Womb Wisdom: Awakening the Creative and Forgotten Powers of the Feminine

by Padma Aon Prakasha

Womb Wisdom_ empowers women to heed the intuitive voice of the womb and unlock the potent creative energy crucial to the birth of a new civilization in the spiritual shift of 2012.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, Health

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 21, 2011

Reviews

[Olivia · Rating 1 out of 5]

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...

[Didi Delighted · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Tanita Kadirova · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Kim]

This book was gifted to me at the perfect time in my life. I use it like a bible till this day. Love it!

[MizzSandie · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Brittany · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[Sasha Sheldon · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Rachel Stimson · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[Tema · Rating 3 out of 5]

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!

[Yasmin · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[Kim Gibson-newton · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a journey!
An excellent book.

[Sofia · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[Laurynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Esther · Rating 1 out of 5]

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...