![]() ![]() The image conveys complete balance, joy, and presence. She wears a flowing silk cloth and one of her feet is raised in a dance. Shakti has long hair, large almond shaped eyes and delicate features. He carries a trident and has a peaceful face. Shiva is the yogi god with his naked torso and muscled legs, with dreadlocks and a snake around his neck. This androgynous figure shows the union of masculine and feminine aspects of our being, which brings about a mystical wholeness within. The image of Shiva-Shakti in consort is a truly beautiful one to gaze upon. In union, Shiva and Shakti make up the half-woman lord known as Ardhanarishvara. Read: 5 Ways to Awaken Your Divine Feminine Shakti Energy Shiva-Shakti Union Shiva gives direction to Shakti’s shape-shifting energetic flow. Shiva holds space for Shakti to move through. When we sit in meditation, cultivating clear presence and purpose, we are resting within our inner Shiva nature. We can feel our Shiva energy when we are the witness of the Shakti. This is when deep cleansing, healing and transformation takes place - and it all happens through the movement of Shakti energy within. When this happens, a kundalini awakening occurs, in which the Shakti energy awakens and moves through the central channel, or the sushumna nadi, along which the seven chakras reside. It can also take the form of kundalini energy, that coiled energy that lies dormant at the base of the spine until it is unleashed. The Shakti energy within us can take the form of prana, that life force energy that flows through our nadis, or subtle energy channels. These sacred powers can open us up and transform our very being. We can integrate Shiva and Shakti within our inner consciousness, within our entire being. These two divinely sacred energies are equal and opposite forces. ![]() Things that have already come into being are made of Shakti energy. Shakti energy can be seen in everything that lives as the manifest, while Shiva energy is formless. Shakti energy can be wildly sensual, raw and expressive. She is fluid, flowing and powerfully flexible. Shakti is exquisitely beautiful with a flowing and shape-shifting quality to her - embracing reality as a dance. Read: An Introduction to Lord Shiva: The Destroyer The Nature of Shakti Energy There’s deep wisdom and capacity for awareness within Shiva. Your inner masculine side knows who he is and is purposeful in his knowing. Shakti is pure becoming in all her flow and creativity as well as her endless opening to possibility. ![]() They are dance, movement, power, energy and the freedom to become. The masculine energy of Shiva is aware of everything that comes into creation.Īll the things of creation are birthed through the feminine aspect of Shakti and all of us have these qualities within us as well. We can invoke his pure presence through meditation to call in the extraordinary qualities of Shiva into our own being.ĭirection, purpose, freedom and awareness - these are our divinely masculine qualities. He is centered, grounded and compassionate. Shiva represents the state of being unmoved by pain or suffering brought on by the external world. ![]()
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