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How to ask Kali Maa for help?

With a notebook and pen close by, close your eyes and summon Kali inwardly. Ask that the Kali energy in you be present. Ask, “Let me speak to Kali.” At this point, drop inside, and notice what is invoked in you by this question.

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She had yet to recognize that, even though in the West we tend to privilege the serenity-inducing, rejuvenating, and stress-reducing aspects of yoga, the yogic path is also about bringing out our strength and channeling our wildness. As you go more deeply into your yoga practice, it will ask you at some point to confront those parts of yourself that may have been suppressed by fear, trauma, or social conditioning, and which may be squelching your joy, undercutting your confidence or passion, or sabotaging your health.

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The goddess Kali shows up in yogic art almost as much as Ganesh. Kali is the one with the wild hair, the bare breasts, and the severed heads around her neck. She usually carries a sword, and one of the ways you know its Kali is that she’s sticking out her tongue. (Try it as you read! Sticking your tongue out, all the way out, is one of the quickest ways there is to get you in touch with your unconventional wild side!) She’s usually described as the goddess of destruction, and she looks scary, even though her face and body are also beautiful. Kali is supposed to have arisen out of the warrior-goddess Durga during a particularly fierce battle with some demons. The demons had a nasty skill: Their spilled blood turned into more demon-warriors. Kali’s job was to lick the drops of blood from the slain demons, and she did it so well that Durga won the battle. But as Kali “developed” over the centuries, this image of the wild-eyed battle goddess came to symbolize both spiritual and psychological liberation. She came to be understood as more than just a warrior: She became one of the archetypes of the Great Mother, a protector and giver of boons, as well as the destroyer of our “demonic” tendencies. There are many ways to view Kali, and the way a devotee sees her depends to some extent on his own level of consciousness. For yogis, serious spiritual aspirants and awakened devotees, Kali represents enlightenment itself. The yogi’s Kali is the enlightening force that smashes your preconceived notions, frees you of conditioned beliefs, false personal identities, and everything else that keeps you from recognizing your true identity. In other words, part of what Kali represents is the power to release that in you that is true—not only ultimate truth, but the truth that is uniquely yours. That power often remains in shadow, hidden behind social masks, and even the masks you assume in yoga. So tuning into Kali in daily life often means tuning into aspects of yourself that you normally don’t have access to, a power that can step outside the conventional and become bold and fierce, fierce in love, fierce in ecstasy, fierce in your willingness to stand up to the “demons” in yourself and others. You don’t become free just by going with the flow. You become free by knowing when to say “No,” to fight for what is right, to be appropriately ruthless, and to engage with the fiercer forms of grace. Kali is tough love. She’s often harsh. She has no manners. In her spiritual essence, she epitomizes the demand that you become a naked warrior for truth and freedom, ruthlessly sacrificing your own pride for the sake of liberation.

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