Awakening Women

The feminine body is an expert in pleasure

awakeningwomen — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:34 +0000

Longing is the deepest design of the Universe.

awakeningwomen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:50:54 +0000

Guest offering by Sukhvinder Sircar

The universe as we know it was at origin one unmanifest whole,
the remembrance of which lies deep in every particle of it.

The secret & spirit of evolution is embedded in this longing.
Longing is not a sign of incompletion. It can exist even in the most peaceful and settled souls.

It is the thread that connects one to source, one end of which is in your heart.
It is the remembrance as well as the compass.
By following this direction called longing, one unerringly heads back home.

This is not the time to abuse, neglect or ignore this light thread. Within it lies the secret of your evolution.
Speak to your longing, ask it and it will reveal to you your path and your greatest Self.
It will reveal to you who you really are.
It will lovingly show you how to become more of who you long to be.
This longing will stay with you till you finally achieve that which you long for.

Longing is god’s most compassionate way of keeping connection with you.
Who knows, is it you longing for God, or God longing for you?

Sukhvinder Sircar: is a Yogini sister in our 21 day Lakshmi Sadhana, she is a metaphysician, mystic, healer and transformation leader. She is deeply passionate about women’s work, and works in divine partnership with Shakti to bring forth the awakening. Her Joyous Woman! Workshops are divinely inspired. An accredited Process Facilitator with 18 years of work, she most ably creates a safe space for the participants, and through her process, leads you gently, powerfully & swiftly in your awakening & self-love. Transformation is a vulnerable process, as it means letting go of the familiar and comfortable. www.primecreator.org

Pour Some Loving Kindness Into the Place of Not Enough

awakeningwomen — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:29:25 +0000

When you first arrived into this human form you came with exuberance,
eager to show the world the gift of YOU.

Then a little time passed by, and slowly you began to feel a vague sense of not being “enough”.

Just as the air we breathe is shared by us all, sadly this underlying current of not “being enough”,
runs in our collective blood, and keeps us glued to the trance of the small “me”.

Look around you and realize that everyone is part of this trance.
This will open you to compassion.

I’m enough

Let the words drip like nectar into your heart
and take you beyond.

Loving Kindness Prayer
As you say the prayer the first time, say it for yourself.
As you say the prayer the second time, say it for a loved one.
As you say it the third time, say it for someone you are in conflict with.
When you say this prayer the final time say it for all of humanity.

May I have loving kindness 
May I be well 
May I be happy and at ease 
May I have loving kindness

May you have loving kindness 
May you be well 
May you be happy and at ease 
May you have loving kindness

May all beings have loving kindness
 May all beings be well 
May all beings be happy and at ease 
May all beings have loving kindness

Are you allowing yourself to be supported?

awakeningwomen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:02:56 +0000

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 when the yoga teachers asked: are you allowing yourself to be supported?

It went straight in. I cried. I whispered to myself: yes, yes I am supported.

I wonder what makes it so hard to ask and to receive support in our daily life? Where did we get the idea that that is weak?
In our striving to prove ourselves to be on top of it all, that we can do it alone, we are re-enforcing an identity of being limited and separate, overlooking that we are all part of one totality and intimately connected to all things.
Everything and everyone are endlessly giving and receiving.

Where am I blocking the flow? Am I resisting support? Am I holding back my gifts?

Do you want to practice with me right now? Lets do it together…

Feel the seat underneath your body, holding you.
Feel the breath filling you, always taking care of you.
You are being held
You are being breathed

Are you allowing yourself to be supported?

ahhh….
I am letting go.

21 day Global Feminine practice immersion starts January 25th. Have a taste of the support from the Yogini circle. The course is happening online and on the phone. Learn more here

Hello World, Here I am!

awakeningwomen — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:40:33 +0000

One day you just find yourself dancing

awakeningwomen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:32:39 +0000

The infinite universe planted a seed. Inside the seed is all the wisdom, the inspiration and clarity, everything the seed needs in order to grow into what it is meant to be.

It has the spark of life within it, and will, in one way or the other, grow to fulfill its incarnation, because there is no other incarnation that will blossom in this exact way, ever.

If it does not succeed, it died trying, but it died, fully spent.  It had given every fiber of its being into this holy quest.
The seed is you.

Do you have sense of your calling?
Do you feel a split, a separation between your Being and your actions? And do you long to bridge this, long to have your actions, words and creativity be a reflection and a direct experience of your innermost realization of truth?

“What we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.” ~ Joseph Campbell

The Goddess Saraswati is the master guide in the realm of creativity, the mysterious spark at the core of all things.
She symbolizes the Shakti (creative, feminine life force) permeating the unique expression of you.
She’s both the music playing you, and the one showing you ways you can fine-tune your instrument, your body, and your skills.

Saraswati, does not teach us the ABC’s of how to do the right thing.
She’s feminine, she knows that life will always show up with different masks, with different clothes, with different challenges and opportunities. So to try to figure it all out, both your future and your past for that matter, can be interesting, can be insightful, but it can also be a distraction of your time and energy.
Saraswati teaches us how to dance.
She teaches us how to feel the rhythm of evolution in our bodies; she teaches us to listen to the beat inside the beat inside the beat.
She teaches us to open our nostrils wide, to let our eyes become soft and endlessly deep like forest lakes.
She teaches us to feel the air caressing 72,000 nerve-endings in our bodies;
she teaches us the language of the wind, sufi dancing in the treetops.
As you are fine-tuning your instruments more and more, She will play you.
And being played by Goddess (life-force, great spirit, earth, Christ universe, insert your name of the mystery here) is indescribable. Your questions do not become answers~~ one day you just find yourself dancing.

