Unveiling The Secrets of Navratri
By: Geetika Sethi
Tags: Spirituality, Wellness, Writing, Religion, Health

Spirituality | Religion | Inspiration | Wellness

Unveiling The Secrets of Navratri

The story behind the 9 pious nights

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The Navratri Special – Part 1

Do you wish to Fast this Navratri and give yourself the gift of Purification; purification of your Body, Mind and Soul?

Our deep-rooted culture has a solid underlying logic behind every Indian festival and other than just having fun while celebrating them, there are many scientific reasons as to why that is done during certain times of the year.

Just like how the Navratri – which means ‘nine nights’ – has many stories in our scriptures explaining why it is celebrated twice a year along with a proven scientific reason too.

As per Hindu scriptures, the Navratri marks the beginning of the two seasons – Summer and Winter and those 9 nights are the time for the seasonal change. Since this seasonal change is natural, our age-old Ayurvedic and Naturopathic systems of healing health state that eating foods like garlic, onion, meat, grains and eggs etc. continuously at all times make us prone to catching all kinds of energies. Energies that are not good, not just from the surroundings but even by absorbing those very energies that were present in what we ate. They say that at times, especially during season change since our body’s immunities always lie low and when we eat high-energy foods, we make ourselves susceptible to catching seasonal diseases. So how do we treat this problem?

Did you know that everybody – every single person – requires purification a minimum of twice a year to maintain a perfectly healthy body balance. So I feel that because of this concept, came up the Navratri fasting so that we could cleanse our systems.

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The Navratri Special – Part 2

So basically, the scientific logic behind these fasts and the main reason is to enable the person to benefit from Detoxification, Mindfulness and Self Control.

During the Detoxification phase as we give up certain foods for 9 days, our bodies start to detoxify. We cleanse our system and lighten ourselves by eating easily digestible foods like fruits which clean our digestive system and vegetables that build it. In this way, we prepare our digestive and immune system for the upcoming season.

So those who fast are doing the perfect thing by taking care of themselves as it’s only during fasting that our internal organs get rest and thus start to heal and recover from their daily work stress. But for those who can’t fast, do yourself a favour by trying to not eat any heavy foods which you feel slow your digestion or cause you to discomfort like meat, eggs, chicken, spices, grains etc for these 9 days to give your system a part-time break.

Now coming to Mindfulness, which is a wonderful thing and enables you to think clearly while putting your mind at ease. Fasting twice a year lightens your entire system, keeps your mind fresh and doesn’t allow you to develop brain fog. This happens because during fasting when your digestive system is at rest, your mind works at a faster speed from the fresh and positive energies it gets from all your intakes – physical, mental as well as spiritual – giving you clarity of thought.

Lastly, it’s all about Self-Control which is indeed the gut of fasting. This is the toughest because when you try to stop yourself from eating what you are accustomed to, you are trying to break an ongoing pattern that you’ve been following all through. And if you can succeed at this, you can succeed anyhow because by doing this you will develop an amazing discipline that leads to strengthening your will power and building solid self-control, making you the true ruler of your mind.

So this Navratri, let’s all do this Purification Feasting Fast.

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The Navratri Special — Part3

Do you wish to Celebrate the upcoming pious days of Navratri eating the yummiest foods and feasting to your fullest?

Do you wish to feel fit by cleansing your body and mind?

Are you ready to shed your weight – off your mind and body?

Well, you got confused and read the last one again, thinking you read it wrong? Not to worry, as you didn’t read it incorrectly and nor did I write it that way because ….. It’s a special healthy healing food plan that I have to offer which despite being really tasty will make you shed kilos, drop inches as well keep you calm and refreshed.

So if you want to Heal your Body, Mind and Soul this Navratri, follow My F.A.N Clan’s special plan.

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Feasting Fast — 6 day Navratri Plan

Day 1

Waking Up — Fresh Tender Coconut

B’fast — Fox Nut Milk Pudding with dates

Snack — Fresh Orange Juice

Lunch — Sago Rice Pilaf + Buttermilk

Snack — Sweet Potato Salad

Dinner — 2 Buckwheat Flour Roti+ Bottle gourd

Before Bed — Milk with Organic Jaggery Powder+ Turmeric