Wild love Women's Newsletter August 2007

 

In This Issue: August, 2007

Letter from Chameli

The Return of The Goddess Tele class Part 2

A Drop of Wisdom

Why Moms Can't Do Yoga -video

From the Templegroup manual

ShantiMayi In Scandinavia

The Secret of The Divine Feminine Deepening Retreat

Women's weekend in the Norwegian Mountains

Upcoming Events

Events with Other Women in the Network

 


Letter from Chameli

Dear friends,

I am still on the road, meeting so many wonderful open hearts. I have been traveling across the US, and now I am in Europe. I really get to exersise my gypsy legs! Soon I will be back in Omega NY, for our Deeper Love retreat. This will be the only time we offer this retreat this year, so if you want to explore this topic with us, come!

I bow to all of you and a special welcome to all the new women who have joined our expanded, wideopen, juicy women's community.

The newsletter will be short this time, and I am so sorry but no German translation this month. You can always read our past newsletters at our newsletter page

I send you much much love, always

Chameli

The Return of The Goddess Tele class Part 2

Join us for the next series starting August 21th,

This time we will have a spesial number for the women in Germany, UK, Hollan, Austria, Switserland aswell as an international one. This means that women in these country only pay domestic phoning fees!!! We will also make it possible to listen to the call over the web, this will be free of any phone charges (although you cannot speak over the web)

Write to Goddess@wildlove.org if you have ANY questions,and we will be delighted to help you!

Do you have a longing to learn more about the embodiment of the Divine Feminine, but don’t want to travel? Here is the opportunity specially designed for you! Welcome to join Chameli and other feminine practitioners for a four weeks course, from your own home!

In Part 2 ( starting August 21th), you will through specific practices explore the immense wisdom, creativity and peace of the earth goddess Gaia and hand in hand with Maha Kali you will take a visit to the dark side. With Changing woman-the great Navaho Goddess you will practice to "walk in beauty" and in the final week with Meerabai you will explore the ecstasy of your devotional heart.

The Return Of the Goddess Part 3: Inanna, Saraswati, Green Tara, Kwan Yin


A Drop of Wisdom

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968)


Video

Why Moms Can't Do Yoga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8PXuocdO8

This little video came recomended from Katie Carter our local Yoga queen. See her website www.wildmtyoga.com


From the Templegroup manual

From The Temple Group Manual By Chameli Ardagh & Helena Montelius

Helena:
Coming into womanhood in the emancipated, atheistic, equal rights Sweden in the seventies gave me much freedom, sexual, financial and carrier wise, for which I am immensely grateful. I look forward to the day all my sisters around the world can enjoy the same basic equal rights and respect as Scandinavian women do.
I took advantage of my freedom; traveling, exploring life and sex, expressing my gifts in the world and enjoying success. I joined the budding New Age movement in Sweden, and found an Indian guru, Osho Rajneesh, with whom I studied meditation and spiritual growth for five years. I was part of many incredible, powerful women’s circles, from single-moms vegetarian cooking teams, to sharing groups and “explore-your-G-spot” type of groups.
Still there was a place in my heart that carried grief and an unfulfilled longing. Much of my modern Western freedom seemed to be freedom from what is essentially feminine; deep emotions, unconditional love, devotion, creating beauty, chaos, intuition and the cycles of the seasons and life and death. I found some of those qualities in the Eastern spiritual practices but not enough to satisfy my longing heart.
The missing link was the Luna Women’s Network in Stockholm, Sweden, a unique and radical spiritual practice created by women, for women, and being practiced together with other women. The unfulfilled place that I had felt in most my female relationships was filled.
I am down on my hands and knees in gratitude to Susanna Nova (the founder of Luna), my “Godmother’s” and all my other sisters in Luna. During the two years I practiced with Luna, they held me in tender love and Kali fire, always pulling me into being more real, present and vulnerable as a woman. They activated the sweet fire of the feminine deep within my belly and healed my fear and mistrust of other women.
Then, perfectly guided by the big divine Mama, meeting Chameli and founding a women’s network here in Nevada City in northern California, has been pure grace and a wild, juicy gift. Chameli is my fiercely present, wild and always loving sister and my companion in the deep spiritual commitment to the feminine awakening. And she makes great coffee!
I am profoundly honored to now serve, together with Chameli, as a Temple Mama for the courageous, sweet and willing women in Nevada County, to transmit the gifts I have received and witness the feminine being born in new and unique forms through us as we guide new women into the feminine spiritual practices.
Here are practices that do not involve endless sharing of personal stories and problems, expressing emotions in order to get rid of them or analyzing or trying to understand ourselves and our men with the mind.
Here is a wild, juicy ride where we connect beyond the mind and the limited personality. Here we nourish each other through our bodies and hearts and celebrate the gifts we are by simply being alive as radiant, soft women.
Instead of analyzing our shortcomings and intending to change, heal or shift things we gather to celebrate our strengths, beauty and gifts. We gather to pray and worship each other as divine incarnations and try to dare to love each other fully, all the way without holding anything back. We see each other deeply and clearly and filled each other with feminine juice.
This type of women’s work, of feminine spiritual practices, expands beyond the old image of women as co-dependant victims, emotionally needy, unfulfilled, requiring support and attention. We don’t move into the “I am completely independent and I can be like any man” kind of attitude, but through exploring practices that fill us up directly from source, we move into our own overflowing divine feminine nature, into the parts of us that are whole, fulfilled, assertive, divine, juicy and clear.
I had passed forty before I finally “figured out” what it means to be a real woman, how to give my physical beauty as a gift without being a sex object, how to be simultaneously free and utterly devoted, assertive and immensely vulnerable, clear and deeply emotional, equal and able to surrender when I chose to. To finally be able to be and fully give what my true essence is: love. Thank you, big Mama.

