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Abundance + Luminosity श्री Ś r ī

Happy Dīvāli
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On this festive day, known as "the festival of lights", we light dīyas, little ghee lamps, or candles, eat sweets, gather in love and honor these fundamental principles of nature: Abundance + Luminosity.
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Imagine the threshold of your physical and subtle home (your house, your body, your awareness) as the gateway of darkness and illumination. We effortlessly fill our homes with light as a welcoming and celebratory gesture of wisdom and its sister law of nature: prosperity. Wherever there is wisdom, there is supreme abundance.
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Let the cosmic effulgence of Śrī fill your heart and home.
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* M A H A L A K Ṣ M Ī *
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Oṃ

AŚVIN FULL MOON October 30th at 5:15am PDT. Moonrise at 5:50pm PDT.
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W H A T
Aśvin (twin physicians of the Gods) Purnima or the Aśvinī Full Moon, is an auspicious time of year, said to be the only moon (we had 2 this month!) full of all its resplendent 16 shaktis AND 16 kalas, or arts.
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H O W
Through its loving rays, this moon showers the elixir of life, the sweet nectar of divinity, or amrit, on earth bringing joy and prosperity to those whom intentionally absorb its radiance through moon bathing rituals and sadhana (spiritual practice).
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M O O N B A T H + S A D H A N A
+ Welcome the solar day at brāhmamuhūrta (~90 minutes before sunrise)
+ Honor silence externally as a way to receive your Self internally.
+ Introduce a moon ritual, or begin your pūja practice. Invite a saṅkalpa or intention, honor the 5 elements, and offer any rigid preferences up with devotional surrender
+ Moonrise is at ~5:50pm PDT. Catch the moonrise and bathe in the milky rays of the moon if timing allows. Adjust according to your timezone.
+ Close the evening with a long meditation
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W A T E R P U R I F I C A T I O N
+ Keep a copper vessel at your altar full of water. You may leave your remedial gems in this vessel during the evening of Purnima, and begin your japa the following morning
+ Leave a vessel of water out with the day sun, moon rise and milky moon light. Drink the next day and receive the soma of this nourishing moon

S E L F - A B Y H A N G A
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One of the deepest forms of self-nourishment and love you can gift yourself. SA is an ancient Ayurvedic or purification and rejuvenation treatment of self-oleation or oil massage therapy.
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I‘m hosting a donation-based Self-Abhyanga Workshop on Sun., Nov. 8th for US & European time zones. Times for Australia and Asia to be confirmed. DM me for the link. Or sign-up for the newsletter in bio and follow @napuaveda here and on Facebook.
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B E N E F I T S
- Vata pacifying
- calms & soothes the nervous system
- increases circulation
- loosens impurities & aids lymphatic detox
- increases bodily awareness and health
- removes fatigue from the system
- boosts & supports immunity

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