Women's Yoga for Healing: New Moon in Capricorn/Winter Solstice - Dhumavati: Crone Goddess of Disappointent & Letting Go

 

Perceived as the Void, as the dissolved form of consciences, when all beings are dissolved in sleep in the in the Supreme Brahman, having swallowed the entire Universe, the seer-poets call her the most glorious and the eldest, Dhumavati, Crone Goddess of Disappointment and Letting Go. She exists in the form of sleep, lack of memory, illusion, and dullness in the creatures immersed in the illusion of the world, but among yogis she becomes the power that destroys all thoughts, indeed (she is) Samadhi itself. 

 

Dhumavati is one of the group of 10 Goddesses known as the Mahavidyas, or Great Wisdoms. They are Goddesses who incarnate different stages on the path of Self-Realization, or states of unfolding consciousness. In the Tantric tradition of the Mahavidyas, Dhumavati represents the void stage which we all must go through on the path of higher awareness. In any creative or growth process, there is a difficult but necessary stage of void. All our efforts have been fruitless. We know there is further to go but we don't know how to get there. 

At such a moment, the only way through is to let go of expectation, hope, and our desire for comfort, money, recognition, or eve spiritual experience. These are the times in life when we come face to face with our inability to control outcomes, when our skills seem to have deserted us. We find ourselves in a state of emptiness and vulnerability, broken open by disappointment or loss or by our own failure to live up to our expectations of ourselves. 

In failure, Dhumavati is our guide. She takes us down into the cave if the soul, and when we follow her, she shows us the spring that bubbles up out of the empty places in the heart. Dhumavati is one of those Shaktis who looks fierce but us actually tender hearted. She's supposed to give her devotees whatever they desire - when we look lovingly into the face of disappointment, we tap into her love and power. 

 

Come, join me in honoring the recently passed Winter Solstice and the upcoming New Moon in Capricorn with this restorative and gentle yoga therapy practice themed on the Goddess Dhumavati; which includes a live music offering by the talented vocalist & harpist Mariah McCammond, journaling, aromatherapy, and yoga nidra to help you in your own releasing process during this auspicious time of year, when it is both End and Beginning. 

Women's Yoga for Healing - New Moon in Capricorn/Winter Solstice Offering

featuring Live Music by Mariah McCammond 

MoonDay, 12/26/16, 7-8:30pm 

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga Studio

 

.::Women's Yoga for Healing::. {New Moon in Sagittarius} Monday, 11/28/16, 7-8:30pm

The upcoming New Moon in Sagittarius represents our need to discover our True Identity. This is ultimately a passage we must undergo to understand our past choices and form new ones that will serve us better in the future. 

As the sign of The Archer, Sagittarius's lesson indicates our need to first understand ourselves before setting our sights on what we want, otherwise we seek out that which may do us harm. 

 

For my New Moon Goddess offering TOMORROW NIGHT we will contemplate what our inner needs are, for unless we understand our choices and what drives us to make them, subconsciously we will be destined to continually repeat our past mistakes, becoming bitter and less trusting with each wounding. 

.::Women's Yoga for Healing::. 

{New Moon in Sagittarius} 

Monday, 11/28/16, 7-8:30pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga

www.TucsonYoga.com 

 

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Women's Yoga for Healing - New Moon in Aquarius Offering - Monday, 2/8/16, 7-8:30pm at Tucson Yoga, 148 S 4th Avenue

One of the most profound sources of our spiritual insight and feminine power is the very thing that we, as women, are taught to hide or ignore. Often referred to as the m's - our menarche and menopause, our menses and moods. 

We have learned to take ownership of many of our uniquely feminine gifts, yet the roots of our femininity, our cycles, are still remarkably pushed to the side. When they're spoken of, it's as something that seems separate from us and needs to be managed, or something to be singled out and discussed apart from our large femininity. Despite all the advances we've made in the field of feminine empowerment over the past century, our cycles, and our bodies in general, remain our final frontier. 

You see, our feminine cycle isn't a "curse." It's an alchemical miracle, hiding in plain sight, happening right in your own body. And if you learn to work with it (rather than against it), you'll be amazed at the creativity and strength you'll find there. It turns out that when we live in harmony with our cycles, our world gets a whole lot easier. 

