Nine Faces of Durgā: Radiating the Goddess Through Ritual & Shakti

Nine Faces of Durgā: Radiating the Goddess Through Ritual & Shakti
September 19 – 21, 2025
Salt Spring Centre of Yoga, Salt Spring Island

Friday afternoon (arrival 3-6pm, includes check in and optional practice) – Sunday (11:30am)

On the celestial convergence weekend of Navratri, New Moon, Autumn Equinox and a Solar Eclipse – we enter a powerful threshold of release, balance and renewal.

This retreat is your invitation to meet the goddess not as archetypal symbol, but as a lived presence within you.

Through sacred rituals, embodied practice, and self inquiry – we will explore the Nine Faces of Goddess Durgā (Navdurgas)—each one a powerful reflection of our inner landscape. These divine aspects awaken fierce love, clarity, devotion, fearlessness, courage, and unwavering strength. Together, we will nurture Durgā’s Shakti and allow her to move through us, anchoring her energy in our bodies, hearts, and lives.

Aligned with this celestial time of harvest and shedding, we will ask:

What are we carrying forward with gratitude?

What is ready to be released to make space for new growth?

Through asana, pranayama, mantra chanting, storytelling, and shared rituals, participants will be supported to release fear and unhelpful patterns, and reconnect with their inner power.

You will also receive an Ayurvedic self-cleanse ritual kit and guidance for autumnal fasting and seasonal renewal, offering tangible ways to carry these teachings home.

This retreat is for those ready to honour the goddess within, deepen your connection to your sacred power, and carry this energy into your life.

Come. Root into your power. Let Durgā rise through you—fierce, wise, and unwavering.

What to Expect:

– Sri Chakra Yantra Flower Ritual

– Goddess Golden Milk Ritual

– Self Cleansing Ritual (with take home kit)

– Durga Aarti Ritual

– Evening Sauna Ritual

– Daily Goddess-Inspired Asana & Pranayama Practice

– Storytelling, Mantra Chanting, and Self Inquiry

– A peaceful nature setting amid 69 acres of farmland, meadow and forest on stunning Salt Spring Island

– Five delicious and nutritious farm-fresh vegetarian meals

ENERGY EXCHANGE:
Private single with ensuite – $1250 EB, $1400 regular rate, (only 1 available)
Shared – $950 EB, $1100 regular rate (with shared bathroom)
Commuter – $500 EB, $650 regular rate (includes meals: Friday dinner – Sunday lunch, Saturday night sauna)
*EARLY BIRD ENDS JUNE 30, 2025

*Retreat pricing includes all meals, onsite accommodation, shakti self-cleansing take-home ritual kit, Saturday evening sauna, and all rituals and programming with two skilled facilitators.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Full refund minus a $50 admin fee until July 31, 2025
50% refund, minus $50 admin fee August 1 – 18, 2025
​Unfortunately, we cannot issue any refunds after August 19, 2025.
Nor can tickets be transferred to another person after August 19, 2025.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Sarada Pranav (MĀ Wellness & Yoga, Victoria)
Sarada is a devoted practitioner and lifelong student of the ancient Yogic tradition, embracing both the physical and spiritual aspects of this practice. By profession she is a Counselling Psychologist, Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner, and co-owner of Mā Wellness and Yoga.

Raised in a joint family in South India, she was deeply influenced by the wisdom of her grandfather, a respected Ayurvedic doctor, who imparted a deep understanding of holistic health and wellness from an early age, shaping her lifelong commitment to balanced living.

Sarada has cultivated a profound connection to the spiritual and healing arts from stories and rituals shared by her grandmother and great-grandmother. From childhood, the annual celebration of Navratri was a time of deep reverence and joy. Sarada fondly recalls the vibrant community gatherings, prayers, rituals, celebrations, Prasadam (blessed food) that marked the festival, reinforcing her devotion to Goddess Durgā. This festival, steeped in the worship of divine energy and transformation, has been a cornerstone of her spiritual journey, fostering a lifelong devotion to the goddess and the yogic path.

Sharing this ancient wisdom, rituals and devotion with the community and to honour the teachings of her ancestors in a way that blends traditions with modern life without losing its essence, is her passion.

Learn more about Sarada’s offerings here:

Yoga Victoria

@eightfoldsarada (Instagram)

@mawellnessandyoga (Facebook)

Satya Jehman (Vedic Priestess Temple, Salt Spring Island)
Born into the Vedic lineage, Satya has been living the traditional path of yoga all her life – with a concentrated sadhana over the past 23 years. Her maternal line has been devoted to Goddess Durgā since time immemorial, transmitting an unbroken thread of devotion, protection, and fierce love. This sacred inheritance infuses all she offers — from ceremony and ritual to the embodied wisdom of Shakti.

Satya carries the gift of Agni Hotra and Vedic ritual by the grace of her ancestors from North India. She completed a year-long Yoga Apprenticeship in 2015 (Vijnana Yoga RYT200), and undertook a deep study in jnana yoga (Vedic scripture and self-inquiry) with her teacher in her ancestral homeland amid a trio of winters from 2011–2013. In 2016, she was initiated into the Sidh Kunjika Stotram – the highest call to Maha Shakti (Divine Mother) – further awakening her devotion to the Goddess. She apprenticed in fire ceremony with two of her teachers in North India and has returned to India regularly for the past 16 years to deepen her study and practice.

Learn more about Satya’s offerings:

www.vedicpriestesstemple.com

@vedic_priestess_temple Instagram

@vedicpriestesstemple108 Facebook