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Womb Wisdom: Awakening the Creative and Forgotten Powers of the Feminine
Tools to awaken the creative powers of the womb
• Contains exercises to open the womb’s energetic pathways, release toxic emotions, and harness creative potential
• Reveals how the womb’s energies are crucial for the spiritual shift of 2012: birthing a new civilization
• Shows how the awakened womb can also bring about male spiritual transformation
• Includes 45-minute CD to help awaken creative energies
In the past and in present-day indigenous traditions, women have known that the womb houses the greatest power a woman possesses: the power to create on all levels. Utilized in the process of giving birth, this power of creation can also be tapped in the birth of projects, careers, personal healing, spirituality, and relationships. However, because the womb stores the energetic imprint of every intimate encounter--loving or not--the creative voice of the womb is often muffled or absent altogether, affecting the emotional, mental, and spiritual health of women and their relationships.
Drawing on sacred traditions from ancient India, Tibet, Egypt, Gnostic Christianity, and Judaism, the practice of Womb Wisdom empowers women to become aware of the intuitive voice of the womb outside of pregnancy and the moon cycle to unlock this potent inner source for creativity, birthing the new conscious children, spiritual growth, and transformation not only for themselves but also for their male partners. The authors include exercises to clear the past, release toxic emotions, open the womb’s energetic pathways, activate the sacred sensual self, bring balance to relationships, and harness creative potential. Including intimate, individual stories of women experiencing the opening of the womb, this book also explores the forgotten sacred sites of the womb around the world as well as how the womb’s energies are crucial to birth a new civilization in the spiritual shift of 2012. The accompanying 45-minute CD includes a soundscape to assist in the awakening of these creative forces.
• Contains exercises to open the womb’s energetic pathways, release toxic emotions, and harness creative potential
• Reveals how the womb’s energies are crucial for the spiritual shift of 2012: birthing a new civilization
• Shows how the awakened womb can also bring about male spiritual transformation
• Includes 45-minute CD to help awaken creative energies
In the past and in present-day indigenous traditions, women have known that the womb houses the greatest power a woman possesses: the power to create on all levels. Utilized in the process of giving birth, this power of creation can also be tapped in the birth of projects, careers, personal healing, spirituality, and relationships. However, because the womb stores the energetic imprint of every intimate encounter--loving or not--the creative voice of the womb is often muffled or absent altogether, affecting the emotional, mental, and spiritual health of women and their relationships.
Drawing on sacred traditions from ancient India, Tibet, Egypt, Gnostic Christianity, and Judaism, the practice of Womb Wisdom empowers women to become aware of the intuitive voice of the womb outside of pregnancy and the moon cycle to unlock this potent inner source for creativity, birthing the new conscious children, spiritual growth, and transformation not only for themselves but also for their male partners. The authors include exercises to clear the past, release toxic emotions, open the womb’s energetic pathways, activate the sacred sensual self, bring balance to relationships, and harness creative potential. Including intimate, individual stories of women experiencing the opening of the womb, this book also explores the forgotten sacred sites of the womb around the world as well as how the womb’s energies are crucial to birth a new civilization in the spiritual shift of 2012. The accompanying 45-minute CD includes a soundscape to assist in the awakening of these creative forces.
235 pages, Paperback
First published January 21, 2011
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About the author
Anaiya Sophia
16 books47 followersAnaiya (Aletheia) Sophia is a Writer, Minister, Somatic Practitioner, Whisperer of Sacred Wisdom and Shepherdess. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, transmissions, retreats, and workshops focus on the unearthing of the sacred body, from within the light of the soul, and thereby embodying its somatic wisdom. These days, she ministers through the body, bringing people the experience of Wisdom rather than the understanding of it. That way, they know it for themselves and do not require or need recognition from any other source.
She has an intimate relationship with the land, especially the French Pyrenees, Egypt, and Ireland. All her work – writing, transmitting, somatic movement, storytelling, and teaching – springs from an irresistible communion with the land, and especially her goats. Every day without fail, she shepherds her goats into the mountains and valleys, which is rooted in as much as the myths and stories of the place as it is in a detailed knowledge of the physical and historical environment.
