In my Yoga class this morning I found my self leaning my legs up towards the wall, a blanket was rolled up underneath my thighs. I had two pillows supporting both my wrists, and one under my head. Oh, and did I mention the warm soft blanket hugging my whole body? This was the point [Read More...]
Posts Tagged ‘feminine leadership’
Break the Spell of Fear
To me the Awakening Women Way is both an inner journey as well as an outer journey, and the outer journey has taken me around the world and I’ve been meeting with thousands of women in many countries by now. Together we are exploring, like we are exploring together here, how we can live a [Read More...]
Feeling All the Way to God
I have been in sorrow’s kitchen and licked all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hand. Zora Neale Hurston Most people are surprised when I talk about being with feelings as a spiritual practice. How can our feelings, which so often [Read More...]
Where do you find your worth?
Today I’m contemplating the message of Lakshmi, the Goddess of true wealth. In these days of “get- your- dream- sports- car- using- the- law- of- Attraction” and “I-do-it-my-way” , the Deep Feminine is calling us to sincerely investigate what is true wealth. What is success? Lakshmi has 108 names, and each name represent a different [Read More...]
the manifesto of encouragement
Danielle LaPorte made my day today. She writes my heart open. Below is the article from her blog whitehottruth.com SPREADING THE RA-RA, Chameli right now: There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness. Someone you haven’t [Read More...]
Your Feminine Leadership Instrument
I wanted to share with you this little practice that I love and that I use a lot when I am on the road You can do this practice sitting down, standing up, I love to do it while walking. Your Feminine Leadership Instrument Earth Breathing – Imagine a point a few feet inside the [Read More...]
ROAR
By Cinda Stevens Lonsway It began as a whisper, of one woman leaning into the ear of another, “Do you feel it?” she asked. Then whispered to another, “Do you feel it?” and it began to spread, this whisper, from one woman to another, to another, whispering, “Do you feel it? Do you feel it?” [Read More...]
The Trap of Postponement
In our attempt to live up to everybody’s expectations, time disappears like sand through our fingers, and our true passion is nothing but a faint shadow in our dreams. We all have very good reasons for postponing the expression of our creative gifts. There is the floor that needs to be mopped, the phone calls [Read More...]
Why I celebrate the International Women's day
In Norway where I grew up March 8th was a big day. We marched in parades through the city, we dressed up in nice clothes, we said congratulation! In Norway women have as close to equal rights as it gets at this time on our planet, so one could easily say, “whats the big deal”, [Read More...]
How would your life have been different?
(Photo by Mikaela Larm) Guestblog by Jennifer Wynne How might your life have been different, if, deep within, you carried an image of the Great Mother? And, when things seemed very, very bad, you could imagine that you were sitting in the lap of the Goddess, held tightly… embraced at last And, that you could [Read More...]
In our right minds
Take a few minutes to listen to Dale Allen, she is worth listening to!
Every Day Enlightenment
A while back I heard of a Buddhist center in America where they have a practice to stop what they were doing every time the phone was ringing, not to rush to pick it up, but to do their breathing practice: Breathing in calmness- Breathing out calmness At our office at Awakening Women Institute we [Read More...]
Awakening Women Global Sisterhood Manifesto
The relationship we have to other women reflects the relationship we have to our own feminine essence. We take a stand for a new way of being women together on this planet. Together we can heal and transform the old ways of competition and gossiping, and return to a relationship of celebration and empowerment. [Read More...]
Just Like Me ~ a practice for you
Our “shadow side” are resisted aspects of ourselves. These are aspects that do not fit into the image we carry of ourselves, they can be both positive or negative. We tend to project our shadow side onto other people or circumstances. This exercise will help you call the disowned parts of you home. Just Like [Read More...]
Stop…
Right here. Can you feel it? Life? Right here. Right here is the very edge of evolution. Just now as these words are offered, as small helpless bridges from one breath to the next, life is unfolding. Life is not happening to you. It is also not happening by you. It is happening , and [Read More...]
Do I breathe it? Do I meditate on it? How do I REMEMBER?
Here is a question from Meg. If you would like to ask something go to the “Ask Chameli” Page. Q: First, thank you for your site, your blogs, videos, etc….I found you on Face Book – and applaud your helping women around the world regain our power! My question is what is the best thing [Read More...]
Divine Feminine at the Parliament of the World's Religions
Every five years The Parliament of the World’s Religions brings together spiritual leaders from around the globe. It was created to cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual communities and to foster a just, peaceful and sustainable world. The Parliament took place this year in Melbourne, Australia, December 3-9th, and the Divine Feminine was [Read More...]
Walking the streets of Munich
I arrived safe in Munich and today I have been sleeping and walking and sleeping and walking. And praying. When I tune into a new women’s gathering I always pray, and open myself for any impulse that wants to come through. It is as if the circle itself is calling me closer. As I [Read More...]
How to Live Feminine Leadership
Back in 1990 when I started to play around with the techniques that later evolved into the women’s awakening and empowerment process that we use at Awakening Women Institute, I did not really know how to be a woman in the world. All the role models I saw around me seemed to be constricted [Read More...]
