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Greetings from India! I find myself back in Varanasi for a few days, while on my way back to my spot in Bihar, from a 2 week trip to Vindhyachal to celebrate Chaitra Navratri, the 9 nights of the Goddess. The rituals, blessings, meditations and lessons during this Navratri and my journey so far, have been incredibly powerful and continue to energize, inspire and strengthen my yoga practice, my sadhana, and this life-long journey of diving deeper into myself, spirit, and our unity with all living beings, with the whole of Nature and the Cosmos.
In that spirit, I wanted to share with you all, a practice of sending blessings and prayers thru the connection of your presence, sound, and nature. Check out the video below to learn about this practice and receive the energy of these blessings for peace, happiness, and feedom.
There is a practice here in India of connecting to nature through the blessing of trees. This is a practice you can also do anywhere in the world. In fact, it's in part to remind us of the unity of all living beings, of the conscious awareness and power of the Earth and all Nature and to connect us, to that power within ourselves as we send out our loving intentions and supportive energies.
Off you want to do this practice where you are, it's good to use a tree that holds special symbolism or connection for you and/or that's in a place that holds sacred/magical space for you.
Using the voice to chant the Sanskrit mantras, "Om Shanti Shanti Shanti and Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu", the ringing of a bell, and the Mauli thread, you can wrap your loving blessings and intentions into and around the tree. Imagine as you do that the tree is connecting to your energy, receiving your blessings and taking them deep into the Earth and radiating them back out to all living beings. Imagine all of Nature, and all living beings receiving and radiating with the energy of these mantras and the blessings they hold.
Om(or Aum) is the seed sound of creation of the entire universe and brings the mantra into manifestation. Shanti means Peace and "Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu" translates into a blessing that all beings know happiness and freedom. This is not the fleeting happiness that comes from some temporary satisfaction with material things, but rather the true contentment in your heart when you remember we are all one loving awareness, one human family, one divine collective consciousness.
May you feel the blessings from this offering and may it encourage you to connect with our living spirit and live from the heart, and through conscious awareness. I encourage you to share in this practice and send these blessings out too. Connect your spirit and intention with the power of Nature.
Click on the video below, and feel free to like and subscribe to my you tube if you're interested in the videos to come, as this journey continues.
Jai Maa
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