Welcome to “Lakshmi’s Lotus with Sianna Sherman”: part two of our four-part series exploring Gods and Goddesses with Mythic Yoga Flow’s Sianna Sherman. We are thrilled to have our dear friend and frequent Wanderlust collaborator, Sianna Sherman, contribute these four insightful vignettes into the qualities of the Gods and Goddesses that you’ve come to be familiar with in your yogic practice.
Not only will you become more intimately acquainted with these characters and archetypes, but when you share your own experience and responses in the comments section, below, you will have the chance to win a gorgeous Equilibrium Mala and a package of Boho Blend Coffee fromTiny Devotions (prizes valued at $130). Tiny Devotions creates pieces that inspire their wearers to live their dreams and believe that they could rule the world (even in Moccasins). All of their mala beads are currently made in Canada by conscious mala makers, who fuse their mala beads with love, devotion and intention. Each mala beads is blessed and cleansed before sending it out to the customer.
Lakshmi, considered the energy (shakti) of love and abundance, is also known as Bhukti Mukti Pradayani:
Wordly fulfillment – Bhukti
Spiritual liberation – Mukti
Pradayani – the one who confers blessings
Watch the video to hear Sianna’s second exploration into the myth and wonder of Lakshmi, who represents, in Sianna’s wise words, “the essential understanding in he tantric tradition that we are matter and spirit co-existing in this embodied form – imminence and transcendence together.” Learn about how she comes into being through the tale of the Churning of the Ocean, below.
To enter to win the Equilibrium Mala and a package of Boho Blend Coffee from Tiny Devotions (prizes valued at $130),answer our question below by commeting in the comments section at the bottom of this page (with the “post to Facebook” option enabled). We will select a winner based on the response and announce the lucky yogi next week!
How do you seek to unveil the Lakshmi in your life? When have you dug deep to uncover a rising lotus within – recognizing the beauty and riches that exist in your circumstances?