Now is a time of great influx of light as the Divine Feminine becomes more awakened in all of us. The ancients looked to this time in great anticipation. So, why aren’t we cheering and dancing in the streets? The simplest answer is, because we have work to do.

For thousands of years the patriarchal force has been dominating all of mankind- men as well as women. It’s this out-of-balance negative patriarchal force that has shaped much of our world’s systems, that is, up until now. The Divine Feminine is the emerging balancing or equalizing force.

During the few weeks before Winter Solstice, when our physical world gets darker and colder, areas which may be out of harmony, get triggered or stimulated so we may heal or resolve them and find our way back to balance, to the light. This same energy may mark the greater part of 2012 as we ‘lighten’ our load. It’s all about the light.

As the Divine Feminine,  makes her presence known in your life by illuminating your inner landscape, you may cry in the face of injustices, bristle with imbalance, and shiver in the wake of violence-word or deed. For those of you on the spiritual path, you may find some of your belief systems challenged, your fears and tempers flaring.  Memories of unjust behaviors may trigger sadness, anger or anxiety.  Take heart, these emotions/programs from misaligned belief systems are surfacing to be healed.

You may find the greatest relief from slowing down, watching your thoughts and monitoring your own reactions to people and situations. If you look upon it all from the compassionate-witness point of view you should find the emotional discomforts minimized. Learn from your past and the past experiences of others. Forgiveness is the key. Forgive it all. Forgiveness is not about condoning harmful behavior, it is acceptance that the past happened. Release your attachment to the past happening any other way than the way than it did happen.  Learn from the experience. Forgive yourself and let it go. This is the way to freedom and a more open heart.

If you find yourself stuck in negative thinking, change your breathing, get out in nature, change your mind, shift your focus. Focus on the beautiful things in your life, all those things for which you are grateful.

What is the Divine Feminine?

In a polar universe the feminine is not the opposite of the male but the counter point. She is the wise place from which all things are created. She is the holder of possibilities, the well of dreams, the nourisher and healer of our hearts. She sets the rhythm for life and creation-when it is time to sow, time to rest, and time to harvest. Highly intuitive, she gives and receives in a manner benefiting the whole. She is active and powerful as well as passive and accepting.  She neither attacks, nor retreats but stands steady, strong. She embodies these aspects and more.

What is the Divine Masculine?

The Divine Male is the intellectual, initiating, action-oriented force in our duality bound world. He is protective, methodical, connected with nature. He is nurturing, sensual, and creative. He feels deeply, seeks wisdom, and strives to assimilate the divine in everyday life. Of course these are only a few of his numerous gifts.

Working together in both male and female bodies, the Masculine and Feminine flow, live, and create intuitively and harmoniously, in a way which benefits the greater whole and the individual at the same time.

Looking to the Archetypes for Guidance:

Feminine=Goddess, Queen, Priestess, Warrioress, Lover, Wise Woman

Masculine=God, King, Priest, Warrior, Lover, Sage

Many times I slip backward. It’s usually when I think I have it all figured out. This is good thing.  It brings humility. Humility brings me back to my humanity and connectedness. And, isn’t this the point of being a spiritual being in a human body?

If you want to read more articles like this, then check out 3 Cool Blogs in which we share the triumphs and trials of following a spiritual path:

Guruatma’s Blog-Journal of An American Yogi

Kaye’s Blog

Nicki’s Blog-Cosmos, Cows & Chocolate

Now, more than ever, the power of breath, movement, and  meditation will be your best tools. Especially meditating before dawn in a group. Synchronizing our energies in a group gives us strength, courage, and settles the nervous system. All wisdom seekers of history have discovered this to be an invaluable way to tune into both our inner and outer worlds.

This is the time to go within. It’s time to deepen your relationship with your own heart and inner voice.  Each of us is divine, each of us is connected to all beings, whether in a body or not, two legged, four legged, furry, scaly or winged.  We all have the ability to go within, ask for information and get answers which will be true for us in that moment. You can use the meditations below if you are experiencing anxiety over the recent and predicted physical earth changes.

Connection is the word for the changes we are experiencing. The internet, facebook, texting, emailing, blogs, are all creating the longing for us to connect continuously. These venues are the precursors, the warm ups to the ultimate connection–oneness–heart to heart, spirit to spirit, soul to soul. This will be instant messaging at its best, but we must clear our wounds first.

