Navratri begins soon and as we begin preparations for welcoming the Nine forms of Mother Goddess the first step is cleansing our homes, spaces, and bodies as the Divine Consciousness enters.

Our homes are our sanctuaries, our resting places, and our powerhouses. A quick shower in the bathroom rejuvenates us while a little time on the couch watching our favourite show relaxes us. The Altar Room gives us peace and workstation creative ideas. We owe cleanliness, care, and love to our homes.

Below are the steps to do it –

Detox – Go on a ten-day detox regime. Stick to salads that contain fruits and vegetables and nothing that is difficult to digest. Quit smoking, drinking, and meat. All of these are difficult to digest and make your senses less alert. The moment you begin detoxing, you begin creating space for positive and strong energies to come in. The same happens with your thoughts, emotions, and minds. You begin getting calmer, happier, and more peaceful. You can concentrate better and Sadhana starts becoming easier every day.

Water-Water flushes out everything. Drink as much water as you can. An average of 3-4 liters of water a day should do the trick. Also, make it point to shower every day. Twice a day if possible. When you shower, you are not only cleaning your physical body but also your energy, emotional and mental bodies. You will notice that negative thoughts are replaced by positive ones and feelings of sloth, laziness, and gloom are replaced by brightness, activity, and happiness.

Affirmations – Say this affirmation as you shower –

“The water cleanses everything negative, all energies, thoughts, emotions, and feelings that don’t belong with me and makes way for the positive”

After Shower –

“I now welcome in my life, positive thoughts, positive actions, positive speech, positive emotions, and positive energy”

Break Patterns – Remember that spirituality is all about breaking old patterns and forming new ones. So, no matter how good a pattern has worked for you so far, if you don’t break it, it will become unhealthy. To reach higher realms of spirituality you need to get out of your comfort zone and break the routine. This doesn’t mean you suddenly stop doing Sadhana. Breaking patterns is breaking a cycle that has been repeating itself over and over. For instance, failed relationships, an argument that happens over and over with no result, a sleep cycle that gives you no room to pull an all-nighter. Do you see? Two of these are not working out for you but one of them is. You still need to break all three. Only when you break them can you get into a healthy relationship with yourself, learn how arguments are unnecessary and how sometimes late-night Sadhanas are important too. Here’s an affirmation to break cycles and patterns –

“I now break all old patterns that don’t serve my highest good and create new from this moment on”

Consistency – Whether it’s a workout, a healthy diet, Sadhana, reading, writing, or any constructive practice, consistency is a must. No matter how tired, bored, irritated, angry, sick, ill, or even depressed you are. Get up, shower, and do your thing. When you will not back down and keep knocking on the door every day without fail, Mother Goddess and the Divine Consciousness will have no choice but to open the door and welcome you in, fill you up and liberate you. So, keep knocking.

Aside from these, make sure you stay away from toxic people whether in friends or family because even a minute of toxicity takes hours to clean. The same goes for toxic places and environments. Follow these steps and you should be good to welcome the Divinity in her Entirety. We will soon be releasing a blog on other preparations related to the Nine Nights of Consciousness.