She has just completed working on Mary Magdalene's Audio Guide to the South of France, an evocative and expressive partnering with the mythic imagination and the land itself, and has currently published her latest book, The Grail King.
Anaiya leads workshops and trainings in Sacred Body Awakening and Sacred Body Deepening throughout Europe and North America. Throughout the summer she is mostly at home with her husband and mother in the mountains where they have taken on an almighty project – the restoration of an old Catholic summer house for children into the White Rose Mystery School, complete with chapel, Bed and Breakfast, Vegan café, Apothecary of Body Rituals and Animal Sanctuary.
They produce a large proportion of their food, keeping goats, sheep, pigs, and an assortment of poultry; in a large thriving permaculture garden/food forest. That long, hard work, which requires her to be outside in all weathers tending to other living things, as well as a continuing daily need for long walks to explore old, forgotten Cathar paths, caves, and mountains, has blessed her with a deep and nourishing sense of connectedness to the spirit of the place that she feels drawn to share with others.
Over time she has developed an oral message that stirs the remembrance of a continuous lineage with the Feminine Principle that, throughout the centuries, has preserved its spiritual dignity. She is here to deepen your spiritual journey and to offer you a safe space whilst doing so. Suppose you feel a calling toward a tradition strongly rooted in the presence of Mary Magdalene, the Gnostic Sophia, and Christ's early teachings. In that case, you will find a palpable vein of Truth surrounding her.
Her books include:
• Open your Heart with Kundalini Yoga (Harper Collins, 2002)
• Mini Size Me (Lulu, 2005)
• Pilgrimage of Love (Lulu, 2010)
• Womb Wisdom (Inner Traditions, 2011)
• Sacred Sexual Union (Inner Traditions, 2013)
• The Rose Knight. Part I: Sophia's Story (Barnes and Noble, 2014)
• Sacred Relationships (Inner Traditions, 2015)
• Fierce Feminine Rising (Inner Traditions, 2020)
• Mary Magdalene's Audio Guide to the South of France (2023)
• The Grail King. Part II: Logos' Story (Barnes and Noble, 2024)
Anaiya lives in the Cathar region of Southern France with her husband and mother. Together they run Les Contes, a B & B at the base of Montsegur where individuals, families and large groups can come and stay. Les Contes is a truly extraordinary place with an astonishing healing presence and is often said to be a catalyst for making important decisions.
Here you will find the Notre Dame de Sophia, a chapel consecrated to the Holy Spirit and the good works of Mary Magdalene, La Source de Belisama (enormous underground spring that fills a limestone basin), Le Jardin d'Eden (Johan’s Permaculture Project & Food Forest), The Mary Path (a mystical trail through the land), The Red Rose Cafe, the Apothecary of
She has an intimate relationship with the land, especially the French Pyrenees, Egypt, and Ireland. All her work – writing, transmitting, somatic movement, storytelling, and teaching – springs from an irresistible communion with the land, and especially her goats. Every day without fail, she shepherds her goats into the mountains and valleys, which is rooted in as much as the myths and stories of the place as it is in a detailed knowledge of the physical and historical environment.
She has just completed working on Mary Magdalene's Audio Guide to the South of France, an evocative and expressive partnering with the mythic imagination and the land itself, and has currently published her latest book, The Grail King.
Anaiya leads workshops and trainings in Sacred Body Awakening and Sacred Body Deepening throughout Europe and North America. Throughout the summer she is mostly at home with her husband and mother in the mountains where they have taken on an almighty project – the restoration of an old Catholic summer house for children into the White Rose Mystery School, complete with chapel, Bed and Breakfast, Vegan café, Apothecary of Body Rituals and Animal Sanctuary.
They produce a large proportion of their food, keeping goats, sheep, pigs, and an assortment of poultry; in a large thriving permaculture garden/food forest. That long, hard work, which requires her to be outside in all weathers tending to other living things, as well as a continuing daily need for long walks to explore old, forgotten Cathar paths, caves, and mountains, has blessed her with a deep and nourishing sense of connectedness to the spirit of the place that she feels drawn to share with others.
