One of my yoga students (Caucasian) wants a non-Christian celebration for the birth of her child. She asked if I had any recommendations. One of my Indian yoga students recommended namkaran but didn’t know anything about it. Any thoughts/ideas on this and any place to read on such a thing?
I don’t know. I am unfamiliar with namkaran. What sort of celebration does she have in mind? There are plenty of different traditions that do rituals. She could look up birth rituals on the web and get some ideas there. Native American might be nice to do; since you are living in far north Alberta some native students could advise her.