Jai Kaveri Maa 🌺

I recently completed my Grief Coach training, and as I reflect on this next chapter of my work, I find myself thinking about my namesake and the story of the holy river I was named after.

In the mythology of the Goddess Kaveri, her story begins with King Kavera, who was blessed with a daughter he named Kaveri by Lord Brahma due to his good deeds to his Kingdom. He married her to Sage Agastya with the agreement that he would never leave her alone. When the sage needed to go to the mountains for deep meditation, he placed Kaveri in the form of water inside a vessel so he could take her with him. Though protected there, it was never her true destiny to remain contained. Through divine intervention, Lord Ganesha in the form of a crow tipped the vessel, and Kaveri was released. She flowed down from the mountains and became the Kaveri River, nourishing forests, crops, animals, villages, and millions of lives along her path. What was once contained became a life-giving river.

Water has long been associated with the feminine, with emotions, intuition, and compassion. Grief lives in these waters too.

So often we try to hold these waters inside. We try to keep the vessel steady, to contain our feelings, our grief, our truth. But sometimes life tips the pot.

Over the last few years, my own life has brought me face to face with deep grief, heartbreak, and painful yet profound transformation. I found my sovereignty, listening deeply to my soul, honoring my truth, and moving toward the liberation of my own spirit and purpose. What once felt like overwhelming waters slowly became something else.

Alongside this journey, I have also been sitting with my own path toward becoming a mother. And in that reflection, I am gently opening to the possibility that this expression of my work, holding others through grief, transition, and healing, may be one of the ways I am meant to mother in this lifetime. Not through form, but through presence. Not through holding a child, but through holding space for other. This was such a powerful realization.

Through personal experience, deep inner work, and now completing my Grief Coach training, I have learned how pain can be alchemized into purpose. The very waters that once felt like they might drown us can become the river that carries us toward who we are meant to be.

Like the Kaveri River, I believe our emotions and grief are not meant to stay contained. When they are given space to move, they can cultivate kindness, wisdom, and compassion. Not only within ourselves, but for others as well.

It is an honor to now weave grief coaching into my work alongside Ayurveda, supporting others as they navigate loss, life transitions, and the hidden places grief lives in the body, mind, and spirit.

May we trust the wisdom and depth of the waters that move us toward our dharma, artha, kama, and moksha.

Jai Kaveri Maa