Over time she has developed an oral message that stirs the remembrance of a continuous lineage with the Feminine Principle that, throughout the centuries, has preserved its spiritual dignity. She is here to deepen your spiritual journey and to offer you a safe space whilst doing so. Suppose you feel a calling toward a tradition strongly rooted in the presence of Mary Magdalene, the Gnostic Sophia, and Christ's early teachings. In that case, you will find a palpable vein of Truth surrounding her.
Her books include:
• Open your Heart with Kundalini Yoga (Harper Collins, 2002)
• Mini Size Me (Lulu, 2005)
• Pilgrimage of Love (Lulu, 2010)
• Womb Wisdom (Inner Traditions, 2011)
• Sacred Sexual Union (Inner Traditions, 2013)
• The Rose Knight. Part I: Sophia's Story (Barnes and Noble, 2014)
• Sacred Relationships (Inner Traditions, 2015)
• Fierce Feminine Rising (Inner Traditions, 2020)
• Mary Magdalene's Audio Guide to the South of France (2023)
• The Grail King. Part II: Logos' Story (Barnes and Noble, 2024)
Anaiya lives in the Cathar region of Southern France with her husband and mother. Together they run Les Contes, a B & B at the base of Montsegur where individuals, families and large groups can come and stay. Les Contes is a truly extraordinary place with an astonishing healing presence and is often said to be a catalyst for making important decisions.
Here you will find the Notre Dame de Sophia, a chapel consecrated to the Holy Spirit and the good works of Mary Magdalene, La Source de Belisama (enormous underground spring that fills a limestone basin), Le Jardin d'Eden (Johan’s Permaculture Project & Food Forest), The Mary Path (a mystical trail through the land), The Red Rose Cafe, the Apothecary of
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June 13, 2019
Anyone wanting to connect with their womb wisdom should first read the article linked below about the author, and decide if they are comfortable getting spiritual and womb wisdom from someone who perpetrated massive amounts of sexual, emotional and spiritual abuse.
I believe he uses teachings like this book to get access to vulnerable women to abuse. His ex wife is the co-author and he abused her as well. I believe what they are "birthing" is more abuse, dressed in the clothing of the sacred feminine, and all the more insidious for it.
Be warned.
https://gurumag.com/the-new-predator-...
And for further reading, try this one: https://wayofthewomb.org/main_pgs/goo...
I believe he uses teachings like this book to get access to vulnerable women to abuse. His ex wife is the co-author and he abused her as well. I believe what they are "birthing" is more abuse, dressed in the clothing of the sacred feminine, and all the more insidious for it.
Be warned.
https://gurumag.com/the-new-predator-...
And for further reading, try this one: https://wayofthewomb.org/main_pgs/goo...
July 26, 2018
Alright, there are a number of exercises in here that I think are fantastic, and were very helpful to me. The releasing of people from the “womb circles” and “heart-line” are great, and I will likely return to these many times. Clearing ancestral trauma is also good (called black egg in this book), as is placental cord healing. I recommend reading the first chapters to find these exercises. Skim through the blather and cut to the good stuff. There’s quite a lot of filler in here. Message me directly and I’ll get them to you via email or whatever, because I think they are goooood.
Having said that, the language of this book is very restrictive, and not intersectional AT ALL. If you aren’t a traditional feminine woman with all the “appropriate” biological parts in a heteronormative cisgender relationship this book will leave you feeling left out over and over again.
The author has a description of what a woman is, and it is this: you have a fully functioning uterus that actively bleeds once a month, and if you are “balanced” you have intercourse with one masculine man, and also have a baby at some point. P.S. do not use any form of birth control other than condoms and possibly tracking your cycle. Oh, kayyyyyyyy.
Nah, girl, don’t do me like that.
As a long long time practitioner of several forms of metaphysical healing, I’m tired of the exclusion and limitations that spiritual folk inflict on the world through their books. You don’t need to bleed to get in touch with the core of what it means to be a woman. It doesn’t take blood and birth to tap into the power of the goddess.
The authors work is great and relevant, and it’s cool to see her perspective even when it doesn’t perfectly align with mine, but I did keep on wishin’ that she was more inclusive.
Having said that, the language of this book is very restrictive, and not intersectional AT ALL. If you aren’t a traditional feminine woman with all the “appropriate” biological parts in a heteronormative cisgender relationship this book will leave you feeling left out over and over again.
