Iris Savatovsky
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Iris Savatovsky
Watching changes in form, thought, and sensation underscores the liberating insight that, although in a very real sense we are embodied beings, we are not this body. Or rather that this body is not a solid and permanent phenomenon.
Mary Taylor • The Art of Vinyasa: Awakening Body and Mind through the Practice of Ashtanga Yoga
In La Révolution du langue poétique , 1974/1984, her doctoral thesis, Kristeva introduced the concept of le sémiotique, which would articulate the realm of the pre-Symbolic, which is the basis of poetic language. Although “the semoiotic” can be located within the signifying process, one should image the pre-Symbolic as the Feminine coming back to... See more
Julia Kristeva: Transgression and the Féminine | Art History Unstuffed
Anything you practice to the level of effortless mastery will become a prejudicial frame that filters your experience of the world. The metaphors native to human activities - whether vacuuming the rug, making love or going to war - once these are ritually practiced, they become boundaries in... See more
The Red Moon Cycle links menstrual rhythms with lunar phases to offer a framework for understanding energy patterns and managing menstrual health. Menstruation during the full moon is linked to the goddess Kali, and the concept of Shakti, which represents powerful, creative, and regenerative energy.
men and women operate on different hormonal cycles, and in a society that is structured only by the former, it is no wonder we falter in understanding each other. models of productivity (not only in the workplace, but in the way we exercise, socialize, and generally operate) accommodate primarily to the 24 hour cycle of fluctuation. big picture,
... See moreUnfortunately for the feminine, essentially all major religion traditions were created for the masculine. Taught by the masculine to the masculine using the words of the masculine.
Fairy tales, myths, and stories provide understandings which sharpen our sight so that we can pick out and pick up the path left by the wildish nature. The instruction found in story reassures us that the path has not run out, but still leads women deeper, and more deeply still, into their own knowing. The tracks we all are following are those of
... See moreDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
And so we let our hearts guide us. We let our bodies guide us. “When we align ourselves with our deepest prayer, the next right thing unfolds,” Cynthia discovered. This is the way of the feminine mystic.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
One of the main observations made about the ancient archaeological figures of women is how sexual they are, pointing us to a way of expression that was both sacred and actively sexual at once.