Invoking Potential – Laura Larriva

Invoking Potential – Laura Larriva

“We hold the fundamental truth that where and how we take our place here, matters.” – Laura Larriva

Laura Larriva is a modern day mouth piece for the muse that lives within and around each of us. As she puts it, she is a “relationship guide” between the individual and the mystery that lives just beyond the present moment. In our interview we explore living in the center of a “full body yes” in all things.

Goddesses & Gurus – Our Founder Featured in Mantra Magazine

“Surround yourself with women who unconditionally support you but also offer you a clear and transparent reflection of who you are.” -Jessica Durivage

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Our fearless founder, or our “Head Guru in Charge” Jessica Durivage would not bat an eye at revealing some of the most intimate, painful and vulnerable parts of herself  – if it meant that there was an opportunity for deep connection and healing. She has spent the last 10 years nurturing this platform from a blog to a podcast to a platform offering multiple resources from online courses to interviews to conference with the desire to create and sustain a global online community.

Normally she is not on the receiving end of an interview – but when Kristen Diversi reached out to see if she might have a few words for Mantra Magazine to share about the Sex, God & Yoga online conference she co-produced this summer with Katie Silcox, in her usual style, used it as an opportunity to share the mission for Where is My Guru which is to remind folks that all of the answers we seek live inside us. She shares thoughts about the teacher/student relationship, the inspiration for the conference and why she is so passionate about being on the front lines of what feminine leadership looks like.

Pick up a copy of Mantra Magazine at one of these locations  and check out the amazing spread they put together below.

Thank you Maranda, Kristin and the whole Mantra team!

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The Importance of the Unconscious

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When I was 26, I had already spent nearly 7 years dedicating my life to the practice of yoga.

There had been some major traumas in my teenage years that I had tried to shake off of my psyche through yoga as well as various forms of therapy. But, like many people with similar situations I was making little progress. Seemed strange because I could bend like a pretzel and sit in marathon meditation sessions with the best of them, and I’d studied so many yogic texts they were oozing from my pores and had already begun leading kirtan, which all should have made me feel better.

But, I was still miserable inside.

Sure, my mind had calmed down, and I’d learned to observe my suffering. At least I could put a name on it and detach from it slightly like a good little witness to my thoughts. The yoga did help to alleviate a chronic back issue that I’d had since being thrown from a horse, but still, even after my diligence and fervor, every negative thought in my head continued to plague me and I couldn’t stop hearing the voice of my father telling me that I’d never be good enough.

It was right around this time that I took a trip to Sydney, Australia to teach yoga. I met lots of friends and one of them had a similar upbringing – a crazy father who imbued her with a lot of negative self-talk. But, she had found someone to help her through it. I was amazed and excited, and had to go. She gave me the number of the guy who helped her and I made an appointment for later that week.

She dropped me off at the office and walked in. What happened over the next 75 minutes was literally a blur. The therapist spoke fast, snapped his fingers, asked me questions, laid me on a table, asked if I was ready to truly get over my shit (I said yes) and then escorted me out the front door. “Well, that was lame,” I thought.

But, as soon as I hit the sidewalk, I crumbled.

I literally could not stand up and it was like I’d been given new eyes to look at the world. Language failed me for a short time and I couldn’t feel my fingers. My legs started shaking and I just put my head in my hands. My friend came to pick me up, and luckily she recognized these signs. She helped me into the car and took me to the nearest cafe for some tea.

When she sat me down, she looked at me and said, “Okay, now tell me about your father.”

My mind went still. Completely still.

This was like a miracle. Normally, if anyone even mentioned the name of my father or brought him up in any way, my entire body would tense and I would immediately feel myself start to get angry and anxious. Never mind trying to talk about him. It would inevitably end in tears. Suddenly, though, it was gone. And, even to this day, I feel complete neutrality toward my father and am able to wish him the best. There’s no emotional catch or hang up.

