Navaratri is celebrated in various ways across Indian traditions. In some places, it is associated with temple rituals and festivities. In Siddha-tantra practice, however, Spring Navaratri is primarily an inner process, where the different forms of Devi serve as orienting principles for recognizing qualities of consciousness.
Spring Navaratri at Lilleoru is a quiet and contemplative period. The practices are internal, and no yagyas are performed at Lilleoru during this time.
During Spring Navaratri at Lilleoru, the practitioner moves through the journey of the nine Shaktis using internal techniques. Each day focuses on the corresponding Shakti aspect — its quality, function, and mode of expression. The emphasis is on direct experience: how this aspect manifests within consciousness.
This is a series of practices structured along the axis of consciousness, where each day brings further deepening and refinement. As a whole, the process guides the practitioner through the dynamic aspects of consciousness — the Shaktis.
It is possible to take part in the Navaratri journey under the guidance of Ishwarananda from March 19–28.
Each evening from 20:00–21:30 (8:00–9:30 PM), satsangs are held online, where:
During the evening satsangs, the day’s experiences are also discussed, understandings are clarified, and the practice is fine-tuned.
In this way, the inner journey of Navaratri becomes a living and deepening pilgrimage.
To participate in the Navaratri practices and satsangs, please register via the link above.
After registration, you will receive access to all online satsangs.
Spring Navaratri is a unified and progressively deepening process — participation by individual days is not possible. Each day supports the next, and full participation is a natural part of the process.
Participation fee: 240 EUR, discounted fee for Lilleoru members: 180 EUR
Format: Online, each evening March 19–28, 20:00–21:30
Teacher: Acharya Ishwaranand
The Rhythm of the Nine Shaktis
Quiet preparation and the natural unfolding of renewal.
Spring Navaratri does not bring about change through force.
It creates the conditions in which what is mature can become visible.
The names of the Shaktis function during this period as orienting points, not invocations.
One is consciousness.
One is power.
One is the breath between matter and silence.
The nine Shaktis are not stages, but nine clarifications of one presence.
Śailaputrī — the foundation that does not waver.
Brāhmacāriṇī — the flow that does not disperse.
Chandraghaṇṭā — the fire that does not burn.
Kūṣmāṇḍā — the light that creates from joy.
Skandamātā — the heart that holds without possessing.
Kātyāyanī — the seeing that does not seek.
Kālarātrī — the darkness that liberates.
Mahāgaurī — the light that does not choose.
Siddhidātrī — the unity that does not divide.
Shakti does not rise. She clarifies.
Shiva does not arrive. He is.