Podcast appearances and mentions of shiva shakti

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In continuation of honoring this month's series for Mental Health Awareness Month, this epsiode unlocks another aspect of our own internal struggle with all or nothing thinking and how this plays a role in triggering trauma or emotional disregulation. I touch on the Tantric framework of polarity + bring to light the the Cosmic Couple, Shiva and Shakti, that exist in all of creation, and within ourselves! What happens when you lean too heavily into masculine construct of Shiva, or the feminine in Shakti, and say with conviction THIS IS THE WAY (or the only way) is to lose touch with half of its entire existence! If you're already lost, I clarify all this in the episode! The secret to healing + elevating your consciousness exists in knowing, honoring, and LIVING in both realities, and learning how to "live in the grey".  The Principle of Polarity states that all manifested things have ‘two sides'; ‘two aspects'; ‘two poles; and, ‘everything has its opposite' with manifold degrees between the two extremes.” – The Kybalion, a text of hermetic wisdom Would LOVE to hear your take on this intricate wisdom, click below to leave me a text message! You can also help support mental health with my limited edition merch "ALIVE IS MY VIBE" in all the VIBRANT colors!  --> click here to snag your swag (only available through 5/31) Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.Connect with me: Peek at the Live Vibrant Sisterhood + join the waiting list for the next round! - DM me for deets! I'm on the Gram! Find me on Instagram @mozen_wellness, click here to DM! Would love to hear how you're experiencing this episode + the pod. Come ALIVE with me - click here to see what's new: https://bio.site/mozenwellness Support the show + help us continue healing mental health through this podcast!

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with a group of men about the masculine and feminine energies that live within all of us (Shiva/Shakti energy). This episode is full of insightful excerpts from that conversation. You'll learn:

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Continuamos con el gran salto del Ego a Shiva-Shakti. Aquí Juanjo explica en la pizarra cómo se daría. Si queréis ver la conferencia completa y el dibujo, hacer el test que tenemos en la página para entrar en la escuela

Voici un épisode fucking emo d'une fille qui se fait dumper, parfait pour votre commute du mercredi matin 8am sur la ligne de métro orange, direction Berri-Uqam.  Ce soir, je me suis fait dire que j'allais trop vite en début de relation par un gars qui se projetait avec moi, qui faisait des plans et projets d'avenir avec moi, qui me disait que je serai belle enceinte et qu'Augustin ferait un beau prénom d'enfant (it's an ugly ass name), et qui a insisté pour venir à ma maison familiale rencontrer mes parents la 2e fois qu'on s'est vu en pensant qu'il allait dormir là. Un apprentissage à faire en amour et en relations, c'est la capacité de laisser l'autre dans la réalité qu'il a choisi, dans la perception mi-vraie, mi-fausse que l'autre a de la vérité, de sa vérité. Ce soir, je ne sais pas si je me suis fait rejetée ou si l'univers m'a donné d'avance mon cadeau de Noël en le tassant de ma vie. Dans cet épisode, découvrez pourquoi selon moi il ne faut jamais poser la question “c'est quand ta dernière relation?” ou “avec combien de personnes as-tu couché?” ou “de quand date ta dernière relation sexuelle?” parce que ces questions cachent la vraie question qui sous-tend. Au lieu de se faufiler via ces questions, assumons notre vraie question, notre vrai besoin émotionnel. Je vous laisse une courte lecture sur Shiva & Shakti (pour ceux qui veulent skipper la lecture, dites-vous que c'est yin yang shit, Bonnie & Clyde type of union). Un gars, un apprenti Shiva, m'a dit que je n'étais pas sa Shakti (which is true), ce qui m'a étonné parce qu'il n'est pas encore Shiva non plus, et je n'ai pas cru bon de lui refléter ça parce que je pensais que le but de notre union aurait été de nous actualiser, both of us, à se rapprocher de nos Shiva et Shakti internes respectifs. Pour moi, il va de soi qu'en amour, la relation nous porte vers notre version suprême. Eh bien! En vous écrivant, je réalise aussi qu'une personne qui fait de la méditation et qui se dit spirituelle n'est pas nécessairement "naturellement" empathique, sensible, dans la non-réaction, mais surtout consciencieuse. Selon moi, prendre soin des autres implique la capacité de s'observer comme, oui, un scientifique analytique, en inter-relation les autres. Mon partenaire idéal est le genre de champion de compassion qui aura comme réflexe : "Lorsque Kanica est overly analytique, c'est un mécanisme qui vient combler quoi? Probablement une insécurité. Qu'est-ce qui cause son insécurité? Est-ce quelque chose que je fais, que je suis? Est-ce elle toute seule? Allons lui demander!" ou « wassup b? » Ce soir, je me suis fait dire gentiment que j'étais trop dans la raison, pas assez dans mes émotions, et que même quand je vivais mes émotions, c'était trop analytique parce que j'écrivais.  Dans le mot ‘émotion' se trouve ‘motion', mouvement, bouger, faire. Ma manière de vivre mes émotions, c'est via l'écriture et la narration.  Quand vous pensez à des romanciers, des écrivains, des artistes, est-ce que vous les imaginez comme des personnes rationnelles ou émotionnelles? Je me considère comme une artiste de la vie et une athlète de la vie, lui a vu et a été rebuté par mon côté athlète.  Avez-vous déjà fait la différence entre une peine basée sur une réalité versus une peine basée sur un potentiel? Une chose fuckée que je constate est : mon amour pour lui ne diminue pas, je ressens la même chose à son égard, et peut-être que je suis soulagée de ne pas plus le connaître, parce que le plus qu'on apprend à connaître quelqu'un, le plus on prend le risque d'être déçu de lui. Et ce soir, j'ai été déçue de sa personne. Alors, en ne l'ayant plus dans ma réalité concrète, c'est comme une manière de préserver intact l'amour que je porte envers lui, un amour basé sur une imagination et c'est peut-être OK ainsi. Les toiles de Monet sont belles de loin : de proche, c'est juste une pagaille.  Love is not just a feeling, but intentionality as well. Petite joke au passage ici. Bonne journée :)

El sistema de tattvas es un sistema de elementos creadores de realidad que definen con exactitud la creación de la experiencia humana. Al integrar este sistema tenemos un mapa del funcionamiento de la consciencia que nos permite escapar de la mente ahankara y unirnos a Shiva/Shakti mediante la práctica.

In this episode of the Heart of Yoga podcast, Mark has an insightful conversation with his student Irina Esposito about her journey with Yoga.  The cosmos and everything in the cosmos is obviously a pure intelligence, energy and an intrinsic harmony. In religious language of ancient India it is Shiva Shakti… or all that is, and there are no problems. This was Irina's sudden realization. It hit her “like a done of bricks”. This is the realization of an ordinary life of anybody when the Hatha Yoga Tantras are practiced daily, actually, naturally and non obsessively. Life is unity, an indivisible condition of no separation, no difference, unique individuation in the context of utter singularity. Thank you Irina for your Yôga realization and sharing this, your self with the world Here.  Irina shares how the simple daily yoga practice Mark taught her is transformative. She began to feel more connected to herself and worry less. The conversation explores pivotal moments of recognition Irina experienced through her practice, as well as how yoga shifted her perspective on body image and food. An illuminating part of the talk is when old family patterns came up after a vacation with a parent, showing there are still habitual conditionings even after deep insights. Overall, the episode offers a beautiful glimpse into the power of dedicated yoga practice.   Timestamps: 3:55 - They discuss Irina's experience in yoga teacher training with Mark and how she started a daily practice.  12:55 - Irina talks about how yoga helped her feel more connected to herself and her body.  28:35 - Irina describes a moment of recognition where she deeply felt that the whole universe is female and male energy.  38:50 - Irina shares how yoga changed her relationship to food and body image. 55:15 - Irina talks about going on vacation with her mother after her recognition and how old patterns came up again. Quotes: "You gave us the simple practice and I just tried to do it every day. And this is so different to the practice I did before." "I don't overthink that much. The crown is open and receiving." Follow this podcast for new episodes here: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS/XML If you feel moved to submit a question for a future episode, you can do so here: https://www.heartofyoga.com/podcast You can find more from the Heart of Yoga on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.

Hiteshika's Channel में आप सभी का स्वागत है | आज के Podcast में हमारे साथ जुड़ चुके हैं Hinduism के Expert Akshat Gupta Sir जो एक Author है Trilogy book: The Hidden Hindu के । ये MS Dhoni के Dhoni Entertainment Pvt Ltd के Bollywood Production Houses के लिए Scripts लिख रहे हैं। Hinduism और Indian History पर इनकी Knowledge वाकई सराहनीय है। इस Podcast में हमने बात करी है शिव और शक्ति के बारे में, कौन है वे और क्या है उनके अद्भुत रूप | हमने साथ ही में बात करी है माँ दुर्गा के विक्राल रूप के बारे में, and real Powers of Womens' के बारे में| इसके अतिरिक्‍त हमने discuss करा है शिवपुराण, विष्णुपुराण, देवी पुराण के बारे में, और उनसे मिली सिखों के बारे में , इसके साथ हमने यह भी discuss करा है कि पुराण पढ़ना मानव के लिए क्यों जरूरी है? मैं आशा करती हूँ कि ये Video आप सभी Viewers को पसंद आएगा। खास तौर पर उन सभी को जिन्हें Hinduism और Indian History के बारे में जानने में Interest है।

Nikhil Upreti is back On Air! Nikhil Upreti is an actor, producer and martial artist, known for his debut movie Pinjada, Shiva Shakti, Agnipath, Dhadkan, and more. He is also an activist and humanitarian.

In this exciting new class rotation, we explore stories and new ways of relating to the Deities of our lineage, followed by kirtan and meditation. A deeper connection to our Deities - these powerful, loving spiritual forces - is always available, and our relationship to them is ever-changing. (Text continues below video). Today's class is all about the jolly, elephant-headed remover of obstacles Deity, Ganesh. Sangha member Chaitanya offers insights into approaching Ganesh simultaneously as a sweet, innocent child as well as an unimaginably powerful force of the universe. Ganesh being the child of Shiva and Parvati/Shakti, Chaitanya explains how befriending a child and gaining their trust is a guaranteed way to win over the affections of the mother. In this way, reaching out to Ganesh sincerely and directly (as a child would reach out to their mother) is one way to connect to Shiva/Shakti, our Inner Self, Universal Consciousness. We can also think of Ganesh as representing the wish to grow, what lineage teacher Rudi called “the most powerful force in the universe.” Like Ganesh, the wish to grow sits right in our hearts, and is a pure, innocent and unwavering longing of the heart. When we reach out to Ganesh before starting any puja or practice, we can do so with our sincere desire to grow, asking for his guidance and support. Building this connection with Ganesh will strengthen us on our journey of spiritual growth, and ultimately has the power to take us directly to union with our Inner Self.

We are forever healing. We heal into life. We heal into living and into death. We feel divided not because of our differences but because we do not support or allow each other the powerful diversity that manifests within each one of us. Our gender and biological sex is a potent example of this view. Gender differences is but one minute factor in the quintillion variety of nature's  majestic realm mirrored within the  human person. To heal and reclaim wholeness, it is critical that we embrace the reality of Shiva-Shakti - and note the brilliant multiplicity of  energy which courses within and through each and every human person. This primeval force goes way beyond gender binary to the infinite.Support the showMay Peace Be Your Journey~www.mayatiwari.comwww.facebook.com/mayatiwariahimsa.Buzzsprout.com

Sai first explains the subtle energy system of the body and how spirit works, and then leads a shiva-shakti kriya pranayama or breath meditation. Swamiji (Vethathiri Maharishi) called it the Aura Expansion meditation. It one of our favorites.  Retreat in Hawaii this May, go to http://enlightenmenttv.com  

Check out my Meditation app: Level SuperMind https://levelsupermind.onelink.me/CsSR/youtube Join the Level Community Here: https://linktr.ee/levelsupermindcommunity नमस्ते दोस्तों! The Ranveer Show हिंदी के 140th Episode में आप सभी का स्वागत है. आज के Podcast में हमारे साथ जुड़ चुके हैं The Ranveer Show के Star Guest Rajarshi Nandy जी जिन्होंने हमें 3 Blockbuster English Podcasts दिए है। वे एक Author, Columnist और Speaker है। Tantra और Sanatan Dharma पर इनकी जानकारी निसंदेह सराहनीय है। इस Podcast में हम बात करेंगे ढ़ेर सारी बातें Maa Tara कौन है, Maa Durga, Maa Kali, Maa Chinnamasta, Maa Adi Shakti, Shiva और Shakti, Kamakhya Devi Temple की खासियत, Tantra कहाँ से आया, Ved और Upanishads, Hindu Grantha, Sanatan Dharma, और Aghor Culture के बारे में। साथ ही साथ हम बात करेंगे Aghor Culture में Tantra का Use, Tantra सीखना और Exams, Mata की परीक्षा, Tantra के Different Levels, अघोरियों की Lifestyle, Aghori से Meeting, West Bengal, Respect For Women और Dharma बड़ा या Karma के बारे में और भी ढ़ेर सारी बातें। मैं आशा करता हूँ कि ये Video आप सभी Viewers को पसंद आएगा। खास तौर पर उन सभी को जिन्हें Tantra और Aghor Culture के बारे में जानने में Interest है। Datura फल का Tantra में Importance, Janwar की बली और Mata को चढ़ावा जैसी चीज़ों के बारे में हम Discuss करेंगे इस Hindi Podcast में सिर्फ और सिर्फ आपके Favourite BeerBiceps Hindi Channel Ranveer Allahbadia पर। (00:00) : Episode की शुरुआत (02:22) : Maa Tara की शक्ति (10:39) : Tantra का Origin (13:22) : Sad Songs सब क्यूँ सुनते है? (15:23) : Aghori की ज़िन्दगी (21:20) : Tantra में Guru की ज़रूरत (39:36) : Aghori से पहली मुलाक़ात (52:12) : Aghori और Shiv Ji का रिश्ता (01:02:17) : Datura फल क्या है? (01:05:46) : Dharma और Karma में Difference (01:14:14) : क्यूँ Mata को बली चढ़ाया जाता है? (01:32:15) : Episode की समाप्ति

Shakti is the face of Shiva, ie. we can only recognize Shiva by using our practice in the face of manifestation. When we feel a non-difference between these two, we acquire a state of Shiva, we enter the door of our true nature. “When in one who enters the state of Shakti, there ensues the feeling of non-distinction (bet-ween Shakti and Shiva), then that yogi acquires the state of Shiva, for inthe agamas, she (Sakti) is declared as the door of entrance (into Shiva) (Lit., Shakti is like Shiva's face)'”We work on our cushions, with our techniques, as preparation for our work in the face of manifestation, Shakti. We spend time looking inside so that we can look inside while we live outside. And vice versa, we go out into our lives in order to grow inside. Technique alone, meditation in a cave setting, or samsara alone, just going through the motions of life, are both missing the union of shiva and shakti, and it is in this union where growth happens. It is like a cooking flame and a kettle, they need each other to achieve their purpose. Together, they cook down our karma and extract the nourishment and growth. And it is this Union that is at the heart of this text, it is its title and its purpose. Shiva concludes the preface with an additional take on the metaphor given earlier, teaching that there is no shiva or shakti apart from one another, they are one in the same— “Just as by means of the light of a lamp, and the rays of the Sun, portions of space, etc, are known even so, Oh dear one, by means of Shakti is Shiva (one's own essential Self) cognized (i.e. re-cognized).”Jai Deva Singh helps us interpret this last line by looking at it from a few different perspectives:“There are three points suggested by this simile (1) Just as the flame of the lamp is not different from its light; just as the rays of the sun are not different from the sun, even so Shakti is not different from Siva…”This seems like an easy point to agree with and understand, but I feel there is a lot of work required for true recognition. When we are describing inert things like light, it is easy to agree that ‘this too is shiva', but when you have a misunderstanding with someone at work, and there is a lot of emotion, then it becomes much harder to find Shiva, a state of perfection, within what would otherwise feel very imperfect. This is because the ability to recognize Shiva within manifestation takes surrender, takes practice. When we apply our practice to all the various circumstances of our lives, only then, it seems, do we start to see all these circumstances as Shiva. As Swami Rudrananda teaches: “We must come to understand that everything is part of perfection and must be taken in in a state of surrender; it must be digested and transcended. Life must be consumed whole— with all its tensions, pain and joy. Only by surmounting a situation can we achieve the understanding, the nourishment, that that situation offers…My spirit grew by eating that which encompassed me.”(2) Just as through the lamp or the sun, objects of the world are perceived, even so through Shakti the universe is known. Point Two : This reiterates the earlier point that we recognize Shiva through SHaktik that Shakti is Shiva's face. The cooking flame needs the kettle, the kettle needs the cooking flame, they are two sides of one coin— the coin of digesting our karma and growing from it. (3) Just as to perceive the light of the lamp, another lamp is not required; just as to perceive the sun, another sun is not required; they are known by their own light. Even so, shiva is known by his Shakti who is not different from him.”The path of our practice, the path to the heart, is already within us. As Babaji said at the end of one of his satsang answers, “I am not giving you anything you do not already have. I am just making you aware of what is already there.” This path is more than personal, its our true nature. And it is the light of our own awareness that eventually illuminates this inner landscape— when the light of our awareness, which usually shines out, also shines back in. The Sutras and the lineage can point the way, can provide examples and direction, but the lights of this path are motion activated— only the footsteps of our practice can turn them on. We will eventually become enlightened not by someone else's work, but by our own work.