Years of yoga practice didn’t to that for me. 75 minutes of work on the unconscious did. But, the strict practices of yoga do not address the unconscious. This is something that we’ve only realized the importance of in the last century. The unconscious is the driver behind everything we do. Every decision we *think* we make has already been made moments prior by the unconscious. All of our habits, patterns, reactions, emotions, belief systems and thoughts arise from the unconscious. If we truly want to be free, we must have tools that allow us to work with and live in accord with it.

Creating a bridge between unconscious and conscious is how we bring the darkness to the light. Carl Jung said, “until we make the unconscious conscious, it will rule our life and we will call it fate.” To enact our free will and be masters of our destiny, knowledge and communion with the unconscious is required. In order for this to happen as part of a yoga practice, well… we have to update yoga.

We must make additions from disciplines like psychology and mythology in order to create a holistic practice that actually creates the changes we are looking for. Working with our dreams, developing our personal mythology, learning to undo our innate patterns all allows the practices of yoga to unfold even more brilliantly. At 26, I’d hit an internal wall that I couldn’t get past without the help of that practitioner in Australia, but what he opened me up to was a whole new landscape within myself that was rich and worth exploring

It is time to dive deep, to lift our unconscious into the light so that we may be free of our doubts, misbeliefs, hangups, negative patterns, and tendencies…so that we may be free.

Join Alanna Kaivalya for a virtual journey that will transport you off the yoga mat and into the creation of your own personal practice. Beyond the Mat guides you to discover the keys to unlock your spiritual practice, personal ritual and the blissful integration of all of it into your daily life. More HERE.

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An Amputated Soul

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After many years of study, and some very LONG months of dissertation writing, I now have a doctorate in mythology.

What does that mean exactly?

Well, in any actual physical emergency I am quite useless. If you’re gushing blood or have just suffered a car accident, you’re not going to want my expertise. However, if you’re having a crisis of faith or find you have an amputated soul, I’ll be your girl. I have delved into the depths of the psyche and the vastness of our collective myths to come out the other side with the skill set necessary to staunch the gaping wound of our collective unconscious.

Here’s the thing someone asked me when I started school: “Is that really necessary?” This person, like many others, has lost her mythic narrative.

What do I mean by that?

We live in a society that has calcified its mythology to the point that it has lost much of its verve and nearly all of its flexibility.

We haven’t updated our mythological models to match our current understanding of the world, and so we suffer. As Joseph Campbell put it, “Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.” But, we’ve taken to reading our myths like newspaper headlines and trying to factualize them rather than allowing them to remain mysterious and resilient. We’ve gone from embracing uncertainty to fearing anything but certainty. As a consequence, we’ve tried desperately to certify our myths.

We’ve lost what the myths are meant to inspire in us, which is a sense of awe and wonder in this greatness which is human life. Life can be just as terrifying as it is inspiring and everything in between.

All this is awesomely okay so long as we have a story behind us that helps give cohesion and illumination to the great mysteries of life. When we focus this back to our personal experience, we receive the inspiration we need to live our our own hero’s journey, or as Campbell coined, “to follow our bliss.” This society is filled with people completely bereft of any kind of bliss.

People arrive daily at jobs they hate. They postpone their entire lives until they retire at 65 only to have no idea what to do with their remaining years, having spent their most vivacious years behind a desk in a loveless marriage wishing they were somewhere else. Or, something along those lines. If we don’t have the context for inspiration, how ever are we to be inspired? Myths provide us with that context. It’s the stuff of superheroes. The thought of the child who looks at Batman and thinks, “Well, if he can do it, so can I!” But, then we grow up, and all the things we believed in as children are either revealed as fiction and therefore useless or calcified into cold-hard-facts – which are not inspiring, ever. When was the last time you felt inspired by 2 + 2 = 4?

So we suffer. We cling to what we “should” be or fear what we “shouldn’t.” We abide by societal rules that fit about as well as a shoe two sizes too small, and we’re somehow still expected to cross that finish line ahead of everyone else blazing trails of glory?

As if.