The author has a description of what a woman is, and it is this: you have a fully functioning uterus that actively bleeds once a month, and if you are “balanced” you have intercourse with one masculine man, and also have a baby at some point. P.S. do not use any form of birth control other than condoms and possibly tracking your cycle. Oh, kayyyyyyyy.
Nah, girl, don’t do me like that.
As a long long time practitioner of several forms of metaphysical healing, I’m tired of the exclusion and limitations that spiritual folk inflict on the world through their books. You don’t need to bleed to get in touch with the core of what it means to be a woman. It doesn’t take blood and birth to tap into the power of the goddess.
The authors work is great and relevant, and it’s cool to see her perspective even when it doesn’t perfectly align with mine, but I did keep on wishin’ that she was more inclusive.
August 27, 2018
There is a lot of traditional spiritual wisdom in this book. We all come from love. Love is the only thing there is. BUT this book places TOO much importance on the body as oppose to the majority of spiritual works, which focus on the mind and the soul and only then on the body. A lot of the myths are taken literally as oppose to symbolically. A lot of scientifically vague information.
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September 11, 2017This book was gifted to me at the perfect time in my life. I use it like a bible till this day. Love it!
August 31, 2025
I was quite excited for this book and to begin with very intrigued and also found some of the exercises interesting. I didn’t get very far though before I started feeling a bit confused by some of the writing and exercises, and the book as a whole, as I felt like it was jumping around, leaving out details, not explaining things well, contradicting itself, and just weirdly structured, so it was hard for me to follow along and feel connected to it and like I was actually part of a/the journey, but felt more like I was witnessing and being told, in a fragmented way, of others’ journeys and experiences.
And then there was the sometimes condescending tone and stance that put me off.
And the direct or indirect dogmatic approach of ‘this is the only and right way’ that simply goes against my belief system. I don’t believe in any one right way and any teacher/teaching or person that claims so, does not have me on board. And I also disagree with the notion that we are to simply strive towards emptiness, dissolving, formlessness, annihilation of form and ego and self, as I don’t think that is either possible or what we are here to do. I believe we are here in human form to experience and play with and learn and grown from that, but that having a body and a form and beliefs and ideas and a self and an individuality is part of that journey when we are incarnate - I believe we incarnate as humans and in this form BECAUSE it comes with a certain set of tools and limitations and thereby possibilities, that we can learn a lot from. So all this focus on and striving towards the ultimate goal seemingly being to become non-human, to dissolve and shed our humanness, I totally disagree with. For me it’s a no that being human is bad and we need to escape that, transcend that. I believe we need to embrace our humanness, integrate it, be more compassionate with ourselves and each other and understand the human parts better to work with both soul aspects as well as human, ego, bodily aspects. All is divine, all is worthy of love. And sometimes in the book it seems to say so, and then sometimes it seems to say the opposite, and be condescending to people being people on a human journey.
Maybe it’s because the book is written by 2 (or more?) people that it seems hard for me to follow and lacking and overall comprehensive structure and message. I’m not sure, but I’m not a fan of it as an overall piece. There are passages throughout that I agree with and resonated with and found good, and interesting and inspiring, but judging it and reviewing it here as a whole, that does not make up for the overall experience of reading it and the parts I strongly disagree with.
And then there was the sometimes condescending tone and stance that put me off.
And the direct or indirect dogmatic approach of ‘this is the only and right way’ that simply goes against my belief system. I don’t believe in any one right way and any teacher/teaching or person that claims so, does not have me on board. And I also disagree with the notion that we are to simply strive towards emptiness, dissolving, formlessness, annihilation of form and ego and self, as I don’t think that is either possible or what we are here to do. I believe we are here in human form to experience and play with and learn and grown from that, but that having a body and a form and beliefs and ideas and a self and an individuality is part of that journey when we are incarnate - I believe we incarnate as humans and in this form BECAUSE it comes with a certain set of tools and limitations and thereby possibilities, that we can learn a lot from. So all this focus on and striving towards the ultimate goal seemingly being to become non-human, to dissolve and shed our humanness, I totally disagree with. For me it’s a no that being human is bad and we need to escape that, transcend that. I believe we need to embrace our humanness, integrate it, be more compassionate with ourselves and each other and understand the human parts better to work with both soul aspects as well as human, ego, bodily aspects. All is divine, all is worthy of love. And sometimes in the book it seems to say so, and then sometimes it seems to say the opposite, and be condescending to people being people on a human journey.