In this episode, we talk about celebrating Indic birthdays so that children feel the joy and excitement of personalised connection with Hindu history and culture. We converse with the founder of Janmatithi.com (also indicbirthday.com) to explore the differences between the Gregorian calendar and the Indic calendar. We also touch on the ways in which celebrating birthdays according to the Indic calendar will help us connect to Hindu dharma.Show Notes0:06 Why celebrate Indic birthdays2:00: Vasco da Gama and the Indic calendar5:00: The European calendar vs. the Indian calendar11:30: How to use the website and find your Janmatithi19:00: What is a tithi?23:11: The Indic lunisolar calendar, the male and female energies of Shiva and Shakti, eco-feminism as a movement.29:00: Indic calendar celebrations - the benefits and joy32:00: Midnight celebration - how did it start? GMT vs the ancient Ujjain Meridian34:24: What can a parent do everyday to enhance connection with the Indic calendar?39:50: Listener questionGeneral InformationSubscribers are requested to look for The Hindu Parenting notification emails for new podcasts/posts in their email promotions/spam tab and personally move these into the main inbox. Thereafter all posts will be delivered to their main inbox. Thank you!For questions that you'd like us to address, please use the form below:Hindu Parenting QuestionsFor comments and suggestions, please use the comments tab or write to us at contact@hinduparenting.orgPlease note that questions will not be answered on email.Do subscribe to our substack and follow us on our social media handlesTwitter: hinduparentingInstagram: hinduparentingTelegram: t.me/hinduparentingFacebook: facebook.com/groups/hinduparentingTranscript[0:06] Rekha: Namaste. Welcome to the Hindu Parenting Podcast. Today's topic is of particular interest to young parents and children. We are going to be talking of birthdays. Today we celebrate birthdays that sound like 21st December, or 3rd March. But as followers of Sanatana Dharma, we celebrate our gods and festivals on days that sound like Krishnaashtami, Ramanavami, Buddha Poornima, or Mahaveer Jayanti. So how do we reconcile these ways of arriving at birthdays and festivals? Was there a time when we used to calculate and refer to our birthdays differently? The question for us - do we know our Indic birthdays? Can we find our child's Janmatithi? To help us understand the difference and tell us some interesting anecdotes along the way, Shalini and I will be talking to Suraj-ji, founder of Janmatithi.in or Indicbirthday.in. Namaste and welcome, Suraj-ji.[1:11] Suraj: Namaste Rekha-ji. Namaste Shalini-ji, thank you for having me here. And thanks for hosting such a wonderful platform, especially for parents who are looking for a cultural connect for their kids.Rekha: It's a pleasure to have you. Let's start with - why should we bother knowing our Indic birthdays? What is in it for us and our children?[1:29] Suraj: Indeed. So, today if you go and ask any kid when is the birthday of Jesus Christ, he knows it immediately. He'll say it is December 25 from the top of his head, but ask the same kid, what is the birthday of Shri Rama or Shri Krishna? Do you know when they were born? They would not be sure about it, they will start scratching the head and wondering... they would not have an answer like...Sri Rama was born on Chaitra Navami and Krishna was born on Shravana Ashtami. These things are really a question mark for us. Why do kids not know this? One of the reasons is because we have lost our connect with the Indic calendar and the Indic calendar connects us with our culture. If we look back, even the ancient Indians, they excelled in astronomy, they devised astronomical calendar which is based on science and has undergone minimal change since millennia. If you look at the English calendar though, it is rather arbitrary, you know, it was not even standardized till 17th century. Only after 17th century they borrowed some techniques from India and synchronized their calendar. So what was the need for our ancestors to devise such a advanced calendar at such an early age? It was primarily for navigation. Those days, Indians navigated across the world. And the complex calculations and accurate calculations were needed for this. In fact, there's a story that goes that, you know, Vasco de Gama discovered India as per our books, but the story goes that he couldn't have reached India but for the help he received from an Indian called Kanha! Vasco de Gama, when he came, he actually came only through the shores, he did not venture into deep sea. He came to Africa and then from there on, an Indian called Kanha actually navigated him along with his boats to India. So Vasco de Gama documents this, he says that he could see boats which are much larger than his boats. And also, he incidentally says that the person there was navigating us through his teeth. So this was very weird.Shalini: What! [4:00] Suraj: Yeah, so the story is very interesting. So the teeth actually represents - it's represented by a word called kau. A kau is what Kanha was referring to. And his reference was a polestar, this local dialect, he was using a device and he was measuring the altitude of the pole star from the horizon using a wooden board, and the thread was held by his teeth. So when Vasco de Gama saw this, he also heard the word kau and he had a memory of kau being used for teeth, the word kau being used for teeth as well. So he presumed there is some relation between teeth and navigation. Shalini: How ridiculous![4:36] Suraj: While Kanha was going very advanced, he was looking at the pole star and he was measuring. So this kind of highlights the difference of understanding of the Indian perspective of astronomy and navigation, compared to that of a western mind. You know, the navigation and understanding of astronomy was defined by the calendar, the calculations of the calendar. That's why calendar is very important for for us in that context.[5:00] Suraj: And if you go back from the English perspective, as I said they had like no well-defined calendar before the 17th Century. They had a lot of errors, while Indians had this continuous calendar since millennia. And that's why going back into history, we can look at these lessons.[5:25] Shalini: So when was this calendar standardized? And why? And what was there before, before this calendar was standardized?Suraj: So if you really go back to ancient times in the European continent, they had a very harsh winter. So they actually did not count the days during the winter. They did not care about what happened outside, they were indoors, only the first 10 months were important for them after that they really did not calculate time.[5:55] Rekha: So timekeeping took a break for two months?! Is that possible? Suraj: That's right. And it was causing a lot of issues for them. They could not predict festivals correctly, they had trouble getting the winter solstice date correct. And they had nobody to tell them.[6:14] Suraj: So then, in those days, a lot of information came in from the Indian subcontinent, especially through the Arabs. So that's how they evolved their calendar over time, while India was already having all this knowledge. Indians were working off advanced trignometrics, right? This was the situation in India, while in the West it was much different. Now the calendars were then driven by the Emperors and the church. So like, Julius Caesar was dominating the Julian calendar. And Augustus also came in so Augustus kind of said, “Okay, August month should be mine!” That's how July and August have, you know, 31 days, because they are named after Emperors while February is deprived of two days, 28 days, because that there was nobody to..(laughs)[7:00] Shalini: So it was the whim and fancy of some Emperors that they decided to name months after them and use it, you know, in any which way they wanted - 31 days for each of them, and depriving poor February of two days. Suraj: Correct. Once in four years, he turns his head up. But that was much later. And then came in Pope Gregory. So Pope Gregory was the one who defined the Gregorian calendar in the 17th century, the kind we use these days.Shalini: This is what we use today, right? [7:37] Suraj: That's right, that came into practice in the West, in the western continent, around the 17th century, 15th to 17th century. So those days, if you announced the calendar, it doesn't happen immediately. It takes years and centuries to implement it across, for the knowledge to spread. So yeah, that was when the Gregorian calendar came in. And also a point to highlight here is that in Indian calendar, we have the concept of tithis, and the tithis are like the 30 tithis in a month. So the tithis are like days. And it's always 30. So it is consistent across months, it is not like some Emperor told I want something which is better, and it doesn't change. It is much more secular in that sense. While this is more religious, right? Even decisions are driven by the church, Pope Gregory announcing something. And also..[8:26] Shalini: So what adjustments did Pope Gregory make exactly? What did he do? Suraj: So initially, there were.. let me go back one step back as well, if you see, I told about the 10 months, right, so the 10th month was supposed to be December. That's why the year ends at December. And there is Nava. November is nine, Nava. And December is dasha - ten. So that's, that's where they ended the year. But much later on. when they did much more connections, and around the 15th - 16th century, Pope Gregory and with him it was basically some scientists and people who came together and then Pope Gregory announced that we should skip 10 days for the correct date to come in. So around 5th October to 15th October. So we've talked about 5th being one day, and the next day was 15th October! They skipped 10 days in between. [9:24] Shalini: Really?! This is so random and ridiculous and arbitrary. They just skipped 10 days? you know, those 10 days came and went came and went, but they never got recorded. The date changed from..what.. October 5 to 15th?[9:42] Suraj: That's right. That's it - 5th to 15th around that time. So after 5th, the next date was 15th, that's right. So they didn't have October 6, or 7th or 13th.[10:03] Rekha: you know what I find very interesting here? So we have the “secular” calendar that follows the planetary positions, the sun and the moon, you know, the heavenly bodies and everything. But what we are following thinking that it is secular is actually the Christian religious calendar. Is that correct? Suraj: That's absolutely correct. Yes. So we base in fact, the start of the calendar itself as AD/BC, that was based on the birth of Jesus, and every year starts around Jesus birthday. So you know our birthday i.e English birthdays today, are religious birthdays as it is based on Jesus Christ and his birthday.[10:45] Shalini: But today I think they have changed that no? Now, it's called the Common Era. But yes, you're right. While we were growing up, we called it AD and BC, which was, you know, after Christ and before, so, yeah, absolutely. But it's taken, this change probably happened in the latter half of the 20th century, perhaps, right, this movement from AD to CE common era. [11:14] Suraj: Yeah, they have tried to correct a lot of things. But I can come to that, at some point where many concepts of India were very, very advanced. And now the West is trying to catch up on that. So they are copying us still, but not giving the due credit. [11:30] Shalini: Okay, great. So we will, we will discover those by and by, you know, yeah, sure, sure. Maybe, maybe not in this podcast, but maybe in a future one. Because, you know, what we are diving into is a very vast subject. I don't think it will end with one podcast. Anyway, so now that we know how scientific and culturally important it is knowing our Indic birthdays, how can we find our Indic birthdays? You have your website, right? Maybe you can tell us a little bit about how to navigate your website and how to find our Janmatithi using your website. Suraj: Sure, so my website name is indicbirthday.com or indicbirthday.in . The other domain also which points the same website is Janmatithi.com or Janmatithi.in. You can go to any of these and it will bring you to the same website. So on the main page, you can enter your English birthdate, that is your current, whatever birth date, the year of your birth, and then you need to put in the time of your birth then you can if you are born in India, the default timezone is the Indian timezone. You can choose a different timezone if you are born somewhere else, but remember, it's a place of your timezone of your birth, not the timezone of your current place. So, if you're born in India, it should be and currently in US you have to put the timezone as India, because it refers to the birth time and year.Shalini: And suppose one doesn't know the exact time of birth, how important is that?Suraj: It is okay to have an error of about a couple of hours, the reason being we are calculating janmatithi which has a range of around 24 hours - 20 to 24 hours. So it is okay to have that error. So, once you have put this in three inputs, you just say get janmatithi and it will throw you the detailed timings of your birthday for the current year. So it will tell you when to celebrate it in the current year based on the English date reference. And it will also tell you the Indian calendar Indic month and Indic tithi, Indic day that is - and the paksha. So these details will also come up so it can then be saved. And it will go into database in your login. You can log in and then save that birthday and you can share it to your family. They click on the link and it will reopen for them. So it is quite elaborate. We have done a lot of features there to be able to save and share the Indic birthdays.Shalini: I see. So how long have you been working on this website? [14:28] Suraj: It has been a few years now. It's been four or five years, and I have a regular job. So we have been evolving it over time. And with the help of some freelancers. And amazingly, I've got a lot of help from very cooperative freelancers, friends, my family and also there was this help I got from a German collaborator. He was working in a university in Germany. In fact, he was also connected with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at some point. That's where he was knowledgeable as well. And he can give me a lot of knowledge on the Swiss ephemeral data library, the software library, which gives the planetary positions used for calculating the Janmatithi and Nakshatra, Rashi all those things.[15:23] Shalini: Okay. So you have put in a lot of effort into building this website. So, I think we should encourage our listeners to definitely visit this website janmatithi.in or janmatithi.com or the same thing as Indic birthday.in or Indicbirthday.com. So I think we should, you know, support really hardworking people like this who are putting in time and effort apart from a steady job otherwise to make things like this. Rekha: Wonderful. Thank you so much. Suraj ji![15:57] Suraj: I would like to also add that you know, this tradition is, it is I'm sure this is meant to happen. That's why I'm just the means it's happening. It it is a very living tradition of Janmatithi in many cultures - if you go to Gujarat, they celebrate, they call it tithi anusaar birthday. If you go to Kashmir, it is call koshur - they have a name for this. They call it koshur birthday. In ISKCON, they have this tradition very actively followed. Art of living has their Ayush Homas. Ramakrishna Mission celebrates Vivekanandji's and a list of saints birthdays (janmatithis) published and so it is a very living tradition, even today, and just that we did not have this information out there. So I was really searching for it and decided to develop it myself.[16:42] Shalini: Very nice to hear this. Yeah, really. Okay, so how did you first develop an interest in this concept of Indic birthdays? [16:52] Suraj: Yeah, that's a very interesting story for me. It is a very personal story as well. My father, his name is Krishna. And he was born on September 2, that is his birthday. And that particular year, apparently, it was Janmashtami when he was born. Now, we didn't know this for a long time. But recently, just before we started on this exploration of the website, we had a few years before that, we had this discussion that you know, that will celebrate your birthday, it was a special some anniversary, and he told that okay, but let us do it on on Janmastami because that is very special for me. So we asked why, you know, why is Janmastami special? So then he said that Okay, I was born on Janmastami. And we had this celebration at home, when I was a kid that I ended up, you know, asking him then that “oh, your name is Krishna and you're born and Janmashtami that is a very nice coincidence!”. [17:45] Suraj: But actually, the story is that he since he was born on Janmashtami he was named Krishna, I didn't realize it because of I myself was so disconnected from this concept of Indic dates and months that it didn't strike to me. So then the second question came in “Oh you were Krishna”. So, my grandmother's name is actually Sita and since he was born on Krishnaashtami, she felt it relevant that we should keep his name as Krishna and that was her basis for naming him Krishna. Now, subsequently, the first part was answered that his name is Krishna for that, but what is ashtami? Krishna Ashtami is as it is commonly known. So delving into that we got that it is the name of the tithi on which it is celebrated. So Ashtami stands for ashta, which is eight in Sanskrit. So this was also a revelation for me because all the birthdays if you see Rama navami is based on a name-tithi combination. I found it very beautiful. And I extended the same to my website also. So if you actually add your name in the website along with that birthday, it will give you your personalized birthday name, which says- For example, my name would come up as Suraj Shasti, that kind of thing. [19:06] Rekha: That's a beautiful way to attract children to make them feel special, I would say. Shalini: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. So Suraj ji you've been talking about tithi, tithi so many times and in the English calendar, I think the equivalent is a date, date versus tithi. Now, can you help us understand the difference between the two? [20:00] Suraj: Sure. So, when we say a date in an English calendar context, it is a Civil day. So it starts at around midnight of the Greenwich Meridian time, but whichever whatever we've studied. Now, in the Indian context, we start the day at sunrise - that is point one. And the other thing is, when we say tithi, what do you mean by tithi? Tithi is actually the 12 degree movement of the relative angle between the moon and the sun when you see it from the earth. Okay I hope you understood what I'm saying.Shalini: Maybe you should make it simpler for all of us.Suraj: Sure, a simple way to represent it would be a lunar phase, you know, when you say there is a full moon and then the moon slightly goes on waning and then when it goes waning, there is a shift of some amount and that shift is what is measured. So, that shift is due to the relative position of the moon and the sun. When we put it into when we put it into degrees, it is a 12 degree movement, which is called as one tithi. So, a New Moon is a tithi, then it is pratipada, which is the first tithi, then dvitiya, tritiya, chaturthi, panchami, sashti, sapthami, ashtami, navami, dashami, and so on till the next event, which is the new moon and then again the count starts - pratipada and so on. Shalini: full moon? you started with new moon. So, I think you mean full moon and then again..Suraj: Either way works. So, but an important thing to consider here is that in the month can be started with the new moon. And if you start the month with the new moon, you will have first the waxing phase, which is the Shukla paksha. So, it is becoming brighter, that's when the full moon comes in. And once the full moon is crossed, it is the waning phase which is the Krishna paksha till the new moon occurs again. From the first new moon to the second new moon is one Indic month and between this whole cycle from one new moon to other new moon, you have two pakshas, which is Shukla paksha and Krishna paksha, each paksha is divided into 15 tithis. So, these tithis is what we are representing by numbers, and that is the 12 degree movement Shalini: Does a tithi correspond to a 24 hour day? Suraj: Correct. Tithi is similar to a day in duration, it is about 20 to 24 hours. And as I explained, it is the 12 degree movement. So when you measure it, it will come more or less in the duration of a day, but not exactly. It's a complicated calculation. That's why we have the website, you can go there and you can check it out, but I don't want to put too much concepts right now. Shalini: Sure sure. Interested listeners are free to explore Janmatithi.in for more information. Okay. So, going by whatever you have spoken of before, it looks like our calendar is rather complex, takes into account the Sun, the Moon and the Earth's position with respect to that.[23:11] Shalini: Is there a name for this calendar and are there different calendars across the world? Can you throw some light on this? Suraj: Yeah, this the Indian calendar is called the lunisolar calendar. So, this not just belongs to India, it is the whole Indian subcontinent, which is based on lunisolar calendar, which lunar when we say it has like the moon and the sun combined energy, while the West, so I'm putting it into two cultural aspects here - the West and the East. So, the West has even culturally, if you see they have a dominance of the male god, there is only one God, which is a male god, there is no female God there in their cultures right? While the Eastern cultures have a concept of female divinity as well, this is very representative of the culture, we have the female energy also considered in all aspects, including the calendar. So the male is generally represented by the sun. So there is the Sun which is Shiva and the moon which is Shakti. Now even Dr. Sanjay Rath, who is a famous astrologer has spoken about this. He says, if you are following the body as per only the sun then you're a fool. Your real birthday is when[24:30] Shalini: Why? Suraj: (laughs).. He says the real birthday is only when the male and the female energies come together. Otherwise you cannot be born. So on the day of your birth, the sun and the moon formed the relationship so there is the male and the female Shiva and Shakti which came together to form the relationship and you are born. Now every year when you have the same relationship of the sun and the moon, only then you can celebrate your birthday. So, that is your real birthday. That is when you're cosmically aligned and anything you do - any poojas you do or any auspicious any, you know, blessings which come to you are more connected to you through the cosmos only on your real birthday, your lunisolar birthday. So, this is a very beautifully put by him. [25:20] Shalini: Oh, it makes it makes eminent sense. You know, you cannot, you cannot take birth with just one energy. Right? You need both. So, are you saying that Western calendar follows only the path of the sun and not the moon at all? [25:42] Suraj: Exactly. And it's just the solar reference, which is considered there. And as we discussed, just lots of discrepancies in terms of how the days are aligned, but also this aspect of and also is referring to the way the Western culture has adopted a lot of Indian concepts, right, we were talking about now, they are talking about, you know, correcting the mistakes. So, they are talking a lot about feminism now, while India was already a lot feministic in their outlook. We gave voting rights much before the west gave, right? [26:21] Shalini: That is true. I think after your explanation, I think Indian parents would really want to take a serious re-look at how they're celebrating their own as well as their child's birthday. No? you can't be celebrating just one energy, you need both. So, if if your birthday according to the English calendar is taking into account only one energy, you are not born, you know. So, I think Indian parents after this very enlightening point that you've made, I think would really take a look at celebrating Janmatithi, you know instead of birthday.[27:10] Rekha: Something that I had read before regarding the Somnath temple in the Dvaraka and how it brings together the male and the female energies. Suraj ji, would you know anything about that - it has something to do with the same Shiva Shakti that you talked about. Correct?[27:30] Suraj: Correct. So, in fact, Krishna, Bhagwan Krishna was a very early feminist. And he built this Somnath temple at Dvaraka. So Soma, when you say Soma, right, it means the moon, and it's a Shiva temple. So, it brings together both the energy of the moon and the sun, the Shiva and Shakti both together there. And it serves as a reminder for us not to forget this concept. In fact, only now in the West, there is this movement of eco-feminism which is coming up and they are lately adopting, co adopting these things and ecofeminism places a lot of importance on the moon also. And they would actually agree with what we are putting how we are putting the calendar and they would say yes, we should be more towards the moon giving also importance to moon equally since they are very patriarchally driven, and as well give importance to nature, which is again, something which we bring a lot from the from the east. So ecology and feminism comes together. And it's a developing concept there while we have been having it so why not we celebrate and cherish that right?Shalini: Absolutely, without a doubt. [28:52] Rekha: So Suraj ji, you're a parent, a father yourself. Do you think it's possible to incorporate this way of thinking in the daily life of young family? What has been your experience trying to incorporate Janmatithi into your you know, birthdays and daily routine?[29:16] Suraj: Yeah, absolutely. It is.It is very much possible and we have experienced a lot of evolution. I am a father of two daughters and my elder daughter was actually born on Vara MahaLakshmi and it was a dwadashi. So, we make it a point to celebrate both these days, it we celebrate it on Dwadashi as well as on Vara Mahalakshmi and apart from this my - after developing and studying about this concept, I realised my wife was born on Mahavir Jayanti. So Mahavir Jayanti has also become special and we started - my wife started reading up about Mahavir, about his teachings. And my mother in law we realised was born on Vasant Panchami. That is a festival which we usually overlooked, but we started celebrating it. It's become a special day for us as well, now. Shalini: Lovely, lovely.[10:05] Suraj: Similarly, like even the concept, you know, these names of days that we have given.. my friend called Pragya, she is celebrating her birthday on Pragya Dashami, she was born on dashami. She never knew about this Indian calendar concept, but she has been celebrating it, looking forward to double celebrations. So (laughs)..we make it a point to meet together and celebrate. This has been across my family and my friends. And they have been beginning to understand also. My wife was not so much aware of the Indian calendar now understands when the month changes, when that's how similarly, the seasons, the rutus, how they are calculated, we are all beginning to start to look forward to Indian festivals and celebrate our birthdays with that. And we are more aware of…[30:57] Rekha: Great point! Being aware of Indic calendar makes you really well connected to nature and the cycles of nature. So that's another important reason to keep in touch with the Indic calendar. Suraj: That's right, that's right. Yeah, I would like to bring one more point here this not just the calendar dates, it is also how we celebrate has changed. As you said now, we have more festivals, we are more aware of it. So we started doing on the Indic birthday, we do not blow out the candles like - mostly what you see kids today at midnight, they are blowing out candles and they are causing darkness. So an Indic birthday can be celebrated by lighting lamps, you know, or doing an aarti, for the birthday girl or boy, we can do even daanam you know, donation for the underprivileged. So these aspects also can be brought in into the Indic birthday. And we don't, you know, kind of blow out candles, we celebrate in our own way, which is auspicious to the Indian culture. [32:12] Shalini: Yeah, this this business about the midnight celebration. I think I read somewhere about you know, why this midnight celebration started. But I'm not able to recollect completely. Can you tell us a little bit about that? Do you have any idea of that? Suraj: Yeah. So the midnight celebration is actually a borrowed concept, if you see the Midnight is based off the Greenwich Meridian right, the Greenwich meridian, which is around near to UK, that is about five and a half hours behind the Indian meridian, the original reference of our ancient India was the meridian which goes through Ujjain, which is the center of India. And that is where the Mahakaal Temple is. So this was actually the original reference of the whole world. And the concept was then borrowed. And they back-calculated, okay, five and a half hours before Ujjain is Greenwich, so it's about know, some sometime before sunrise, so many hours before sunrise. So when it's midnight at UK or Greenwich, it is actually sunrise time in India. So it's 5:30-6:00 ish in India, which makes more sense that the start of the day for Indic cultures, we always say sunrise is a time when the day starts. So it's a colonized way of looking at things when you if you see only midnight as a start of the day. [33:46] Shalini: So actually, a person celebrating their birthday in in London is actually celebrating the Indic way, right? If we reconsider Ujjain Meridian as our primary meridian, then the person celebrating at midnight is actually celebrating according to Ujjain meridian, and it's the break of day. So that's that's an Indic way of celebration for a Londoner, but I don't think it's correct for Indians to do that way. Right? We have been adopting their style of celebrating at midnight.Suraj: We should do it in the morning. So then it's correct as per our timezone. Shalini: That is correct. Yeah. Yeah. This is very interesting.[34:24] Rekha: I was thinking it would be very helpful if we started thinking about the tithi every day of the week rather than just on birthdays. So do you have products like maybe a desk calendar or a wall calendar that parents can use to keep track of time so that it becomes a habit in the family?[35:00] Suraj: Thanks for bringing this point. So one of the problem which we face today is although we are interested in this information, most parents may be interested but the kids do not get this knowledge visible and clearly available to them in a physical way, we don't want them to go online all the time right? So, we actually wanted to we are putting together a view of the calendar, which is from Indic months perspective, and that is also available on our website, if you go to the monthly calendar and that would provide a much clearer understanding of the Indian months and the Indic days, this can be put, we will come up with our printed calendars and that can be put we also coming up with an app for the same for a website, it is under development and there can be many concepts whether it can be toys, so this the thing is that if we bring it into the physical world and we celebrate on a daily basis, then it makes more sense. For example, recently there was this birthday of a famous Emperor Krishna Devaraya, it was on Pausha Krishna dvadashi so nobody noticed it because it is on the Indian calendar, but not on the English calendar. So we are losing that connect to what's happening. But if somebody goes and realizes that Oh, I was born on Sri Krishnadevaraya birthday, I was also born on the same Indic birthday it'll create a connect! Kids you know, they will always pay attention when you say it's a birthday. Ask them “is your birthday important or is Diwali important”, they'll say “My birthday is more important, it is more special.” And if you are born on a historic day, then you would want to know more about it. So the kid will go and read up about the cultural aspect - who was Shri Krishnadevaraya, what is his history, it completely connects us to ancient times..say even from Ramayana, Mahabharata, which is getting disconnected, and it makes the day even more special. [37:00] Rekha: I would also like to see Indic birthday cards that maybe children can share, you know, if you have things - like you just mentioned Suraj Shashti for example. And just imagine how it would be if a child receives a special birthday card on that day connecting her to the culture and to the special day. There are so many possibilities, let's hope that this becomes a movement and we inspire all the parents to go ahead and celebrate two birthdays. We can continue to do the calendar birthday, but let's also celebrate the Indic birthday and let's remember to make that an extra special birthday for the child so that it stays in his mind for a long time. And it connects him to his culture in a very deep way. So another idea you know - I'd like to have your input on this - is to have a game of quiz with kids to make a list or to have them make a list of tithis. So much is in common, I mean, we commonly know all these things already. Like we know Vinayaka Chaturthi, we know Basant Panchami, we know Ratha Sapthami, Ramanavami, Vijayadashami..so any tithi that you can name like right from Ekadasi to different tithis, we have some festival or the birthday of a god associated with it already. So this can become an exercise for kids to play some kind of a quiz game or for parents to help children collect this kind of information and make it really interesting for them so that maybe in a few years, we can see a lot of knowledge about these aspects in Indian children. That's my hope. Suraj: Yeah, as Rekha ji said, every tithi has a festival associated to it. So there is you know, Vivaha Panchami in fact which is the wedding anniversary of Rama and Sita. It is celebrated. We have Vivaha Panchami, so anniversaries also can be added! Shalini: That is so nice! Suraj: There is Skanda Sashti (six) for Lord Skanda, Ganesh Chaturthi is four so you can have this quiz. Till Dashami Ekadashi trayodashi and Naraka chaturdashi is Deepavali.Rekha: That's beautiful! Suraj ji, we have a question from a listener, Shreya. She's asking us, “Is Sankranthi celebrated according to Hindu calendar? If it is, then why does it fall on the same dates in the English calendar -like the 14th or 15th of January - every year?”[40:00] Suraj: Yes. So, the concept of Sankranti is based on the solar cycle. So we have 12 Rashis covering 360 degrees of the movement of the Sun in relation to the earth and this 360 degrees is divided into 12 rashis. When the sun moves from one rashi to another it is called a Sankranti. Since we complete one whole solar cycle in a year, it is somewhat similar in terms of the calculations of the modern Western calendars, I say again emphasize ‘modern' because Indian calculations go much more back from ancient times. But the modern calculations have come closer to the same accuracy. That's why Sankranti dates kind of match with the English calendar dates. [40:25] Rekha: Okay, so Sankranti is calculated according to the solar movement. And that's why it coincides with the English calendar dates every year. Suraj: That's right. Rekha: Thank you. That was great information. Shalini: So I think we've had a wonderful time. And this is definitely not going to be the last of our conversations. I'm sure we will be getting in a lot of questions from listeners also, because I think we've spoken enough for our listeners to be excited and curious about this subject. And I'm sure many have a lot of questions. So we will definitely have you another time on the podcast Suraj ji. But for now, I think we must come to the end of this episode. Suraj: I would like to add one final quote, which I read somewhere in Singapore in a zoo, it makes sense here. Well, it says that, in the end, we will preserve only what we love. And we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught. So when we teach our kids these concepts only then can we take this and inculcate it in our daily life.[41:39] Shalini: That's a fantastic quote. And I think we will end with that. Thank you. Thank you, Suraj ji, and Rekha, thank you so much as always for being a wonderful host and we will look forward to meeting our listeners in another fortnight from now. It is once again the turn of a festival in the coming fortnight and we will be discussing Shivaratri with a parent. So until then, namaste and be well.Namaste. Get full access to Hindu Parenting at hinduparenting.substack.com/subscribe