The only way to reinvigorate what has been lost is to re-imagine and repopulate the society with myth. Either, to reinvigorate what already inspires people and show them the grand flexibility of every mythology (so as to play nice in the sandbox with those of other beliefs) or to give them new myths to live by – ones that speak to the world and times in which we live.

And, most importantly, to address the individual. To show each and every person that the most important journey anyone can take derives from his or her own personal myth. That, to once again quote Campbell, “the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” Because if you are not living authentically, if you can’t let loose what is most alive inside of you, then those fluorescent lights you sit under day after day will slowly amputate your soul.

Luckily, mythology gives us the techniques and tools to help you reattach it. If you find yourself with this kind of emergency, the wisdom of the stories and myths that brought a sparkle to your eye as a child are worth re-exploring. See what it is in them that lights the spark inside you. And see what part of that myth is still living in you now. By discovering our own personal myth, our souls find purpose and joy. This is what gives our life meaning. This is how we stop suffering. This is how we thrive as healthy, happy and wholehearted human beings.

What myth do you live by?

Join Alanna Kaivalya for a virtual journey that will transport you off the yoga mat and into the creation of your own personal practice. Beyond the Mat guides you to discover the keys to unlock your spiritual practice, personal ritual and the blissful integration of all of it into your daily life. More HERE.

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Oh Yoga! I Know That Change is Gonna Come

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We are witnessing a revolution.

Or, rather, a necessary evolution in yoga. Shakeups between teachers and students cause such a stir and a ruckus in the yoga community that yogis are starting to wonder about the efficacy of having only one or two teachers in charge of a system or a lineage. Yoga seems to have built into it the idea that there should be one end-all-be-all person (a guru) that gives us everything we need to develop into perfect yogis. It just doesn’t work that way.

There is a very deep misconception about how the principle of a guru works. It can never be embodied in one person because humans are fallible. If we haven’t discovered that about our teacher yet, eventually it will come to pass. This realization is necessary in order to understand what the guru principle actually embodies, which is the fact that perfection (or divinity) cannot be found anywhere outside of us. It is within.

We do need external teachers for a while to guide, teach, and hone our understanding and skills. But, at some point, all a teacher can do is lead us inward. Like a big cosmic U-turn, the guru is ultimately only trying to lead us home. Sometimes this critical lesson comes in the most shocking of ways. Our beloved teacher topples from a pedestal and we suddenly realize how much power we gave to them. While it’s genuinely hard to be disappointed, it’s ultimately even more detrimental to surrender our power to someone else.

Yoga is designed for us to access and channel our own internal power. That simply can’t be done if we give it to someone else.

It’s like the story of the baby tiger who is raised amongst a flock of sheep. He grows up thinking he’s a sheep. But, one day, a grown-up tiger walks by and sees the baby tiger amongst the sheep. He asks the little tiger what he’s doing with the sheep, but the little tiger can only muster a “baaa baaa.” The adult tiger grabs the little cub and starts to show him what it means to be a tiger. He roars and tries to feed him raw meat, but the little tiger chokes on it…like most of us do when we’re first fed the truth. But, some of the meat gets down and suddenly the little tiger feels stronger and lets out a roar. It isn’t until the adult tiger shows the little tiger his own reflection in a pool of water that he finally understands who he is and begins to feel comfortable in his own skin. Armed with the power of the truth, shown to him by his teacher, he knows himself as what he is – a mighty tiger. When he learns this, he leaves his sheep flock and fully inhabits his tiger body with pride and dignity.

In this story, we see that if we are raised amongst sheep, it takes someone who has already embodied some bravery to show us a different way. This is an important purpose of teachers! They’re incredibly valuable for showing us what is possible and how to become most fully ourselves. And, as Joseph Campbell says, “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” Like the big lion showed the little one, teachers can illuminate certain things about us that allow us to fully grow into our own power. The trick is making sure that we don’t give our power to someone else.

It doesn’t matter how awesome that someone else is. If our power is in their hands, it’s not in ours. We are the ones who can most greatly wield our power. Like the famous Marianne Williamson quote, “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” Let’s take back our light.

