Intense M.R.Y. Navaratri Sadhana

In the yogic tradition, Navaratri (in Sanskrit, नव nava – nine, रात्री rātrī – nights) is an intense period of asceticism, meditation and retreat. Navaratri lasts for nine days and nine nights. The tenth day symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.

There are two periods of Navaratri sadhana in a year (in March-April and in September-October). These two periods are related to changes occurring in nature and the transition from winter to summer and from summer to winter.

A strong consciousness-transforming spiritual energy of Shakti, Mother Goddess, manifests during Navaratri sadhana.

The main goal of this sadhana is devotion and meditation on the aspects of the Goddess which cleanse the consciousness from impurities and lead to spiritual knowledge.

Navaratri sadhana is a period, during which ten most important manifestations of cosmic energy Shakti, or Mother Goddess, appear. Each manifestation of the Shakti’s energy acts through three qualities of nature,…