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 On the auspicious occasion of Navaratri, we launch into an exploration of Shakti, the Divine Goddess of the Tantras. By Her grace I hope to share with you some deep insights from Ramprasad, Ramakrishna and Vivekananda regarding the worship of Ma and its important in spiritual life. I am going to take an approach that is entirely like Ramanuja in that I will attempt to show, by Her grace, how we can use Jnana, Raja and Karma Yoga to attain to Bhakti Yoga, the highest. Faith and devotion. These alone are everything. But do they come easily and naturally? Hardly! We'll discuss Bhakti for those to whom Bhakti does not come naturally. It does not come naturally to anyone and those who say they they have it might only be making pretences! Who can truly Love the way a devotee loves?! May tonight's lecture address that directly! We'll discuss how the Motherhood of God offers a unique opportunity to deepen Bhakti. All this is Her play."Mother! Mother! My boat is sinking, here in the ocean of this world;Fiercely the hurricane of delusion rages on every side!Clumsy is my helmsman, the mind;Stubborn my six oarsmen, the passions;Into a pitiless wind I sailed my boat and nowIt is sinking!Split is the rudder of devotion;Tattered is the sail of faith;Into my boat the waters are pouring in!Tell me, what shall I do?For with my failing eyes, alas! Nothing but darkness do I see.Here in the waves I will swim, O MotherAnd cling to the raft of thy name!"- Swami Nikhilananda's translation of Ramprasad.This is the follow up discussion: How To Connect to Ma Kalihttps://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-connect-q-72564494?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator00:00:00 The Most Fascinating Icon of India00:03:00 What Today's Lecture Is About00:05:58 Swami Vivekananda's Early Experiences of Ma Kali00:22:25 Swami Vivekananda's Endorsement of Mother Worship00:34:13 Introducing Prakriti: The 24 Cosmic Principles00:47:49 Purusha: The Pure Spirit00:50:20 Shiva-Shakti 00:52:24 Why Does Prakriti Create?00:55:12 Moksha and the Movies: The Aesthetic Theory of Shaivism00:59:18 The Two Gifts of Ma Prakriti: Bhoga and Yoga01:08:21 Prakriti as Maha Mayi as Mother01:15:25 How Do I Get Bhakti: Love for God?01:19:44 Why Does Ma Kali Look So Terrifying? 01:21:22 Sri Ramakrishna on How To Realise God (Hint: Worship Mother!)01:28:27 Ramprasad's Poems on Kali01:37:46 Closing PoemSupport the show

Marjon Robati visits with Pierre and Maureen reflecting on their shared experience of 500 hours in yoga teacher training in the jungles of South Thailand, two hours south of Phuket. Discussion evolves to how yoga training changed lives.   Marjon a CPA by profession immersed herself in yoga teaching, traveling to different yoga studios, and going deeper into more subtle yogic arts of obtaining mind body and spiritual unity.   Marjon is the founder and creator Shiva Shakti Unite.  Check her out on Instagram, and her website: https://www.shivashaktiunite.com A cancer survivor at the tender age of 25, Marjon had to plumb the challenges of a cancer diagnosis, which led to questioning a fast-paced lifestyle relentlessly pushing career goals at Deloitte Consulting and then international tax planning for Neilson Consumer Research and Global Solutions.   Unplugging from business and plunging into yoga, Marjon found health and grounding.  In this interview, she describes the subtler aspects of yoga which yield energy and harmony - oneness with the world.   Enjoy Marjon's beautiful voice and spirituality as she explains her personal practice, philosophy, and journey into oneness.  Check out her beautiful practice exploring yoga for you and with you at Shiva Shakti Unite.  Thank you, Marjon, dear friend.  Live to learn.  Peace through grace.

Episode 63 - In this episode, Michele talks about how to merge with your Twin Flame and the obstacles that stop us. "If we follow the Twin Flame concept that you and your Twin Flame were once one soul—then we know that as a soul you are 100% source energy—which is unconditional love and fully balanced in all ways. Balanced with masculine and feminine energy, yin/yang, Shiva/Shakti, etc. Then this one glorious soul decides to split in two—and now this one soul becomes two souls. These two souls are you and your Twin Flame. It would make sense that in order for your two souls to merge back together—both you and your Twin Flame's energy would have to be in the same frequency and hold the same alignment it was before it split in two. Your two souls are like magnets—wanting to find their way home. But if they come home and they aren't fully in alignment—it's really hard for the magnet to stick. If the two souls aren't in alignment, they will come together in a fractured state and then maintaining that union will be super challenging. The way to get there is through self-love. You start to love yourself and practice self love. In all ways. Self care. Self respect. Self worth. Care of the body. Which is your temple. Making sure it's in optimal condition for the journey. As you practice self love daily. Then you begin to be present. In every moment. Because as you know—love only lives in the present moment. It doesn't live in the future or in fear, or in the past. And Source/God energy is omnipresent and omnipotent. So you become that. And the more you embody self-love, the more you become love. Soon you merge from loving yourself to being love. You merge your "I am lovable" and "I am love" — to just "I am." Which is love. Your higher self and you merge. They become one. There is no longer a you who you observe. The observer and the observed merge into one. In this place there is no separation within yourself. When you reach this state there is no separation of masculine and feminine. Or no separation with your Twin Flame. You are in union with you. When you reach this merge. You'll know it. You'll feel the unity of all. The union of all. You are source. You can try and look for your Twin Flame and you'll be surprised how you can't find them because they aren't separate from you. You realize it's all an illusion. Join me as I talk about this merging process and the challenges that can happen when we start to merge. Thanks for listening!" Website: MicheleLynchHealing.com Articles: mlynchnyny.medium.com Instagram: @puttingdreamsonyourfeet Listener Support: https://anchor.fm/michele-lynch/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/michele-lynch/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michele-lynch/support

We are divided not because of our differences but because we do not support or allow each other the powerful diversity that manifests within each one of us. Our gender and biological sex is a potent example of this view. Gender differences is but one minute factor in the quintillion variety of nature's  majestic realm mirrored within the  human person. To heal and reclaim wholeness, it is critical that we embrace the reality of Shiva-Shakti - and note the brilliant multiplicity of  energy which courses within and through each and every human person. This primeval force goes way beyond gender binary to the infinite.Support the show

We have not understood the Primordial Feminine and Masculine divine principle at all. And as as result, we are living the experience of the feminine/masculine divide.Erosion and deliberate deviation from Shiva-Shakti education/understanding  demonstrate the current miasma we find our selves in. The resultant Mother Wound we are experiencing is deep. It is endemic in the entire planet. From time unknown, while the mores of patriarchal power has had a profound and devastating impact on Mother Nature, her earth, ocean, the whole environment between earth and sky, as well as every creature and human on her living planet, we can trace the mother wound to the very onset of life on earth. Over centuries, we have been pummeled  into the abyss of the darkscape (my own word. We find ourselves damaged, broken, and disassociated from the root calling of our primordial feminine and the primeval masculine. At its core, the primordial feminine energy has been perverted, and as a result this dissonant reality which not only affects the health, wellbeing and sentiency of a woman, but also the welfare of men and all beings in nature. The primordial feminine is the energy that gives birth to humanity, it is the vibration that sustains Mother Earth, it is the womb of our universe. Once in  a state of in-equanimity, all of nature goes askew, and so too the primordial male energies. Therefore, to repair the harms in the whole of humanity- Shakti/Shiva, Yin/Yang, we must first and foremost pay primary attention to restoring the primordial feminine energy of Mother Earth. The maternal value for sustaining, safeguarding, nourishing and nurturing life on earth cannot be devalued or dismissed.Support the show (http://paypal.me/wiseearth)

Lyrics:Hari Om Namo Shiva Shakti NamoSadguru Sri Sathya Sai NamoHari Om Namo Sita Rama NamoJaya Sadguru Sri Sathya Sai NamoHari Om Namo Radhe Shyam NamoJaya Sadguru Sri Sathya Sai NamoMeaning:Let us offer our salutations to our sacred preceptor Sathya Sai who is none other than the incarnation of Shiva and Energy principle Shakti, Lord Ram with His consort mother Sita and Lord Krishna with Radha.

practice charity, austerity & sacrifice (on your birthday) / the Shiva -Shakti element of Shiva & Sati's dialog / Bhagavatam is meant to end our cycles of bad karma / getting over the triggers to hear the real message / deluded by the feminine nature - deluded by the masculine nature / Sati's posse go to the event / the women receive Sati warmly & the men cold / when anger becomes justified / Sati speaks truth to power / don't take offense, don't make offense / great souls overlook the faults in others and magnify what good they see SB 4.3.23-4.4.12

practice charity, austerity & sacrifice (on your birthday) / the Shiva -Shakti element of Shiva & Sati's dialog / Bhagavatam is meant to end our cycles of bad karma / getting over the triggers to hear the real message / deluded by the feminine nature - deluded by the masculine nature / Sati's posse go to the event / the women receive Sati warmly & the men cold / when anger becomes justified / Sati speaks truth to power / don't take offense, don't make offense / great souls overlook the faults in others and magnify what good they see SB 4.3.23-4.4.12

