Sep 19
A Diet for Navaratri
Nav means nine and also means new, ratri is night, the time for rest and rejuvenation … so nine days and nights to relax and become New… Nine nights of the Mother Divine.
Many people ask me what kind of a diet they should follow during the 9 days of Navaratri … Well, this is more or less whats served on the Ashram in Bangalore, and what one of the ayurvedic docs here recommended…
Days 1-3 : Only fresh fruits for all meals with juices … no sugar at all, drink lots and lots of water … Keep as much silence as possible
Days 4-7 : Add grains, have rice, khichidi with some veggies in it in the nights and nice clear and/or brothy soups for lunch with fresh fruits and juices, remember the water and no sugar
Day 8 and 9 : Feast!!!! over eat … stuff yourself to the brim and then eat more … whatever you want to eat (best is to come to ashram and let us feed you) … of course it should be only veggie stuff
Day 10 : Recover 
… Go for Vijay Yatra … Make lots of noise
From day 5 or 6 vigorous dancing and singing in the evenings till last day
This time of the year is extremely auspicious for Meditation and Satsang … Spend more time meditating than you normally would.
Enjoy Navaratri!!
Jai Gurudeva!
love
bawa
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Tags: Navaratri
Great Post Bau…. Thanks!
I am coming.
Thanks Bau for the valuable information…
Jai Gurudeva!
Just when I was thinking about the topic, and post appears…
Thanks
Love u Bau & Dinesh dada
wow!!!
informative indeed Bau…will abide by it …
happy navaratri to one and all…
Had the privelege to witness Guruji’s grandeur inauguration here in mysore with Yes+ team …
It was quite a day…we all njoid thorughly…
Jai Guru Dev!!!
Bau … Thanks … was really wondering where to start and what to follow … thought of going on a fruit diet for all the days … but it was so discouraging .. now I’m clear … thank u …
Super cool..!! I was just thinking, Guruji is going to be in Silence over navaratri, What can I do..?
Love and jgd
sathya bharadwaj
i knew about the feast part
you had said during last navratri !! bau i am coming to the ashram n m really excited about every thing rite from the satsang to the silence and from foood to the fun !! 
Thanx a ton bawa, for the valuable information and suggestions.
Jai Gurudev!
Hey Bawa, feast in the ashram sounds good!! Did you see my mum in the ashram??
yes i did … and she is looking great!
What a Beatiful picture! Mind-blowing!
oops! I ate normal food both yesterday and today.
I’ll eat fruits tomorrow.
Just what I was looking for! It looks like the Diet for 1-3 beats the tamas and Diet for 4-7 soothes the rajasic tendency. However, I have no clue about Diet 8-9
Im coing to ashram
yipeeeeeeee
jai guru dev
Amazing !! Jai Gurudev
hv had pizza, lasangne, pasta, all a super duper heavy banana leaf lunch, lemon tea in the past 2 days..does guruji love me as much still?
p.s.- its ur birrday day after, so i want to be eating a lot of things other than fruits n juices;)
Vow!!makes me want to be at the ashram to over eat and be part of the feast
jai gurudev
What a great menu for these auspicious days…….and a suggestion to do more meditation is encouraging.
U R SUPERB!
Is this the same diet for anyone who is fasting for the 9 days? I don’t know much about these but know someone who is very stubborn on the “rules” of such fasts. Thanks! JDG
so nice of u deliberating the diet for navaratri.A very late comment as i was on e-silence too:)
lov arya
There is no need to pay a small fortune for the lemon detox diet drink used by celebs such as beyonce. Here is the recipe.
Take a drinking glass and add 4oz of cold water
Add lemon juice from half of a freshly squeezed Lemon.
Add 2 tablespoons of Pure Maple Syrup.
Add a dash of Cayenne Pepper or ground ginger.
Using a spoon stir very well.
Add 4 oz of cold water then stir again.
That?s it!