The Vedic fire ceremony is an instrument that harnesses the sattvic (pure) quality of Agni (The Eternal Flame)

It is known as Homa, Puja or Yajna, and is considered sacred. This ancient ritual is performed at precise times depending on celestial events. Daily sunrises and sunsets, monthly lunation cycles or major planetary transits are used as guides for timing. In daily life they are used in celebration or as an auspicious offering to bring about peaceful change and abundance.

A “kunda,” a square pit that faces all four directions, is used to contain the fire. Practitioners offer into it gifts of grains, ghee, herbs and seeds as specific mantras are repeated.

The sacred fire coupled with prayerful intention removes fear, spreads joy, burns karma, purifies the environment and creates conditions for peace and prosperity.

The fire ceremony is among the most powerful of spiritual practices because it beckons the burning up of the ignorance, delusion and obstacles that keep us from the success of knowing our own divinity, our truest source of power and intelligence.

(we can adjust this part to suit the intention for this ceremony) In this particular ceremony we will be calling upon Divine Ancestors from all faith traditions to join us in offering up prayers.  

Bio:  Born and raised in Texas, Lavanga has lived a spiritual life since childhood and began exploring yoga and metaphysics in her teens. A Catholic school foundation led her to find her home in Gaudiya Vaishnavism, a 5,000 year old Bhakti Yoga lineage, and has been a priestess in the tradition since 2005.  

In 2011 she began offering classes in the Bhagavad Gita and other texts, leading group meditations (kirtan) and representing her Tradition in interfaith communities around the Dallas / Ft. Worth Metroplex.  She is also currently a practising “jyotisha” (Astrologer) and loves sharing the wisdom from the ancient Vedic texts in ways that are applicable to modern practitioners of all faith traditions.  

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