A Live Virtual Course
Navadurgā
A Journey of Empowerment
WITH AUDE BARRAS
Tantric Practitioner, Intimacy Guide, Seeker of Truth
An Advanced Course Beginning Thursday, June 27, 2024
The Navadurgā are the nine powerful aspects of Durgā, each representing a unique shakti, or divine energy. They emerged from the very essence of the Goddess to defend Lord Brahma from the demons Madhu and Kaitbha - too much and too little.
By invoking and cultivating these nine shaktis, we embark on a journey of self-discovery. This path leads to a heightened awareness of our true nature, culminating in a deeper experience of wisdom, love, and surrender.
A Glimpse into the Navadurgā
- Goddess Shailputri: Embodies faith and self-belief, inviting you to take your rightful place on the path.
- Goddess Brahmacharini: Instills integrity and dedication, allowing you to remain focused through meditation.
- Goddess Chandraghanta: Prepares you for life’s challenges by creating inner space and strength.
- Goddess Kushmanda: Represents the birth of new possibilities, encouraging you to cultivate meaningful aspirations.
- Goddess Skandamata: Celebrates the softer aspects of life, reminding you to speak your truth and nurture your heart’s desires.
- Goddess Katyayani: Empowers you to take initiative and fight for what you believe in.
- Goddess Kaalratri: Represents the threshold to the unknown, dissolving negativity and the illusion of separation.
- Goddess Mahagauri: Offers wisdom and the ability to navigate duality with grace.
- Goddess Siddhidatri: Increases trust and surrender to the divine Mother, guiding you towards ultimate liberation.
Course Schedule
The course is over 10 sessions on Thursdays from 10 am - 11:30am Pacific Time*
(*Note, this time could possibly be adjusted to make it more workable for those interested.)
- Thursday June 27 - Introduction to Nava Durgās
- Thursday July 11 - Navadurgā 1 : Shailaputri
- Thursday July 18 - Navadurgā 2 : Brahmacharini
- Thursday July 25 - Navadurgā 3 : Chandraghanta
- Thursday August 15 - Navadurgā 4: Kushmanda
- Thursday August 22 - Navadurgā 5 : Skandamata
- Thursday August 29 - Navadurgā 6 : Katyayani
- Thursday September 5 - Navadurgā 7 : Kalaratri
- Thursday September 12 - Navadurgā 8 : Mahagauri
- Thursday September 19 - Navadurgā 9 : Siddhidatri
All live classes will be recorded. Replays and course materials will be available in a course portal for you to revisit. Note, recordings will be available for enrolled participants only and this course will not be available as an evergreen.
Join Aude Barras on a year-long journey of devotion.
This course is the final class of a 3-Part Series. To join "Navadurgā: A Journey of Empowerment", the completion of Invoking Shakti:Durgā Sādhanā is a prerequisite. It’s also highly recommended to have undertaken the Opening the Doorway to Shakti: Ganeśa Sādhanā course as well.
Learn more about the 3-Part Series below!!
The full series includes
COURSE I (Online Self-Study Course)
This 4-session self-study course embraces you at the temple entrance, where we pay homage to Ganeśa and receive an introduction to Devī, the omnipresent cosmic energy permeating the whole existence. (Note, this is a self-paced course with immediate access to recorded sessions). Learn more and register for this self-study course here.
COURSE II (live online)
- COURSE II (this course): Invoking Shakti: Durga Sādhanā:
This 4-Session self-study course will lead us on a journey of remembrance through storytelling and practice. We will establish a Durga sādhanā to invoke her blessings and protection so we may serve our purpose with dignity and love. Learn more and register for this self-study course here.
COURSE III (Online) (THIS PAGE)
- COURSE III: Navadurgā: A Journey of Empowerment:
This course takes place live from July 2024 to September 2024 in preparation for Fall Navaratri, which takes place from October 3 to 11, 2024. The Navadurgā are the nine powerful aspects of Durgā, each representing a unique shakti, or divine energy. By invoking and cultivating these nine shaktis, we embark on a journey of self-discovery. This course will only be offered live and not sold as an evergreen program later. (Note, this is the course page you are presently looking at).
