Periagoge
Concept
1 min read

Hari-Nama: Sacred Naming as Healing Practice

Hari-Nama is the repetition of divine names; it demonstrates how creative practice—song, poetry, prayer—becomes both grief work and spiritual discipline.

Mira
Why It Matters

Hari-Nama refers to the repetition of divine names as a spiritual practice. Mirabai used song and poetry as a form of continuous naming, calling to her beloved Krishna through endless verses. This practice shows that creativity itself can be the container for grief. When you return again and again to make art about loss—to name it, to witness it, to embody it in form—you are practicing a spiritual discipline that prevents the loss from becoming frozen or forgotten. Hari-Nama teaches that the practice is the point: not to resolve grief but to stay in relationship with it through creative work. Whether through journaling, painting, music, or movement, you engage in sacred naming: you call the name of what you have lost, you honor its reality, you keep it present within your evolving life. Over time, this practice integrates loss not as something overcome but as something woven into your ongoing story.

Helpful guides
Mira
Love & Relationships
Peri
Questions about Hari-Nama: Sacred Naming as Healing Practice?

Peri can explain this concept, give practical examples, help you decide whether it applies to your situation, or recommend a journey if appropriate.

Ready to work on Hari-Nama: Sacred Naming as Healing Practice?

Explore related journeys or tell Peri what you're working through.