Diwali: Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom

Diwali: Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom

We approach the joyous weekend of Diwali, the festival of lights that marks the New Moon in the lunar month of Karthik according to the Vedic lunar calendar. This is a special time to create the intention for a resurgence of wisdom, wellness and prosperity for the...
Goddess Worship & Navaraatri

Goddess Worship & Navaraatri

During the sacred days of Navaraatri – the nine nights of Goddess worship observed in the Vedic & Yogic traditions – the Divine Mother is worshipped in different forms, each signifiying an aspect or quality that represents the transformation necessary...
Lessons from the Shadow: Ketu in Transit

Lessons from the Shadow: Ketu in Transit

Dear Seeker,Over the next eighteen months until April 2022, Ketu, the south node of the Moon, transits the zodiac sign of Scorpio. Ketu is the shadow force that brings a contraction of belief systems, one-pointed focus, as well as the transcendence of the physical to...
Yoga – Finding Equilibrium

Yoga – Finding Equilibrium

Dear Seeker, In Chapter Four of the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna speaks to Arjuna about the origins of Yoga. He talks of an eternal knowledge, not authored by one person, but taught by Krishna himself as the ‘Cosmic Being’ to ‘Vivasvat’ or Surya...
Honouring Our Ancestors

Honouring Our Ancestors

The fourteen days of ‘Shraadh’ before the festivities of ‘Navaraatri’ and Goddess worship in the Autumn season, is meant to be a time for honouring our ancestors and ancestral lineages. We live our lives often unaware of the deep genetic...
Mars in Aries

Mars in Aries

Dear Soul, In the night sky above the Eastern horizon, the planet Mars shines resplendent this month (September 2020), and is visible as a reddish star on a clear night. In Vedic Astrology, Mars is often associated with Lord Hanuman – great devotee of Sri Rama....