Today on the podcast, we are graced with the highly cultivated holistic healer; Erin Lovell Verinder for an intimate discussion around her devotion to the plant path, the world of herbalism, and why we are witnessing a timely resurgence of this revered profession of healing. A Herbalist, nutritionist, energetic healer, mentor, and author of two incredible bodies of work, Erin's the kind of woman that leaves you wondering; How does she do it all? Birthed consecutively amidst a pandemic, Erin's books, Plants For The People (Thames & Hudson 2020) and The Plant Clinic (Thames & Hudson 2021), are modern classic guides to the world of plant medicine and herbalism, endowed with elegant visual codes of your favourite coffee table book. This is the second time we've had Erin on the podcast, and we're so thrilled to have her back. Both versed in the love language of plant medicine, this conversation between Tahnee and Erin is a celebration of herbalism, filled with nuance and some progressive insights on not gendering herbs through their application. Erin discusses what she calls her pillars to thrive, supporting the immune system during the pandemic, and the profound effect of having a gentle approach to healing and detoxing. A remembering, a becoming, and unfolding of the world of holistic herbal healing; This episode is one for everyone. Tune in.      "You have to be a savvy business owner as well. I've had different iterations of having a healing space, my own multi-modality wellness space, which sold and successfully ran for many years. Then being a head-practitioner at a busy, busy clinic in Sydney, and then being digital and writing books. I've had all these different iterations, and it's given me a lot of perspectives. But there's a lot of things I wished that I knew when I came out, and if I can help people in that way, I'm really excited to do that because it's a big job".     - Erin Lovell Verinder      Tahnee and Erin discuss: Immunity protocols. Drop dosing for kids. Herbal remedies for kids. The gendering of herbs. Detox and cleansing culture. Viewing fear as a mental virus. Herbs as the people's medicine. The matriarchal lineage of herbalism. The process of healing and becoming. Knowing yours, and your child's constitution type. Healing the gut; An energetic core of our constitution.     Who is Erin Lovell Verinder? Erin is a fully qualified Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Energetic Healer who has worked in the healing realms for twenty-one years. Erin holds a Bachelor of Western Herbal Medicine, an Advanced Diploma of Nutritional Medicine, and a Diploma of Energetic Healing and is a member of the (ATMS) Australian Traditional Medicine Society. Walking the plant path, Erin is a woman in tune with the natural world. On a full-hearted mission to educate, assist, and up-level how we can all heal with the rhythms of nature. Marrying the wisdom and philosophy of naturopathic medicine as the golden compass to treat the whole- not just the symptom is the pure guiding force in Erin's practice. Getting to the roots of ill health is the solid intention and directive of her work. Through her practice, Erin addresses the drivers and encourages the body to gently return to balance, using food as medicine, medicinal plants, lifestyle changes, functional testing, and energetic healing; Delivering a wholesome, high vibrational experience. Erin has written two phenomenal books: Plants For The People (Thames & Hudson 2020. The Plant Clinic (Thames & Hudson 2021).   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN ON APPLE PODCAST    Resources: Erin's Instagram  erinlovellverinder.com The Plant Clinic Book Plants For The People Book Plants For The People SuperFeast podcast   Q: How Can I Support The SuperFeast Podcast? A: Tell all your friends and family and share online! We'd also love it if you could subscribe and review this podcast on iTunes. Or  check us out on Stitcher, CastBox, iHeart RADIO:)! Plus  we're on Spotify!   Check Out The Transcript Here:   Tahnee: (00:00) Hi, everyone. Welcome back to the SuperFeast podcast. We have one of my favourite guests. You're Mr. Guest of the show now, Erin. Erin Lovell Verinder, who is a beautiful Herbalist, she's also an author, and we're here really today to talk about her new book, The Plant Clinic, which has already gotten pre-discussed in my house. It's, again, a stunning book, but also a really practical manual. Even for someone who's like trained in herbalism, I'm using it all the time because it captures all these protocols and concepts and ideas in this really beautiful and succinct way. I want to congratulate you on your new baby. Well done.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (00:39) Thank you so much. That's so sweet.   Tahnee: (00:42) Yeah, and welcome back to the show. It's great to have you.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (00:44) Thank you for having me.   Tahnee: (00:45) Yeah, I'm so happy to have you here. Your first podcast was one of the most popular, so it's really great to have you.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (00:51) Oh, that's so sweet.   Tahnee: (00:52) Yeah, I know. We're like aww. I think people just love... and that's something we've always been really passionate about is like, yeah, it's great to buy products and we love that you can buy SuperFeast from the shelf or whatever. But when you start to make your own herbal medicines, I think there's something, I don't know, that connects you to herbalism in a different way and connects you to the energy of the plants in a different way. I use pre-made stuff and I make my own stuff. I think it just depends on where I'm at in my life. But, yeah, I think having books like yours, especially, modernising herbalism because a lot of the old books can... like they're awesome, but they can be a bit retro [crosstalk 00:01:28]. How's it been going since publication? Have you been getting any positive feedback or?   Erin Lovell Verinder: (01:37) Yeah, it's been lovely. I've done two books now in the pandemic which has been like fairly wild and interesting. That they're being birthed at this time when actually I feel like they've been really needed and the spirit of plant medicine is like singing, I think, at this time within the pandemic and everything that we are moving through as a collective. Yeah, so Plants for the People came out in my March 2020 when the pandemic hit, and then The Plant Clinic just came out August 31st in Australia when we were all basically in lockdown. We were in the eye of it, so there were no stores open. Which was strange and I had to add a real block around that initially like, "Oh, I can't do in-person and people can't go see it at the stores."   Erin Lovell Verinder: (02:22) But I moved through that and it's actually, of course, it's been really well received and people are finding it and ordering it, and yeah, giving me such beautiful feedback. There's nothing more rewarding than that. Honestly, I get so much from those messages and emails about how the book has impacted their life or their little ones life or how they're working with their family in health and herbs and how they learn how to do this from the book, or I came at the right time. Like a lot of people say that I picked the book up and it's just at the most perfect time and that really thrills me. Yeah, it's been beautiful, it's been a beautiful exchange of putting the book out and what's coming back to me, which is beautiful.   Tahnee: (03:02) Yeah, it must be really rewarding, and how much work goes into these things. Yeah, incredible to see it in the flesh.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (03:13) So much work.   Tahnee: (03:13) Yes, so much work.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (03:13) Sorry, I was going to say this book really held us captive for over a year, and Noah, my husband, designed it so it was this real family effort and creation from our little family to you all. It was a major, so much work. So I'm so proud of it to see we did it, we did it, we made it.   Tahnee: (03:33) Yeah, well it's quite encyclopaedic in a way of like it really... I think Plants for the People was this amazing introduction to the world of plants. But then this is almost like working with a herbalist. It's got almost protocols and what a day would look like if you're working on a specific issue? And there's pillars of health that you might get introduced to working with a clinicians, so for me it felt a bit more actually going and seeing a practitioner. Like this book's almost like one in your house.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (04:05) Yes. No, really, that was truly my intention of writing it, for sure, was taking all of my years of clinical practise and knowledge, and as best as I could, distilling it down onto the paper to support and guide people with these daily protocols and how to work with plants as if you were working with the herbalist. Because the truth is like not everybody can access that one on one care and afford to weave that into their support team and whatnot, or access it. I just wanted to create a body of work that was super accessible and had all of those. Oh, so much in there, there's just so much in that book, for sure.   Tahnee: (04:44) Yeah, well, I think and I really appreciated like you have got a lot there for children and around dosing. I think that's stuff we get asked about a lot at SuperFeast. There's a lot of fear around working with herbs and children, and at different stages of pregnancy and postpartum and things. It's quite confusing on the internet. Like I saw you made a note in there around like you're going to read different things and they're going to conflict sometimes. Like I wonder do you have any overarching philosophies around working with kids and how do you approach that? You've got some dosing guidelines in here, but I'm just interested to flick that out a little bit.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (05:22) Yeah, for sure. I wanted to shed light on that because, yeah, you're right, I get asked all the time as well. When I started my practise as a herbalist, I was really specialising in paediatrics. And for years I really worked very closely with kids and their parents because you're always working with parents when you work with kids too. Which sometimes is the harder piece, to be honest. But so dosing was important and shedding light on working with children was important to me. I'd say that one of the biggest pieces around dosing with kids is that often less is more. So really even looking at drop dosing and working with more this energetic concept of dosing herbs, then these big wacky, not wacky, but big therapeutic dosing.   Tahnee: (06:10) Mamado herbs.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (06:10) Yeah, I had a whole section on drop dosing in the book, which I feel like can be really helpful. That more ease, using your intuition to start it just like these small little drops. You might start with five drops in a little bit of water for your little one, or instead of doing like a big meal dropper, it might just be like a few drops and see how your little one responds in that way. Drop dosing's a really good one to consider with kids because I feel like kids are so responsive often to herbs, to the plant world. Yeah, so I always start more with a drop dose approach, but there's a bunch of different rules in herbal medicine that you can calculate doses based on...   Erin Lovell Verinder: (06:52) So there's Clark's rule, but there's also Young's, and excuse me, so I would look at those and I've actually highlighted Clark's in the book because I feel like that's you're looking at... There's ones that look at age and weight and there's all these different methods that you can use. But I feel like Clark's is just really easy.   Tahnee: (07:12) Really simple.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (07:13) Yeah.   Tahnee: (07:14) Yeah, I've noticed that in my treating my daughter, because we've not really had much more than colds and she had a sore ear last night actually at 3:00 in the morning and gave her some immune herbs and put some Colloidal Silver in her ear and gave her a little limp massage and she woke up like, "Oh my ear's fine now, mommy." I'm like it's amazing to me how fast they heal, and I'm like, "If that was me, I'd probably still be in bed going ugh."   Erin Lovell Verinder: (07:42) Totally [crosstalk 00:07:43].   Tahnee: (07:42) She's like, "I'm good, I'm good. I'm ready to go to school and I love just..." Yeah, I hardly gave her, I probably gave her eight drops of this little immune tincture that we have. Which it's a bit stronger than the mushrooms like to give her sometimes things that pack a bit more of a punch if she's properly unwell. But, yeah, I really noticed that you just don't need much and homeopathics are so effective for them and those kinds of things.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (08:05) Yes, absolutely. Responsive, so responsive, and they shift really quickly, really quickly. Like a stupid charged shift with kids. I would say like really go low dose and just read a bit more about it. Like in the section of The Plant Clinic, get familiar with that, and then you do have to use your intuition a little bit knowing your little one like what's their constitution like? What do they respond from? Are they really... I've outlined the constitution piece in the book and there's only a little section on it.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (08:39) But I feel like it's so helpful to think about whether someone has a more robust constitution or a more sensitive constitution. Because it really changes how you approach dosing with plant medicine based on that. I would even implement that ethos into looking at your little one, are they quite robust? Are they sensitive and how would you dose them as well around that?   Tahnee: (09:00) I think that for adults too, it's something we speak about a lot when people come to us with dosing issues. Like they might take a quarter teaspoon and be like, "Are you sure these aren't psychedelic?" I'm like, "No, they're not. But you're obviously very sensitive, so for you, you're not going to need a very large dose at all. You can get away with like probably an eighth of a tea spoon or a pinch or something." That's great, good value, off you go. Then you're going to deal with people that are stronger, more robust, less sensitive to their energy body and they're going to be able to take much higher doses and not be affected by it. Yeah, I find that a lot that people miss that bio individuality piece of like you are going to behave and perform differently to everybody else.   Tahnee: (09:43) It's tricky like we were chatting before we came on with the compliance and regulations that we have to meet as herbalists. When working with a product like ours where we're selling it directly to the public, we have to state dosage and this isn't always aligned to what I believe to be true. I would actually prefer it to be a lot more nuanced, I suppose. But, yeah, just the way it is. Energy's kind of that was your first domain, I suppose, like working in that more subtle realm. How has that come into... has that been coming into clinic more for you lately with all this stuff going on? I imagine you probably need some protection yourself.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (10:29) I [inaudible 00:10:30]. Yeah, that's so interesting. On lots of levels, it's been coming in strongly. For my own practice because what has been presenting... so clients, what people are moving through and what we're moving through collectively, I really do believe it's a whole new paradigm and people are operating on a really different level than they were operating on pre-pandemic. As a practitioner, definitely it has impacted how I show up and what is needed? What's the demand on me to hold that space, and it's like I have to cast a bigger circle to hold it. That's been interesting in my own process and witnessing what that's bringing out in me and how I can show up. Yeah, for sure, that's been a whole thing.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (11:25) But in terms of what people are moving through and whether or not I have to call on those energetic parts, for sure. I'm always, in everything that I do as a practitioner, I'm always doing my best to honour the unseen forces and the subtle anatomy of it all. That means even if I'm working with somebody on their gut, I'm also honouring the emotions of the gut and the energy systems of the gut. I'm not just looking at it in a very black and white physiological anatomy and physiology, or like even the action of the herb or the action of the nutrient of food that we're working with, I'm more thinking about to the energy of it and the energy of what that person's moving through.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (12:13) Yeah, it's always a consideration and it's for sure a big consideration right now. Because what people are moving through is far... Like obviously people present with physical symptoms or imbalances that need support. But I really do believe that things are driven by our emotional bodies and spiritual bodies and our mental bodies too. I do believe that there's always involvement, right? I do believe that those aspects aren't... it's a lot going on right now. There's a lot of deep emotion that's tied into the physical right now. Yeah, I'm for sure working on those realms and levels always.   Tahnee: (12:51) I know you're seeing that in presentation more around adrenal type stuff or is it like... Personally, in myself, I can feel like a tendency to withdraw a lot more in a lot more sensitive just in general to people and energy. I'm also pregnant, so it's hard to know how much of that's pregnancy and how much of that's COVID. But, yeah, I've really noticed that in myself, like I just have a much smaller buffer between myself and the world and I'm having to be quite protective of that. Which was unusual for me because normally I'm quite comfortable with big groups and people, and now I'm like, "Oh, no, there's like 10 people [inaudible 00:13:33]." It's that stuff. I don't even know what you call that, like sensitivity and maybe anxiety and a bit of that.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (13:44) Yeah, I would say that there's... Like really what's coming forward, it's got a lot to do with the nervous system, and for sure, I would say that there's a lot more anxiety and a lot more deep fatigue. But like sensitivity, a lot of sensitivity, sensitivity to stimulation, depression, or low mood, low vitality. And just a lot of fear, there's a lot of fear that's going around, and I think fear can be a bit of a collective thought virus as well? There's like people are dealing with the fear and how that's cycling in their body, and fear of being unwell. There's just a lot of fear. I think that that's what I started talking about and referring to that new paradigm. Like everyone's just operating on a very different level right now.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (14:43) As a clinician, having been in practise now solid for like over 10 years, of course, I've never seen anything like it where everyone's experiencing the same thing in some way, in such a way. Obviously, we're experiencing similar things by being alive on the planet at the same time, but not like this.   Tahnee: (15:01) Acutely.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (15:03) Acutely, so people present with being maybe they want to talk about what they can do to support their immune systems, or their concerns about the vaccination, or which is very hard to navigate as a practitioner, for sure. Because actually this is a space that we are legally meant to step back from. There's just a lot of like what people are curious about and what they're worrying about. But the anxiety and the depression and the adrenal stuff, it's all like nervous system adrenal system, fight or flight survival mode stuff big time.   Tahnee: (15:48) Yeah, we're activating the sympathetic nervous system.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (15:50) Absolutely.   Tahnee: (15:51) Yeah, I can see that like we've got a team of about 30, so I can see different waves of things move through, and yeah, I've noticed those kinds of things in our team. I think I really... like that's one of the things I love about this book and would really recommend to people if you are thinking about immune protocols, you're thinking about anxiety and managing that with herbs. Like you've got calls for those listed out in here like whole chapters devoted to them. I think just having, I know for me, having things that I can lean on that support me, it's like a bomb.   Tahnee: (16:26) It's like you might be aware of that feeling and that sensitivity, but you don't have to lean into it too far because you've got these things to prop you up. It's where I think herbs can really store on all these beautiful, calming, gorgeous herbs that we have of access to reishi. I'm loving all these [inaudible 00:16:44] lately. I can just feel this real need to nourish that inner aspect.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (16:50) Absolutely. Yeah, and personally, it's funny, even oat staw are like I've got a little milky oats tincture on my table here, on my desk. Yep, and I've also been taking reishi myself as well. The two that you mentioned are very much like present in my field, in my body. Because I think the biggest thing is how can people shift from that sympathetic nervous system state to that parasympathetic rest and digest state? And how can I support them to do that? That's a lot of the work I'm doing right now, for sure. A lot of it is about our herbal helpers and how our plant medicines that calm the nervous system, and even can gently sedate the nervous system when you're in a really acute state of anxiety or panic or fear.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (17:42) It's I just feel for everyone. I feel for everyone so much right now. There's just so much of that going around, so that's why I actually... Obviously, I didn't... Well, I was writing, so I was writing the book in the depth of the pandemic. But, yeah, that was a part of why I wrote the emotions, mind spirit section, in The Plant Clinic. Because, as a clinician, even pre-pandemic, I was always treating lots of anxiety and working with people with anxiety, panic, depression. Just that low vitality as well, and all stemming from more of a mental, emotional place. Yeah, so I'm really proud of that section because I just really feel like it's rare to come across a body of work in herbalism that addresses that directly. I feel like often we're not talking so much about the spirit in, at all. Sometimes-   Tahnee: (18:39) I completely agree. It's all physical and often very... Like it's something I really love about your work is obviously you have the background of the energy medicine and then you've also got the more chemical constituents like biomedical background.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (18:54) Yeah, herbals and nutritional medicine.   Tahnee: (18:55) Yeah, and like this nice intersection of... which I think is where medicine really needs to go is like, and what has drawn me to Chinese medicine and Ayurveda and these things in my life is like we need to acknowledge that subtle realm and their unseen forces, as you call them. That's a really potent part of healing and a potent part of why we often have anxiety and things like that. We disconnect from what we really need or what we're really calling for in our deepest selves. Yeah, I think herbs really help with that, and I think even the action of preparing your own medicine and preparing your own tonics and things like there's something very nourishing and soothing in that.   Tahnee: (19:40) I don't know, just like it's a small, simple process that moved you toward maybe where you want to be. I think that was something I really noticed and loved about the book was it was that section, and you should be proud of yourself. It's important and I know it's hard to speak to those things as a practitioner sometimes because people can sound woo woo. It's something we struggle with a lot. Like we want to be woo woo.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (20:06) Totally. Yeah, girl, I'm just so at a point where I'm like, "This is what it is, guys. I'm not even worried if I sound woo woo."   Tahnee: (20:14) Totally.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (20:14) I'm just like, "This is my message. This is what's coming out. Receive it or don't."   Tahnee: (20:19) Well, I love it. You're a little bit more evolved than me. I'm still [crosstalk 00:20:24]-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (20:24) No, no, no.   Tahnee: (20:26) Bit, no. I think it takes some confidence though, and some like, probably, like you've had these 10 years in clinic. You're like it's this little experience of this is what I see and it's proven to me over and over again and I can't avoid it.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (20:40) Well, it's just that thing of like you can't compartmentalise health. It's like we're whole beings. If you're going to, like I said, just example of the gut that I'm circling back to that, if you're going to work on the gut, of course, you have to work on it from a very physical level. What's going on in the gut and how can we heal the gut? What are we eating? What are we feeding? But what are we thinking? What are we, actually, what are we absorbing from self-talk? What's our environment like that impacts our digestive systems? What are the roots of the gut dysbiosis? Is there trauma there? I think working on the gut, it's like the deepest seed of like our actual beginning of our root system. The beginning of us-   Tahnee: (21:23) Yeah, like our, what's the word, evolution in the womb as well-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (21:27) Absolutely, it's the beginning.   Tahnee: (21:28) ... with primal layers.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (21:30) Yeah, and it's like so I often feel like when people are working deeply on healing their guts, and I do a lot of digestive healing with clients, we're going back to the roots and it's so powerful. There's people always go through really big, almost like deep initiation and rebirth canals when they're working on the gut in a way. And I'm like, "Well, it would be like I'm going to get half of the results if I don't honour those other parts of what someone's going through and support them through that too." I know this from doing it for so many years, so yeah, I'm like I'm all in, I'm all in.   Tahnee: (22:04) Well, that's enough.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (22:06) I'm all in.   Tahnee: (22:06) Here I am and I noted that page in your book where you talk about on unfolding and healing isn't pretty, and I think that's something I often try and emphasise for people. It's like it's not just these detox reactions or herb reactions and things that we get. But it's like if you are... I know this personally, like my work around my gut was deeply connected to a lot of stuff from my childhood and it was not fun. It was not fun at all to start actually acknowledging the pain and the stuff that was brought forward from remembering and acknowledging those things. But the outcome being have a great digestive system in these days and it's like, yeah, it's worth it but it's not always nice.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (22:54) Absolutely. Yeah, that's really important in my process working with people, and I think my ethos is healing is not always pretty, it's not always straightforward. It takes time, you're unfolding and allowing that to be a process. It's the process of becoming. I think becoming is a real theme in my work, and when I mentor people too who want to walk the plant path it's like we're a little bit I'm geared towards like this a little, a lot. Geared towards instant culture, like this instant culture, instant gratification culture, and we just want to do the thing and then that's that. That's what we are, and I'm like, "Ah, there's a whole process."   Erin Lovell Verinder: (23:42) For me to show up who I am, I've walked these 20 something years now to get to this place where I can confidently say to you all, "Hey, take it or leave it. Like this is who I am and this is what I've got to say." I'm not saying I'm... I've got work to do still, I'm just saying this is who I am at this point. But-   Tahnee: (24:03) It's still unfolding.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (24:04) It's still unfolding. Like I've become to this point and healing is like that. It's a becoming and it's just an unfolding and it's gentle and it can be gentle, sometimes it's not. But you have to be gentle with yourself in that process.   Tahnee: (24:18) I was going to say, and I noticed a tendency toward gentleness in your work, which I like. There's not these extreme, like your detox protocols and things, they're not these extreme crazy things that we've all... Maybe not everyone's tried, but I've definitely tried some of it [inaudible 00:24:33]. Look, there's space for them in the world and I'm not trying to say they're wrong, but I think, especially in times like this, where people are so sensitive and there's so much collective for like angst and fear and stress. Like gentleness is probably the best medicine we could give ourselves at this point. I hope I'm not speaking for you, but that's-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (24:54) No, I totally agree. Yeah, for sure. Gentle is definitely my approach, and in writing a book that I know that is going to be accessed by all these different people and they're not going to be guided by me personally. As in they can just call me up and ask a question. I really wanted to write a book that I knew would be gentle for people and they could have a really soft pace with it, but also get results. I think that kind of concept, detoxification as well, because, yeah, there's a whole detoxification section in the book. I wanted to dispel a bit of myths around like this whole cleansing culture and detox culture.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (25:38) Yeah, the whole section explains it well around like your body's naturally detoxifying all the time, so how can we just, every minute, so how can we support those systems to just give them a little extra lift? But in a way that just actually flows with what they're already doing. So you might find that, "Oh, my liver is stagnated." Well, your liver is still doing its thing, it just needs a little bit of help. Yeah, that was my approach of like, "We're not going to do anything drastic. We're just going to be really gentle." But it can often be so profound when you are gentle in your approach.   Tahnee: (26:15) Yeah, I definitely like preconception with Ayo was pretty hectic, and this baby, I made a real effort to not be like that and I focused a lot more. I still did a bit of preparatory work that was very gentle, and then I focused a lot more on building and nourishing myself. Which I think I neglected that part a little bit with Ayo was a bit more like gung-ho with the cleansing. Like I didn't get any morning sickness at all this time. I did get a lot of rage, so maybe I did quite of both.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (26:50) [crosstalk 00:26:50] rage.   Tahnee: (26:53) But it was interesting having like just that really different first trimester experience of like with Ayo was like if it wasn't salty and crunchy, it wasn't going in my mouth. Whereas with this baby I was like, "I can eat pretty much everything." Yeah, it was a lot more gentle to navigate that first trimester, and yeah, except if you were Mason Taylor because you were not having a gentle time, but [inaudible 00:27:18] high oestrogen perhaps. Yeah, really I thought that was really interesting just personal anecdote. Yeah, and again, like you speak to hormones a lot in your book and it is a gentle approach.   Tahnee: (27:35) I think especially with women, we are cyclical beings and we are very sensitive and I think a lot of... and I've read a lot of books by male herbalists and that can be very gung-ho. It can come in hard and it can come in a little bit aggressive, and I think it's nice to bring some of that gentleness into that space as well.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (27:58) Yeah, I think, yeah, fully, and I think herbalism has been... I think there's a heavy matriarchal lineage running through herbalism. The OG lineage perhaps.   Tahnee: (28:10) Yeah.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (28:10) The OG lineage, exactly. So I think there's also a really different lens of perspective when you've been trained in that lineage as well. That's definitely been my lineage, and all my teachers were women, which women identified which felt correct learning with this softer... I mean not all soft but-   Tahnee: (28:35) Yes, I've had Susan Weed on the [inaudible 00:28:37]-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (28:37) Not soft, Susan, not all soft. But, yeah, the teachers I really resonated with were just very, very soft. So that really also expanded my path around how important that felt for me to have that gentleness as a teacher and a writer and a clinician as well. I just I really want people to feel held in whatever I do, and there's a softness to that, whatever that is. That matriarchal maternal instinct to want to be soft and to want to hold that space.   