The word yoni means “holder,” “vagina,” “source,” or “womb.” According to Tantra Yoga, the yoni is the origin of life, the source of the Universe. In Hinduism, the yoni is a symbol of Shakti (the creative force that moves the Universe): hridaya-yoga.com

The yoni then is the sacred source of life. I love to use it in reference to our female anatomy, precisely because it is so reverential in its meaning and it encompasses the whole of our female reproductive anatomy.

It seems to me that we hold the energy pattern of shame right at the core of our very being – in the pelvic bowl, in the vagina, in the cervix, anus, rectum & pelvic floor muscles, where it sits insidiously, weighing us down, clouding our clarity and keeping us disconnected from this place of our own true, authentic power. It keeps us apart from ourselves, and it keeps us apart from each other – that is its’ nature. It’s a separator.

Honouring the medicine we all hold within our sacred, pelvic bowl. A personal story of my holistic pelvic care session.