Skip to content

Home
About Me
- About Me
- Contact
Yoga School
Courses
Coaching
Shop
Resources

[ STUDENT LOG IN ]

Home
About Me
- About Me
- Contact
Yoga School
Courses
Coaching
Shop
Resources

Contact Me

SEND ME MESSAGE

Do you have a question for me? Great! I'd love to help, and you can email me here.

Your name Please enter your name.

Your email Please enter a valid email.

Your message Please enter a message.

Message Sent! Message failed. Please try again.

YACEP

E-RYT500

Be a part of my community on Instagram
@Karina.Guthrie.Yoga

Did you know that ‘shakti’ - the divine femini

Did you know that ‘shakti’ - the divine feminine - is not female? It’s certainly described as feminine and its imagery is feminine (communicating the fact that it has the power to create life) but that’s where the parallels end.

Women do not have a monopoly over shakti because shakti is, simply, creative power. We all have creative power, and we express that power (for better and worse), regardless of our gender identity.

Equally, men do not have a monopoly over shiva (the divine masculine) because the divine masculine is not male. It’s just the term we use to personify consciousness and consciousness, as we know, flows through us all, regardless of how we identify.

The divine feminine (and masculine) are gendered terms, but they describe a non-gendered reality. All of us are comprised of some combination of both.

So, as a woman you may find the imagery of the divine feminine empowering (I certainly do). And, as a man, you may feel the same way about the imagery of gods. But understand that the two are intertwined, in the imagery and within us. And, actually, I hope that allows you to feel freer to express more of who you are.

*
*
*
*
*
#freeyourmind #yogaforlife #innerwisdom #meetthemoment #mindfulnesspractice #soulgrowth #souljourney #yogaprogress #consciousawareness #dailyyoga #igyogis #embodiment #meditateeveryday #yogamind #yogatransformation #inspiredyogi #yogastudents #yogateachers #meditationpractice #teachertraining #yogagoals #mindfulmeditation #yogacoach #divinegoddess #shakti #creativepower #divinefeminine#divinemasculine #yogawoman #yogateachertraining

If you look around yoga and new age spirituality p

If you look around yoga and new age spirituality platforms these days, you’ll see a lot out there about the divine feminine.

Often it’s associated with feminine flow, or with intuition, or with ease and play.

Looking at it from a Tantric perspective, however, requires a more nuanced lens.

The Sanskrit word for the divine feminine (or, rather, for the force that is personified as the divine feminine) is Shakti.

Shakti literally means power. More specifically, creative power.

It’s the power of a seed to become a flower…

The power of the universe to create a galaxy…

The power of a woman to birth a child…

The power of you or I to create and grow and ‘become’.

Shakti can certainly express as flow and ease and play. Equally, it can (and does) express as calamity and thunder and war.

It is both light and dark, victim and perpetrator, feminist and misogynist.

It is everything.

It is a term that captures the spectrum of life, the spectrum of ways that life force moves, and the spectrum of who each of us is in our most unbridled form.

*
*
*
*
*
#dharma #inspiredyogis #soulgrowth #yogagoals #divinefeminine #dharmayoga #embodiment #shakti #innerknowing #leadwithlove #yogagoddess #peacewithin #thisisyoga #yogainspirations #yogamythology #yogaphilosophy #badassyogi #heavilymeditated #yogadaily #findyourtribe #meditationpractice #yogafamily #yogalover #teachertraining #dailyyogapractice #homeyogapractice #liveyoga #mantrameditation #mindfulmeditation #yogawoman

I’m going to ask you some questions: What’s y

I’m going to ask you some questions:

What’s your relationship with ‘abundance’? We hear of it a lot of these days, right? Does it make you feel cringy or inspired?

What makes life beautiful for you? If you imagine your life, full to the brim, what does it look and feel like?

How about your relationship with wealth? Not money, but value, including the value of giving and receiving?

What about your relationship with order? Does the prospect of order make you feel suffocated or free?

Why would I even ask?