Tahnee: (29:16) Yeah, and I think that's really aligned to... One thing I think we both have like as a theme in our belief systems is this idea of herbs is people's medicine. If you think about like traditionally women are going to hold the kitchen, they're going to hold the garden, and they're going to be holding the medicine in a way. I think there's this real sense of something I've always said to Mason, like I want to be 60 and I want to be old and I want people to come and be like, "I've got this," and I always give them something. It's like a potion. I think there's this real beautiful ancestral line of women healers that I think we're seeing this resurgence in like...   Tahnee: (29:57) I just had Asia Suler on the podcast, and she's very feminine in how she works. Yeah, I can feel this, I don't know, this softening in the herbal world. When I started with Mase, it was guys doing tablespoons of mushrooms and it's bio hacky. It was really hectic, and I was like, "Whoa." I wasn't drawn into that, like I was drawn into working with the herbs and the mushrooms, for sure, but not in that way. Yeah, it's been interesting to watch that space change as well. It's a lot more feminine now and a lot more soft.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (30:29) Yeah, for sure. Then on the flip side of that too, I feel like what's fascinating is as we let go of these concepts of gender, and gender is a construct as well, how people, non-binary people, might be practising herbalism. And bringing it into this space that, they're definitely practising herbalism, but bringing it into this space that is like neither that nor that. As we upgrade our language and the love language of herbalism just keeps expanding from different voices who have different perspectives. I think that's also really interesting. And just also thinking about plants, not in their male or female plants. I think that's really limiting in terms of my idea of how I think about plants, and that's changing and growing, and as I grow. But, yeah, I've really been feeling more into that.   Tahnee: (31:36) I'm interested in this, because we come from a modulus tradition where there is a lot of genderizing of everything. I definitely had that bias, and I would obviously love to... I've done some workshops, actually, I did a really amazing workshop with a non-binary teacher in Oregon and she was like... Well, she wasn't a she, but she looked feminine to me, but I think she was a they, and they were speaking a lot about female bodied people and herbal abortions and working in that space around trauma to do with birth and miscarriage. Look, it was one of the best workshops and trainings I've ever done, and they spoke a little bit about the non-...   Tahnee: (32:26) Like this person's clinic really served that community, so they spoke a bit about issues in that community. But I don't see a lot of representation of that in the herbal world, maybe you do more because you might be a bit more exposed to it. But, yeah, I'd be interested in your experience. Like how are you now relating to plants through that energetic realm if you are not choosing binary terms?   Erin Lovell Verinder: (32:50) Yeah, look, it's really interesting because I think that, first of all, I think herbal culture in Australia is really... and we've talked about it. We went into this in the last podcast, which I really loved because I thought it was just a really interesting perspective for you and I to talk about that. Because we both have a lot of experience with American herbalism and that spirit of herbalism in the States. Having you train there and me spending so much time there, and because my husband's American and having such a kinship with America. But Australian herbalism is just so, so different because we have to study in these private colleges or university settings, and essentially, it's a health science degree, or whether you do a health science naturopathy degree or whatnot. And you're learning herbs or you become a herbalist at Western Herbal Medicine.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (33:39) So that in itself already puts herbalism in a really inaccesible place for a lot of people here in Australia. Because unless you've got... My debt from school is from training is insane, let alone what they're paying now and that mine was so long ago. I'm just saying that because it like casts an awareness on not all types of people would have access to doing this kind of training here in Australia. Obviously, you can learn herbs in different ways, but if you were to go out and practise and learn in a structured setting. Whereas in America, and this is what we went into on the last podcast, it's like it's the people's medicine. It's like essential to have that medicine in the system where there is no universal healthcare.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (34:28) Therefore, I think herbalism reaches a lot of different types of people, and not just privileged people. Not just people of privileged who can go and do those kind of degrees. There's a different spirit to it. I think that there's a lot of exciting things happening in the States with non-binary people who identify non-binary, but are herbalist and they're practising in ways that are undoing some of those structures, which I think is really fascinating. I'm still listening. I'll continue to listen and learn, and yeah, I'm curious. But the way that, for me, how it's impacted, I think I just always felt like those systems didn't feel super true and resonate with me.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (35:15) Some of the systems of like these are women's herbs and these are the men's herbs. I know these are ancient traditions, so I'm not saying that they don't have a place and there's not a lot of gold in all of that, of how we can treat female body people or male body people, or let's use those terms just to streamline this conversation. But I do feel that I didn't deeply resonate with that. So there's a section in The Plant Clinic that's Mums & Bubs, and there's a section that's hormone health. I was like, "How do I be more inclusive in those spaces?" But I'm trying to convey what I'm trying to convey. I had to use certain terminology like Mums & Bubs, or like this is first-   Tahnee: (36:01) [crosstalk 00:36:01] people and-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (36:01) ... Birthing people and mensturating people. Yeah, so that was a little tricky, but I wrote a little note in the book on gender terminology and I was like, "Oh, this is going to really shake it up, isn't it?" Maybe this is going to shake it a little bit up, but hey, I think that's what we're all here for as well to open conversations and to get people thinking about a different layer, a different perspective. And how boring if we all just felt like we all knew it all and it was the exact same way forever. The times are changing, and that means herbalism is changing too. I've witnessed it changed dramatically from when I started studying to now. There was really like it was so wacky, if you're a herbalist. It was like, "Oh, good luck. Like get onto the world, let's see what happens?"   Tahnee: (36:55) All in three months.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (36:58) Totally. Yeah, exactly. You might not have a job real soon or your clinic probably will fail because there's not that many people into this. It felt like that when I got out and now it's like it's in a totally different place where I feel like it's having this epic renaissance.   Tahnee: (37:15) I agree, yeah.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (37:16) Yeah, and it's just so rich. But so rich in action, in movement, in growth. I just feel like... Oh, so back to your question about how I'm practising it, it's more about the energy. It's just, honestly, it comes down to the energy and the presentation of what someone's going through and how I would meet them with herbs. It's like a herb like Shatavari, which is a very beautiful I think central herb that is very much linked in with a woman's herb. Because it has such an effect on the menstrual cycle, and it is a beautiful herb for women. But it's a beautiful herb for everyone in many different ways. Even like those really we think of them as really Yang ginseng like Panax ginseng or Korean ginseng.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (38:12) We think more to apply those to men. But, absolutely, I just do not think that is true in terms of how we can apply it to all people just in... If it suits, if the presentation's correct, if the energy's correct, if the dose is correct, it's just about listening. I think it's just about listening. Like I might think, yeah, a herb like Rose is just really feminine. We use that like soft, feminine, the unfolding, the petals of Rose. But I know a lot of people who could do with Rose, and it's just heart medicine. I just challenge that a little bit in The Plant Clinic, but it's just it's my own perspective.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (39:04) But it doesn't mean it has to be true for you, and I do think that aeons of information around herbs that would be supportive for our menstrual cycle, and say, supportive for sperm motility. Of course, I understand that they're applied to like this male identified person or this woman identified person. But, at the same time, I'm just challenging that idea of that actually isn't everybody as well. There's just this nuances, so we just need to open up space for nuance.   Tahnee: (39:36) Yeah, and I think it comes down to the intention of the person ingesting the herbs as to what kind of energy shifts they want to experience in their body? I can imagine if you're a male body person who identifies as female, you might not care about your sperm motility so much. So you might not be interested in working with those herbs. But then, again, I'm very clunky in this space, so anyone listening please feel free to write me an email about it. But I definitely have had like a personal experience of the universe having a binary, like two binary forces that are constantly in motion. It's hard to explain in words, but it's more of a visual or a felt sense that I have.   Tahnee: (40:26) I can understand that there's a spectrum between an extreme of each, whether you want to call it yin and yang or gender and male-Feminine, whatever, the Shiva-Shakti from the yoga traditions. Like I can feel this real truth in that sense of the binary is always in motion between one another, and that creates this experience that we live in. We're going very deep right now.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (40:51) Yes.   Tahnee: (40:53) But for me that-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (40:54) Unexpectedly deep into this area.   Tahnee: (40:57) [crosstalk 00:40:57] on the radar today. We haven't had enough sleep for this conversation, but yeah.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (41:01) Totally, forgive us if we're stumbling through this. But I think it's important to talk about it. It's important.   Tahnee: (41:09) It is, yeah. This has formed my, like cosmology, has formed my worldview. This sense of this dance between these two poles creating this manifest reality. That's literally how I've ended up explaining to myself how all this is here. I can understand that those like masculine and feminine terms aren't necessarily useful, but I think what you're pointing to, and I've had this experience in myself. Like postpartum, Deer Antler is not a herb I relate to normally. Postpartum, I'm like, "Give me that stuff." It's like I can see that I've gone through this big depletion of my yang of given birth. It's like a huge journey, and it's like to pull some of that masculine or yang energy or whatever you want to call it into my being is a really powerful medicine for me at that point.   Tahnee: (42:02) I don't keep doing it for long, it just it's a period of time and then I'm done with that again. I think I can relate to what you're saying there. It's also I think I often, for me, I've really related to ratio's a very feminine energy, but I would always expect men to take it because I think it can connect them to that softer part of themselves, like what you're saying with Rose. Yeah, and I remember you... I might not remember it word for word, but you said something to the effect of this book is for older people. There are some sections that are working toward women's reproductive stuff, and yes, they might not be useful for everybody. But, in general, herbalism is for everybody, like just about tuning into what's right for you in the moment.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (42:51) That's it, that's ultimately what it is. I think I'm just curious as well about out doing, undoing old paradigms. I think there must be something with that [crosstalk 00:43:08]. What's that?   Tahnee: (43:11) Just in like paradigm breaking mode right now.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (43:13) Yeah, make it all [inaudible 00:43:14]. No, I know, I'm just curious about these things that sometimes I think... Look, I know that that's even in writing these books, I felt like that was actually breaking down a bit of a paradigm in herbalism. Because, personally, my experience of, and I think most people would agree with this if you've got a big herb collection of books, you would know that most of your books are written by older people. There's a real sense of like, which is beautiful, of course, the elders in the community and these people that have lived all these years and all this experience to put it down in a book, what a gift. But being a younger person, and I'm nearly 40, I'm not super, super young, but being a younger person, writing a book about herbal... It was like breaking the boundary there a little, and I think I just maybe like doing that. I don't know.   Tahnee: (44:10) I think that's a theme in your work, and I think I also see a lot of courage in that. Like that you were able to so young guide yourself. If you haven't listened to our first podcast, Erin did a lot of really early training in energy work and things before training to be a herbalist. For a young person to have the courage to fuller those paths, I think that takes a lot of, I don't know, self belief or faith or whatever you want to call it. Is that something, you know, did you bump up against that in putting these books together? Was it like there's a self-worth thing here or like an imposter syndrome thing or were like, "No, I'm feeling strong and solid in there."   Erin Lovell Verinder: (44:52) I was really supported, so I think that feeling really cheered and supported was a huge piece of feeling like I've got this as well. Well, I just felt like someone had to do it. I felt a bit like, "Well, someone's got to do this, someone's got to do this."   Tahnee: (45:12) You're an Aries, aren't you?   Erin Lovell Verinder: (45:15) Yeah, [crosstalk 00:45:16].   Tahnee: (45:15) That's why.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (45:18) Yeah, I don't know.   Tahnee: (45:19) Aries runs a lot, "Yeah, of course, I can do it."   Erin Lovell Verinder: (45:21) Yeah, totally.   Tahnee: (45:22) Everybody else is like, Oh my God, it's so scary."   Erin Lovell Verinder: (45:25) Well, and like it's so classic me as well to just like... even when I enrolled in herbal medicine and nutritional medicine, which was like a double degree vibe is what I was doing at the same time. I didn't even read the syllabus, I was just like, "Yeah, I'm going to do this. I've got this." It was like, "I really want to be this. I wonder what's going to happen?" Then I got it and I was like, "This is a science degree."   Tahnee: (45:45) What am I doing?   Erin Lovell Verinder: (45:46) Yeah. What is this biochemistry and pharmacology? I really didn't know. I think, in a way, probably anyone doing their first book feels that way too. Like you're so excited about it, you sign up, you do it, and then you're like, "Oh my goodness, this is so much work. This is so demanding and hard." I think I did that with the first book, I just dove in and was really excited and eager. I was like, "Yeah, someone's going to do this. It's going to be great. I'm just going to tell the stories of the plants again and just introduce people back to that remembering." Then I got there and was like, "Oh, this is just this is hard." But I felt confident, and I was like... I sound like such an Aries right now.   Tahnee: (46:31) [crosstalk 00:46:31] a lot of it.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (46:35) I felt confident that I could pull it off, even though it also brought out other parts of myself. I'm a Liberian rising, and I think that I'm so such an aesthetic person and I really love things to look beautiful and be visually like visual eye candy and pull you in. That was actually really fun for me because both books, I got to strengthen that muscle in me of making things beautiful. I think too that has been missing in the modern herbalism space of bringing books to life that people want to put on their tables and the coffee tables and having the kitchen because it's beautiful.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (47:16) I think that there's just no denying that we're all very aesthetic creatures these days, and particularly, with Instagram and the social media channels where we're all pulled in from the visual of everything. Yeah, I just think it was timely to just bring a book to life that both books that are just visually pretty. But, yeah, for sure, that's definitely my nature just to be very much like just jump in.   Tahnee: (47:44) Yeah, I love it there. I think like you have brought it up, more than brought it up, and it's you're completely right in the visual. I think I've got your books at home, but I think we've also got both of them in the office and people just go straight to them. We have like, I don't know, I want to say thousands of books on herbalism and-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (48:04) You have lots of books [crosstalk 00:48:06]-   Tahnee: (48:08) I've got more even at our house, and people would just go straight for them and it's, to me, I'm like, "Oh, that's like the plants are being sung into people's hearts through the visual storytelling as well as your words." I think that's really powerful because images they connect us in a different way. Just I was looking into the moustache and picture in here and I'm like just that joy and that bright laugh that these sessions bring to a space. I think there's something really magical about that. I think what I really also liked about this one, I'm trying to remember your first book which I haven't read in a little while. But you talk about the pillars to thrive in this and I'm not sure that was in the first one. I don't think it was.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (48:55) No, it wasn't at all.   Tahnee: (48:55) Yeah, could you talk a little bit about that? Obviously, get the book for the in-depth look at it. But I'm just interested in right now we've talked a lot about where everyone's at, sensitivity, we're feeling a bit un-hinged [inaudible 00:49:10]. We've gone deep into the cosmos. We've tried to navigate gender issues in terms of some really practical stuff. Like not that none of that is practical, but-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (49:21) Not really.   Tahnee: (49:23) ... like how would you say to people like, "Yes, we've got herbs," but what are those lifestyle pieces that are non-negotiables for you that need to be honoured to be well in this time?   Erin Lovell Verinder: (49:34) Yeah, I think I feel like that's such a foundation of the book are those pillars. I wrote the book really with all of those elements in mind in every single daily planner.   Tahnee: (49:47) [crosstalk 00:49:47].   Erin Lovell Verinder: (49:47) Yeah, I wrote it around them and that's it. In my clinical practise, I've learnt that, like we talked about before, you can't compartmentalise a person's healing process and you can't pull them apart and say, "Just do this and you'll be great." What I've learned is that we've taken the herbs to really allow them to sink into a deeper state of received healing in the body. We need to do other elements and to take care of the body. We need to make sure that we are hydrated, we're eating good nourishing food that's healing for us, we're resting, we're connecting to nature. We're really mindful of what we're saying to ourselves. So our self-talk and we're moving our bodies. The pillars are just those elements, and the rest, the good food, moving your body, connected to nature, self-talk, body movement. No, I missed one.   Tahnee: (50:41) Yeah, I think you got them all.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (50:41) Drinking water.   Tahnee: (50:41) Diabetic.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (50:41) Diabetic.   Tahnee: (50:41) Connected with nature.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (50:48) Yeah, those pillars are super important. It's very naturopathic thinking about what are the elements that the body needs to, the body being, needs to be supported with to heal. You'll see in every protocol. Like let's say there's a protocol for an acute cold, it will say practise the pillars, and then it says which pillars to practise. You might want to do, obviously, like to do them all, but you really focus on rest and really focusing on hydration and eating good food. Then I suggest some foods that could be really helpful too. The book was really written around those because I really believe that to work with plant medicines, you need to also work with those elements. I felt like it was seriously negligible of me to write a book about healing with plant medicine without mentioning all those elements of how we can heal holistically and truly.   Tahnee: (51:36) It's something that comes up so much for us where someone will call and be like, "Oh, I run 50 kilometres a day and I work 80 hours away. Can I do this essentially at work? Can you give me for my adrenals?" I'm like, "Hmm." I just would like to say that I'm happy to help you and support you, but really that's not a sustainable way to live forever. These hormonal issues you're experiencing in this insomnia and all of these things that are coming up for you like we can't avoid looking at our lifestyles. I think, again, this gentleness, that was something that I've certainly learned and I felt in your... You're not preaching anything, you're not trying to say like there's a right way or a wrong way.   Tahnee: (52:21) It's just like, look, these are pretty basic foundations that we all need to acknowledge are essential to living. And you have to sleep at some point and you have to drink water. Yes, I think they just become... and it's nice to have them laid out in such a simple way, I think. I think it was really I liked that you had like say with the code immunity one, like rest is a priority now instead of maybe moving your body. I think it's important for people to remember that it's okay to not do your physical practise some days if your body needs to rest more than anything else.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (52:54) Absolutely. Yeah, they're just so fundamental to really working with healing your body and your being. It's just the simple reminders to return back to those practises and a gentle guide. That's really what it is, like those pillars to thrive when you read them and get to know them. But I can't tell you how many times in clinic I returned to those, and then constantly I'm just repeating myself around, "Let's drink more water, let's rest more, let's move the body more, let's eat these foods." It's amazing how simple it is, but we need to be reminded. I know, personally, I've got my big water bottle here and I fill it up and I'm going to really work to hit three of those a day and drink three of those a day.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (53:43) If I don't have my water bottle there, I forget. I'm just not an amazing natural water drinker. That really helps for me, and so I have to put my intention and energy towards weaving that in. Because I feel way better when I'm hydrated. It's just, yeah, it's always those elements, those little things in that book where it says, "There's a little tip on how to drink more water." I hope that really helps.   Tahnee: (54:07) That's what we get in clinic. Again, I remember being... I know we've both had adrenal crash in our lives and mine came I must've been about 23 or '4. I was pretty young. And I remember going to see this naturopath and she was like, "Okay, babe, you're going to put a bottle of water on the front seat of your car. You're going to put a bottle of water in your hand like this." Then she's like, "If you're stuck in traffic, you drink a sip of..." I had to be coached through, God it's embarrassing now, but like having enough water. Then she's like, "I know you're going to eat three meals a day and you're going to have some protein in everything."   Tahnee: (54:45) It was just this stuff that now obviously has become integrated and is stuff I'm trying to teach my kid, and constantly stay on top of it. But, yeah, I'm the same, I'm not someone that would go and reach for a glass of water unless I'm dehydrated, basically.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (55:01) Yes, to the point of dehydration.   Tahnee: (55:04) It's like, yeah, it's good. I'm like just have a jar, always there, refill it regularly. I've even had to have apps at points in my life, but it's just like that's how you get through it. Same with [inaudible 00:55:16], I was talking, a lot of moms can probably relate, you get to like 9:00 and your kid's asleep and you're like your house is clean and then you're like, "Ooh, me time." It's like-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (55:26) Yeah, and then you sit up and watch three hours of shows.   Tahnee: (55:29) [crosstalk 00:55:29] I've had to just be really tough and no fucking computers in the bedroom. Like, no, we don't have a TV, so it's like I have to be tight with that stuff or else one slip and I'm doomed. I appreciated having that, it was a good reminder even after all those years and all this money spent.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (55:55) That's the thing, these pillars really they're free. Obviously, we pay for our food, but a lot of them are super accessible and pretty much free. It's like that concept too that "wellness" is this big thing and it has to be expensive, and it's like that's actual bull. It's about coming back to these really foundational, fundamental practises that make our bodies and being seen and thrive and they are so simple. That's really what the pillars to thrive are, and yeah, you very much heavily referred to throughout the whole book to bring you back and keep reminding you how to practise them.   Tahnee: (56:41) Again, like you would have with Erin in face to face [crosstalk 00:56:44]-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (56:44) Exactly. Can you imagine me being like, "You can do it. Drink your water."   Tahnee: (56:49) Take care of yourself.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (56:50) What are you saying to yourself?   Tahnee: (56:53) You could record me a go to bed Tommy lullaby, that'd be good.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (56:59) I like that you like a-   Tahnee: (56:59) Got to sleep.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (57:01) ... little note, like a little alarm that just says, "Honey, switch off."   Tahnee: (57:05) Yeah. I've been good with pregnancy. I'm trying to really honour that I need about two more hours than I used to need at night. But, yeah, I know definitely it's an easy thing. Literally, every week at daycare pick up I chat with some mom and she's like, "Oh my God, I just started watching something I'm sure and I shouldn't have and now I had everybody..." I'm like, "I know, I've been there." I really like you're not taking clients at the moment, and you're in this liminal space. Obviously, you've had birth to book, it's not a minor thing, but I know you're still very busy with your clinic. But, obviously, don't have space for new clients. But you mentioned, is it okay if we talk about the mentoring things that are going to come? Yeah, could we talk through that one?   Erin Lovell Verinder: (57:50) Yeah, so I've got a wait list for clients, just for new clients. At this point, it's closed so we'll see when it will open up again. But, yeah, for the mentoring. So I've been doing mentoring one to one for, gosh, years and years and years, and I've loved it and I've learnt so much mentoring so many people. I really wanted to do that before writing a programme to just get this deep sense of what people are seeking, and they absolutely are themes that have come through to what I share and what people are going through. I'm in the midst of writing the mentoring programmes now in the hopes they'll be released. These things sometimes take time, but early 2022.   Tahnee: (58:36) Okay.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (58:37) Yeah, there'll be two different strains of mentoring and how you can mentor with me. It's really exciting because it's the first programmes I'll have done. Though I've taught many groups over the years, this is my first group digital offering and I think it's going to be really exciting and new ways for me to work with people and reach more people and be able to support more people and spread myself into those different spaces. It's exciting, yes.   Tahnee: (59:05) Yeah. Well, as a clinician, I could see a limited as to how many people you can see. But if you're teaching teachers and people that are working with people, then yeah, you're able to make a bigger impact.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (59:20) Sure, I mean... Oh, go ahead. Sorry.   Tahnee: (59:20) Well, I was just going to say that what are the qualifications? Is it for people who are trying to settle or studying or that what's your-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (59:23) There'll be two different streams, so one is more for people who are studying or graduated, and the other one is more people who are curious to step onto the plant path. Because they have two very different ways to teach and audiences to speak to. I'm really, really passionate about doing my very best as well to shape, or whatever I could do to help support and shape someone into feeling like a really capable and strong presence as a practitioner because it's a big job. I think that we come out of our studies, particularly here in Australia, and it's... I don't know. I was flabbergasted at how I didn't learn so much at school and I felt really unprepared. Then it's like, "Oh my God, I'm working with people. Is this right? How do I do this? And how do I set up these basics elements of my business?"   Erin Lovell Verinder: (01:00:22) You really have to be like a savvy business owner as well. I've had different iterations of having a big healing space like my own multi-modality wellness space for many years and selling that successfully and running it. Then being a head practitioner at a busy, busy clinic in Sydney, and then being digital and writing books. I've had all these different iterations and it's given me a lot of perspective. But there's a lot of things I wished that I knew when I came out, and if I can help people in that way, I'm really excited to do that because it's a big job.   Tahnee: (01:00:56) I guess like that, is that business aspect part of one of the streams? Like your-   Erin Lovell Verinder: (01:01:05) Yeah, we're definitely weaving that in and I'm so lucky to have my husband who's like-   Tahnee: (01:01:12) Mr. Noah.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (01:01:13) Mr. Noah, he's a virgo who is so amazing at... He really can show up with a skill set that I do not have and I am totally okay about not having that skillset. He's amazing at that. I sounded like I was talking myself out before, but I really I'm lacking much of that [crosstalk 01:01:31]. But, yeah, and he has a marketing background, so that's been really helpful to have his input into the course as well and how to run a business and the marketing aspect. It's huge, right? It is a huge element.   Tahnee: (01:01:48) Yeah, I only know it from yoga, but like similarly you do a teacher training and they're like, "Okay, you're a teacher now." And you like, "well, and like how do I go to class? What do I..." That worked for a studio, so I had a silver platter, like I was very fortunate. But a lot of my friends never ended up teaching because that jump from education to actual practise was really difficult.   Erin Lovell Verinder: (01:02:11) Really difficult and overwhelming.   Tahnee: (01:02:15) Yeah, and I was lucky to have worked and then managed other businesses so I had a bit of a business brain. Like I often think, God, if I didn't h