Here are some practices that you can explore right now, to help you dive into the ocean of creativity, which you are. Help you tune in to the creativity inside of creativity, into the unique way this vast intelligence is expressing itself,
as you.

:: Follow your bliss

“Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be. If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else.”
- Joseph Campbell

Your bliss is an underlying sense of openness, of a yes. It is an underlying vibration within you, a feeling of being in tune, in resonance. A feeling of living aligned with your unique self.

Bliss is not exactly a feeling, it is deeper than that. It is more like a vibration, which is really the feeling of being right in the core of the creative flow, and it can be there through difficult times as well as in easy times.
It is a disposition within yourself of resonance, just as when a violin is tuned perfectly, and it is played by a master.
Learn to recognize this dimension of yourself, let it guide you. Just as the flowers turn towards the sun, you move away from that which does not nourish you, that which is not in resonance.
Follow your bliss and your life will keep opening up.

Anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you. ~ David Whyte

:: How can I know what impulses are aligned with my calling?
How can I know it is not just my ego or other peoples expectations talking?

With practice you will learn to know the difference. Action may look the same, but they belong to different layers of the world. And with practice, we begin to feel the different layers of the world without judgment and resistance, simply with observations. Take pauses from mental decision making and drop deeper. Pay attention to how it feels.
We can feel the different layers of consciousness as different flavors, atmospheres, different frequencies, just as we can feel different atmospheres in opera versus heavy metal.
Sometimes we get stuck in certain layers, and we find our way out.
And we learn.
Sometimes we engage in actions that are ego based, and we learn the taste of it, and we learn how to connect deeper.
With time we trust the inner guidance more and more.
Here is a simple checklist that can be helpful as you navigate through this discernment process:

1: Does it harm anybody?
2: What is my motivation? Is it greedy, is it making me smaller or bigger?
3: Is it of service? “Does it grow corn”?
4: Is it aligned with why I’m here?
5: Is it connecting me with my bliss?

Enjoy the ride!

Join us for a retreat in German in March fully and totally devoted to Saraswati and her magic.

I am a billion sparkles of light.

awakeningwomen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:08:11 +0000

I am a yogini. I am timeless.
I am a woman offering myself as truth,
as a throbbing yearning heart.
I am a roar
I am a sigh
I am a billion sparkles of light.
Come closer to me, I will hold you.
Come with me into the realms of constant blossoming,
in to where each atom is flaunting its stunning power.
Together we dare to be that big.
To be that radiant.
To be that trusting.
Come with me into the heart inside the heart, the world inside the world.
Our roots growing deep into cosmos,
in all directions.

21 day Lakshmi Sadhana starts January 25th. Learn more here

Millions and millions of women have prepared for this time

awakeningwomen — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:08:17 +0000

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 are hard.

I know you have spent years and years working on your “issues”. It is all good.

Now when we have all that out in the open, lets turn it around.
Lets turn it all inside out, and let’s discover a new way, a new world.

We are not leaving this world behind,
this new world is the world inside this world.

It is the world inside that pain, inside that hope,
it is the heart inside the heart inside the heart.
It’s home.

This path is not a path of self improvement,  it is not about fixing yourself,
or comparing yourself to an ideal future state.
It is not a path towards a goal.

It is a love affair.
Union.

You fall helplessly in love, and everything shifts.
All is the same, all is different.

You feel everything stronger,
the pain is more excruciating
the bliss more unbearable beautiful.

You receive every breath, every sound, every thought
with wonder
with attention,
with curiosity.
Some moment are dull or dense or stuck, even those moments are miracles.
Just as when you first fall in love with a person,
you see with fresh eyes.

This is the path of the Yogini.

Here there is only one way to fall and that is deeper and deeper in love.

Everything you call “me”,
thoughts and preference, memories and feelings, hunger and thirst, divine and broken.
will continue to arise, yet the glue between it all will melt away.
It all swirls around like a raindrops in an ocean of light, gone before you can grasp it.

Once you claim your seat on this Yoginicircle your life will never be the same
you fall in love
with yourself.

It is an infinite love affair
with an infinite self

Oh yes, the Yogini’s are back, dancing in from the horizon of timelessness, gathering the sisters.
Millions and millions of women have prepared for this time,
and in the midst of this magnificent display of passion, and love and beauty
if you look around you, you will discover your seat among the wild hearted Yogini’s, ready to live it.

It is time.

21 day Lakshmi Sadhana starts January 25th. Learn more here

Photo: Bibbi Friman

A 21 Day Lakshmi Sadhana Immersion

awakeningwomen — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:57:01 +0000

~ aligning your life with your souls desire

With Chameli Ardagh & The Global Awakening Women Circle

January 25 – February 15, 2012

You are invited!

Get all the details here.

Image: Bibbi Friman

awakeningwomen — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:02:01 +0000

The Women’s Ashram in Corfu, Greece

If you are planning to come with us to Corfu this year, don’t wait too long to reserve your place, we are filling up quickly.
As of today these are the spaces that are still open:

Women’s Temple Group Facilitator Training: Still places left

Yogini Paradise Retreat Two weeks: 13 places left

Yogini Paradise Retreat Week 1 only:
Fully booked (make sure to put your name on the waiting list)

Yogini Paradise Retreat Week 2 only: Still places left (experienced students only)

Chameli will also be facilitating The Deeper love Holiday Retreat together with her husband Arjuna.This event is for both men and women, couples and singles: Still places left

Welcome to paradise!

Image 1 Bibbi Friman

Image 2 Mikaela Larm