sophia rising
Yoga (Sanskrit root “yuj”): to bind, join, attach and yoke.
In this sacred space, you will find an exploration and a melding of two distinct spiritual concepts -- yoga and the feminine divine, specifically the feminine face of God as embodied by Sophia, the enigmatic woman whose name means “wisdom” and who roams the streets in the first chapter of the Old Testament book of Proverbs, bemoaning the fact that humanity continues to deny the truth she is proclaiming.
While these two may, at first glance, seem like divergent themes, the most unlikely of companions on a spiritual journey, they both work as needed balancing agents in the current culture of Western Christianity. For further explanation, please click on the definitions above.
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If you’re still with me, let’s look back at the definition of yoga’s Sanskrit root at the top of this page. It begs the questions, “Bind, yoke and attach to what?” If we dig deeper into the roots of the word, we discover it also means union or communion and has been described as the true union of our will with the will of God. That, my friends, is why I practice yoga.
awakening your sacred wisdom through yoga
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Click here to read my piece in the October issue of Yoga Journal on practicing with my daughter.
“When God established the foundations of the earth,
I was by God's side, a master craftswoman,
delighting God day after day,
ever at play by God's side,
at play everywhere in God's domain,
delighting to be with the children of humanity.”
-- Sophia
(Proverbs 8:30-31)
