books.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM EST (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm US ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan

 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan

 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan

 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan

 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan

 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan
 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.
 

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM EST (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan
 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom 

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

OCTOBER 15 - OCTOBER 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm ET   Live Chanting & Kirtan
 

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

You may download the chants: Chanting Sheets , Saundarya Lahiri Chanting Sheet

"Saundarya Lahari, the thirty-two names of Durga and all the other Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.

This opening up of the subtle personality is also opening up of the heart. Logic governs life up to a point. After logic, buddhi, comes faith, bhavana, and after faith comes fusion, tadatmya. When this fusion takes place in us at a subtle psychic level, a spiritual level, we become more sensitive to the universe, life, spirit, creation. We learn to live life in a more responsible way, appreciating and applying the wisdom that has been gained through the ages. Mantras are definitely the keys to finding this inner awakening."

SWAMI NIRANJANANANDA SARASWATI

Reproduced courtesy of Yoga, Navaratri October 2004 © Bihar School of Yoga.

Join us online on the International Day of Yoga for complimentary offerings:

Each session will be 30 mins or less

• 9:30am ET : Morning Chanting

• 12pm ET : Asana and pranayama

• 4:30pm ET : Yoga Nidra

• 9pm ET : Evening Meditation

You may register for one or more sessions.

Zoom link will be provided upon registration. The same zoom link will work for all sessions.

Location: Online via Zoom

• To receive Zoom link please register on our booking page

Time: 11am-12pm ET (US)

A perfect Saturday mid-day break!

Join us for this FREE online webinar and enjoy a short breathwork practice with our senior teachers and get answers to any questions you have about our upcoming Prana & Pranayama course starting May 13th, 2023.

*Webinar participants receive a 20% discount for the Prana Pranayama course.*

To register and receive your Zoom link, click here.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

EVENING SESSION: 7-8PM ET (USA)

MORNING SESSION: 11AM-12PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

The same link will work for morning and evening sessions.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

EVENING SESSION: 7-8PM ET (USA)

MORNING SESSION: 11AM-12PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

The same link will work for morning and evening sessions.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

EVENING SESSION: 7-8PM ET (USA)

MORNING SESSION: 11AM-12PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

The same link will work for morning and evening sessions.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

EVENING SESSION: 7-8PM ET (USA)

MORNING SESSION: 11AM-12PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

The same link will work for morning and evening sessions.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

EVENING SESSION: 7-8PM ET (USA)

MORNING SESSION: 11AM-12PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

The same link will work for morning and evening sessions.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

EVENING SESSION: 7-8PM ET (USA)

MORNING SESSION: 11AM-12PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

The same link will work for morning and evening sessions.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30

EVENING SESSION: 7-8PM ET (USA)

MORNING SESSION: 11AM-12PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

The same link will work for morning and evening sessions.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30 7-8PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

Chanting sheets: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

YANA will be celebrating the divine feminine energy with chanting and kirtan each day.

Chanting will be led by Amritamurti

MARCH 22 - MARCH 30 7-8PM ET (USA)

Please Register here to receive Zoom link to attend the program.

Through self-discipline, worship and the chanting of sacred mantras imbued with potent energy, Navaratri becomes a time of re-setting and connection to a higher force and holds the potential for profound growth and transformation. Think of it as an ‘inner Spring Cleaning’; open up all the windows and doors of the spirit, declutter the mind and purge mental and emotional toxins, harmonize and integrate the entire mind-body-energy system.

Time: 4PM-6PM ET (USA)
Location: Zoom

Let’s come together, chant together, and lift our spirits collectively as a community to send positivity out into the world.
 
This two hour program will be live on Zoom and will include an aradhana with mantra, havan, abhishek, and kirtan.

You are welcome to attend the whole program or just a part.​​​​​​​​
Feel free to listen or chant along.​​​​​​​​

Words will be shared on the screen. Chanting sheets in Roman and Devanagari script can be viewed on Sri Shiva Stotra Mala from Satyam Yoga Prasad, or downloaded from here.

The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Chanting for Health & Healing, which takes place every Saturday, will be included in this program as a havan. As per the tradition, we will read the names of individuals, intention/reason for remembrance, and their location before chanting  108 rounds of the Mahamrityunjaya mantra. Please use this form if you wish to include yourself or someone else.

​​​​​​​​Maha Shivaratri (the great night of Shiva) is an auspicious time for spiritual practice in cultures and communities where Yoga and Tantra are practiced. In Yoga we often speak of "Kundalini rising", when Shakti awakens and moves upward to meet Shiva. At Shivaratri, however,  it is believed that Shiva descends to meet Shakti; it is a time when pure awareness becomes more easily accessible for us to experience. 

The dawning of the new year is a time for renewal and an opportunity to recommit oneself to a positive direction.

For this purpose, we will chant the Hanuman Chalisa every year on the 1st of January, ringing in the new year with renewed inspiration, vision and energy.

The Hanuman Chalisa invokes the qualities of Hanuman, who through his wisdom, bhakti, and perfected skill in action embodies the integration of the faculties of the head, heart, and hands!

Chanting the Hanuman Chalisa opens the pathway to a new year of positive, beneficial and uplifting direction in our life.

All are welcome to participate in this free event.

Sunday January 1st, 2023 4:00pm to 5:00pm ET (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

• Register here to attend.

• Chanting sheets: Please click here

Date: March 1, 2022

Time: 7:30PM - 8:30PM EST (USA)

Location: Online via Zoom

• To receive Zoom link please register ONCE on our booking page.

Chanting: Words will be screen-shared via Zoom.

About Maha Shivaratri

The “Great Night of Shiva”, Maha Shivaratri, is a festival that is celebrated with great devotion in the Indian subcontinent and amongst yogis worldwide. Unlike other festivals which tend to happen during the day and with much fanfare, Shivaratri is a more solemn affair that typically includes fasting, meditation, chanting and keeping vigil throughout the night.  
 
Why so?  
Shivaratri is said to be the night that Shiva awoke to his pure state in this material plane, as such becoming the Aadi Yogi or first Yogi, an illumined One and guide for all. He became Pure Consciousness—not wanting for anything, nor needing to renounce anything, as He merged with All that Is.  
 
On Shivaratri we look to align ourselves with the qualities and the state of Shiva— pure, open, without pretention, spontaneous, and ever creative, fully in the flow of life. 
 
We practice self control through fasting and meditation, learning to ride the waves of like and dislike, self-doubt, and sleep.  
 
Through the chanting of Shiva’s mantras we not only attune ourselves to the 'channel’ of Shiva, we also invoke the mantra as a Kavach, or protective shield against suffering & ignorance. This protection is not just for those that chant, but for all of creation.  
 
We look forward to have you join in our free community Maha Shivaratri Celebration this March 1st @ 7.30pm EST (USA). Young, old, familiar with mantra or not, in good or ill health, all are welcome. Shiva-- with his matted dreadlocked hair, body covered in ash, and entourage of odd-looking rejects—sees through all “imperfections” to our true nature. We need not be perfect to sit with Shiva. Come as you are.