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Friday, May 24 ~ 7:00 – 9:00pmMĀ Yoga, Victoria BC What are you working to heal right now? Within yourself, within your family lines, your community, the planet – and/or for the collective? Join Satya during the Full Moon Vedic Fire Ceremony for Healing on Friday, May 24th at 7pm. Bring your sankalpa (healing intention) and make offerings…

Navratri – the nine nights dedicated to the Sacred Divine Feminine – is one of the most powerful festivals of my ancestral land of India. It symbolizes the triumph of light over dark, love over fear, unity over separation – and celebrates and honours Maha Shakti – the originating seed of the Sacred Divine Feminine, in all her names and forms.

Keeping our spring intentions in mind and heart, let’s take a closer look at why we might invoke the Tridevi.

On the Dark Moon of Friday, March 8th we celebrate Maha Shivaratri - “The Great Night of Shiva” - the one night of the year Shiva sleeps, while we hold the light for him. Maha Shivratri is the annual Indian festival of my ancestors, to remember and bring our awareness to the Centre of our Existence: Shiva. Where there are no labels or concepts. Where we can dissolve our limitedness - in order to expand into the aliveness of all that Is - that very consciousness that unifies us all.

While the Tridevi has always been present in my life by the Grace of my ancestral lineage - the Tridevi didn’t directly come all at once. She came in parts, one at a time.

You are warmly invited to a day of restorative healing, deep connection, and solidarity building with other South Asian women. Through ancestral healing practices, embodiment, ritual, and relaxation, we will weave together our common threads of sacred wisdom.  

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) for a full day of yogic practice, contemplation, workshop, storytelling and ceremony. Indian yoga practitioner, Emmy Chahal (Healing with Emmy), will support us with yoga asana and pranayama (breathwork).

This kirtan lacked true presence. It lacked upholding the integrity and respect of the lineage and tradition kirtan is rooted in. The origins of kirtan and the prayers in the forms of songs and mantras that were sung - were not honoured.

Colonialism cancelled my culture. My ancestors were colonized by Europeans for 400 years in our homeland of India. Christianity was used to indoctrinate my people during this time. I have not, and cannot, celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ as a result. I am also not a Christian.  How can I celebrate an occasion that…

We've been getting a number of inquiries from off-island folks who have expressed interest in joining us, but need some support with organizing their arrangements on Salt Spring regarding their stay.

Part of what Kālī represents is the power to release that in us that is true - not only ultimate truth, but the Truth that is uniquely ours...

We are entering the dark cycle when the nights are longer than the days. This a special time to call on the Dark Goddess Kālī, and turn inwards for reflection, transformation and empowerment. We’ve been taught to be afraid of the dark, but there is a potent, creative healing force there. Seeds take root in the darkness - and we can find a fertile underground waiting to be activated.

Navratri - the nine nights dedicated to the Sacred Divine Feminine - is one of the most powerful festivals in my ancestral land of India. Come celebrate with me!

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) as we commence the annual “fortnight to the ancestors” known as Pitru Paksha, in her ancestral land of India.

In our house growing up, we gathered for aarti (a Vedic/Yogic ritual with sacred songs, prayer, and offerings) every evening at our family altar. One of the aartis we sang was the Ganesh aarti. The way our mother taught us...

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) during Ganesh Chaturthi (Ganesh's birthday) and New Moon, for a half day of traditional yogic practice, workshop, storytelling and ceremony.

This series is a sequence of retreats that celebrates and honours the Vedic lineage of my ancestors, which is grounded in the true roots of yoga. This includes the many aspects of authentic yoga that go well beyond what is covered in a studio yoga class in the west.

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) for a full day of yogic practice, contemplation, workshop, storytelling and ceremony.

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) and Sarah Jane Smith Lyons (The Nest Yoga and Embodied Possibility) in a safe, sacred space to connect with others and be less isolated in your grief.

Here's why you might want to invoke Durga's power in your life...

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) and Hanna (Hanna Munneke Yoga) for a full day of practice, contemplation, workshop, storytelling and ceremony. 

The classic Vedic texts known as the Upanishads asserts, “You are what your deepest desire is. As your desire is, so is your intention. As your intention is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.” (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)

"All the Indian Goddesses are connected to creativity, because Shakti is inherently creative. But Saraswati is the one whose cosmic function it is to embody the creative flow through language, speech and sound - both cosmically and personally."

What are you working to heal right now? Within yourself, within your family lines, your community, our planet – for the collective? Please join us during this Total Lunar Eclipse time – and bring your sankalpa (healing intention) to our next Full Moon Fire Ceremony on Monday, November 7th at 7pm. We will focus on…

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) and Hanna (Hanna Munneke Yoga) for a full day of practice, contemplation, workshop, storytelling and ceremony. 

Being a “human” is complex. Grief is complex. We are emotional, feeling beings. Just like there is no one way to grieve, nor two grief experiences that are ever exactly the same - this complexity saturates all of life.

When my father died alone in lockdown in an elder care home in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller kept popping up. By the third mention of his book within a couple of weeks by dear friends, I became interested. As they say, all good things come in 3's right?

Navratri - the nine nights dedicated to the Sacred Divine Feminine - is one of the greatest festivals in my ancestral land of India. Come celebrate with me!

Join Satya (Vedic Priestess Temple) and Sarah Jane Smith Lyons (The Nest Yoga and Embodied Possibility) in a safe, sacred space to connect with others and be less isolated in your grief.

Come join us this Saturday as we commence the annual “fortnight to the ancestors” known as Pitru Paksha, in my ancestral land of India. It is the 16-day lunar period (from full moon to new moon) when we pay homage to our ancestors by making offerings and prayers in ceremony. We will gather around our…