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Vamos a hablar sobre las dos polaridades más destacadas dentro de nosotros y de todo lo que nos rodea. Empezaremos por la parte más científica y racional, y terminaremos por la parte más holística e integral del Yoga.

For videos, instruction and more episodes, visit me at patreon.com/yogawithnish Happy Father's Day and Blessed Summer Solstice!Shiva-Shakti, Yang-Yin, Masculine-Feminine, Fatherhood-Motherhood Consciousness-Energy, Energy-Matter...all of these are two aspects of the same thing, two ways of looking at one principle.What is the unity beyond this seeming duality? Today we explore the Divine Masculine in Christian mysticism, Taoism and Tantra to celebrate Father's Day and welcome in powerful new energy for the coming Solstice. Enjoy :)Here is a householder prayer for all householder-yogis out there:"I vow  before the Divine to think never of myself, to take nothing for me, to surrender everything to family, society and Dharma. I will live simply and nobly.I will have no vices.For verily, I will harbour no sense of my own self for it is not "my" will but thy will be done! I will live and die by my Dharma, doing my duty as well as I can at every moment. I will not speak harsh words or harm anyone consciously and knowing that no good work is completely good (for there is bad even in good however unintentional), I will purify myself so that I no longer think myself to be the doer of actions. I will offer up all fruits now and always to you, to my family, to society and to Dharma. I will be beyond all karma for I know that works are done through me, ever by me. OM peace peace peace."

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Holly Wodetzki is the founder of women's devotional erotic dance modality, Shiva Shakti Dance, and principle teacher of the Sensual Embodied Dance™ Facilitator Training. She's spent the last decade dedicated to practicing, teaching, cultivating and refining unique embodiment practices for women that use movement and  sensual dance to drop into deeper levels of pleasure and presence, and unravel decades of social programming, baggage, and suffering. Holly wants every woman to have access to the innate beauty, power and wisdom in their bodies and feel connected and confident to fully express this aliveness flowing through them. Holly discusses her philosophy in facilitating and teaching embodiment practices such as sensual dance. She describes the advantages to practicing embodiment in group and individual settings, illustrating how embodiment helps women with attraction, relationships, communication and work-life balance. Holly discusses her exploration of the interaction between embodiment practices such as sensual dance and neuroscience. She describes the biological and neurological processes through the lens of masculine-feminine polarity. "As you explore the difference between men and women's brains and that we have different abilities and gifts that just because there's a biology there that you can't actualize yourself in a different way to what your biology dictates. Just because you might have an innate joy and skill and pleasure at nurturing doesn't mean you can't be an amazing woman in your work domain or the CEO of a company or a great leader in a boardroom of men." Join us for a powerful discussion about the neuroscience behind feminine and masculine polarity, feminine embodiment, and how it helps women with work-life balance, polarity in relationships, and finding fulfillment. Here are the details of this episode: Women's unique challenges in balancing relationship polarity, family and work Working with cycles of feminine flowing and feeling and masculine action and production to achieve greater fulfillment The flavors of embodiment practices that allow women to get in touch with their bodies, their desires and their true selves The synergistic benefits of communal and individual embodiment Holly's approach to facilitating and training in sensual embodied dance and Shiva Shakti dance The biological and neurochemical processes underlying feminine-masculine polarit. And a lot more... Links Sensual Embodied Dance Shiva Shakti Dance Tools & Resources Mentioned People/Blogs to Follow Dr. Sarah McKay Recommended Books The Wild Woman's Way by Michaela Boehm. "In The Wild Woman’s Way, Michaela Boehm shares practical rituals and exercises drawn from years of experience as a celebrity relationship and life counselor and an expert in tantric yoga. She reveals the power of different types of touch, while also training you in forms of meditation and stretching that increase activity and sensual pleasure. Soon, you will learn to switch effortlessly between the aggressive 'go-mode' required to compete successfully at work, and the feminine “flow-mode” of softness and receptivity. By harnessing the duality of the Wild Woman, you will attract and inspire meaningful relationships with romantic partners, your own body, and with life itself." The Women's Brain Book by Dr. Sarah McKay. "As women, understanding how our minds and brains are shaped and sculpted by a wide variety of factors — including genes and hormones, life experiences, society and culture, thoughts, feelings and personal beliefs. Learn exactly what happens inside our brains and bodies as we move through all of the important phases of our lives and the unique — and often misunderstood — effects of female biology and hormones."   P.S. Sign up for the free, exclusive training from me on How to Start Attracting Committed Masculine Men By Releasing Control & Letting Him Lead  to find out: The #1 reason successful women are still single and can’t attract a committed masculine man (hint: it’s not what you think) How to break through the patterns of attracting unavailable or feminine men and find your blind spot so you start attracting the men you want How to master the art of feminine/masculine polarity so you start feeling taken care of, claimed and finally be able to let go of control How to get out of the “get the guy” mindset and instead move into your full feminine self and have the guy get you Uncover The Lie of Female Success that’s keeping you stuck, exhausted and unfulfilled (in masculine energy all the time) so you can start living in freedom & joy And much more… Sign up at girlskill.com/webinar

Here is my interview with beautiful Goddess Carmela, who combines her studies in the ancient Vedic wisdom sciences - Yoga, Ayurveda and traditional Tantra with her love and passion for embodiment, dance, women’s work and expression. Carmela works with people through 1:1 mentoring, Yoga & meditation, Retreats, womens Ecstatic Dance, bodywork and massage. In this educational episode Carmela shares so much sacred wisdom with us in the realms of Tantra, Sadhana practices, Sacred Union and so many other amazing topics such as: * The power of having a sadhana (spiritual practice) * Creating connection to your body * The divine feminine expression * The power of sisterhood * Traditional tantra vs neo tantra * The alchemical process of tantra * Shiva & Shakti explained * The sacred masculine and sacred feminine explained * Sacred union explained * Samskaras is explained * How to balance your masculine & feminine energies * Releasing shame & fear * The power of dance & embodiment * How to experience sacred union within your partnership * Carmela’s twin flame story and how she met the love of her life (now husband) * Carmela’s spoken word poetry * Carmela’s sacred training in Guatemala * Astral travel & lucid dreaming * The power of grounding & embodiment * Carmela’s long term dharmic vision https://www.theveganyogitraveller.com/inspiring-humans/carmelas-story Recommended Tantra Author: David Deida Carmela’s training in Guatemala: http://www.laspiramidesdelka.com You can connect with Carmela through: Website: https://www.primalnaturehealing.com Instagram: @Carmela_King_ @primalnaturehealing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrimalNatureHealing Keep up to date with my personal offerings and journey at: Instagram: @TheVeganYogiTraveller Website: https://www.theveganyogitraveller.com

Eine besonders fordernde und besonders entspannende Yogastunde mit Sukadev. Thema: Shiva-Shakti bzw. Sonne-Mond. Sonne entspricht der Aktivität, Anstrengung, Willenskraft. Mond steht für Entspannung, Loslassen, Spüren, Geschehen Lassen. So wirst du dich in dieser Yogastunde mal sehr anstrengen und mal sehr loslassen. Sukadev erläutert dabei, was in einer Yogastunde Sonne, was Mond ist. Du bekommst so neue Einsichten und Anregungen für deine eigene Yoga-Praxis wie auch für Spiritualität im Alltag. Und vielleicht gelangst du zu besonders tiefe Erfahrungen. Mitschnitt einer Yogastunde aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Essen zum Thema Shiva-Shakti Philosophie. Weitere Yogastunden, auch als Video, auch für Anfänger, auch für Fortgeschrittene, unter mein.yoga-vidya.de/profile/Yogastunden. Für diese Yogastunde hier solltest du Vorkenntnisse haben und auch schon ein gewisses Körpergefühl. Wenn du noch keine Vorkenntnisse hast, suche auf der Yogastunden Seite nach Anfängerstunden, am besten als Video. Noch besser: Gehe in eine Yoga Vidya Yogaschule und besuche einen Anfängerkurs :-) - Dieser Beitrag ist ein Repost aus dem Jahr 2011.

Eine besonders fordernde und besonders entspannende Yogastunde mit Sukadev. Thema: Shiva-Shakti bzw. Sonne-Mond. Sonne entspricht der Aktivität, Anstrengung, Willenskraft. Mond steht für Entspannung, Loslassen, Spüren, Geschehen Lassen. So wirst du dich in dieser Yogastunde mal sehr anstrengen und mal sehr loslassen. Sukadev erläutert dabei, was in einer Yogastunde Sonne, was Mond ist. Du bekommst so neue Einsichten und Anregungen für deine eigene Yoga-Praxis wie auch für Spiritualität im Alltag. Und vielleicht gelangst du zu besonders tiefe Erfahrungen. Mitschnitt einer Yogastunde aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Essen zum Thema Shiva-Shakti Philosophie. Weitere Yogastunden, auch als Video, auch für Anfänger, auch für Fortgeschrittene, unter mein.yoga-vidya.de/profile/Yogastunden. Für diese Yogastunde hier solltest du Vorkenntnisse haben und auch schon ein gewisses Körpergefühl. Wenn du noch keine Vorkenntnisse hast, suche auf der Yogastunden Seite nach Anfängerstunden, am besten als Video. Noch besser: Gehe in eine Yoga Vidya Yogaschule und besuche einen Anfängerkurs :-) - Dieser Beitrag ist ein Repost aus dem Jahr 2011.

Repaso libre a la Transglobal World Music Chart del mes, confeccionada a través de la votación de un panel de divulgadores de las músicas del mundo de todos los continentes, del que los hacedores de Mundofonías somos cocreadores y coimpulsores. Este mes de noviembre del 2020 el número uno lo ocupa el proyecto tunecino Ammar 808. A loose review of the Transglobal World Music Chart for this month, determined by a panel of world music specialists from all the continents of which the Mundofonías’ presenters are co-creators and co-promoters. This month, November 2020, number one is for the Tunisian project Ammar 808. · Aragaki Mutsumi – Naakunii-Hantabaru – Another world of Okinawan music · Ojibo Afrobeat – Dodgy fella – Global afrobeat movement (V.A.) · Lin Shicheng & Gao Hong – Xing jie si he – Hunting eagles catching swans · 3,14 – The secret (Sampurna Kanada) – Bombyx mori · Ceferina Banquez – Sin pantaleta – ¡No me dejen sola! En vivo desde CDS, Concepción, Chile · Sandeep Das & The HUM Ensemble – Shiva / Shakti – Delhi to Damascus · Ammar 808 – Mahaganapatim (+ K. L. Sreeram) – Global control / Invisible invasion Imagen / Image: Ammar 808

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In this practice, there are two currents always at play: that of Transcendence, that which moves beyond all form, and Immanence, that which embraces all form. In Hinduism, these principles are deified as Shiva (Transcendence) and Shakti (Immanence).  In the end, these currents are not two—they are different movements of the same Divine Reality. Listen in today’s episode to the story of Ramana Maharshi and the very intimate way in which the Divine danced his life.

"Beneath me, I quiet my mind. I breathe in and I breathe out." -My Sun, My Sun I sat down with Malvina Kang at Hom's newest studio in Valley Point to chat about love, life and all things warm and wonderful. We talked about her relationship with yoga, the history of Hom and how it came to be, and a call-to-action for embracing the power of our inner Shiva-Shakti.  If you like what you hear, subscribe to this poddy! DM me at @aaaroning if you have anything you'd like to ask or if you'd simply like to reach out, I'll be sure to holla back. Later aligator, Aaron ------------------------------------ Malvina has no Instagram so her's her bio on the Hom Yoga site here: https://homyoga.com/products/malvina-kang ------------------------------------ Support the podcast by buying me a coffee on Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mostlyyoga  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaaroning/ https://www.instagram.com/mostlyyogapodcast/ ------------------------------------ Thanks to this week's sponsor:  BC Flowstate (Movement and Fitness Coach) Rediscover the way you move, feel and perform through the use of natural and authentic movements that can help you build strength, regain mobility and reconnect yourself with your physical body.  Certifications: TRS Movement & Mobility specialist Animal Flow L1, 2 & AFD Ginastica Natural L1, 2 & 3 Stick Mobility L1 Steel Mace Flow L1 Follow Bronson on Instagram at @bc_flowstate for updates on his upcoming Animal Flow, Ginastica Natural and various movement workshops.  Or listen to the All Grit No Slack Podcast for tips and tricks on how to stay mobile, available on Spotify, Apple Podcast and more! https://allgritnoslack.podbean.com/   Red Dot Chilli Peppers (For the love of all things spicy on our little red dot!) Previously known as Jack's Homemade Cilantro Chilli, this is the magnum opus of Chef Dad packs a punchy umami kick. And no, we're not messing around with the umami-ness either!  Place your orders here:  https://www.instagram.com/reddotchillipeppers/ https://www.facebook.com/reddotchillipeppers/

I'm thrilled to Introduce Coral Brown, who is known and loved in her local community and around the world. Coral is a mother, a dharma dweller, and a teacher of teachers. She is known for her integrative, lighthearted approach that fuses the energetic, creative energy of vinyasa yoga with her experience as a holistic counselor. Coral is a licensed mental health counselor and draws on twenty years of experience in yoga, philosophy, and holistic counseling to provide fertile, open space for the processes of healing and transformation. Coral's teachings are fueled by the desire to reveal and cultivate the essence of our individual and collective dharma and instill it into every aspect of our being. Coral leads worldwide teacher trainings, retreats, and workshops. She is a regular contributor to Yoga Journal and has featured classes on YogaGirl.com. (https://www.yogagirl.com) Listen in as we talk about yoga philosophy, chakras, the nine faces of the Goddess, Hindu mythology, our basic human needs, the principals of Shakti Shiva, and what's happening in the world now, and so much more. In this episode, Coral shares more about her extensive studies in philosophy and yoga which have allowed her to access a layer of healing that goes beyond traditional methods. She explains that she was “blessed with depression,” and how this experience helped her to more deeply understand and embrace her own dharma. Coral shares her own dharma statement (statement of purpose) reflecting the values she holds: Truth, Compassion, Reverence, Commitment, Considerate, Ethical, Generous, Service, Respectful, Humility, Resilience, Perseverance, Mindful, Integrity, Loyal, Purposeful, Empathy, Faith. “I strive to mindfully live in alignment with my authentic self and to risk discomfort if it serves my personal evolution. In dealings with others, I will act with integrity and goodwill. I will be graceful, fair, conscious, and truthful. I will tenaciously continue to develop my skills and use them with humble confidence to raise the collective consciousness toward healing, fortifying, and integrating body, mind, and spirit. I will live what I love.” As a licensed holistic counselor, Coral is interested in supporting and enhancing the mind, body, and spirit of each client. She holds space and provides guidance and support that leads to personal transformation and integration. She believes that while this process takes courage, it can be lifesaving and life-changing. Her ideal client is someone who is ready to take the risk to fully embrace their strengths and their vulnerabilities in order to live a meaningful life. Aurobindo: "If there is to be a future, it will wear the crown of feminine design.” Show Notes: * The Search for MEaning + Dharma and Shraddha - the understanding of our purpose. * Shiva/Shakti and the integration of the masculine and the feminine. * Mythos - the story of the people. * The shadow side of our human experience can be integrated, healed, and whole when we can look at our imperfections objectively and give ourselves permission to embrace all aspects of our Self. * The nine nights of the Goddess which include both masculine and feminine principals. * Using the Gods and Goddesses as archetypes to understand aspects of the self. * The Long Bag We Drag * The Meeting of East and West * Yoga as a practice to integrate the masculine and feminine within us. * Start where you are. * Yoga helps us tap into our parasympathetic brain where we can regulate and relax, where we feel safe, effective, inspired. * Resources and Reference from Coral PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/fdgimpwwjerzkaq/Resources%20and%20References.pdf?dl=0)

The first part of a series of discourses on mindful living and multi-faith spirituality, given in Kiental, Switzerland in 2000.