**IMPORTANT NOTE + 10% OFF COUPON**
Course II Invoking Shakti is a prerequisite for Course III Navadurgā. Course 1 Opening the Doorway is highly recommended to attend Course III as well. If you missed the first two courses live, you can still sign up to watch the self-study replays.
We are offering a 10% discount if you'd like to sign-up to watch the self-study programs of either Course I and II with the code: AUDE10
PILGRIMAGE TO CATHAR LAND
- MARY MAGDALENE 11-DAY PILGRIMAGE on Cathar Land (Southern France):
In 2025, we invite you to join Aude on a mystical Journey into the Mystery of the Rose and Mary Magdalene. (Priority will be given to previous students for the pilgrimage). More info to come!
What previous students say about Aude's courses
“Life makes presents, presents that you need. Meeting Aude five years ago is one of these gifts. The process initiated by this encounter changed my life! I’m so grateful for what is unfolding within my being which was catalyzed by the precious human and spiritual wisdom revealed in these teachings. I feel better than ever; connected to my heart and the infinite Love of the Universe. Thanks to all the practices transmitted and integrated in my daily life I feel my feminine power embodied.”
Aline- Sion, Switzerland
“What I found in these teachings was the map for a particular path home to myself. My feminine. My sensual. My softness and my strength. It has created such beautiful new vistas inside me that I never knew I needed. Because it is hidden so deeply beneath the stories that until I found it I didn’t even know it was missing. Aude is a truly gifted teacher and a powerful guide of love and light as we gently enter the unknown. I recommend this class to everyone. It is both profound and joyous.”
Tanya Kazeminy – London -UK
“I found these teachings to be a deep invitation into the strength of softness and the grace of feminine power. It is still finding its own way into my life and Being. I am very grateful for Aude’s integrity and passion which permeate her work. The initiation into the space of “what if Love is just the beginning” met that same question in my own heart and it has been growing inside me like an ancient recognition. The time has come to really Be what we have always known. To begin, now that we have re-membered what was severed”
Ayala – London - Uk
Meet Aude Barras
AUDE BARRAS is a seeker of truth and a practitioner of beauty. She is deeply immersed in Śrī Vidyā, a Shakta Tantra lineage, and her life is devoted to the worship of Devī – the Goddess. A student of the arts of beauty, for the past decade she has been under the guidance of many masters throughout the world. Her life is in service guiding people into remembering their divine essence by allowing herself to be a channel for love.
Her vision is to preserve ancient wisdom by creating temples of beauty to celebrate and honor the arts of the divine feminine, spaces where pleasure is revered as sacred medicine – a safe haven for students and devotees of beauty. All her endeavors are a prayer, an offering to the Divine Mother.
Half Swiss-Canadian, Aude currently splits her time living between India and Cathar Land in France.
Aude's Story
In our fast-paced world, where everything is about instant gratification, this program offers a steady and integrated path to cultivate an intimate relationship with Devi, the Goddess, and the truth of being. The program embraces the patient and devotional approach of wisdom, providing a safe and supportive environment for you to unravel and transform over time. We will create a sangha, a committed community of kindred spirits, walking together with unwavering integrity and love.
Feeling very turmoiled as a child, I found yoga and meditation in my early teens and it became my saving grace. Knowing that intimacy and beauty were the way, for the last 15 years I've been seeking an avenue to connect to Truth. After years of exploring different paths (Taoism, Shamanism, Neo-Tantra) in a moment of despair, the Goddess graced me with a lineage, Śri Vidya (the wisdom of Auspiciousness) that opened a doorway to developing an intimate relationship with the divine.
For the past six years, I have walked the path of devotion under the blessed guidance of Maa Uma-Parvathi Natha. This journey has become the very breath of my life, a complete immersion in teachings that resonated with the deepest longing of my heart - the yearning to merge the masculine and feminine, the human and divine, within the ecstatic embrace of Oneness.
By opening to the realm of devotion and invoking the power within you, this class invites you to embrace your potential and nurture your dharma with integrity, love, and fierceness, just like Durga. It's about finding your place within the world's complexities and using your power to create something beautiful.
Isn't that something we all long for in the depth of our being?
Aude Barras
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