It is time for those of us who have seceded power to another to reclaim it.

The greatest teachers out there would want us to do this. It’s what they’ve been teaching us to do, as Douglas Brooks reminded us in his letter recently: “to surpass the master is to repay the debt.”

And, it may scare some to do this. As teachers, it is scary to think students don’t need us. As students, it is scary to think that we could be the source of our own wisdom. But, ultimately, fear plays no part in what yoga teaches. If there is any fear in the system, the system remains corrupt.

Let’s change the system. Let’s honor the teachers who lead us home – whether through challenging circumstances or glorious ones. Let’s honor ourselves as we do what we can to embody the highest teachings of yoga, which include love, forgiveness, empathy and surrender. Without these things we are destined to replay the events of recent days. We can learn from our recent history and redevelop a new structure and thought process in yoga that allows us to walk as equals: as both teachers and students.

Join Alanna Kaivalya for a virtual journey that will transport you off the yoga mat and into the creation of your own personal practice. Beyond the Mat guides you to discover the keys to unlock your spiritual practice, personal ritual and the blissful integration of all of it into your daily life. More HERE.

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The Power of YES

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We are all looking for for more meaning, connection and fulfillment in our lives. The art of Improv Comedy centers around the philosophy of yes – which on stage means to always support your partner. In this episode of the Where is My Guru Show, comedian, parent and founder of DSI Comedy in Carborro, North Carolina, Zach Ward reminds us that opportunities for these things are all around us. From making coffee to how we show up in our relationships to how we parent. The decision to create a deeper connection to our lives is a choice we make by saying YES to the experience we are having.

“Saying yes is acceptance of what is currently happening and seeing what I can grab onto to build up out of that.” – Zach Ward

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Zach is a part of the WIMG Faculty and his course, Improv for Mindful Parenting explores how play and positivity can help you develop a more collaborative relationship with your children. Learn more here.

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The Powerful Snakeroot and Spiritual Awakening

The Powerful Snakeroot and Spiritual Awakening

If you aren’t already part of the circle, we invite you to join us this week as 35+ potent yogini and spiritual forces come together digitally for the Sex, God & Yoga women’s conference to lead powerful, life-changing conversations and share time-tested tools passed down over the ages. This online conference is designed for women, by women, inspired by the yogic tradition but not afraid to break the mold. Come, take part in the intertwining of topics formerly seen as “off limits,” like: sexuality and how to bring more consciousness to your relationships and experiences; the Divine Feminine and the role it plays in your awakening; and how to support and feel supported by other women – and much more.

 

By Brooke Sullivan, e-RYT500 Herbal Yogini 

Sex, God & Yoga Women's Conference - Black CohoshBlack Cohosh Actaea racemosa, is here to teach us to reclaim the dirt. Like Durga, she offers healing by bringing the dualities of good and bad, right and wrong, dirty and clean together through compassionate presence and power. The energy of Black Cohosh is that of the maiden, mother and crone fused as one Wise Woman ready to share some tea and relax. She helps alleviate fear, anxiety and addiction because her light shines on the ‘scary’ parts of ourselves that we have turned away from, those hidden aspects that we don’t want to see yet feel with us every day. She is earth medicine and shadow medicine. She is also womb medicine.