Eine besonders fordernde und besonders entspannende Yogastunde mit Sukadev. Thema: Shiva-Shakti bzw. Sonne-Mond. Sonne entspricht der Aktivität, Anstrengung, Willenskraft. Mond steht für Entspannung, Loslassen, Spüren, Geschehen Lassen. So wirst du dich in dieser Yogastunde mal sehr anstrengen und mal sehr loslassen. Sukadev erläutert dabei, was in einer Yogastunde Sonne, was Mond ist. Du bekommst so neue Einsichten und Anregungen für deine eigene Yoga-Praxis wie auch für Spiritualität im Alltag. Und vielleicht gelangst du zu besonders tiefe Erfahrungen. Mitschnitt einer Yogastunde aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Essen zum Thema Shiva-Shakti Philosophie. Weitere Yogastunden, auch als Video, auch für Anfänger, auch Der Beitrag Yogastunde Shiva-Shakti Sonne-Mond erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Eine besonders fordernde und besonders entspannende Yogastunde mit Sukadev. Thema: Shiva-Shakti bzw. Sonne-Mond. Sonne entspricht der Aktivität, Anstrengung, Willenskraft. Mond steht für Entspannung, Loslassen, Spüren, Geschehen Lassen. So wirst du dich in dieser Yogastunde mal sehr anstrengen und mal sehr loslassen. Sukadev erläutert dabei, was in einer Yogastunde Sonne, was Mond ist. Du bekommst so neue Einsichten und Anregungen für deine eigene Yoga-Praxis wie auch für Spiritualität im Alltag. Und vielleicht gelangst du zu besonders tiefe Erfahrungen. Mitschnitt einer Yogastunde aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Essen zum Thema Shiva-Shakti Philosophie. Weitere Yogastunden, auch als Video, auch für Anfänger, auch Der Beitrag Yogastunde Shiva-Shakti Sonne-Mond erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

In this episode, Ciara shares the story of Shiva + Shakti and how we each have these masculine and feminine energies within us that so desperately need to be balanced. When we are able to find balance in both of these energies, we are able to have more flow within our lives and create essentially peace on Earth for ourselves.

Elena is an authentic, well-practiced healer through and through. She shares her journey as a massage therapist, holistic energy healer, yoga teacher, and wellness center business owner that has been unfolding for the last 11 years. Throughout the WisdomShare, Elena unravels Eastern Philosophies like Kundalini, Shiva, & Shakti so those who are unfamiliar (and familiar alike!) can easily digest these ideologies. Chan & Elena explore how we can infuse Western Mindset with Easter Practices to find more peace & connection with self.   Elena | www.elenarosedavis.com | @DeviElenaRose |Podcast: Embrace the Serpent | Youtube: Elena Rose Davis  | Denver, CO Wellness Center: www.denverpeaceofmindmassage.com   Chan | @ChanCastano | Facebook.Com/WiseBodyMind

In satsang this week, Swami Shankarananda celebrated the birthday of the great saint, Bhagavan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, India. In this talk, Swamiji explored Bhagavan's aphoristic teachings on becoming one with the infinite, the sacred sound of Om, the concept of Shiva/Shakti, the power of the breath and mastering thought and feeling. This podcast was recorded live at The Ashram on the 30th of November, 2019. Join Swamiji and Devi Ma at The Ashram's upcoming 'Ganeshpuri Days' Summer Meditation Retreat, Jan 2020. Partake in daily practices of meditation, yoga, lectures on spirituality and evening satsangs. This retreat will also be the official launch of Swamiji's new book, 'Ganeshpuri Days: Memoirs of a Western Yogi'. Click here to learn more.

Ajna chakra has two lotus petals dedicated to the sun, the other to the moon (e.g. light and dark, or male and female) merged at the centre. Bindi and traditional head ornament with sun and moon pendants. Traditionally, the area between the eyebrows (where the bindi is placed) is said to be the sixth chakra, ajna, the seat of "concealed wisdom". The bindi is said to retain energy and strengthen concentration. The bindi also represents the third eye. The Nasadiya Sukta of the Rig Veda, the earliest known Sanskrit text, mentions the word Bindu. The Ajna is symbolised by a sacred lotus with two petals, and corresponds to the colours violet, indigo or deep blue, though it is traditionally described as white. It is at this point that the two sides Nadi Ida (yoga) and Pingala are said to terminate and merge with the central channel Sushumna, signifying the end of duality, the characteristic of being dual (e.g. light and dark, or male and female). The seed syllable for this chakra is the syllable OM, and the presiding deity is Ardhanarishvara, who is a half male, half female Shiva/Shakti. The Shakti goddess of Ajna is called Hakini. In metaphysics, Bindu is considered the dot or point at which creation begins and may become unity. It is also described as "the sacred symbol of the cosmos in its unmanifested state". Bindu is the point around which the mandala is created, representing the universe.[6] Ajna (along with Bindu), is known as the third eye chakra and is linked to the pineal gland[clarification needed] which may inform a model of its envisioning. The pineal gland is a light sensitive gland that produces the hormone melatonin which regulates sleep and waking up, and is also postulated to be the production site of the psychedelic dimethyltryptamine, the only known hallucinogen endogenous to the human body. Ajna's key issues involve balancing the higher and lower selves and trusting inner guidance. Ajna's inner aspect relates to the access of intuition. Mentally, Ajna deals with visual consciousness. Emotionally, Ajna deals with clarity on an intuitive level --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/varanasi-cosmic-energy/message

Brahma Shakti ist die Schöpferkraft. Brahma Shakti ist auch ein Name von Saraswati, des weiblichen Aspektes von Brahma. Die göttliche Mutter, Devi, Shakti, manifestiert sich als Brahma Shakti, Vishnu Shakti, Shiva Shakti. Gerade im Tantra und im Shaktismus wird ja mehr die weibliche Seite des Göttlichen verehrt. Höre in diesem Vortrag von und mit Sukadev über Brahma Shakti, die kreative Energie im Universum.

Holly Wodetzki is the founder, teacher and creative director of Shiva Shakti Dance - a unique embodiment practice that uses movement to calm your mind and get back into your body so you can drop into deeper levels of pleasure and presence, and unravel decades of social programming, baggage, and suffering. After she had discovered the wild-hearted transformative power of dance and the embrace of Shakti, Holly has been mission is to light a path for women to awaken their feminine & masculine essence through connecting deeply with their sexuality. Holly loves painting, performance art, gardening, dogs, foraging for mushrooms, playing with her daughter and dancing with and for her husband. "Success is a feeling that I am contributing something meaningful to the world and living in a meaningful way." Join us for a conversation of why embodiment, movement, and dance are essential tools for the modern world to stay alive, sensual and sane and how motherhood transforms our psyches, our sex life and the will to surrender. Here are the details of our conversation: Dance, movement, and expression in Holly's life Feminine Embodiment as the art of our life The manifestation & expression of the Shiva/Shakti polarity in our lives The innate intelligence of the body and how tot work with it The importance of learning how to be with what we feel Why motherhood & surrender are so intertwined Letting go and trusting as the solution to suffering Practical tools to start accessing the wisdom of the body How sexuality relates to pleasure Why sex is better after childbirth How motherhood evokes the dark, raw and primal energies in our bodies And much more... Join us at girlskill.com/117 P. S. Sign up for the free, exclusive training from me on “The Lie of Female Success: How to Get Unstuck, Release Pressure & Stop Trying to Do It All” to find out: How to overcome the "Superwoman Syndrome" so you can start living in freedom, with ease, and owning your truth True feminine power and what you can do right now to begin feeling supported, stop pushing & controlling your life and men How to rediscover, embrace and cultivate feminine flow and become embodied so you can stop overthinking and start making decisions from the heart The essence of masculine/feminine polarity and how to attract and magnify the relationship you want And much more… Sign up at girlskill.com/webinar  

This week in satsang, inspired by the recent retreat on the same topic, Swami Shankarananda gave a talk on the ancient Kashmir Shaivism principle of spanda. In this talk, Swamiji explored how we as yogis can get in touch with this principle and how it can show up in our inner world. Swamiji also discussed the thirty-six tattvas, Consciousness and the West’s opposition to the concept, the Shiva/Shakti relationship and the idea of embracing the world in our spiritual life.     Did you you know you can be part of our online global community and watch satsang streamed live from anywhere in the world? Recently upgraded to HD, you can also re-watch satsang anytime at your leisure. Sign up to watch online and feel connected to the community at www.satsanglive.com.au  

Destroy It Up singer-songwriter and yoga teacher Joe Simek is back with a new release, a two-song indie-rock EP called Shiva Shakti. In this episode, he debuts the song "Shiva" and breaks down the philosophy behind the song, which was greatly influenced by the Five Acts of Shiva as represented in the Nataraja. He also talks about why he named his project Destroy It Up, and his Jeff Tweedy and Christopher Hareesh Wallis influences! Learn more at www.destroyitup.com.

If you’re ever been curious about the true origins of Tantra, Shiva Shakti, Meditation and the Yoga Sutras, this episode is for you. I sit with world-renown Yogiraj Alan Finger to discuss the ancient roots of these healing sciences. Connect with Alan at ishtayoga.com Get 35% off your order of Youveda supplements at youveda.com with code “sahara” Try Vahdam Teas chai sampler by heading over to vahdamteas.com and use coupon code "sahara" for 20% off Start your professional health career at Southern California University of Health Science and receive $50 off application fee at scuhs.com/apply with code "sahararose" Get 20% off your Organifi Green Juice + Adaptogenic Superfood blends at organifi.com with coupon code "sahara" Intro + Outro Music: Silent Ganges by Maneesh de Moor Be part of a community that supports you discovering your dharma in Rose Gold Goddesses, the sacred sisterhood collective with community, content, creativity and so much more — learn more about rosegoldgoddesses.com. Discover Your Dosha (Mind-Body Type) with my free quiz: iamsahararose.com Connect with me for daily Ayurvedic and modern spiritual wisdom at Instagram: @iamsahararose Facebook.com/iamsahararose Twitter.com/iamsahararose Order Eat Feel Fresh: A Contemporary Plant-Based Ayurvedic Cookbook and receive my Essential Oils for Your Doshas E-book FREE here: eatfeelfresh.com/book

Are you living from your head? And you ready to dive into your body? To move through strong emotions gently?  Do you want to understand your body better but don’t know where to start. In this episode you will learn how to get intimately connected with your bodies and emotions by Holly  Founder of Shiva Shakti Dance, Holly is passionate about creating embodiment practices and transformational spaces for women to open their hearts and hips, to live their full potential by connecting deeply with their creative sexual energy and capacity for deep presence.  Holly gives practical how-to’s and techniques to begin connecting with your body, emotions. So, let’s dive into todays episode!  Show notes: https://sarahmarieliddle.com/035-devotional-erotic-dance-with-holly-wodetzki/

Episode 242: Madelyn Moon speaks a great deal about the Divine Feminine and Masculine energies...but what do these two energies truly represent? And more specifically, what is the masculine? There are so many misconceptions out there about what the Divine Masculine looks and feels like. Madelyn explains why the Divine Masculine is not about obsessive hustle and aggression in this episode. In this podcast series, Maddy Moon will be diving into the Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine and Polarity in Relationships, one podcast at a time. If you've been yearning to learn how to tap into this Yin/Yang, Moon/Sun, Alpha/Omega and Shiva/Shakti energy... this is the perfect series to tune into. Let us know your key takeaways by commenting below! Show notes: Get the strategies and tools you need to bring your dream business to life. Join B-School HERE An update with her relationship with Matt. January had feminine energy and February had masculine energy for Maddy. One of the top priorities in our lives is foundation/stability. What is the toxic masculine and the pure masculine? Water (feminine) needs something to be able to be contained. The container represents the masculine energy so the feminine can flow. River analogy to explain feminine and masculine energy.  Masculine is presence and depth. It’s the part of you that’s never changed. The beautiful bright light that is in the center of your chest. This light is always there - it does not change. It’s like God - it’s so deep. Masculine is the lack of movement — it’s meditation; logic; structure. Why people get confused with masculine energy. “The pure masculine is not obsessive hustle.” Why we're confusing men with the masculine. “We need to do this work to realize that the masculine energy is not scary.” Whoever in the partnership who is in the masculine space needs to be able to hold the feminine energy. Whoever is feeling the most is in the feminine and whoever is in the depth is in the masculine. Direction on how to come together with these energies and how you can harness this energy for yourself. Sometimes when we’re raised by harsh fathers, we confuse the masculine for being harsh.  How we can heal our masculine views. Our masculine is responsible for showing us what we need. How meditation, acro yoga and breathing can help heal our masculine.  Feminine Surrender Retreat: May 17 - 19  A list of books to go deeper into these energies HERE.  To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go HERE Connect with Maddy: Instagram Mind Body Musings Podcast Coaching Get your free gift >> Maddy's 100+ Favourite Books List HERE

Episode 242: Madelyn Moon speaks a great deal about the Divine Feminine and Masculine energies...but what do these two energies truly represent? And more specifically, what is the masculine? There are so many misconceptions out there about what the Divine Masculine looks and feels like. Madelyn explains why the Divine Masculine is not about obsessive hustle and aggression in this episode. In this podcast series, Maddy Moon will be diving into the Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine and Polarity in Relationships, one podcast at a time. If you've been yearning to learn how to tap into this Yin/Yang, Moon/Sun, Alpha/Omega and Shiva/Shakti energy... this is the perfect series to tune into. Let us know your key takeaways by commenting below! Show notes: Get the strategies and tools you need to bring your dream business to life. Join B-School here: http://share.marieforleobschool.com/stlNH An update with her relationship with Matt. Why January had feminine energy and February had masculine energy for Maddy. One of the top priorities in our lives is foundation/stability. What is the toxic masculine and what is the pure masculine? Water (feminine energy) needs something to be able to be contained. The container represents the masculine energy so the feminine can flow. River analogy to explain feminine and masculine energy. Masculine is presence and depth. It’s the part of you that’s never changed. The beautiful bright light that is in the center of your chest. This light is always there - it does not change. It’s like God - it’s so deep. Masculine is the lack of movement — it’s meditation; logic; structure. Why people get confused with masculine energy. “The pure masculine is not obsessive hustle.” Why we're confusing men with the masculine. “We need to do this work to realize that the masculine energy is not scary.” Whoever in the partnership who is in the masculine space needs to be able to hold the feminine energy. Whoever is feeling the most is in the feminine and whoever is in the depth is in the masculine. Direction on how to come together with these energies and how you can harness this energy for yourself. Sometimes when we’re raised by harsh fathers, we confuse the masculine for being harsh.  How we can heal our masculine views. Our masculine is responsible for showing us what we need. How meditation, acro yoga and breathing can help heal our masculine. Feminine Surrender Retreat: May 17 - 19: https://maddymoon.com/events A list of books to go deeper into these energies: https://maddymoon.com/freegift To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go here: http://audibletrial.com/mindbodymusings Connect with Maddy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madelynmoon/ Mind Body Musings Podcast: http://maddymoon.com/itunes Coaching: https://maddymoon.com/coaching/ Get your free gift >> https://maddymoon.com/freegift [Tweet "What's your leading energy? Divine Masculine or Divine Feminine? #mindbodymusings #podcast"] {RETREAT} The Feminine Surrender: A Weekend Haven for Restoring Trust, Love and Expression is approaching. May 17th - 19th https://maddymoon.com/events/

In today's episode I provide some advice on the first part of yoga practice: tapas, the purification of our mental patterns. I also use AOC as a metaphor for Shiva Shakti. Enjoy! Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon and rate the podcast right here on your app or at iTunes. Thank you!

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Episode 239: Madelyn Moon speaks a great deal about the Divine Feminine and Masculine energies...but what do these two energies truly represent? And more specifically, what is the feminine? How do we feel it on a daily basis? How do we know when we are in alignment with our feminine? How do we "step into" our feminine when we are feeling extra masculine? Is it safe or acceptable to be in our feminine if we are working in a male-dominated workplace or society? These are all great questions that Maddy gets asked on a regular basis. In this podcast series, Maddy Moon will be diving into the Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine and Polarity in Relationships, one podcast at a time. If you've been yearning to learn how to tap into this Yin/Yang, Moon/Sun, Alpha/Omega and Shiva/Shakti energy... this is the perfect series to tune into. Let us know your key takeaways by commenting below! Show notes: What the feminine is and what it is not. The feminine is energy — the flow; the movement. Water as an analogy for feminine energy. The toxic versions of feminine energy: victimhood, powerless, weak, manipulative, needy, withholding, overly emotional, co-dependent, jealous. Why you should “reveal your heart” and what this means. Underneath the toxic femininity is a longing and processing grief. “The feminine is chaos.” Some people are born with a masculine physical body but with feminine emotional body or vice versa. Why Maddy Moon thinks that you most likely do not have as much masculine energy as you think you do, but rather because you’re raised in a world with masculine energy. Why we want to be in our femininity energy. “Use your body to move slower.” To get a list of my top 100 favorite books FOR FREE, go here: https://maddymoon.com/freegift To get a free 30-day trial of Audible + 1 free book, go here: http://audibletrial.com/mindbodymusings Learn more about how to connect to this sacred goddess energy at one of my retreats: https://maddymoon.com/events Connect with Maddy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madelynmoon/ Mind Body Musings Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-body-musings-podcast/id866031519?mt=2 Coaching: https://maddymoon.com/coaching/ Get your free gift >> Maddy's 100+ Favourite Books List: https://maddymoon.com/freegift [Tweet "When was the last time you connected with your sacred goddess energy? #mindbodymusings #podcast"] {RETREAT} The Feminine Surrender: A Weekend Haven for Restoring Trust, Love and Expression is approaching. Sign up to be notified of the next one: https://maddymoon.com/events/

In today's episode, I begin with a talk about getting what you want — and not getting what you want. It leads to a discussion of the Course in Miracles and how the same topics are addressed in yoga. In the final segment, I play some excerpts from our Psych Rock Kirtan album Shiva Shakti, which is available on BandCamp. It features me and Idgy Dean and you should go download it! Please support Peter's Podcast on Patreon. It's how we roll. Namaste.

Sukadev erläutert in diesem Podcast die Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie und beschreibt Schwarzes Tantra, Rotes Tantra sowie Weißes Tantra. Tantra ist ein Bereich aus dem Kundalini Yoga, dem Yoga der Energie, der auf einer bestimmten Philosophie beruht, die man als Shiva Shakti Philosophie bezeichnen kann. Aber was ist Tantra? Man kann sagen, Tantra ist eine religionsübergreifende spirituelle Bewegung, die im Süd- und Südostasien existiert. Tantra legt einen besonderen Wert auf die Verehrung der Göttlichen Mutter. Weiterhin geht Sukadev in diesem Podcast auf Linkes Tantra und Rechtes Tantra ein. Dieses ist der 2. Teil aus der Vortragsreihe über Kundalini Yoga. Dort, auf unserem Kundalini Portal, findest du weitere wissenswerte Informationen. Darüber hinaus ist dieser Vortrag Teil der Vortragsreihe - „Yoga Vidya Schulung – Der ganzheitliche Yogaweg“.

Sukadev erläutert in diesem Podcast die Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie und beschreibt Schwarzes Tantra, Rotes Tantra sowie Weißes Tantra. Tantra ist ein Bereich aus dem Kundalini Yoga, dem Yoga der Energie, der auf einer bestimmten Philosophie beruht, die man als Shiva Shakti Philosophie bezeichnen kann. Aber was ist Tantra? Man kann sagen, Tantra ist eine religionsübergreifende spirituelle Bewegung, die im Süd- und Südostasien existiert. Tantra legt einen besonderen Wert auf die Verehrung der Göttlichen Mutter. Weiterhin geht Sukadev in diesem Podcast auf Linkes Tantra und Rechtes Tantra ein. Dieses ist der 2. Teil aus der Vortragsreihe über Kundalini Yoga. Dort, auf Der Beitrag Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie und Tantra – YVS088 erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Sukadev erläutert in diesem Podcast die Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie und beschreibt Schwarzes Tantra, Rotes Tantra sowie Weißes Tantra. Tantra ist ein Bereich aus dem Kundalini Yoga, dem Yoga der Energie, der auf einer bestimmten Philosophie beruht, die man als Shiva Shakti Philosophie bezeichnen kann. Aber was ist Tantra? Man kann sagen, Tantra ist eine religionsübergreifende spirituelle Bewegung, die im Süd- und Südostasien existiert. Tantra legt einen besonderen Wert auf die Verehrung der Göttlichen Mutter. Weiterhin geht Sukadev in diesem Podcast auf Linkes Tantra und Rechtes Tantra ein. Dieses ist der 2. Teil aus der Vortragsreihe über Kundalini Yoga. Dort, auf unserem Kundalini Portal, findest du weitere wissenswerte Informationen. Darüber hinaus ist dieser Vortrag Teil der Vortragsreihe - „Yoga Vidya Schulung – Der ganzheitliche Yogaweg“.