To buy the Manual click here


ShantiMayi in Sweden

Chameli's beloved teacher Shantimayi will be in Scandinavia this summer. Please go to www.shantimayi.com for details.

and... Shantimayi wil also be visiting Nevada City/Grass Valley November 1-3. For information contact;

indrarr@hotmail.com


The Secret of The Divine Feminine Deepening Retreat

The Secret of The Divine Feminine Deepening Retreat

A Lushious Retreat for women September12-18

Dalsland, Sweden

With Chameli & Ramya

On request from many women we will follow up the magical Secret of the Divine Feminine weekend from last year with a retreat with more time to rest, to be in nature and sink within...

If I have to recommend one Women’s group only, it would be “The Secret Of The Divine Feminine” with Chameli and Ramya. It contains everything: depth, wildness, warmth and intimacy, spirituality, humor, healing. Deep feminine wisdom, deep healing for the wounded, feminine body, heart and soul. It is in fact the best women’s retreat I have ever participated in.

Carina-Maria Möller, Dance therapist, Sweden

More info

 

Women's weekend in the Norwegian Mountains

A Weekend of Deep Nourishment Before the Winter Darkness...

September 29-30

Hemsedal, Norway

With Chameli & Friends

Come and fill your heart and body with soul nourishment in the magical Norwegian mountains. Chameli will share Feminine meditation practises and there will be Yoga and Chi Kung.

More info

 

Upcoming Events with Chameli

Please see event page for details.


August 12-18 Omega NY Deeper Love Retreat (Chameli & Arjuna)

August 21 The Return of The Goddess Part 2- Tele seminars

September 1-2 Orange County, CA Awakening Into Oneness (Chameli & Arjuna)

October 12-14 Women's retreat, Sun valley ID

EUROPE

September 12-18 Dalsland, Sweden, Deepening in Feminine Spirituality retreat (Chameli & Ramya)

September 25 Evening talk Zen Bok & Musikk

September 26/27 Individual Sessions in Gotenborg. To book a session e-mail: chameli@wildlove.org

September 29-30 Hemsedal, Norway - Kvinne Helg

 

Events with other Women in the Network

The Gifts of the Dark Feminine -weekend with Lisa Swahn

September 21-23, Stjarnsund, Sweden

Give yourself a deep rest before the winter comes.
Welcome to a weekend in the forests of Sweden where 
we by dancing, rituals, touch, fire, stillness and nature
let the wisdom of autumn guide us- Letting go of stress and tension.
Info: Mikaela Larm: photo@mikaelalarm.se 
www.safespace.se, www.frid.nu.

Lisa has also just come out with her new album of beautiful love songs. Listen at http://www.myspace.com/lisagoeslove 


 

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