Think about what it takes to sustain life, about what it takes for us to flourish, individually, collectively, in nature. It takes a life-enhancing energy arranged in a particular (orderly) way, the vibe of which can be personified as the goddess Lakshmi.

Feels nice right?

Now, think about when the desire to sustain life becomes greedy. When the desire to take is greater than the desire to give. When consumerism and the inability to feel satisfied, or the fear - perhaps - that we’re not held by life muddies the waters of thriving.

This, too, is Lakshmi.

Lakshmi is everything we need, internally and externally, for a beautiful life. But she’s also the ’take-y’ part of us that can sabotage things when we bite off more than we can chew.

As abundance she can manifest as an abundance of nothing or as an abundance of greed, just as she can manifest as an abundance of the sweet stuff that makes life feel full and lovely.

So, if our desire is to receive, she asks us to give, and to keep our house in order (literally and metaphorically). Her lesson is that it’s our own commitment to loveliness that captures her heart and sparks her desire to sustain us and hold us in life.

*
*
*
*
*
#inspiredyogis #meditationpractice #simpleandstill #teachertraining #yogagoals #yogalover #consciousawareness #dailymantra #liveyoga #meditateeverydamnday #mindbodyandspirit #peacewithin #tantrayoga #yogamind #yogaphilosophy #yogatraining #meditatetoelevate #personalyoga #yogamentor #yogateachertrainer #hathayoga #yogateachertraining #soulgrowth #yogastudent #sacredspace #mediatedaily #fortheloveofyoga #deities #yogagoddesses #yogamythology

So, what do you get when you sign up for The Embod

So, what do you get when you sign up for The Embodiment Project?

Each month you’ll dive into an aspect of yoga (and, through that, an aspect of yourself), through a themed monthly journey, inclusive of:

💛 4 x full-length class (inclusive of asana, pranayama and meditation) with a debrief about what the classes do so you can tell if they’re right for you.

💛 Talks on philosophy (these will be the foundation for your journey each month) with instruction on how to incorporate them into your life.

💛 Interviews with experts who can shed light on your questions, experiences and roadblocks.

💛 Off-the-mat practices and journaling prompts to help you integrate what you’re learning into your life.

💛 Masterclasses

💛 Short courses

💛 Yoga nidras and relaxation practices

💛 Discounted trainings

Want more information? Head to the link in my bio. You’ll find everything there when you do.

#theembodimentproject

I’m going to tell you a story, a well-known para

I’m going to tell you a story, a well-known parable about a person, thirsty and searching for water. Standing in a field they use a shovel to dig a small hole. Finding no water, they move to the next field and dig another hole…over and over. Frustrated, they give up. ‘There’s no water anywhere!’.

The irony? The water was there all along. Had they dug the first hole deep enough, they’d have found it straight away.

Yoga is like that. You can jump from class to class, teacher to teacher and never quench your thirst. That’s because the feeling you’re searching for requires you to dig deep.

Your yoga journey doesn’t have to happen in a piecemeal fashion (a little from here, a little from there). You can quench your thirst for growth and commit to a meaningful learning process by signing up for The Embodiment Project at the link in my bio.

The Embodiment Project is an online yoga school for people, like you, who are ready to explore yoga beyond the studio setting. You can check the platform out for free, with the 7-day free trial when you enrol.

#theembodimentproject

@KARINA.GUTHRIE

Home
About Me
- About Me
- Contact
Yoga School
Courses
Coaching
Shop
Resources

KGY - Freebie Graphic (1)

GET YOUR FREE PRANAYAMA & MEDITATION PRACTICE

Join my mailing list and receive fortnightly news, resources and content created especially for my community of modern yogis!

For news on trainings, upcoming events and to discover more about Yoga's rich tradition, join my mailing list. And, as a welcome, you'll receive access to a free Meditation & Pranayama Practice

©2022 KARINA GUTHRIE • WEBSITE DESIGN BY CAROL HAMPSHIRE • PRIVACY POLICY • TERMS + CONDITIONS

Scroll To Top