Mahā Śivaratri

Saturday, February 13, 2010, 5:00pm

5:00-6:00 pm
The Ocean Receives All Rivers: Ecstatic Stories and Songs of Lord Śiva
with Christopher (Hareesh) Wallis

6:00 pm
Main Ritual

Held in Trika Institute’s Śiva Mandir
At Yoga Maṇḍala
2807 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

**Mahā Śivaratri Benefit for Haiti**
Join us in coming together as a community to offer prayers and monetary aid.  This year, 50% of all donation proceeds from Mahā Śivaratri will be contributed to Partners in Health for relief work in Haiti.

Mahā Śivaratri is said to be the anniversary of Śiva’s Tāṇḍava, the dance depicted in his Naṭarāj form with which he creates the universe.  Or more precisely, with which Śiva dances this world of form and substance into and out of existence. For the practitioner of Śiavite Tantrik Yoga, Mahā Śivaratri – celebrated on the darkest new moon night of the year – is a time for ritual and practice.  On this night, we find an opportunity to delve deeply into and access the energy of the pause – the sandhi – the quiet moment and open space that rests between the darkness of the receding moon and the returning light as the moon again begins to wax.  It is here in the void at the point of transition that Śiva is found, felt and experienced most directly.

Please bring a cushion or blanket to sit on and come a little early as we expect a full house.