Mahashivratri Sadhana

​February 28th is Mahashivratri - darkest night of the year - the black moon, the night before new moon.

​We will be honouring the 'first yogi' Adiyogi - Shiva, Lord of Consciousness and Creator of Yoga.

​The day of Mahashivratri happens to be the day when Shiva and Parvati were married. Adiyogi was an ascetic whose ultimate dispassion moved into the world of passion on this day as he had no fear of entanglement; and this passion became a means for him to share the depth of his wisdom and perception.

​Parvati looked down at the world and told Shiva, “What you have taught me is truly wonderful, this must reach everyone. But I can see that the way you have imparted this knowledge to me, there is no way you can impart this knowledge to the whole world. You must evolve another kind of method to give to the world.” That is when Shiva started propounding to the system of Yoga. He chose seven disciples, who are now celebrated as the Saptarishis. From that point, Yoga became a science as to how to realise the Self, it became very systematic and scientific so that it could be imparted to everyone.

​Thus Shiva evolved two systems – Tantra and Yoga. He taught his wife Parvati Tantra. Tantra is very intimate, can be done only in very close groups of people, but Yoga can be imparted to large groups of people. It is more suitable for the world around us, especially today. So even today Shiva is held as the first guru of Yoga or the Adi Guru.

​Story from Sadhguru

​We will be meditating together, chanting on our japa beads / mala, practicing a different pranayama each day as well as a few postures.

​The sessions will be recorded if you cannot make the live session.