Connecting to Your Voice of Primal Feminine Dignity

In Sally Kempton’s “Awakening Shakti, The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga”, she says: “We sense that something profoundly important is missing from a world in which the power of the divine feminine is not understood and in which women themselves are out of touch with their own Shakti, the force of feminine strength and the flavors of feminine love".”

New Classes Starting January 8th, Register Here.

Sally continues to share how the modern world has “weakened our bonds with the feminine.” This can be applied to all beings. All bodies contain the sacred Feminine and Masculine energies and an imbalance will most certainly result in disharmony. Whether we are living in a female or male body, we carry these ancient traits and recognize the ways we interact in the world. Finding our way to our deepest and truest nature to me, is the joy of being human. To be able to express how we feel is essential for harmony, ease and comfort for our personal dignity.

Strengthening our relationship to the Sacred Feminine (and Masculine) within, we find a way for that energy to move outward from us to help heal, rebalance and restore the ruptures within and without. Oppressing the rights of female bodied people, diminishing their place in the world, enslaving them and punishing them for natural bodily occurances must stop. We as a people can make a difference by starting with ourselves by establishing a new relationship with a source of inner energy unknown to us before.

Mythology exists for a reason, it can provide a sense of connection to something bigger than us. I invite you to join me over these next 6 weeks to explore 6 of the most powerful and profound Goddesses in the Yoga Tradition. Using Yin Yoga, Pranayama, and Guided Meditations that focus on each Goddess of the Week, you might find one that you resonate with and use her Mantra to awaken, strengthen and form a new way to move through the world right now. And you will have a great yoga class with a deep restorative relaxation!

Week 1: Chinnamasta: Goddess of Radical Self-Trancendence

Week 2: Saraswati: Goddess Who Flows As Language, Insight and Sound

Week 3: Dhumavati: Crone Goddess of Disappointment and Letting Go

Week 4: Durga: Warrior Goddess of Protection and Inner Strenth

Week 5: Parvati: Goddess of Sacred Relationships

Week 6: Lakshmi: Goddess of Abundance and Good Fortune

The format for each class will begin with a gentle warm up of long deep slow flowing yoga asanas, followed by Yin Yoga, Pranayama and ending with a Guided yoga Nidra relaxation relating to each Goddess. To learn more, feel free to obtain your own copy of Sally Kempton’s book and go deeper!

Register Here and a Zoom Link will be emailed to you. we start Monday, January 8th!

6 Classes, Live on Zoom

Mondays:: 4:30 pm PST - 5:45 pm PST

$108 for the session, Please follow payment button below, Zoom Link will be emailed to you

January 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th and February 5th and 12th, 2024!

IF you miss a class, no problem! All are recorded and you will receive the recording to do in your own time, over and over!

Note: I am so excited to see you soon!!! contact me with any questions, denise@divinelightyoga.com

Goddess Lakshmi

Bee Buzzing

Finding Balance

Rediscovering an old friend is how I have felt with Brahmari! I have found this to really help me relax deeper into mySelf!

Breath First: Try Brahmari or a humming type of breathing to reduce anxiety, overwhelm and get you back on track. I love this breathing, it really brings me right into the present moment, vibrates what may be stuck or calms what is in overdrive.

Sit and feel the floor or back of a chair supporting you. If you feel safe, close your eyes, and try using your thumbs to close off your ears, let your other four fingers rest on your forehead.

Inhale through your NOSE with an internal Humming sound. P A U S E.

Exhale through your NOSE with an internal Humming sound. P A U S E

Focus on the vibration, the feeling and the length of your exhale. Let it become longer and longer each time.

A few rounds will bring you into Presence and more is even better. Your inhale hum may sound like a buzzing bee, and the exhale will too, at a different pitch. Brahmari means bee and Pranayama is the affecting of our Life force.

ps. If you are pregnant, heavily menstruating, with high blood pressure or prone to seizures this Pranayama is contraindicated. Try Long Deep Belly Breathing.

Stay well my friends, and a deeply Happy New Year wish to each of you.

Durga Energy!

2022 Offerings

Mastering our Self Course

Starting January 21st:: Brand New Deep Dive into Mastering our Self::Check out the program and see if it is for you. Whether you are wishing to advance your teaching platform or grow your connection to your practice, this course unfolds uniquely to open your inner domain to strengthen and calm your being. Tools, strategies and practices to awaken your inner True Nature, come home again.

Trauma Informed Yoga Course:: Resources for Resiliency

February 19th to July 23rd, 2022, Live on Zoom

Every Saturday, 11am-1pm, PST, for 6 months, join me to engage in a holistic experiential method to unlearn what locked in the trauma triggers and to integrate transformational practices for living. It took a lifetime for these triggers to lodge in our body, let’s give ourselves a wide berth to unlock, unlearn and establish a safe and reliable way to communicate, advocate and relate to our deepest needs. One of the benefits of teaching on Zoom, all these classes will be recorded! So if you have to miss one, I can send you the recording so you will not loose any of the teachings. All recordings will only show me not the entire group for privacy.

Live Zoom Classes Still going strong!!!

Every Monday and Wednesday Night, 7:00 pm to 8:15 or 8:30 pm Pacific time, I am here!

Yin with Restorative yoga and Deep Relaxation: Yoga Nidra

All donation based, come all regardless of what you can offer.

On a personal note,

I still feel there can be so much to be afraid, worried and anxious about. Be brave friends, have courage, we have so much more to draw from than we imagined. Right? These yogic tools and practices have lasted this long because they work. So…work them! Jump back in, chant a mantra, find a pranayama (breathing exercise), come to class even if you just lie there! Listen to a Yoga Nidra! Call a friend, take a walk. Rub your whole body in warm sesame oil and then take a lovely hot/warm bath or shower! Light a candle, eat a sweet juicy fruit, cook a cozy meal. Sit by a fire, sing a song, write a song! Dance. Feel into it, we are here for a reason. Change the channel from anxiety to being present. From depression to any activity. From fear to courage or at least presence. I know we’ve got this, I’ve been working it all year, and yes, I feel you. Joyous New year blessings to each of you.

Love, light and a warm hug,

Denise Divine

NEW::My first video::Anxiety Relief

Sat Nam dearest divine loves,

I have finally embarked on something I wanted to do for a long time for you.  My first video

ANXIETY RELIEF

is ready.  Along with the video here are some incredible tips for helping to release, relieve and HEAL that dreaded anxiety/panic attack that plague so many.  

3 Big Tips:

1.  Do this breathing technique every day for at least 40 days, make it a habit and change your brain.

2.  Eat warm cooked food, eliminate cold drinks and food and keep a fairly regular schedule for 40 days.

3.  Oil your skin daily BEFORE your shower, then rinse. This will actually reduce that feeling of anxiousness and help with the breathing and calming the mind.  

Enjoy, please subscribe to my new Youtube Channel and get more of these super helpful snippets soon.