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Welcome sisters A women’s circle dedicated to

knowledge & sacred arts

KNOW WOMAN. BE WOMAN. ALL WOMEN. NATURE. NURTURE. ME.

Salutations & Blessings to Mother Earth - Bhūmi Devi oṁ bhūmi devyai namaḥ

KNOW WOMAN. BE WOMAN. ALL WOMEN. NATURE. NURTURE. ME. www.bewomanproject.info

Goddess of knowledge & Sacred Arts Sarasvati Devi

Sarasvati is the goddess of knowledge, sacred arts, words & language. She is the painter,

the painting & the painted; the essence of all appearing as many forms, names & functions. She is with all flavours. All names are her names, all hands are her hands, all

faces are her face, yet she is nameless, handless, faceless. She is not one form alone, she is all forms and formlessness. She is an infinite intelligent

being, conscious being, limitless being, manifest and unmanifest.


Sister mini sharing circle What is creativity for you?

Where does creativity come from? What is your creative expression?

How would you like to express yourself in life?

Embodied practice to awaken Devi/Shakti Seat - awaken her Om āsanam samarpayāmi

Womb/Belly - honoring her Om Yoni samarpayāmi Belly/solar plexus - igniting her Om hara samarpayāmi

Heart - opening and blooming Om Hrdayam samarpayāmi Voice - expression Om vac samarpayāmi

Free movement & expression

Sacred Arts - painting/poetry

journaling Coloring

Express through poetry Sarasvati’s painting - include pictures - the map of the heart - your vision/goal

Sacred knowledge Your favorite book Discovering love

Sarasvati Mini Puja

Om gandhān dhārayāmi offer oil essence

Om puṣpāni samarpāmi flower shower

Om dhūpamāghrāpayāmi offer an incense

Om dīpam darśayāmi Offer a candle

Om madhuparkaṃ samarpayāmi offer sweets


Sacred agreements - consent

Whatever story is shared in this circle is sacred, meaning we do not share it with third parties unless the consent is given from the devi who has shared the story.

We can share what we have experienced in the circle with others for the purpose of inspiration so that other Devis can find their way back to the blessings of the sacred

feminine, of woman and sisterhood.

Art of Listening - the power of listening -

We are not here to advise. We are not here as therapists. We are here to sanctify all that has been, all that i am today. *see Vedic Vision.

There is no right and wrong. And it is important for you to be here, fully present. Be curious like a child. Listen fully and attentively, wholeheartedly. We all listen together

as one big heart, one big ear with the only intent to understand, be present and validate. It can happen and often does that when you hear a story, the mind will

want to wander.. It will start talking: what should I share, what should I not share. I also have this story… I could share that. Come back to the voice of your sister. Listen

to her. Feel with her. Be as her.

And then when it is your turn - it will come. And even when you do not know what to say, you start by saying: I do not know what to say. Say that. Or express what you're

feeling right now right here.

Felt sense Is a beautiful way to be totally present to what is happening right now right here.

For example: I am sweating. I am hot. I am cold. My heart is beating. Felt sense means I describe what I am perceiving based on my 5 sense organs.

After each sharing - Together we will invoke the serenity to gracefully accept what has been, what

is and with prayers from our heart we offer it back to Devi. - After sharing the story say a word to indicate that you finished. I usually use Om. Om

means protection. Om means blessing. After each devi has shared, take time. Be in silence together. Give allowance to be

with what is. All offer prayers and wishes in their heart for that devi who has shared


so bravely. After some time; chant the Sarasvati Mantra together and with flowers

from your heart you offer the story to the altar, to devi.

Sacred tears We let the tears come. No judgement, just validation. Sacred tears, sacred healing. It is like the weather. When the rain comes: come, come, come. When it goes: go, go, go. We are not in control of our emotions. Instead we have prayerful management.

Let the rains come… the rain is auspicious, it cleanses, it rejuvenates, it is so refreshing.

