The Yoga of Ritual

Here are some excerpts from Swami’s teachings about ritual...

“It’s realistic to realize that you’re living in a time and an age that affords you very little time or opportunities to really re-center yourselves. And that gathers a little bit more, and a little bit more, until at the end of the day you say, I’m very tired, or I don’t feel very good; I just want everything to go away. And that’s an indication that everything has built up to a place of feeling too heavy. Ritual has a purpose in our lives to lighten the load.

An intention that we have is a thought. All intention is thought. An atmosphere that allows thought to more readily grow is an open atmosphere, a lighter atmosphere. If you’re full of feelings and you’re being held back by your feelings, that’s not an atmosphere where a thought can easily grow, because it gets captured, and it has to process through all of your feelings.

Ritual is a support for aligning your selves back with your intentions. What you’re doing is you’re clearing the space so that your intentions can go further.

Basically, as time begins to progress into more and more busyness, you have to realize that your intentions are going to get clogged up by what you carry around with you. You may have a wonderful idea; you may have a dream for yourself; it may be born from the purest part of your essence; but it still can only carry itself as far as the lightness of your being. The lighter that you make your being, the farther that intention can go into this world."
..............................................................................................- Swamiji

There are specific puja rituals helpful in clearing, balancing, and manifesting a new life. They can be performed for you remotely, no matter your location in the world. Contact us for more details.