Shakti Workshop - The Wisdom Goddesses Part 1 of 3

In Tantra philosophy, a holistic theory and form of yoga that arose around the 5th century, all reality is one.  The wisdom goddesses come from Tantra theory and they represent aspects of the divine feminine which occur in each of us and unveil themseves through our own personality traits.

Known collectively as the Mahavidyas (maha means great and vidya means knowledge), each Goddess offers a path towards awareness as she teaches us about a particular characteristic of the I-self and helps us to understand that each has both a light and a shadow side and that in order to be whole we need to embrace and draw insight from both!  Kali's light for instance is non-violence, her shadow is aggression or being judgemental.  As we gain insight into what fuels our shadow aspects and let go of past aspects that relate to these we can use that knowing to alter…