In my Yoga class this morning I found my self leaning my legs up towards the wall, a blanket was rolled up underneath my thighs. I had two pillows supporting both my wrists, and one under my head. Oh, and did I mention the warm soft blanket hugging my whole body? This was the point [Read More...]
Posts under ‘Awakening Feminine Leadership’
Millions and millions of women have prepared for this time
I know that life sometimes sucks, I know you have been through hell. I know people have disappointed you, hurt you, that you have failed many times, that you have regrets and unfulfilled dreams. I know that your body does not always fit into the image that you want it to be. I know relationships [Read More...]
Spiritual Practice is Self Love
I love spiritual practice. Yes I know, some cringe thinking about the dreaded D word (yes, discipline..) having had too many authority figures telling us what to do. But we can also view our commitment to practice as self love. It is a commitment to that which truly nourishes us. We feed the practice, and [Read More...]
2011 Nobel Peace Prize goes to [Real] Women
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. From www.nobelprize.org They were dancing, Leymah Gbowee [Read More...]
Take a Stand – and a thousand doors open
~ a contribution to the Girl effect blog-campaign FOR ME FEMINISM IS ABOUT SISTERHOOD. I BELIEVE I AM NOT FREE IF THERE IS ONE WOMAN WHO’S NOT FREE IN THE WORLD. I HAVE BEEN A WARRIOR WOMAN, AND I WANT MY GRANDDAUGHTERS TO BE WARRIORS AND MOTHERS. I SAY, HAVE THE NURTURING PART, HAVE THE [Read More...]
A ticket for my new life
Guest blog by Renate Wernet For my 40th birthday, I got a rather unusual gift: a picture frame full of money and flyers for spiritual workshops. But I was more surprised by the words glued to the middle of this picture frame: A ticket for your new life Clearly, my friends could see what I [Read More...]
Durga- the Tiger Riding Goddess
In the celebration of the Navratri holiday coming up soon (starting September 28th), we are re-posting this short text+ video on the Goddess Durga. I myself am on my way down to Yoga Kula in Berkley, to spend the weekend in an immersion in the three faces of the Goddess, lead by master philosopher Douglas [Read More...]
Introducing TreeSisters: A speech at Women on Fire
A brilliant talk by a woman on fire. She is embodying feminine leadership, showing us how a purpose bigger than yourself gives you the fire to create miracles. We can expand beyond imagination when we as women hold each other - when we wobble and when we shine. Visit the treesisters.org website Welcome to [Read More...]
The Art of Leading a Women’s Temple Group ~ Free Tele Class
The basis for all spiritual exploration in the Women’s Temple Group is the insight that that which we are longing for is who we already are. Thus our practice is not towards a goal of attainment in the future, it is a process of melting, of unraveling the wisdom and beauty already inherent in each [Read More...]
Embodied Spirituality
Spiritual awakening is not a process in time, it is neither an awesome experience you once had, nor a goal to reach later. Your memories of the past or our plans for the future are simply thoughts. Thoughts coming and going. Your luminous presence is always right here in the moment, fresh and impossible to [Read More...]
How Women & Trees Will Save the Planet
Guest Blog by Elisa Parker from See Jane Do I distinctly remember the smell of pine needles and the crunching sound they created underneath my feet during summer outings at Mt. San Jacinto where my dad served as a California State Park Ranger. As a little girl the trees seemed to tower over me and [Read More...]
The Beloved’s Hands
Guest blog by Mags Deane If there were any purpose to time it would be this: the time it takes for the Beloved to reveal what you have not yet been able to love; the time it takes for the Beloved to soften your heart through the relentless pain and longing of being human. The [Read More...]
Falling apart
In our ancient myths and practices we rediscover a much needed framework which can help us understand our experience of deep pain and suffering. These myths can be our roadmaps for those times when we feel we have lost our way. Inanna is an ancient Sumerian goddess, and her journey down into the underworld provides [Read More...]
About giving, bitterness and learning to receive.
Women love to give. It gives us deep pleasure to give. In fact, our body produces healthy hormones when we give. It’s essential for the feminine to give. But what we do is that we give and we give and we give and we give and we give and we give and we give and [Read More...]
Choosing which stories to enter, and which ones to exit.
Guest Blog by Hiro Boga Were you the kind of kid who daydreamed a lot? I was. Both my kids were too. It’s one of those things we do naturally, as children, because we’re still so connected to ourselves, our souls, and our Source. We haven’t yet lost touch with our true stories. When I [Read More...]
Sister, Search No More. The Key is Authenticity
Do you want to feed the trance, or do you want to be an instrument of awakening? There’s so much plastic and hype out there, and yes the masses are eager for it, because we think it will feed our soul. But it doesn’t. It never does. Instead we have a culture suffering from painful [Read More...]
5 Reliable Anchors to Sanity
I am in the middle of a creative explosion. I could call it challenging, trail blazing, obsessive, divinely inspired, mad, exhausting, blissful, meaningful. High. Fast. Vast. Ferocious (and many more words if I was more fluent in the English language.) Lets just call it intense. It is in times like this I get to experience [Read More...]
Women’s Ashram is being born: Watch out
Hi, I had an exuberant little conversation with fabulous Dyana Valentine today about the Virtual Women’s ashram. Take 5 minutes and get inspired to live your life in the deep waters of the feminine, get rid of uncomfortable underwear, and to go for the real deal. Love, Chameli
Where is My Passion & Spark?
Guest Blog By Lisa Schrader A common complaint I hear from women I meet in my retreats and coaching sessions, is that they just don’t have the “energy for sex.” It feels like a chore, another item on the already overwhelming “to do” list. They often find themselves “giving up or giving in.” If you [Read More...]
