About Aditi Devi Ma

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Aditi Devi began the study and practice of South Asia Tantric traditions more than 25 years ago. As an initiated yogini, pujarini (ritualist, priestess), lineage holder, and authorized teacher,she haslived and practiced her sadhana with adepts in Nepal, India, and Tibet. Aditi Devi Ma’s practice, teaching,research and writing focus on the embodiment of the divine feminine in the Shakta Tantric and Yogini lineages of India and Nepal. Along the way, and before turning fully to the path of the yogini, she earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Asian Studies, and was a Fulbright Scholar and college professor.

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Aditi Devi is authorized to teach what are called the Kali Practicesin the northern Kalikula focusing on the reverence of women as embodiments of the divine and awakening in the body, in deep relationality. These practices have their fullest expression in Assam, at the Temple of the Tantric Goddess Kamakhya, a yoni Goddess who is revered throughout South Asia (and indeed the world); this is one of Aditi’sspiritual homes and practice seats. After several years of living in a remote contemplative community, Aditi hastaken to the wandering life again, bringing her offerings to yoga retreats, teacher training courses, festivals, godowns, and wherever yoginis and yogins gather. She often makes pilgrimage to India and Nepal where she follows the trail of fierce desire, visiting remote Yogini Temples. She has just emerged for a traditional advanced solitary sadhana retreat where she spent more than six monthsin deep communion and contemplation with our Dark Mother Kali.

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Her first book, In Praise of Adya Kali: Approaching the Primordial Dark Goddess Through the Song of Her Hundred Names, is a devotional to the Shakta Goddess Kali Ma (Hohm Press, 2014).