Painting Mandalas with Friends

Christy's newest Sacred Feminine Mandala...

I have been invited to become part of a group of WONDER WOMEN who gaze at bindi points in mandalas as they color them through divine inspiration.

How did this come about? Because on the 10th of February I started a new Kundalini Yoga class at D's, and it follows Christy's class. At first she was stressed by not having been informed about the change to the schedule, because she had to end 15 minutes earlier with no warning...then she sent me a lovely e-mail apologizing for being stressed when she owed me no apology at all.  The a few days later she invited me to be a part of this group of women.

Interestingly, when they met tonight at her house in Creve Coeur, it turns out to be just down the street from my old friend Dan's house...the Dan who will only communicate through text now, because I scolded him about his father's hands grabbing my ass...but I still love my friend Dan.

And I love these mandalas! Healing imagery! Beautiful process...

I didn't go to this first meeting. I was afraid. Scared of all the new people. And it was lightly snowing too, so that figured into my excuse. When Christy told me that everyone had been looking forward to meeting me, I almost cried. I assured her that I would be back for the next session, which is on the 18th of March. Once a month. Girl time. Ladies in my age group. Mommas and daughters. Creating these fabulous mandalas...

The minute I saw this one, I knew it was a Kali Yantra! I knew it! I love Kali, part of Vaishnodevi and the shrine to Vaishnodevi on the border of India and Pakistan, where Yogi Bhajan's father made a pilgrimage with him to thank the goddess for his birth...where Yogi Bhajan himself has visited, and the very same shrine that represents an aspect of the Divine Feminine which Ammachi, Sri Amritanandamayi Devi, my namesake, is supposed to be a divine manifestation of. The Kali of the puja for Vaishnodevi that I did 3 times for Sola Shukravar...a practice that my old friend Jyoti told me about. A practice that young women in India do...a practice involving the sadhana of celibacy, that ends with an incredible accumulation of vast amounts of energy!!!!!

The above mandala was done by Eileen.

She said: "This is Mandala 16, Kali Yantra. Kali is the supreme goddess of time, presiding over the present moment that gives life its vitality and its transitory nature as well. I colored this design in three stages. In the center, I was concerned about grounding, grounding, grounding - and Christy I practiced the mudra you shared with us while creating. When I returned a few days ago, my gaze kept staying in the middle and going outward, rather stuck at where the petals were leading..." the rest is very private.

When I saw this I immediately went: KALI!!!?! Then I saw that it IS Kali. I love Kali! Some even say that Ammachi, the Hugging Saint, is an earthly manifestation of Kali. At her ashram in Kerala, India there is a lovely shrine to Kali.