Namaste: the full story

 

Namaste invites us to open to life as a sacred relationship with all that is.

When we recognise everything in existence as sacred, we begin to live with a sense of totality—welcoming and embracing all aspects of our humanity. 

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Written by Gyan at the beginning of Geeti & Gyan’s relationship, Namaste is both a reminder and an invitation—to honour and care for the body, mind, heart, and soul as sacred. It celebrates the nurturing, life-giving qualities of the universal life force, which have profoundly shaped our relationship.

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We gave ourselves full permission to savour all of life: eating well, enjoying each sensation with presence, resting deeply, tending to the heart, and embracing healing as a path of love. This was to us an expression of unconditional love—for ourselves, each other, and Life itself.

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Coming from a religious background that distrusted the body and senses, Gyan’s journey into embodiment has been a powerful reclamation. Namaste is a celebration of the body as temple, a sacred instrument for consciousness to express through. It marked a rebirth of awareness—a move beyond spiritual bypassing into grounded, joyful presence. It’s a song of Tantra and Yoga lived.

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The Sanskrit refrain “Mā Jay Mā!” is a heartfelt plea to return to the Universal Mother—to lovingly nurture, rather than neglect or abuse, our human vessel and all of nature. 

The song also weaves in lines from the Saundarya Laharī ("Waves of Beauty"), a revered Sanskrit poem honouring Tripura Sundarī, the triple goddess of Durgā, Lakṣmī, and Sarasvatī, composed by the great yogi Ādi Śaṅkarācārya. Chanting these verses brought Gyan such a deep sense of reverence and bliss that he felt called to include them in this kirtan song.

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We hope Namaste inspires you to take tender care of yourself, to listen honestly to your heart, and to allow yourself to receive the beauty of life in its fullness.