Maybe it’s because the book is written by 2 (or more?) people that it seems hard for me to follow and lacking and overall comprehensive structure and message. I’m not sure, but I’m not a fan of it as an overall piece. There are passages throughout that I agree with and resonated with and found good, and interesting and inspiring, but judging it and reviewing it here as a whole, that does not make up for the overall experience of reading it and the parts I strongly disagree with.
November 3, 2022
Author is an abusive sex cult predator. DO NOT BOTHER READING. I thought it was two women, sisters. Why ever would a man be writing about womb wisdom?? Immediately the book seemed like a bunch of BS. Vague spiritual statements and lectures, just rambling, and poorly written/edited (probably not edited at all). Seemed like very egoic ramblings of someone who thought their word was gospel. Talk of spirals, 18 gates, with no real continuity or explanation; it made no sense. And then heavily throughout, there are these experiences inserted by other practitioners that just read like reviews inserted everywhere to seemingly back up what the author is saying. Pointless to read and take up many pages. Then I couldn’t finish it and came here to find out from another reviewer that Padma is a manipulative and abusive predator nut job.
April 7, 2021
There are some great and beautiful things to take away from this book. Some are teachings I already knew and love. But while reading I could see how dated it was in terms of writing about gender and gender roles, as well as some practices that felt very dark in its energy. So, I’d say take what you can or will from it, and leave the rest. Use your decrement. It’s so strange that a man wrote this book and he guided his partner through her “healing.” Which half the time seems more traumatic than supportive. So be warned if you’ve been in abusive relationships, this could be triggering.
November 15, 2018
It started off good, creating a link between a woman and her womb. I'm afraid it rather lost the plot after the first few chapters and did never regained it. It descended into some of the worst examples of new age nonsense I have encountered for some time.
October 16, 2013
I enjoyed this book some parts where a little airy fairy but most of it was well in contexts and I learnt things that I'd lost contact within myself
All woman should have a read take what they need and leave the rest. All in all I rate this book 3 stars!
All woman should have a read take what they need and leave the rest. All in all I rate this book 3 stars!
March 29, 2020
This book had some useful ideas and exercises. But the majority of the book was too airy-fairy for me. The main things I took from it was that you need to heal your womb, connect to the voice of your womb and live through your inner feminine in an assertive manner.
April 2, 2016
What a journey!
An excellent book.
An excellent book.
December 19, 2025
I recommend steering clear of anything this author 'Padma Aon Prakasha' has written. Even the co-author (and ex-wife) Anaiya Sophia states clearly on her website that she does not support this material any longer as it has a rotted root. We must be discerning about where we draw any external wisdom from these days. Many new age spaces are ripe for abuse, financial fraud, and corruption. Always listen to your womb and heart!!!
A little bit of research will illuminate the hidden corruption and manipulation going on. For instance: https://www.gurumag.com/the-new-preda....
It breaks my heart that these ancient, empowering practices are being used to exploit and harm women. Enough of this shit.
The truth is when a woman in-sources her power and her wisdom, she becomes a very dangerous woman.
A little bit of research will illuminate the hidden corruption and manipulation going on. For instance: https://www.gurumag.com/the-new-preda....
It breaks my heart that these ancient, empowering practices are being used to exploit and harm women. Enough of this shit.
The truth is when a woman in-sources her power and her wisdom, she becomes a very dangerous woman.
August 9, 2024
I bought this book back in 2019 and never was able to get past the first chapter. But, at this point in my life, I really, really enjoyed it. There’s some significant knowledge and beautiful themes. It felt really lovely and expansive as I was reading it.
January 17, 2024
I found this book extremely vague. I tried but did not make it to the end. They use terminology that they do not explain at all, 'gates' that need to be 'opened' but they don't even explain what (or where?) these gates actually are or how one opens them. And am now reading about the abusive behaviour of one of the authors... Yeah, better spend your time on something else...
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