Eine angeleitete Yogastunde für Harmonie inmitten aller Dualitäten. Shiva und Shakti symbolisieren Bewusstsein und Materie, Sonne und Monde, männlich und weiblich. Sukadev macht das zum Thema dieser Yogastunde. Er leitet dich zu den klassischen Übungen der Yoga Vidya Reihe an – und hilft dir, die geistigen, energetischen und spirituellen Aspekte vor dem Hintergrund von Shiva 24und Shakti bewusst zu erleben. Mitschnitt aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg Der Beitrag Shiva-Shakti Yogastunde Mittelstufe erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Eine angeleitete Yogastunde für Harmonie inmitten aller Dualitäten. Shiva und Shakti symbolisieren Bewusstsein und Materie, Sonne und Monde, männlich und weiblich. Sukadev macht das zum Thema dieser Yogastunde. Er leitet dich zu den klassischen Übungen der Yoga Vidya Reihe an – und hilft dir, die geistigen, energetischen und spirituellen Aspekte vor dem Hintergrund von Shiva 24und Shakti bewusst zu erleben. Mitschnitt aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg Der Beitrag Shiva-Shakti Yogastunde Mittelstufe erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Eine angeleitete Yogastunde für Harmonie inmitten aller Dualitäten. Shiva und Shakti symbolisieren Bewusstsein und Materie, Sonne und Monde, männlich und weiblich. Sukadev macht das zum Thema dieser Yogastunde. Er leitet dich zu den klassischen Übungen der Yoga Vidya Reihe an – und hilft dir, die geistigen, energetischen und spirituellen Aspekte vor dem Hintergrund von Shiva 24und Shakti bewusst zu erleben. Mitschnitt aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg Der Beitrag Shiva-Shakti Yogastunde Mittelstufe erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

6A Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie, Intensives Pranayama mit Bhastrika Mudra Reihe - Kursaudio der 6. Woche Kurs Fortgeschrittenes Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga Tantra, Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie, Entstehung des Universums, die verschiedenen Ebenen des Seins: Mit dieser Theorie beginnt das Kursaudio der 6. Woche des Kurses "Fortgeschrittenes Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga" von und mit Sukadev Bretz. Schwerpunkt der intensiven Pranayama-Praxis ist das lernen und Üben der Bhastrika Mudra Reihe, eine besonders fortgeschrittene Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga Übungsfolge. Sukadev leitet dich an zu: - Kapalabhati, 200, 300, 400 Ausatmungen - 35 Minuten Wechselatmung 6:24:12 mit Samanu und Moksha Mantras - Bhastrika Mudra Reihe Du Bhastrika Mudra Reihe enthält: - Mahamudra - Shakti Chalini - Maha Vedha - Lola Mudra - Bhujangini Mudra - Khechari Mudra Die Praxis-Anleitung schließt mit Meditation und Abschlussmantras. Hinweis: Dies ist kein Kurs zum Selbststudium. Wenn du das fortgeschrittene Pranayama noch nicht bei Yoga Vidya kennengelernt hast, dann übe mit den anderen Audios von Yoga Vidya, z.B. Atemkurs für Anfänger oder Pranayama Kurs Mittelstufe. Dieser Podcast, diese Ausgabe des 8-Wochenkurses "Fortgeschrittenes Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga", ist die Tonspur eines Videos, zu finden auf YouTube.

6A Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie, Intensives Pranayama mit Bhastrika Mudra Reihe - Kursaudio der 6. Woche Kurs Fortgeschrittenes Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga Tantra, Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie, Entstehung des Universums, die verschiedenen Ebenen des Seins: Mit dieser Theorie beginnt das Kursaudio der 6. Woche des Kurses "Fortgeschrittenes Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga" von und mit Sukadev Bretz. Schwerpunkt der intensiven Pranayama-Praxis ist das lernen und Üben der Bhastrika Mudra Reihe, eine besonders fortgeschrittene Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga Übungsfolge. Sukadev leitet dich an zu: - Kapalabhati, 200, 300, 400 Ausatmungen - 35 Minuten Wechselatmung 6:24:12 mit Samanu und Moksha Mantras - Bhastrika Mudra Reihe Du Bhastrika Mudra Reihe enthält: - Mahamudra - Shakti Chalini - Maha Vedha - Lola Mudra - Bhujangini Mudra - Khechari Mudra Die Praxis-Anleitung schließt mit Meditation und Abschlussmantras. Hinweis: Dies ist kein Kurs zum Selbststudium. Wenn du das fortgeschrittene Pranayama noch nicht bei Yoga Vidya kennengelernt hast, dann übe mit den anderen Audios von Yoga Vidya, z.B. Atemkurs für Anfänger oder Pranayama Kurs Mittelstufe. Dieser Podcast, diese Ausgabe des 8-Wochenkurses "Fortgeschrittenes Pranayama und Kundalini Yoga", ist die Tonspur eines Videos, zu finden auf YouTube.

Sukadev spricht über die Shiva-Shakti-Mala. Eine Shiva-Shakti-Mala besteht aus Sphatika (Bergkristall) und Rudraksha (ein großer Samen). Sphatika ist der göttlichen Mutter (Durga, Shakti) heilig. Rudraksha ist dem Shiva heilig. Die Shiva-Shakti-Mala besteht daher aus einer Hälfte Bergkristall-Perlen, und einer Hälfte Rudraksha Perlen. http://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Shiva-Shakti-Mala. Diese Ausgabe des Mantra-Meditation-Podcast ist die Tonspur eines Mantra Videos. Du siehst hier zwar nicht die Mala - aber die Ausführungen von Sukadev können trotzdem für dich interessant sein. Shiva-Shakti Mala ist spezielle Form der Japa Mala. Übrigens: Viele Podcasts findest du auch auf der Yoga App von Yoga Vidya.

Sukadev spricht über die Shiva-Shakti-Mala. Eine Shiva-Shakti–Mala besteht aus Sphatika (Bergkristall) und Rudraksha (ein großer Samen). Sphatika ist der göttlichen Mutter (Durga, Shakti) heilig. Rudraksha ist dem Shiva heilig. Die Shiva-Shakti-Mala besteht daher aus einer Hälfte Bergkristall-Perlen, und einer Hälfte Rudraksha Perlen. https://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Shiva-Shakti-Mala. Diese Ausgabe des Mantra-Meditation-Podcast ist die Tonspur eines Mantra Videos. Du siehst hier zwar nicht die Mala – aber die Ausführungen von Sukadev können trotzdem für dich interessant sein. Shiva-Shakti Mala ist spezielle Form der Japa Mala. Übrigens: Viele Podcasts findest du auch auf der Yoga App Der Beitrag Shiva-Shakti-Mala erschien zuerst auf Yoga Vidya Blog - Yoga, Meditation und Ayurveda.

Live class from Shiva Shakti

75 minutes of yoga with Brandon Compagnone, live from Shiva Shakti in Northampton, MA. No abs in this class:)

Spiritual Talk given by Swami Atmavidyananda at the Santa Barbara Temple on January 8, 2017. Swami discusses how Hindu deities are sometimes portrayed as both male and female, as well as the androgynous nature of deities in other religions and cultures.

Sukadev spricht über die Shiva-Shakti-Mala. Eine Shiva-Shakti-Mala besteht aus Sphatika (Bergkristall) und Rudraksha (ein großer Samen). Sphatika ist der göttlichen Mutter (Durga, Shakti) heilig. Rudraksha ist dem Shiva heilig. Die Shiva-Shakti-Mala besteht daher aus einer Hälfte Bergkristall-Perlen, und einer Hälfte Rudraksha Perlen. http://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/Shiva-Shakti-Mala. Diese Ausgabe des Mantra-Meditation-Podcast ist die Tonspur eines Mantra Videos. Du siehst hier zwar nicht die Mala - aber die Ausführungen von Sukadev können trotzdem für dich interessant sein. Shiva-Shakti Mala ist spezielle Form der Japa Mala. Übrigens: Viele Podcasts findest du auch auf der Yoga App von Yoga Vidya.

En este programa, Christian Gutierrez Valerdi nos habló acerca de la danza Shiva-Shakti... Lo masculino y lo femenino danzaran conversando

En este programa, Christian Gutierrez Valerdi nos habló acerca de la danza Shiva-Shakti... Lo masculino y lo femenino danzaran conversando

Exploring the integration of male and female energies based on the Hindu Gods Shiva and Parvati or Shakti with Paul John Roach.

DESIRE and our attachments to the objects of desire are such fertile territory for deeply transformative work. when we start to realize the power of our own desire, independent of any object... we drop so far into our SHAKTI! When we are hostages to the objects of our desire, we play small, we are blind to our own true nature. This is a meditation for major shakti-mama goodness. SO happy you are here. If this is interesting to you and you're listening before March 9, 2016, you can still join us for the Whole Yoga Spring Immersion. Learn more here. LOVE. GRATITUDE. SHIVA-SHAKTI! show-notes at http://samadhirush.com/ love@samadhirush.com

Eine angeleitete Yogastunde für Harmonie inmitten aller Dualitäten. Shiva und Shakti symbolisieren Bewusstsein und Materie, Sonne und Monde, männlich und weiblich. Sukadev macht das zum Thema dieser Yogastunde. Er leitet dich zu den klassischen Übungen der Yoga Vidya Reihe an – und hilft dir, die geistigen, energetischen und spirituellen Aspekte vor dem Hintergrund von Shiva […]

Yogastunde für Harmonie inmitten aller Dualitäten. Shiva und Shakti symbolisieren Bewusstsein und Materie, Sonne und Monde, männlich und weiblich. Sukadev macht das zum Thema dieser Yogastunde. Er leitet dich zu den klassischen Übungen der Yoga Vidya Reihe an - und hilft dir, die geistigen, energetischen und spirituellen Aspekte vor dem Hintergrund von Shiva und Shakti bewusst zu erleben. Mitschnitt aus einem Workshop bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg

5 Minuten für mehr Bewusstheit. Sukadev leitet dich an zur Wahrnehmung der Göttlichkeit hinter der ganzen Schöpfung (Shakti) und des unveränderlichen Bewusstseins (Shiva) in dir und hinter der ganzen Schöpfung. Zur Einleitung und zum Ausklang OM und Mantra. Aufnahme aus einem Workshop zu Shiva-Shakti bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg

5 Minuten für mehr Bewusstheit. Sukadev leitet dich an zur Wahrnehmung der Göttlichkeit hinter der ganzen Schöpfung (Shakti) und des unveränderlichen Bewusstseins (Shiva) in dir und hinter der ganzen Schöpfung. Zur Einleitung und zum Ausklang OM und Mantra. Aufnahme aus einem Workshop zu Shiva-Shakti bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg Der Beitrag Kurze Shiva-Shakti-Meditation erschien zuerst auf […]

Shiva und Shakti, Ha und Tha, Sonne und Mond, Yang und Yin - das Leben ist Polarität. Entstehen und Vergehen, Gestalten und Loslassen, Geben und Empfangen, Durchsetzen und Nachgeben - alles hat seinen Platz im Leben. Ein spiritueller Aspirant sollte sowohl seine Sonnen- als auch seine Mondseite kultivieren. Ein spiritueller Aspirant hat auch den Mut, etwas zu gestalten - und er kann nachgeben. Er kann enthusiastisch etwas angehen - und geduldig warten. Dritter und letzter Teil der Podcastserie zum Thema Shiva-Shakti aus dem Tantra . Mitschnitt eines Workshops zum Thema Shiva-Shakti bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg

Shiva und Shakti, Ha und Tha, Sonne und Mond, Yang und Yin – das Leben ist Polarität. Entstehen und Vergehen, Gestalten und Loslassen, Geben und Empfangen, Durchsetzen und Nachgeben – alles hat seinen Platz im Leben. Ein spiritueller Aspirant sollte sowohl seine Sonnen- als auch seine Mondseite kultivieren. Ein spiritueller Aspirant hat auch den Mut, […]

…  finde das Glück im Inneren – Shiva-Shakti 2: Löse dich von der Identifikation mit deinem Besitz. Erwarte kein Glück von äußeren Objekten. Finde das Glück als deine wahre Natur. Dann genieße das Göttliche überall. Diese uralten spirituellen Maximen verdeutlicht Sukadev anhand mehrerer Geschichten, Analogien und Beispiele aus dem Alltag. Mitschnitt eines Workshops bei Yoga […]

Löse dich von der Identifikation mit deinem Besitz. Erwarte kein Glück von äußeren Objekten. Finde das Glück als deine wahre Natur. Dann genieße das Göttliche überall. Diese uralten spirituellen Maximen verdeutlicht Sukadev anhand mehrerer Geschichten, Analogien und Beispiele aus dem Alltag. Mitschnitt eines Workshops bei Yoga Vidya Hamburg . Zweiter Teil der 3-teiligen Podcast-Reihe zum Thema "Shiva-Shakti" - aus dem Tantra.

Verwechsle nicht das Ewige mit dem Vergänglichen und nicht das Vergängliche mit dem Ewigen. Verwechsle nicht das Nichtselbst mit dem Selbst. Verwechsele nicht den äußeren Anlass von Freude mit der Freude selbst. Die richtige Unterscheidung zwischen Selbst und Nichtselbst, zwischen Ewigem und Vergänglichem, zwischen innerer Freude und äußeren Scheingründen der Freude führt zu innerer Gelassenheit. […]

Verwechsele nicht das Ewige mit dem Vergänglichen und nicht das Vergängliche mit dem Ewigen. Verwechsele nicht das Nichtselbst mit dem Selbst. Verwechsele nicht den äußeren Anlass von Freude mit der Freude selbst. Die richtige Unterscheidung zwischen Selbst und Nichtselbst, zwischen Ewigem und Vergänglichem, zwischen innerer Freude und äußeren Scheingründen der Freude führt zu innerer Gelassenheit. Anhand einiger praktischer Beispiele zeigt Sukadev, wie man geistigen Verstrickungen im Alltag entgehen kann. Mitschnitt eines Vortrags im Yoga Vidya Zentrum Hamburg .

Die Polarität der Schöpfung: Sonne - Mond, aktiv-passiv, männlich-weiblich findet sich im Begriff Hatha Yoga: Ha bedeutet Sonne, Tha bedeutet Mond. Hatha Yoga heißt Harmonie zwischen Sonne und Mond, und Einheit aller Polaritäten. Sukadev geht hier auch auf unterschiedliche Frauenideale in Indien und Europa ein, und gibt Tipps für spirituelle Entscheidungsfindung. Teil 2 der Mitschnitte des Workshops "Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie" bei Yoga Vidya Essen http://www.yoga-vidya.de/center/essen/start.html. Ich möchte heute beginnen, einige der andere Podcast Kanäle von Yoga Vidya vorzustellen. In jeder Folge werde ich einen anderen der insgesamt 20 verschiedenen Podcast Kanäle vorstellen. Ich möchte zwar nicht alle aufzählen, aber doch einige. Heute möchte ich den Ayurveda Video Podcast vorstellen. Dieser besteht aus Videos, zum Teil auch Audios, zum Thema Ayurveda. Du findest wunderschöne Vorführungen von Massagen, Interviews mit Ayurveda Therapeuten, Vorträge über Ayurveda. Hier der RSS Feed zum Abonnieren: http://ayurveda-video.podspot.de/rss. Ach ja: Der Ayurveda Video Podcast erscheint unregelmäßig, maximal ein Mal pro Woche.

Die Polarität der Schöpfung: Sonne – Mond, aktiv-passiv, männlich-weiblich findet sich im Begriff Hatha Yoga: Ha bedeutet Sonne, Tha bedeutet Mond. Hatha Yoga heißt Harmonie zwischen Sonne und Mond, und Einheit aller Polaritäten. Sukadev geht hier auch auf unterschiedliche Frauenideale in Indien und Europa ein, und gibt Tipps für spirituelle Entscheidungsfindung. Teil 2 der Mitschnitte […]

Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie Teil 1: Einheit des Bewusstseins – Einheit der Schöpfung Die Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie ist die Grundlage von Hatha Yoga, Tantra und Kundalini Yoga. Sukadev beschreibt in diesem Yoga-Podcast die Grundlagen der Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie. Du erfährst etwas über die Geschichte des Tantra (sehr wenig, aber immerhin etwas). Du erfährst sehr viel mehr über die Essenz des Tantra: Die […]

Die Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie ist die Grundlage von Hatha Yoga, Tantra und Kundalini Yoga. Sukadev beschreibt in diesem Yoga-Podcast die Grundlagen der Shiva-Shakti-Philosophie. Du erfährst etwas über die Geschichte des Tantra (sehr wenig, aber immerhin etwas). Du erfährst sehr viel mehr über die Essenz des Tantra: Die Einheit allen Seins. Hinter allen Geschehnissen ist ein einziges Bewusstsein, Shiva. Und alles Manifeste ist eine Modifikation der einen Shakti, der einen und unendlichen Kosmischen Energie. Sukadev gibt dir Tipps, wie du das auch tatsächlich erfahren kannst. Teil 1 der Mitschnitte eines Workshops bei Yoga Vidya Essen. http://www.yoga-vidya.de/essen

The union of man and woman is a sacred bond, the most ancient and holy religious sacrament. Matrimony is "the state or condition from which the Divine Mother can act." Lecture quote: "Like all of the sacraments, the sacrament of matrimony is sacred (these two words - sacrament, sacred - come from a common source). This is why in all of the ancient religions and mystical traditions of humanity, matrimony or marriage has always been considered a religious act, a sacred act. That is why marriage has always been in the domain of the priesthood, not the government, until recent times, when marriage has become more of an economic factor. When we talk about the sacraments, what we are really discussing are sacred initiations or levels of instruction that the soul passes through. These sacraments have been instituted by the Gnostic Church, which has its primary domain in the realm of Daath (Hebrew for knowledge, which is that realm where the Father/Mother unite in order to create; this is the level of the Yab/Yum, the Father/Mother, the Elohim. From their sacred union, all creation is realized. The sacrament or sacred act of matrimony is a reflection of the union between the Divine Father and the Divine Mother, Shiva/Shakti, Abba and Aima. That union in the sphere of Daath is an act of sacrifice; it is an act of love. The sphere of Daath is synonymous with love. It is here where God and Goddess unite because of their profound love; the very substance of that union is love, and its result is love. The child, the son, Osiris, or Christ, is the very embodiment of the love of Father/Mother, Yab/Yum; so that son, that love, is Christ the Savior, the sacred force of pure, cognizant Bodhichitta, love. This is a form of love that is beyond the seven spheres below Daath. It is beyond the spirit (Chesed), the consciousness (Geburah), the will (Tiphereth), the mind (Netzach), the emotion (Hod), beyond energy (Yesod), beyond anything physical (Malkuth). This is a form of love that is incomprehensible to our mind, but is knowable through our heart. This is why the sacrament of matrimony is so sacred." Read the lecture transcription.

The chariot is used by the ancient sages as a symbol for how to train your mind and senses. Though most of us do not use horse drawn chariots, the lesson is as practical today as it was thousands of years ago. Allow your mind to visualize this image, and it will become a wonderful tool in your daily spiritual life; from www.SwamiJ.com

There seems to be two polarities of having or not having enough money, sex, fame, or health. However, there is a third choice coming from the choice of Self-Realization, which brings all of the fruits of life, as well as the highest joy. From www.SwamiJ.com

The secret of Shiva and Shakti, the masculine and feminine of tantra, is explained in fifteen verses; from www.SwamiJ.com