I have been participating in the 40 day Sadhana we initiated at the studio, 39 days ago, and found many of my mornings are filled with forgiveness. I have been forgiving every judgement I held against anyone, every resentment, every emotional battle, every time I closed my heart and mind to someone else. This is at times, gut-wrenching, but extremely rewarding.

Meditating this way is my truth. What is yours?

Global Meditation: Tomorrow August 26, is Yogi Bhajan’s birthday. We will begin our Mantra Meditation in honor of him at 3:30 am with 2.5 hours of Long Ek Ong Kars and end with 31 minutes of Guru Guru Wahe Guru Guru Ram Das Guru, when we synchronize our energy with the world community at the exact same time 6am EST. Join us at home if you can’t make it in to the studio.

On Going Support: If it is your truth to join us for group yoga and meditation, we will be offering daily morning sadhana and an additional program to facilitate the opening of the heart and healing of past wounding in preparation for 11-11-11. This program will begin right after Labor Day. Stay tuned for updates.

May each of you feel safe and loved,

Kaye Khalsa

Quick fix for anxiety:
Sit comfortably. Bring your eye focus to the tip of your nose. Let your mind focus on your breathing. Just hold the focus at your nose, it may burn or ache. Slow your breathing down by inhaling and holding your breath to the count of ten and exhaling to the same count. You will feel better after only two minutes.

Meditation/Mantra (given by Yogi Bhajan) to Avert Disaster:

PRANA, APANA, SUSHUMNA. HARI.
HARI HAR, HARI HAR, HARI HAR, HARI.

Hari is pronounced Hudi.
Prana is the life force, Apana the eliminating force, and Sushumna is the Central channel for that force. This helps draw energy up the spine for healing. Hari and Har are names of God.

Chant for 11 minutes and you will feel clearer, more centered and protected.

A Message from White Tara:

This is indeed a time of wonderful change. Never before has such an opportunity been available on planet earth for such healing and balancing. The cosmic energies are such that the principles of feminine energy are aligning and balancing with the principles of masculine energy. This may feel odd or uncomfortable. Understand that for so long the masculine has been the driving force for so much on the earth and that when a new energy enters, feelings of fear or loss of control or loss of self may result.

You are all so fortunate to be on the earth during these monumental changes. The earth being one of the densest energies in the universe, as it exists at this time, becomes the pivot point for changes in the rest of the universe. It is, in a sense, the pedestal from which changes may burst forth and spread throughout all that exists in this time frame.

You knew as a soul that this time would be one of the greatest challenges a soul could choose. Many of you have come to earth again and again to facilitate shifts like these that have been set up as micro-shifts to enable this macro shift, the largest by far.

If you set the intention for harmony between the two sides of yourself it will vastly effect how you progress through these changes. You may choose to align through joy and love or through challenge. You will align, there is no doubt about it. Your choice is to allow and open to grace or fight and resist it.

Your faith in your higher consciousness and connection to all that is may feel tenuous or in question. All you need do is to remember you are connected to every atom in the universe. How can you not be? You are loved deeply and completely by all. Connecting consciously with this love will make the difference in your path.

Remembering your cosmic connections and aligning your mind and body with the vibration of love will be the only way through. Those who flounder and forget will be taken joyful home. There is no shame in not being able to hold on to love during this shift. We expected many souls to come in for a time and then choose to leave. Again, the vast waves of souls coming onto the planet at this time and those souls choosing to leave creates a larger vortex in which the light of the universe, the aligning forces for the masculine and the feminine, can work. So, you see we are all needed.

The dancing energies of so many souls and so many cosmic beings are beyond joyful to behold. Trust that you are doing your part exactly. There is no way to do it wrong. There is only beauty and love and universal light.

We, all cosmic beings perched with such a view, are filled with gratitude and awe at the radiance of each soul as this play unfolds.

Trust and have faith in the power of love, balance and harmony and you will glow with universal radiance.

With infinite love,

White Tara

White Tara is the embodiment of the Mother Mary, Kuan Yin, Isis, Inanna energies as Divine or Cosmic Mother, or Mother of the Earth. She is associated with sitting in full lotus on a lotus flower and represents the flow of the Kundalini energy.  You can call on White Tara for healing and manifestation and she will come to you. She may be felt slipping in through your crown chakra and infusing the left side of your body with robust radiance and feminine strength. If you ask her, she will help you to balance the male and female aspects within. White Tara vibrates to the number 8.