Black Cohosh, also known as Snakeroot (due to the gnarled serpentine roots) is revealing itself to be quite the ally for those seeking (or experiencing) spiritual emergence, or kundalini awakening. When a big shift occurs in a person’s perception or energetic field, the stability of one’s ‘knowing’ becomes distorted. One’s view of the world and the self can become challenged and that person may become lost, disoriented, confused, and afraid. Yogis, people on a path of spiritual awakening, folks who take psychedelic drugs or entheogens, and especially people with dissociative trauma or PTSD can fall in this category. In my experience, the acute release of dormant energy (also called Kundalini Awakening) has a similar vibe to sexual passion and an uncontrollable power. This ‘uncontrollability’ often can distort the mind and perception- sometimes for days, sometimes for weeks and even some…for years. Just as sexual passion can become obsessed on an object of desire, so too can the power of kundalini shakti. For example, if the mind is not steady (say unsettled issues) or if the body is not prepared (say is filled with toxins) then as this energy awakens, big problems can occur. The power of kundalini shakti illuminates and empowers all aspects of the human’s emotional and psychological realms. Although the goal of a spiritual awakening is to ignite and to transform, it lights up the full ocean of the subconscious, and all that is hidden underneath there-both ‘godly and daemon-like.’ If this dormant energy awakens and the person is unprepared, it can be very frightening. Feelings of madness may unleash thoughts back and forth until one feels lost and crazy in a pendulum of duality, in the darkness. Looking at the plant signature alone, with a raceme of white clusters of flowers growing from a piercingly tall stalk, teaches the light at the end of the tunnel..or light as a goal, from earth to heaven. This medicine is a wonderful medicine for both actively on the path of spiritual awakening..and those accidentally awoken!

Black Cohosh (energetic drops of about 2-3 at a time) helps create stability via rooting the person back down into the body and smoothing out the waves of energy flowing through the spine. I feel it to be a powerful ally for the cerebral spinal fluid and this prana shakti/kundalini shakti flowing up and down the spinal corridor.

So get to know her. Try her flower essence or root tincture. As a shadow worker she reveals to us what has been ‘swept under the rug.’ Similar to a medicine woman or guru, she holds together our tangled web of emotions for processing and assimilation. As an individual and as a collective, our watery subconscious carries a darkness that is needing to be tended to, in order to evolve. And this plant, Black Cohosh, has both the power and grace to do so.

 

About Brooke Sullivan

Brooke Sullivan, Sex, God & Yoga PresenterBrooke Sullivan, BA, e-RYT500 is an herbal Yogini, practitioner and educator of the Science and Philosophy of Sri Vidya (ParaYoga) Tantra. Her mission is to empower people to take control of their health naturally, by offering educational workshops, private consultations, and a line of herbal products from the Vital Yogi Apothecaries.

Brooke is also an experienced doula, a graduate of (The House of La Matrona) Midwifery School of Women’s Health and Homeopathy and of the Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism. On the east coast she has taught classes, series, workshops and retreats at Warren Wilson College, The Grove Park Inn, Asheville Yoga Center, West Asheville Yoga Center and the South East Women’s Herbal Conference.

On the West Coast she runs the only Yoga and Herbal School in the international directory of Yoga Alliance, “The Wild Temple.” She lives in the beautiful Sierra Nevada foothills, meditating, teaching, writing, and seeing clients at the local herbal hub HAALo.

Brooke is presenting at The Women’s Conference: Sex, God & Yoga, along with more than 30 of the world’s most potent yoginis and female spiritual luminaries. The conference takes place virtually at Where Is My Guru, July 18-22, 2016. Register and learn more at whereismyguru.com.

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A Svabhava Poem

A Svabhava Poem

If you aren’t already part of the circle, we invite you to join us this week as 35+ potent yogini and spiritual forces come together digitally for the Sex, God & Yoga women’s conference to lead powerful, life-changing conversations and share time-tested tools passed down over the ages. This online conference is designed for women, by women, inspired by the yogic tradition but not afraid to break the mold. Come, take part in the intertwining of topics formerly seen as “off limits,” like: sexuality and how to bring more consciousness to your relationships and experiences; the Divine Feminine and the role it plays in your awakening; and how to support and feel supported by other women – and much more.

By Mary Bruce

"Sva Bhava"

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Stop Trying~ Ahhh~ There You are ~ Settle in~ Soften~

Drop your spectacular Root deep into the Earth and widen your Hearth~

Allow the Beauty inside to pour out~

The content becomes and merges with the contentless.

Access the Whole of the All. Pour the 96% into the 4%.

I am always available, accessible, to guide you through the maze, the spiral of Self-discovery.

