This episode explores the history and spiritual significance of Navaratri, offering guidance on how to honor its various goddesses and integrate these practices into modern life. Listeners are introduced to powerful mantras for tapping into inner strength and invoking the divine feminine within, culminating in a guided chanting and meditation session.

Tova Olsson is a scholar of religion, author, and senior yoga teacher. Appreciated for her down-to-earth approach to yogic and tantric philosophy and her immersive storytelling, she forms part of the faculty of several international yoga teacher trainings, hosts yearly retreats in India, and runs the online school Saraswati-Studies. As a student of the late Sally Kempton and a devotee of the Goddess, mantra has been part of Tova's daily sādhana for nearly 20 years.

Themes in this episode:

Ganesha Mantra:
vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūrya koṭī samaprabhā
nirvighnaṃ kuru me deva sarva-kāryeśu sarvadā

Durga Mantra:
Om Dum Durgayei Namah

Devi Mantra:
Om Sarva-mangala-mangalye
Shive Sarvartha-sadhike
Sharanye Tryambake Gauri
Narayani Namostu Te

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