We need to reclaim the ancient knowing that our cycles are our hotlines to the holy, and when we participate in them, we all become mystics. They're actually a tremendous gift, especially for those of us walking the path of conscious femininity. It's time to forever change the way we see and live our cycles, because they have everything to do with our power and happiness potential as a woman.

Here's a wonderfully informative blog I've found as a spark of inspiration on my own divine feminine empowerment journey; http://womanswheel.com/menstrual-activism/  

Be sure to also check out Jane's adorable video encouraging all menstruating women and girls to consider healthier and eco-friendly alternatives to disposable tampons and pantyliners, such as Eco Femme's cloth pads; http://ecofemme.org

Come, join me THIS MONDAY, 2/8/16 at Tucson Yoga Studio for an all levels, empowering (women's-only) restorative yoga therapy offering. We will be focusing on drawing upon the healing energy of the New Moon in the freedom-loving and community-inspiring archetype Aquarius; 

Women's Yoga for Healing 

New Moon in Aquarius Offering

Monday, 2/8/16, 7-8:30pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga 

$12 drop-in, passes available

www.TucsonYoga.com

Women's Yoga for Healing ✨New Moon Offering✨MONDAY, 11/9/15, 7-8:30pm 148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga

~ Women's Yoga for Healing ~

✨ New Moon Offering ✨

MONDAY, 11/9/15, 7-8:30pm

148 S 4th Avenue - Tucson Yoga 

www.TucsonYoga.com

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A New Moon happens once a month when the Sun and Moon touch each other. It’s a great time for new beginnings of any sort.  It’s also the perfect time to set intentions for ourselves. Putting our intentions out there can sometimes manifest into bigger and better things. Sometimes when we ask – we will receive within 6 months time, and at the time of the Full Moon, we can really gauge and assess whether or not what we started was beneficial for us.  Even if it doesn’t go the way we planned, the process itself can be beneficial so we mustn't don’t let fear of the end result deter us. 

The upcoming New Moon is meeting up with the Sun in the sign of Scorpio, offering up some deeply transformative energy which can be massively evolving as we have been focusing our work inward on what's holding us back in any way from stepping into our highest potential. 

For this New Moon offering we will take a journey into the depths of our souls deepest wounds and karmic ties...we have the power to expand into our divine feminine potential at this time - come, join me on this incredible adventure!!!

During our practice we will invoke Bhuvaneshwari, the Goddess of infinite space, she whose body is the world. I'd like to give you a little introduction to this Divine Goddess so that you each can fully connect with her embrace during our practice together this Monday, 11/9/15, 7-8:30pm at Tucson Yoga - 148 S 4th Avenue. 

Bhuvaneshwari is both earth mother and sky mother. She is not just one-half of the mythological dualism that equates spirit to masculine and matter with feminine. She is all; nondual. She is the source of whatever emerges from the earth. She is not only the space that extends outward and up, she's also the space within, the space that extends downward into the depths of the earth and the depths of the heart. 

"Vast as the universe is the tiny space within the heart. The heavens and earth are there, and the sun and moon and stars. Fire and lightening and wind are there, and all that now exists, and all that is not." 

Bhuvaneshwari is shunya - the void. But she is also described as purna - or fullness. Just as all numbers are potentially present in zero, all that could possibly exist is potential in the void. Shunya is empty yet full. Akasha is space between that has no beginning or end, which contains all potentiality. Everything begins and ends in it. 

Though Bhuvaneshwari IS the source of matter, though she IS the matrix, though she IS the goddess as Maya - the cosmic measurer who deludes and traps us into seeing matter as separate from spirit - she IS also a portal back into nonduality. 

The madhya - the center - is the gap between one activity and another. Like the still point where a pendulum stops before gathering energy to swing again, the madhya is an empty space pregnant with power. You find the madhya in the tiny pause between one breath and another. You find it in a mind that pauses between thoughts. Bhuvaneshwari is the "breath inside the breath," - and in time, that nearly invisible, hidden space between the breaths can open, imploding inward, expanding into a spaciousness that is infinite - as large as you are able to conceive, and even larger. You find the Goddess Bhuvaneshwari here, more intimate than your breath.

