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Please join us for the final celebration of Vijaya Dasami . After 9 days of Navaratri, celebrating the Divine Feminine in the forms of the three goddesses: Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati, we honor the Divine Mother and her victory over evil.

• Navaratri – Durga Puja ⋅ Tuesday, September 27 ⋅ 6:30 – 7:30pm
• Navaratri – Lakshmi Puja ⋅ Thursday, September 29 ⋅ 12:00 – 12:45pm
• Kirtan – Navaratri with Mirabai ⋅ Saturday, October 1 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30pm
• Navaratri – Saraswati Puja ⋅ Sunday, October 2 ⋅ 12:00 – 12:45pm
• Vijaya Dasami – Celebration Honoring the Divine Mother ⋅ Wednesday, October 5 ⋅ 6:30 – 7:30pm

We will discuss and celebrate our own victories and challenges we have overcome on our spiritual path.
This is a very auspicious occasion where we bless all the tools we use during the year as well as our surroundings. After discussion, we’ll celebrate with chanting, an Indian worship service (puja) and home blessing.

To bless your home, you can prepare one or more of the following: a candle, incense or sage, small bowl of clean water, flowers, or a bell. Have your house clean and ready to receive a blessing as well as the objects you would like to bless. We will offer guidance in how to do the personal space blessing and practice it together.

Please join us. No experience necessary.

Swami Ramananda is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life, and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.
He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco, and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda, has trained many teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital and medical settings, and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. He is a co-founder of The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI) which brings together individuals committed to working for social justice for all beings and for the care and healing of our natural world. His warmth, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many.