What is Creative Power (Shakti) And Why Invoke It?
What is Shakti?
Shakti is a divine cosmic energy that represents feminine energy and the dynamic forces that move through the universe. Shakti is the Mother Goddess, the Universal Mother, or the Great Divine Mother – and she is responsible for Creation. Her divine feminine energy has no beginning or end and is in constant play.
In the study of Yoga, every deity has a Shakti, or energy force. It’s one of the reasons the Goddess form is worshipped by millions of people throughout my ancestral land of India.
Yogis contemplate Goddess Shakti to understand and access the Shakti energy, power and creativity in themselves and the universe. This allows one to view their powers as expressions of the universe rather than the ego.
Shakti is considered the source of both matter and physical energy, as well as of just about everything else. Her dance is the dance of the cosmos.
Shakti is always described as feminine, and often personified as the goddess, Devi, and the divine feminine consort of the divine masculine deity known as Shiva. But at the deepest level, Shakti transcends gender.
Shakti is the innate creativity at the heart of all living things. She’s the life force energy that makes the river flow just as she powers your breath, makes your heart beat, and fires your muscles and neurons. She is often equated with prana (the force within the breath), but she is also the subtle energy that gives rise to prana.
In essence, yoga teaches that Shakti is the energy within everything.
Saraswati’s Shakti
“All the Indian Goddesses are connected to creativity, because Shakti is inherently creative. But Saraswati is the one whose cosmic function it is to embody the creative flow through language, speech and sound – both cosmically and personally.”
Invoke Saraswati’s Creative Power For:
- Creative Flow
- Unlocking Creative Potential
- Insight
- Inspiration
- Intuition
- Wisdom
- Deeper meditation and spiritual practice
- Support with communication issues
- Fine tuning your sense of discernment
- Support with moving through judgment, criticism, doubt, and fear
- Learning
- Improving memory
- Answers to questions – both intellectual, practical and spiritual
- Gaining skill and eloquence in speaking or writing
- Learning new languages
- Musical skills
- Artistic expression
- Enhanced memory
- Study
- Mathematical insight
- Taking tests or exams
Come invoke the power of the Goddess at the next Living Shakti Retreat on beautiful Salt Spring Island!
A delicious traditional Indian lunch is included.
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