Women's Yoga for Healing: EVERY 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month, 7-8:30pm!

Attention ALL Goddesses!!!

Come, liberate yourselves from the perceived constraints of life and step firmly rooted in your power of authenticity with me during this divine feminine Taurus New Moon.

Women's Yoga for Healing

SUNDAY, 5/17/15

7:00 - 8:30pm

(1st & 3rd Sundays)

314 E 6th Street

What would it look like if you ripped up your to-do list, shredded your calendar, and turned off your cell phone???   

When I think of possibly doing that, I often feel anxious.  I can hear an inner voice panicking and asking, “how will things get done?”  

What's underneath this voice of panic is fear and a lack of faith.  If I had faith that everything is getting done, then I would allow myself to just relax more often.

We can learn a lot from this Taurus New Moon and by connecting with nature.  

Everything is getting done, so RELAX and create time to enjoy and be present in your life. 

When we feel free - even in the midst of perceived restrictions on our freedom (externally or internally) - then we have found that sweet spot of spiritual liberation.

(Goddess Quan Yin - Bodhisattva of Compassion) 

NEW MOON YOGA, DAY HIKE & MEDITATION: SATURDAY, 4/18/15, 9-11am at Yetman Trail, Camino De Oeste Trailhead, Tucson Mountain Park

NEW MOON YOGA, DAY HIKE & MEDITATION!

THIS SATURDAY, 4/18/15, 9-11am! 

The weather is warming up and it's time to change our monthly New Moon gathering so that we aren't out in the hottest part of the day cooking in the sun! Yetman Trail has very little shade, so please consider this when getting ready for our hike this Saturday!

Meet me this SATURDAY, 4/18/15 at 9AM in the parking lot on Camino De Oeste at Tucson Mountain Park - Yetman Trail with your sunglasses & water, wearing comfortable shoes & weather-appropriate clothing to join me in walking/hiking the Yetman Trail at Tucson Mountain Park for a special monthly NEW MOON DAY HIKE Yoga Love offering!

New Moon & Spring Equinox Yoga, Day Hike & Meditation - THIS FRIDAY, 3/20/15, 2-4pm at Yetman Trail - Tucson Mountain Park

I'm stoked about this month's New Moon Day Hike and to also usher in the Spring Equinox with all you Yoga Lovers! 

Mark your calendars for FRIDAY, 3/20/15, 2-4pm and bring your friends to come get lost in nature with me as we shift into a new cycle with clarity and intentional purpose! 

$3 New Moon Yoga, Day Hike, and Meditation 

This Friday, 3/20/15, 2-4pm

at Yetman Trail, Tucson Mountain Park 

Take Speedway west, turn left onto Camino De Oeste, arrive at parking lot/trailhead on your right. 

NEW MONTHLY MOON HIKES! FEBRUARY IS FREE!

Come, join me OFF the mat as we venture out into nature and set our intentions to make this part of our NEW MONTHLY dose of Yoga Love offerings! 

Wednesday, 2/18/15, 2-4pm

New Moon Yoga, Day Hike & Meditation with Empower Tucson Yoga at Sanctuary Cove, located at 8001 N Scenic Drive, Tucson AZ 85743! 

Meet me WEDNESDAY, 2/18/15 at 2PM in the parking lot at Sanctuary Cove with your sunglasses & water, wearing comfortable shoes & weather-appropriate clothing to join me in walking/hiking the inspirational trail at Sanctuary Cove for a special monthly NEW MOON DAY HIKE Yoga Love offering!

We will begin with 15 minutes of Yoga to prepare for our walking/hiking journey, 25-35 minutes to the destination point, where I will lead you through 10 minutes intention setting themed around the monthly Full/New Moon before we return back to complete our walking/hiking journey, 25-35 minutes. Upon our return we will practice 10 minutes of silent walking meditation through the labyrinth at this sacred space in nature!  

Total hiking time; approximately 50-70 minutes, two 25-35 minute hikes. 

Total yoga time: 15 minutes, all levels flow

Total meditation time: 20 minutes, 10 guided, 10 silent walking. 

