THE POWER OF SHAKTI “An excellent sourcebook for both women and men, every page of The Power of Shakti provides new insight into the rich, vibrant energy of the Divine Feminine. It offers a profound pathway to understanding the power and potency of this essential feminine current as it flows through the sacred temple of the physical body, linking us to the Galactic Center. In these shifting times of planetary transformation, this book assists us in rediscovering our intimate connection to nature, the earth, and the cosmos.” SHARRON ROSE, AUTHOR OF THE PATH OF THE PRIESTESS AND FILM PRODUCER OF 2012 THE ODYSSEY AND TIMEWAVE 2013 “The Power of Shakti is revolutionary and is bound to open the gates that have kept us from our true power as both men and women. It taps in to the heart of the ancient mysteries and articulates their modern-day message to we humans. Reading this material or attending Padma Prakasha’s seminars will rock your world.” LINDA STAR WOLF, AUTHOR OF SHAMANIC BREATHWORK AND COAUTHOR OF SHAMANIC MYSTERIES OF EGYPT: AWAKENING THE HEALING POWER OF THE HEART “The Power of Shakti will revitalize your life by revealing the patterns of energy that flow between the physical body and the galactic universe. Equally esoteric and practical, it offers illuminating insight into holistic health through scholarly understanding of the body’s dynamic light field. The author’s profound integrity, knowledge, and experience enrich every page. This is not an ordinary book; it is unique, provocative, and fresh.” ISHA LERNER, AUTHOR OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS TAROT AND INNER CHILD CARDS Acknowledgments Carol Mara, Tanaa I THANK Anra, Laura Re, Tarananda, and Whitney for being some of the first people to step through some of the eighteen pathways. Your courage, dedication, commitment, and selfless, total giving are examples of what all need to embody. Much of the writing came through these women as they burned through the fires and activated their eighteen pathways, particularly Tanaa and Carol. The direct voice of Shakti came through to provide some of the experiential revelation that the eighteen pathways contain. I thank Laura Re for helping me edit the manuscript, and my daughter Isha Prakasha for paving the way for these teachings and revelations to anchor once more on Earth. I love you. Thank you to Whitney for immersing in this more with me, and providing your home for me to complete the writing of this book. Thank you to my Beloved Anaiya for being with me with all of this. I would like to thank also all the priestesses who are now recongregating to bring the Black Light and the loving power of Divine Woman back onto Earth again. Thank you to Ja-lene Clark, my literary agent, for being a loving support for my work. Thank you to Jon Graham at Inner Traditions for being open and feeling directly what Shakti is all about. Thank YOU dear reader for being here on Earth now and stepping forward. I am here to serve you. Contents Cover Image Title Page Epigraph Acknowledgments A Note to the Reader on the Writing of This Book Preface Introduction PART ONE Pathways to the Womb The Shakti Circuit Opening to the Essence of Shakti The Eighteen Pathways Feeling Shakti The Deeper Meanings of Shakti Shakti Power The Essence of Shakti Activating the Pathways Alta Major The Mouth of the Goddess Life and Death Shakti as Destroyer Agni Shakti: The First Flame of Creation The Atlas: The Physical Aspect of the Alta Major The Amygdala Heart Chakra of the Brain Transforming Anger into Bliss The Clarity of the Kidneys The Kidneys Kidney Breathing Holy Touch Grounding the Self The Base of the Spine A Five-Minute Meditation for Grounding The Big Release Anus Breathing Centering Heaven and Earth Central Channel Breathing The Seven Gates to the Grail Womb Timeless Pathway to Feminine Truth The Two Rivers Beginning the Journey The First Three Gates Lips of Love, the Gratitude Spot, and the Blooming Red Rose of the Clitoris The First Gate: The Lips of Love Prostrating to the Divine Within Yoni Gazing The Second Gate: The Gratitude Spot The Third Gate: The Blooming Red Rose of the Clitoris The Fourth Gate Entering the Grail Womb Traveling through the Fourth Gate The Dweller on the Threshold The Voice of the Womb Man and the Grail Womb Deep Healing for the Wounded Warrior A Collective Wound Innocence Shakti in the Masculine Side of Us The Fifth Gate Union of Sex and Soul Yab-yum The Jewels of Your Soul’s Purpose The Sixth Gate Surrender to the Power of Shakti The Open Conduit Surrender as Service Namah: The Sound of Surrender Aloneness Fluid Joy The Seventh Gate The Infinite Well and the Grail The Voice of the Seventh Gate Seven Gates Meditation PART TWO Power in the Womb The Power of the Womb Love and Power in the Compassionate Womb The Dragon and the Womb Activating the Pulse of Power The Womb as Transmuter The Compassionate Womb The Womb and DNA Conscious Birthing The Moon and the Womb Silver Pathway to the Divine The Qualities of the Moon Breathing with the Moon Weaving Shakti Deeper The Shakti Weave, Shakti Breathing, and Ovary Breathing The Shakti Weave Shakti Breathing The Ovaries Ovary Breathing Umbilical Cords of Connection Our First Connection, Our First Separation Gaia’s Cord Reconnecting the Cord The Galactic Center Returning to the Womb in 2012 The Womb, the Placenta, and the Galactic Center The Indian View The Science of the Galactic Center The Web of Life Intuitive Matrix of Creation Connecting to the Web of Life The Womb Mandala Womb Mandala Practice PART THREE Shakti Awakened Shakti and the Source of Love Aligning with Your Soul’s Purpose The Daimon Embrace and Allowing Conscious Embrace Ruthless Compassion: Wielding the Sword The Pyramid of the Mind The Witness Self-inquiry A Self-inquiry Practice The All-Seeing Eye The Circuit Completes Shakti and the Witness The Black Light of the Universal Womb Embodiment Living at Your Highest Potential The Music of the Dance The Two Primal Sounds of Shakti Before and After the Shakti Circuit Resources Shakti Circuit Healings and Retreats About the Healings About the Retreats Footnotes About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions