COURSE ONE: JESUS & THE GODDESS, RECKONING CHRISTIANITY & THE DIVINE FEMININE

A six class series, over 7 hours of divine feminine mystery teachings, meditations, biblical exploration, ancient wisdom, oracle traditions, women’s empowerment & Goddess myths.

CLASS ONE: A God Who Looks Like Me, Psychological implications when the divine is only male, recovery of our sacred feminine selves

CLASS TWO: Alternative Her-Stories, Remembering the ancient priestesses & oracles, exploring “Christian” taboos of feminine power

CLASS THREE: The Fall & Restoration of Sophia, Archangels, Archons & reclaiming our spiritual sight

CLASS FOUR: Meeting Jesus Again, Gospel stories & Jesus’ relationship with women

CLASS FIVE: Meeting Mary Again, The Gospel of Mary & other traditions of Mother Divine

CLASS SIX: Inanna & Ereshkigal, An initiation: becoming the queen of our underworld, becoming the resurrected woman

I created this six class series to share stories and teachings I’ve been exploring, collecting and wondering about throughout my life. This course is designed as an initiation into the Goddess mysteries for women who are curious about re-claiming our spiritual roots in integrity with the divine feminine face of God. In history, Goddess culture has often been cast outside of Christian orthodoxy and put in the category of heretical, demonic, or pagan. We have this dark history of witch burnings and women banned from the offices of the priesthood, and this heavy burden of blame placed on Eve—and subsequently all women for the fall of humanity. This course will reckon with these and other historical challenges while sparking inspiration for new pathways for our spiritual thriving as women. We will explore the sacredness of the feminine essence of God within the biblical texts and beyond, revisit Jesus' teachings, meet Mary again, hear personal stories, and explore ancient histories with fresh eyes. These classes include centering meditations and offer support and ideas for creating a deeper connection to the Divine Mother beyond the course.

Is this you…?

• You were raised Christian or identify Christian and have some reservations or questions (or gaps in your ancient memories) about the divine feminine lineage and how it actually does not require you to reject your faith or Jesus.

• OR you experienced Jesus & Christianity as a part of your feminine oppression and yet something is calling you to sift through the bath water to find the baby again. You may have felt the pull to choose between the ‘liberated woman’ and the ‘faithful woman’—and yet—you can be both!

• You’re open to learning new perspectives on old religion

• You may be a mom or a wife feeling overwhelmed or isolated with quarantine, challenges of homeschool, housework, and looking for some stimulating wise women wisdom to spark inspiration.

This is me…

I’ve been teaching yoga for the past seven years (a student for 19 years), enjoying the bhakti path of singing mantras, and studying the Holy Womb purification practice with Swami Sri Kaleshwar. I see clients through my spiritual business Taraloma Earth Temple where I offer private yoga instruction, energy healings, and intuitive readings. I also speak and sing around town on occasion. I have birthed three kids, I’m a mom to five, mom of cats and guinea pigs, and wife to a computer whiz.

I’ve authored three books through Taraloma Earth Temple Publications: Detoxing God is a memoir where I work through being raised in a conservative Christian military family, and how rediscovering the Goddess helped me through some childhood trauma. My most recent book, The Circle of the Fall, Scenes from a Cosmic Tale, is a Greek styled imaginary adventure through time. And Paper Cranes is my first book of poetry.

I worked in The Episcopal Church of Chicago for ten years as a Youth Minister and Family Ministries Associate and taught creative confirmation classes, led sexual abuse prevention programs, and guided teenagers across the country on summer service work trips. I’m certified as a Dove Oracle Priestess with intuitive training, a level III Reiki practitioner, and 230 hour yoga certified. I am a graduate of St. Olaf College where I studied religion and majored in psychology and graduated cum lade. I’m also a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary where I received a Masters of Arts in Theology.

After my education, I began to feel like my head was disconnected from my body. I also began having night terrors. I started work with a therapist and through years of dream work and psychoanalysis I discovered the enlivening presence of the Goddess within which helped me heal in profound ways. At the time when I was working in the church I began to question why there wasn’t any divine feminine language in the liturgy and I felt I was up against some kind of ancient rift that happened when Mary Magdalene presented the red egg to Caesar. I’ve been deepening my exploration of the divine feminine ever since and incorporating this work into my yoga practice and daily life. For such a long time, I felt lost in the wordless landscape of the ineffable, buried under some heaviness lurking in my body. Resurrection, I believe, is an ongoing work to clear, charge and expand the light of our own being.

I’m excited to offer this course, connect with other women on these topics, and share what I’ve learned along the way!

Why do we need a divine feminine face of God?

Consider this: our current global economy creates a climate where being born a girl costs a family more money in projected loss of income and dowry expenses. Every year we lose 2 million baby girls to sex-selective abortion and infanticide. That’s 4 girls a minute. It is estimated that 117 million women are missing due to gendercide. That’s as many deaths as WWI, WWII and AIDS combined. In China 66 million women are missing; that’s 10.3% of their female population. As populations age, male preferred communities are experiencing more frustration as young men lack available women with whom they can share their love and their lives. These skewed populations historically find outlets for their unrest in violence and war.

UN World Health Organization revealed that nearly 35% of women across the globe have experienced physical and/or sexual violence. According to the Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Lakshmi Puri, “The major causes of violence are the extremely unjust and flawed beliefs that men and women, boys and girls are not equal. And from that the whole culture of discrimination develops and violence is a symptom of that discrimination.”

This Goddess stuff is not obscure and unrelated to our present global challenges. As many mystics have discovered, the secret to balance on earth is rediscovering a relationship with the Divine Father AND the Divine Mother. As my teacher, Swami Kaleshwar taught: the father is in the mother, and the mother is in the father. This holds all of creation in sacred unity: the chalice and the blade, the star of David, sacred opposites in the tree of life.

Here’s what class participants have shared about the course:

“I’m loving your teaching!”

“What a professional presentation! You really have the gift of teaching/speaking”

”I’m glad I can replay it because I’m going to watch it again.”

”I plan on listening again!”

Preview the first 30 min: