Meet the Awakening Women Team
We are a women-run organization. Together, we explore a business model based on ease, freedom and honoring of the cyclic nature of creativity. We aim to live true to our values of integrity, trust, generosity and honest, open communication. Our team members work remotely from many places in the world.
And yes, we have a zero-stress policy.
We are a women-run organization. Together, we explore a business model based on ease, freedom and honoring of the cyclic nature of creativity. We aim to live true to our values of integrity, trust, generosity and honest, open communication. Our team members work remotely from many places in the world.
And yes, we have a zero-stress policy.
ABOUT CHAMELI
Chameli (pronounced sha-meh-lee) is the founder of Awakening Women, a mystic and Goddess Wisdom Keeper. Through her love of ancient wisdom teachings, and her own practice in Goddess circles all over the world, she has crystallized maps of spiritual awakening and leadership that are accessible, practical and honoring of women today. Rooted in earth honoring, devotional women’s spirituality and goddess-centered tantric yoga, she is especially appreciated for her love of mythology and storytelling as a key to spiritual awakening and embodiment.
ABOUT CHAMELI
Chameli (pronounced sha-meh-lee) is the founder of Awakening Women, a mystic and Goddess Wisdom Keeper. Through her love of ancient wisdom teachings, and her own practice in Goddess circles all over the world, she has crystallized maps of spiritual awakening and leadership that are accessible, practical and honoring of women today. Rooted in earth honoring, devotional women’s spirituality and goddess-centered tantric yoga, she is especially appreciated for her love of mythology and storytelling as a key to spiritual awakening and embodiment.
ABOUT SIMONERITA
SimoneRita is a single mother of two teenagers and lives in Zurich. Her path has led her to various wisdom teachers, from toltec shamanism up to tantric Buddhism. Her feminine spiritual practice consists of meditation, dance, movement, chanting, being a business woman and a mother. For many years she has been holding women’s temple groups and workshops for women. As a Yogini she practices feminine embodied spirituality. She passionately engages in an intimate relationship with every experience and every moment, always in search of unconditional truth in this often times challenging life in a woman’s body. SimoneRita has been studying with Awakening Women since 2013.
what I love: my children, my sisters, the women’s circle, hugging trees, wind in my hair, watching the horizon, hummingbirds
what I am committed to: to serve the awakening of the divine feminine, to evolve together, to see and honor the beauty in every single being and to love untamed from the impeccability of my heart
what I do: I am teaching the Awakening Women Facilitator Training and the 9-Month Program. I take care of the Temple Mama community and work in various other projects.
the best part about working at Awakening Women for me is: the way we all walk our talk in this glorious team, to create a culture that is aligned with what my heart knows is possible. There is a deep sense of gratitude, meaningfulness and peace.
what you can count on me for: my loyalty to the circle and that I deepen my practice every single day to keep my heart clear and to go out of my way.
my vision for the world: that we remember who we truly are, reconnect and live joyfully in peace on this beautiful planet.
ABOUT HELEN
Helen started working for AWI in 2008 as administrative support and systems coordinator. She also coordinates and supports our online sadhanas. what I love: I love to travel with my husband to different parts of the world, professionally to be able to solve the problems that arise. what I am committed to: make sure all of our sisters get the best experience with our programs. what I do: administer all of the websites and technical support for all of our systems. I am always in the look out for better systems to make the experience of being part of the AWI sisterhood be more rewarding. the best part about working at Awakening Women for me is: the sisterhood. what you can count on me for: to leave no stone unturned to find a solution to a problem regardless how long it takes so that our clients experience with AWI be the best possible. my vision for the world: That kindness always rules our thoughts and actions. That we are empathetic and compassionate. That we demand that of our leaders and they demand the same of us. To live and let live…a space for all. Respect for all life.
ABOUT BIBBIE
Bibbie Friman is an internationally acclaimed shamanic priestess of photography, who artistically crafts the magic behind most of our photos in Awakening Women. Fluent in the language of light, she cuts through illusions with her camera, communicating through her photos the miraculous, undeniable beauty of the feminine essence. She lives in the southern archipelagos outside Gothenburg, Sweden, and travels around the globe offering her gift of Awakening Photography to the world. what I love: my two cats and my home on an island in Sweden, nature walks and silence. what I am committed to: living from my heart and being a part of the change for to live in awareness and Peace on Earth. what I do (in AWI): I capture moments of ancient wisdom of the sacred feminine through my images. the best part about working at Awakening Women for me is: the sisterhood and being a part of awakening the feminine. what you can count on me for: never compromising the purity of my message in my images. Restoring balance into a world that has lost its eye for beauty and forgotten how to praise life. my vision for the world: that we all live in loving kindness.
ABOUT HOANN
Hoann is from Toronto, Canada and currently lives in a small village. She started working with Awakening Women in 2021, creating social media content.
what I love: animals, wildlife in wild spaces, native plant gardening, travel, satire, books & podcasts.
what I do: share Awakening Women’s message and teachings in the form of social media content and work on marketing-related activities.
what I am committed to: considering the perspectives of those who have been historically marginalized and working in integrity with the Awakening Women values.
the best part about working at Awakening Women for me is: sharing many values and sister support.
my vision for the world: that we individually and collectively move through the world with self awareness and reverence for the Earth and our fellow living beings.