by Megan Averso | Oct 15, 2026 | Perspective
Chandraghanta Chandraghanta feels harder for me to write about than Brahmacharini did. I can sit down and meditate. I can read another page, go to class, write something I would rather avoid, come back to the question tomorrow. I know what it means to keep doing...
by Megan Averso | Oct 13, 2026 | Perspective
Brahmacharini The second form of Durga honored during Navratri is Brahmacharini. She is commonly depicted simply, dressed in white, barefoot, carrying a japa mala, or prayer beads, in one hand and a kamandalu, a water vessel associated with spiritual practice and...
by Megan Averso | Oct 11, 2026 | Perspective
Choosing the Path, Day One: Shailaputri A note before beginning For most people who know me now, the person I am today probably does not require much explanation. I am a mom, a teacher, a student, a traveler, a writer, a spiritual being, and a Sanatani by choice. I...
by Megan Averso | Sep 27, 2026 | Perspective
What is “true” if our trauma has trained our brain to recognize a pattern, the pattern occurs, but we don’t want to be a victim to our past? How do we tell our brains that people are safe, when they operate in a pattern that didn’t keep us safe historically? How do...
by Megan Averso | Mar 22, 2026 | Observations
Comfort vs Alignment Recently I have been brought back into a familiar internal tension; a quiet pull between what feels known and what feels true. There is a kind of ease in familiarity. In spaces where the rhythms are predictable, where I know how to show up, what...
