Significance of Navratri
Navratri means the nine nights. Nava means nine and ratri means night. Nights provide rest and rejuvenation. At night you turn inward (you sleep) and you feel refreshed and rested in the morning. In the same way, Navratri or the nine
nights is that time (of the year) in which you turn inward towards your source. It is that time of the year to spend with yourself, nurturing and rejuvenating yourself through prayers, chants, meditation, fasting and other spiritual practices, and coming out feeling refreshed, renewed and creative.
This is the significance and the true spirit of Navratri. Navratri is celebrated to glorify the spirit in us. The spirit in us alone can destroy all our negative qualities (inertia, pride, obsession, cravings, aversions, etc.). By turning inward during Navratri and getting in-touch with the spirit within, we can
overcome these negative tendencies and invoke the position qualities that are within us, thus feeling elevated and renewed. Navratri is traditionally celebrated at the beginning of autumn every year, when everything in nature starts undergoing transformation. These nine nights are said to be precious as there are subtle energies in the creation which are enriched at this
time of the year, which enhance and assist the experience of going inwards, making prayer, chanting and other spiritual practices more fruitful. Navratri is a time when the Art of Living ashram is full of people from all over the world. Be part of Navratri 2015 celebrations.