Agni Hotra: Ayurvedic Fire Ceremony to Bless Up and Bliss Out

in yoga •  7 years ago 

Agni hotra is one of the strongest medicines in Ayurveda.


Agni = fire

hotra = therapy


Light the fire in a copper or gold pyramid at the exact moment of sunrise and/or sunset, sing a mantra, make an offering, meditate in silence until the fire burns out, and let the blessings rain down.

Of course there are subtleties to the practice, but that's basically it. It's great for people, animals, and plants. Perhaps counterintuitively, the smoke is great for respiratory and sinus conditions as well as a number of other physical ailments. It cleanses the atmosphere and creates a vortex of prana. I LOVE it! 



At sunrise, sing:

Suryaya swaha

suryaya idam na ma ma.

Prayapataye swaha,

prayapataye idam na ma ma.


Which means:

I honor the day; this is for the day, not for myself. 

I honor the divine; this is for the divine, not for myself.



At sunset, sing:

Agnaye swaha

agnaye idam na ma ma.

Prayapataye swaha,

prayapataye idam na ma ma.


Which means:

I honor the fire; this is for the fire, not for myself. 

I honor the divine; this is for the divine, not for myself.





I hope the fire in your heart burns with the heat of a thousand suns today! 







💛 Sara! 

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This is beautiful. I love the mantra about honoring the day and the divine. What are you lighting in your copper bowl?

Cow dung and ghee. The offering is ghee and brown rice. :)

Lovley practice Sara, fire has always been a powerful medicene in my life. I heard you are speaking at the creators conference. I am so blessed and looking forward to sharing some time and space in person with you. Love you beautiful sister, see you next month <3

Yaaaaaaaaayyyyy so glad you will be there too!!!! 💛💛💛💛
Ahhh just one more reason to look forward to Vegas!!

Oh yes, let's do Agni Hotra again!!!! Always grateful to receive the blessing.

YES! 💛

Awesome health care...thanks for new type of health post.....

You're welcome, it's important for people to know they have LOTS of options for real healthcare!

What if... that fire is rage?

Rage has so. much. power.
A warrior knows how to channel it constructively!
Rage on, brother 💛

wow @saramiller this is amazing.
@saramiller i also posted yoga way of life post in this post you can see surya namaskar practice in yoga complete steps of this.
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Yoga is indeed a way of life! Glad to see you are bringing more attention to it.

Very usefull and informative article about yoga, i like meditation like yoga and other, thanks for your sharing to us, i like it and upvote and resteem your post to more than 1200 my follower, greeting friendship from me @abialfatih in aceh indonesia

Hey @samiller well there are many cultures in the world, the aroma can be good. Some will agree, others won't. In my opinion smoke is not good for the lungs. Thanks for that information

cheers :)

Have you done this ceremony?

Wow, great health care. Awesome fireworks. One love. Thanks for sharing this.

#onelove 💛

Very insightful.. What a cool ceremony

Indeed! I love it 💛

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I'm sending you sunset from India 🇮🇳 and also wish you a wonderful women's day 💐🕉️✌️

Oh was it women's day? How lovely! Thank you @norwegianyogis!

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Thanks u for sharing a good information , I would like to try it , good luck my dear lady @saramiller 👍👍😉
All the best for you my best dear lady 🌹😉😃

I hope that you will have the opportunity to try it @samer484! It is a beautiful little ceremony.

This is one of the most powerful rituals that we can remember so far. Thanks to the vedic wisdom, we can clear all using this. Here, in a small house in Caracas, Venezuela we used to do it everyday, but now it's very difficult because we can not find the butter.

Thanks to you, you are a very special soul.

Oh I'm so glad to here you have experienced agni hotra for yourself!
Are you able to find cream? You can make your own butter by shaking/whipping cream for awhile.
Then you can make ghee out of butter - gently heat organic butter over low heat and skim off all the solids.
It does take time, but in my opinion it is worth the effort.
💛

Hello greetings @saramiller, incredible your publication of truth, always give them that touch of good vibes for us, it looks great that

I'm happy to share the good vibes! 💛

Great @saramiller! This is deep part of yoga i think.

It is a wonderful ceremony for deepening yoga practice. I love it!