Vijayadaśamī: Celebration Honoring the Divine Mother
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Please join us for the final celebration of Vijayadaśamī.
After nine days of Navaratri celebrating the three goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati, we come together to honor the Divine Mother and her victory over evil. This is a time to reflect on our own spiritual journeys, acknowledging both the challenges we’ve faced and the victories we’ve achieved.
This auspicious occasion includes the blessing of the tools we use throughout the year, as well as our living spaces. Following our group discussion, we’ll celebrate with chanting, a traditional Indian worship service (puja), and a home blessing.
To participate in the home blessing online, you may prepare one or more of the following items: a candle, incense or sage, a small bowl of clean water, flowers, or a bell. Please ensure your home is clean and ready to receive a blessing, along with any objects you wish to bless.
Join us for this experiential workshop to honor and bless our personal spaces. No experience necessary.
- Navaratri – Durga Puja, Monday, SEP 22, 12:00 – 12:45 pm
- Navaratri – Lakshmi Puja, Thursday, SEP 25, 12:00 – 12:45 pm
- Navaratri – Saraswati Puja, Monday, SEP 29, 12:00 – 12:45 pm
- Vijayadaśamī, Wednesday, OCT 1, 12:00 – 1:00pm
This donation-based program will not be recorded.
Swami Ramananda, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco, C-IAYT, 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 co-founded 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.