Going pain is growing pain - it means I am emotionally growing. All that comes, goes that’s how she is like the sacred weather.


The Vedic Vision of Mother Nature

Sanskrit root div. to shine: self-effulgent, self-shining, self-luminous.

Example: a candle/the sun; light does not need another light to be light, to be shining.

The candle/the sun, the light itself is shining, lights up all the objects, makes it possible for things to be seen.

The sacred word Devi, is a word for Goddess; the goddess of being, that which always is, never is not, that which is in the past, present and future,

free from time.

Because of Devi everything is, exists, is known.

She is worthy of worship, praise, of admiration because she is free from any limitation.

Example: the gold that is in and through all the ornaments. Many

names, forms, functions but in and through there is only gold. From the standpoint of gold there is no division. There is only gold.

How is that applicable to us? We have different names, forms &

functions, yet we are all sustained by the very same Devi/Shakti, which means being. She is the essence of all. She is imminent to yet transcends

all forms.

If I don't know that I am Devi, then there is comparison, competition, jealousy & rivalry, there is pain and I end up in the ocean of Samsāra

‘becoming disease’.

… the discovery of the Devi of yourself … leads to


Devi is Sarasvati

Saha- with

rasa - flavours

vati - she who has

So she who is; shines; is a sacred being. One non dual being.

In the form of you. Me. she. He. they. We. all.

SHAKTI

All that is is here is sacred.

All that is given, is grace. In this vision life becomes an offering. Life becomes the playground/the means for me to grow and discover this

fact.


THAT YOU & I ARE THE SAME SACRED BEING. ONE GOLD.

THE RESULT IS FEARLESSNESS/FREEDOM - ABHAYAM/MOKSHA.

“May you not be afraid of me. May I not be afraid of you.”

The vow of Devi/Shakti.


Women’s Circle Mantras, prayers & songs

Sacred Woman - Sister & Mother Prayer Meditation

PLEASE FORGIVE ME I LOVE YOU I AM SORRY THANK YOU

Maya Kundalini Devi Mantra

Mahā Devī Mantraḥ oṁ māyā kuṇdalinī kriyā madhumatī

kālī kalāmāliṇī mātaṅgī vijayā jayā bhagavatī devī śivā śāmbhavī śaktiḥ śaṅkara vallabhā tṛnayanā

vāg vādinī bhairavī hrīṁ kārī tripurā parāparamāyī mātā kumārītyasi oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

Be Woman Mantra Know Woman, Be Woman, All Women.

Nature Nurture Me. Free Woman, Strong Woman, Brave Women.

Find your Voice and Shine. Know Woman, Be Woman, All Women.

Nature Nurture Me. Reflection, Connection, Protection.

Standing side by side. Know Woman, Be Woman, All Women.

Nature Nurture Me.


Circle of women May all mothers know that they are loved May all sisters know that they are strong

May all daughters know that they are worthy Let the circle of women live on.’

*by Nalini Blossom

Wise in the Ways || You're Wise in the Ways of a Woman by far

You're Wise in the Ways That`s what you are. || 2x

So (Speak) my sisters (Speak), (speak out loud and don’t be meek)

for how you (speak) is what you are And You're Wise in the Ways of a Woman by far

|| You're Wise in the Ways of a Woman by far

You're Wise in the Ways That`s what you are. || 2x

Sing - sing of all the love you bring

Dance – transcend and make romance Love – like the sun‘s own rays from up above Birth – draw your strength up from the earth

Dream - dream your own reality Pray - giving thanks for each new day

Grow - you have a bed to reap and sow Live - and receive all that you give

Walk - don't waste time with all that talk


Svasti Mantraḥ

A Universal Peace Prayer

oṁ sarveṣāṁ svastirbhavatu sarveṣāṁ śāntirbhavatu

sarveṣāṁ pūrṅaṁbhavatu sarveṣāṁ maṅgalaṁbhavatu

sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ

sarve santu nirāmayāḥ sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu

mā kaścid duḥkhakhāg bhavet

oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ


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