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Embody the Sacred Feminine with Nina Rao & Mirabai Starr

What if the Sacred Feminine is not something to learn about, but someone to feel, hear, and recognize within all beings and all things? 

She appears across cultures and traditions, in nature and in the unseen, in the mystics of old and the lived experience of your own body. She is vast, and the only true doorway to her is your own direct experience: the way she meets you uniquely.

Join kirtan leader Nina Rao and interspiritual guide Mirabai Starr for a rich, experiential journey into the Sacred Feminine. Through devotional singing, mystical teachings, storytelling, and contemplative practice, we will explore the many forms of the Divine Feminine as she appears in chant, in story, in nature, and within our own lives.

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Spicy Soul Mama Podcast Episode 18 with Guest Nina Rao

Nina was recently featured on the Spicy Soul Mama podcast, where host Shelley Karpaty explores parenting and creativity as a spiritual path. The podcast is a little oasis, a place to come home to your heart, your creativity, and your spirit, not just as a mom, dad, partner, or professional, but as a whole human being. It acts as a reminder that joy, curiosity, and creativity are the antidotes to chaos and fear. Shelley and Nina discuss what Bhakti and loving awareness is, along with what it means to embrace parenting as a spiritual path, including wisdom from Sri Siddhi Ma on what the role of a parent entails.

You can read more about Shelley’s experiences and listen to the full podcast on the Spicy Soul Mama Substack.

Giving Back Season Never Ends

In the spirit of gratitude and giving back, we would like to express our gratitude for all of you practicing in community with us. If you combine all our individual efforts, they form a loving force powerful enough to reverberate across every creature in the entire creation.

Bhumi Devi gifts us everything we could need through Her flourishing ecosystems. That's why our kirtans in India were held to raise funds to help protect, conserve, rewild, and support the wilderness and communities living in proximity across India. The video below was screened before kirtan audiences to illuminate the current state of the environment and why it's important we each do our part to give back to Mother Nature.

The kirtan ticket sales were used to fund the rewilding of areas in Sunderbans, purchasing motorcycles for forest monitoring in Ranthambhore, research and community conservation by women in Uttarakhand, and towards organizations like Voices for Asian Elephants in Odissa, and Madras Crocodile Banks for protection of gharials, among other projects.

The photo above is from our latest darshan of Ganga Ma in Rishikesh.

If you would like to support these efforts, donations are accepted at SavingWildTigers.org via PayPal, check, or ACH transfer. Saving Wild Tigers is a registered 501(c) charity and donations are tax-deductible 🙏🏽

Nina is grateful to travel around the world to chant in-person, and also to share digital offerings and practice together in the ethereal space of Loving Awareness.

Sita's Gems: Reclaiming Sita's Voice from the Shadows

Sita, the heroine of the Hindu epic Ramayana and a divine feminine avatar of Lakshmi, is often misunderstood. She is praised for her patience, remembered for her suffering, but rarely honored for her sovereign choices, her hidden fire, her radical return to Self.

In this extraordinary episode, Acharya Shunya brings together the creators of Sitayana—a groundbreaking audio retelling of the Ramayana through Sita's eyes. Together with producer Michael Sternfeld, devotional artist Nina Rao, mystic Mirabai Starr, and author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, she explores exile, dharma, silence, devotion, and the moment when Sita says no… and returns to the Earth. Includes a stirring passage from "Sita Returns to Mother Earth" and a devotional song offered by Nina Rao to invoke her presence through sacred sound.

Listen on: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Listen Notes

Nourishing the Divine Feminine Within | Awakening in Prison Podcast

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Together with Susan Shannon, M. Div., BCC, Nina Rao discusses the power of devotional music and spirituality in nurturing the Divine Feminine. She reveals how her practices cultivate connection, presence, and inner peace.

The Awakening in Prison Podcast series currently lives on Edovo, making this content accessible to any incarcerated individual with access to this digital platform free of charge. This is a part of a series that specifically supports women in prison.

The Buddhist Prison Ministry provides the prison population with transformative tools and wisdom from the Buddhist tradition. Buddhist Prison Ministry operates almost exclusively on the incredible generosity of it’s growing team of volunteers.

Nāda for Healing: A Journey Through Rāga, Rhythm, and Bhakti | Satsangam Course

Nāda for Healing explores how sacred sound can support emotional balance, neurological healing and spiritual growth.

Guided by Dr Shubham and Smt Nina Rao, the series offers a practical doorway into healing with sound through nāda, mantra and rāga. Rooted in the classical teachings of Āyurveda, Gāndharva Veda and living devotional paramparā. it introduces nāda cikitsā, saṅgīta cikitsā and rāga cikitsā in a grounded, experiential way, with applications in daily life, clinical support and contemplative practice.

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Hari Ka Das Podcast | Episode 2 | Nina Rao: The Woman Who Anchored Krishna Das

Everyone knows Krishna Das, the voice of devotion, the sound of Bhakti that has carried millions back to their hearts. But very few know the woman who held that journey together with grace, love, and silent strength.This is the story of Nina Rao. In this conversation with Hari Ka Das, Nina ji opens up about:

• Her first visit to Kaichi Dham

• The moment she felt Maharajji’s presence

• How her life transformed alongside Krishna Das

• Why Bhakti is felt, not performed

• And what it means to serve without needing to be seen

• How Bhakti can heal depression

Some journeys are not loud. Some devotion does not sing. Some love holds everything in place quietly. This episode is that reminder. 🎧 If your heart is seeking something… watch this.

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Instagram → @harikadasofficial

YouTube → @harikadasofficial

Winning with a compelling voice, compassion, and clarity: Nina Rao chants KatzJustice.com

Winning with a compelling voice, compassion, and clarity. [En]chanter -- and more -- Nina Rao joins Fairfax Criminal Lawyer / Virginia DUI Attorney Jonathan L. Katz in addressing giving voice to ourselves, finding calm in the eye of the storm, and tackling adversity.

Jon Katz pursues your best defense against felony, misdemeanor, DUI, drug & sex prosecutions. Defending in Fairfax County, Arlington, Loudoun, Prince William & Beyond. This episode is also available in audio podcast format at https://podcast.beattheprosecution.co... , including Apple podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Call 703-383-1100 for a free in-person consultation with Jon Katz about your court-pending criminal case. KatzJustice.com