I am your constant Companion ~ your Soul longing.

Search no more beloved, for you are home and always have been~

We patiently await your return over and over again as you tumble and turn, spin and spray until there is no more.

A bow of pranams as you surrender to yourself and your own calling; the recognition of the beautiful gift encoded in your DNA.

Taste the sweetness of yourself and stir it into the cup of Life.

Your being You serves the greater dharma of the world.

Step into your majesty and awaken to your True power~

Clothe yourself in the mystery where the wordless comes into Being.

We Love you dear one~ You are Joy~ Just Own Yourself~

About Mary Bruce

Mary Bruce, Presenter at Sex, God & YogaMary Bruce is an internationally beloved yoga teacher and educator who creates sacred space and presence for her students. Mary is a torch bearer. A beacon of light. A rare guide that is breaking the mold of the modern climate of yoga. Her teachings light us up and help us manifest our deepest desires.

Through a deep connection with each of her students, Mary expresses and teaches in a way that has been described as “pouring the goddess” straight from her mouth. She has an organic, poetic language for her teachings so students find their own inner truth of yoga and living. By being gifted with the ability to be both rooted and wild, gentle and fierce, joyful and deep, Mary’s teaching style integrates all energies so students can truly intersect light and shadow, the god and goddess. Her gentle and calming attention help her students find comfort in the moments of discomfort and to build confidence while challenging the edges of their self limitations.

Mary is presenting at The Women’s Conference: Sex, God & Yoga, along with more than 30 of the world’s most potent yoginis and female spiritual luminaries. The conference takes place virtually at Where Is My Guru, July 18-22, 2016. Register and learn more at whereismyguru.com.

 

 

Meditation and Sex

Meditation and Sex

If you aren’t already part of the circle, we invite you to join us this week as 35+ potent yogini and spiritual forces come together digitally for the Sex, God & Yoga women’s conference to lead powerful, life-changing conversations and share time-tested tools passed down over the ages. This online conference is designed for women, by women, inspired by the yogic tradition but not afraid to break the mold. Come, take part in the intertwining of topics formerly seen as “off limits,” like: sexuality and how to bring more consciousness to your relationships and experiences; the Divine Feminine and the role it plays in your awakening; and how to support and feel supported by other women – and much more.

 

 

By Camille Maurine

The following is excerpted from Secret #1: “Celebrate Your Senses” in MEDITATION SECRETS FOR WOMEN: Discovering Your Passion, Pleasure, and Inner Peace, by Camille Maurine and Lorin Roche, Ph.D. (HarperOne, 2001) www.camillemaurine.com.

 

Sex, God & YogaThe quality of attention in meditation is a lot like sex – when you find the way you like it. It is a delicate internal meeting, a meandering discovery of what you enjoy, and a gradual surrender into more and more pleasure. And afterward you feel great! You’re a new woman, totally yourself: connected, renewed, juicy, and relaxed.

 

The process is also very similar in meditation and in sex: in response to an inner urge or call, you give yourself the time and space to explore sensuously. You create the safety to relax. Both meditation and sex are the best when there’s no demand for anything in particular to happen. You simply allow yourself to enjoy and gently unfold. You get interested. You focus on the intriguing sensory details, and as you pay attention, your senses are turned on. You become present, and you start to let go. Inevitably, just about then, you suddenly find yourself thinking of something else: I have to do the laundry, or, Uh-oh, I didn’t call Suzy back. You are “away” for a few seconds. But naturally and eventually, the pleasure calls you back (it is a compelling focus), and as you go with the sensations and movement, you let go a little more. There is a slow dilation deep inside, a melting open. You tap into your succulent nature. This cycle happens in waves, deepening in intensity, until you are absorbed in pleasure, taken over by the energy. Currents of life force surge through you, clearing pathways down to your toes and up through the top of your head, revitalizing every cell and balancing everything.