Total event time: 2 hours (120 minutes)

Directions:

Exit I-10 At Cortaro Road, (exit 246) turn Left, (West) onto Cortaro. Proceed thru the intersection (s) till you reach Silverbell Road.  At Silverbell Road turn Right, (North). Proceed North on Silverbell till you reach Coachline Road. Turn Left, (West), on Coachline, (also called Continental Reserve Loop Road!) stay in the right hand lane. Follow the road as it curves. The right hand lane will transform into a right turn only lane, Forcing you to take a Right onto Pima Farms Road. Take Pima Farms Road to the Right. The road curves west, intersecting with Scenic Drive at the entrance to the Lazy K Guest Ranch. At Scenic and Pima Farms, take a Left, (South) and go ¼ mile down the simple country road. Sanctuary Cove is on the Right Hand, (West) side of Scenic Drive behind a large native stone entry way. Parking areas are signed.

If you get lost simply call (520) 744-2375 and the Caretakers will help!

Porta jon is available on the property. 

Winter Solstice & New Moon Restorative Yoga Offering with Live Music by Serena Gabriel! Sunday, 12/21/14, 6:30-8:30pm at The Yoga Tree, 5961 N Oracle Road

As the Winter Solstice arrives this weekend, marking the return of the light and bringing with it an empowering New Moon in Capricorn, be sure to mark your calendars and bring your friends and lovers for this special Yoga Love offering!!! 

Serena Gabriel and I are more than excited to collaborate our passions for healing, nurturing and empowering and to offer this special Winter Solstice and New Moon offering ~ THIS SUNDAY, 12/21/14 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at The Yoga Tree, located at 5961 N Oracle Road. 

To register and for more details; 

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/home?studioid=17421

The Winter Solstice marks the day when light and dark are equal in length, which invites us to contemplate the balancing of the light and dark, yin and yang, feminine and masculine qualities within our own unique lives. 

The New Moon in Capricorn offers us the perseverance needed to overcome any obstacles that are blocking us from reaching our highest self, particularly reflecting any unresolved issues that we may still be clinging to which no longer serve our evolutionary process.

We hope you'll join us to unite our hearts together as a community and to set our intentions surrounding peace, love and light in the upcoming cycle, season, and new year! 

Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. ~Tiffany  

Winter Solstice Restorative Yoga with Tiffany Georgia, RYT-200 Live Music by Serena Gabriel Sunday, 12/21/2014 6:30pm - 8:30pm at The Yoga Tree

Winter Solstice Restorative Yoga with Tiffany Georgia, RYT-200 

Live Music by Serena Gabriel

Sunday, 12/21/2014

6:30pm - 8:30pm

at The Yoga Tree

$20 pre-register (by 12/14/2014)

$25 after 12/14/2014 or day of event

Register at www.TheYogaTreeAZ.com

Please join me for this special celebration of the Winter Solstice and the New Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2014 from 6:30-8:30pm!

Restorative Yoga explores the capacity of our ability to relax deeply, to understand our bodies and minds more intimately, and to open our hearts more fully.

When our bodies are supported with props such as; blankets, belts, blocks, bolsters, eye bags, and walls it sends a message to our mind, body and spirit to let go of deeply held tension. Here is where we discover the power of re-creation and everything comes alive again as if for the first time. 

This will be a space held for stillness to honor the reflective aspect of the last New Moon of the year by offering gratitude for the abundance 2014 has offered. 

I invite you to use this newly cleared space to weave your destinies into love and expanding light as the Winter Solstice births us from darkness into the return of the light. 

You can allow faith to unfold love into your lives more greatly, penetrating your dreams of new beginnings with nothing but blessings for the New Year! 

New Moon Yin & Vinyasa with LIVE MUSIC by Serena Gabriel

Please join me TONIGHT for this special New Moon Yoga Love offering with LIVE MUSIC by local musician Serena Lynn Gabriel!

Yin & Vinyasa 

Monday, 10/20/14

5:30-6:45pm

located at 435 E 9th Street

(between 3rd & 4th Avenues)

$5 ~ ONLY ~ $5 

*donations graciously accepts for musicians offering*