 

Meditation is a communion with yourself. You are finding what works for you – your rhythm, your body, your emotions. Its gentle, undemanding touch can help to heal any places of trauma, sexual wounding, or inhibition. The secrets you learn in meditation will enrich your sensuality within yourself and how you choose to open sexually with another. Meditative awareness can be a rapturous lovemaking with the universe. This secret awaits you.

 

Camille Maurine, Presenter at Sex, God & YogaAbout Camille Maurine

Camille Maurine is a meditation mentor, dancer, and writer internationally renowned for her integrative energy practices for women and innovative performance trainings.

Camille is the author of the groundbreaking Meditation Secrets for Women and Meditation 24/7, both written with her husband, Dr. Lorin Roche. She gives global teleseminars and teacher trainings in feminine spiritual empowerment and embodiment, and travels worldwide to give performances, workshops, and retreats.

Camille is presenting at The Women’s Conference: Sex, God & Yoga, along with more than 30 of the world’s most potent yoginis and female spiritual luminaries. The conference takes place virtually at Where Is My Guru, July 18-22, 2016. Register and learn more at whereismyguru.com.

 

The signs are abundant…The feather…truth, speed, lightness, flight, ascension

The signs are abundant…The feather…truth, speed, lightness, flight, ascension

If you aren’t already part of the circle, we invite you to join us this week as 35+ potent yogini and spiritual forces come together digitally for the Sex, God & Yoga women’s conference to lead powerful, life-changing conversations and share time-tested tools passed down over the ages. This online conference is designed for women, by women, inspired by the yogic tradition but not afraid to break the mold. Come, take part in the intertwining of topics formerly seen as “off limits,” like: sexuality and how to bring more consciousness to your relationships and experiences; the Divine Feminine and the role it plays in your awakening; and how to support and feel supported by other women – and much more.

 

By Dawn Yager

Dawn Yager, Sex, God & Yoga PresenerDepending on your personality (some would say your astrological blueprint) you may have a difficult time moving on to the next thing or at least looking beyond and seeing something new.  This for me personally has always been an issue. I can tend to dig in and wait for conditions to improve.  The reality is sometimes you outgrow jobs, friends and (gulp) your life in general. This can lead us to keep making the same mistakes or in the very least block any potential for growth in the future.

 

This is where being receptive to symbolism comes in handy. Believe that the universe is conspiring in your favor…. You just have to be receptive to love around you. That love comes in the form of animals, people, colors, numbers and shapes.

 

Here’s a short list of things to be aware of:

 

Colors: ok sounds a little to vague. I get it but whatever color is all over your day its subtly directing you to a chakra that needs attention.   It may be cars that you keep noticing, or ones that surround you at a stop light. The color of the shirt your date choose to wear, the color of the tablecloth at the restaurant. When color repeats itself its significant so take note.

 

Animals: Pretty much every day I get an animal totem. That just means any animal that took a moment out of its day to get your attention has a message for you. Take it or leave it their part is over. They have delivered.

 

Numbers: repeating in doubles or triples are a good way to start noticing number signs. 111, 222, 333…you get the idea. What you may notice is you keep looking at the clock, or an address or a totaled amount at the store is 333. Um, thats for you love. Take note and look it up.

 

What it comes down to is that by being present and an active participant in your life you not only lock into positivity but you change your frequency…to love.

 

Dawn Yager, Presenter at Sex, God & YogaAbout Dawn Yager

Dawn Yager is a passionate yogi dedicated to keeping with the tradition laid out before her by her teachers Goswami Kriyanada and Sri Dharma Mittra. Her classes combine precise alignment with vigorous asana incorporating breath and meditation. She is sincere, vibrant and often comical while creating the power needed for transformation on and off the mat.

Dawn teaches and travels teaching workshops, retreats and speaking at conferences.

Dawn is presenting at The Women’s Conference: Sex, God & Yoga, along with more than 30 of the world’s most potent yoginis and female spiritual luminaries. The conference takes place virtually at Where Is My Guru, July 18-22, 2016. Register and learn more at whereismyguru.com.