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Womb Mandala Practice
1. Draw out 3 wide concentric circles. The first circle has a central point. This central point is YOU.
2. Sit silently, and clear your mind. Breathe deeply into your womb. 3. Place your hands on your womb. It is a sphere, a circle. Now yourself in the of
this circle and begin calling in all the people and relationships that your womb is connected to, to make themselves known.
Your Primary Relationships
1. Seeing yourself in this centre, look behind you and see who is standing there. Do not allow the mind to dictate, or put who you would like to be there. Just be present, open, be curious, and see with your inner eye who is standing directly behind you. Note that this person could be alive or deceased.
2. Then look in front of you, breathe, and feel who is standing there. 3. Continue this and look to your left. Which person is there? 4. Look to your right. Who is standing there?
These are the primary relationships that your womb is engaged in.
visualise
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Now you are going to create a second circle around this primary circle of relationships. Proceed in exactly the same way.
1. 2. 3. 4.
Who is behind the person behind you? Who is in front? Who is to the left? Who is to the right?
This creates a second circle.
Your Most Hidden Relationships
Now proceed exactly in the same way with the third and final circle. This last circle is the periphery. These are the most hidden and seemingly least significant relationships. To create it, simply look around the whole periphery of the second circle and see who is there. Different images and people may float up.
Reading Your Womb Mandala
Your mandala will picture you in the centre, surrounded by 3 circles of other beings. You will see 3 beings to your front, 3 behind you, 3 to your left, and 3 to your right. It is often surprising to identify the people who are energetically active in our lives.
In Front = your guides and teachers Behind = your protectors / supporters / strength To the Right = male power / soul brother / friend or partner To the Left = feminine love / soul sister / friend or wife
The first circle of people, those who are closest to you, are those you value the most. They are the most supportive of you, and nurturing toward you, and you are nurturing to them in turn. These people are the ones you allow into your deepest and most intimate space.
The second circle of people are those you connect to through your womb. They have a strong impact on you and are considered to be close'.
The peripheral circle is people that you trust, although they may not be as close to you as the others. All 3 circles represent those people who have the most influence in your life. They are the ones you allow to directly affect you, and who you have let into your womb and the deeper aspects of yourself.
Take a look again at all the beings in your womb mandala. Do you feel a closeness and warmth with all these beings? Is everyone there in full support of your growth? Do any of these beings deplete your energy? Who do you feel is not in his or her right position? What does this mean for you?
For example, if your husband is on your left, in the feminine position, then there is an imbalance in your relationship - he should be on your right. This does not mean that all men should be on your right, but it does make it clear that if you are in intimate relationship with a man, then you are using more of your masculine qualities and he is using more of his feminine ones. If you have a man who is not your partner, but a friend or other loved one, this could indicate that he holds a feminine space for you. Similar wisdom holds true for a man who finds a woman on the right side of his womb mandala.
If there are people in the mandala who you know do not support you, or who you have there out of guilt or obligation, then you have to question this, and maybe move them out to the periphery or
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completely out altogether. Who is it you want in your womb space? This is not about judging anyone, but about discerning where your boundaries are, and who you let into your womb space.
Clearing Negative Energies from Your Womb Mandala
If you have noticed that there are energies present in your womb mandala that do not serve your highest potential, you have to take action. You can take energetic action by cutting or commanding with power that these people leave, or you can simply send them love and wish them goodbye. Alternatively, the situation may require you to take direct physical action. You may have to end a relationship, or spend less time with an individual. You may need to ask someone for forgiveness, or offer it.
Clearing out old energies is simple:
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Shakti Circuit. (For more information, see
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Charge up your womb by breath, intention, or by doing the
Hold the person, place, or situation in mind. Command three times, or more, for them to leave.
'The Power of Shakti,' Padma Aon, 2009, IT)
It is your womb, not theirs.
If you feel you have correct relationships, you will feel supported, nurtured, and nurturing in your daily life. You will have a clearer connection to the web of life, and will be more able to manifest your passion and desires in a tangible way.
Keep doing the womb mandala every morning and evening to facilitate this clearing. Keep checking in with yourself. It eventually only takes a minute or two to do, and you become centred in your womb awareness so that you no longer even need to do it; it becomes an automatic feeling and knowing. You get to know what is good for your womb, what nourishes and feeds it, what it wishes to share. You also get to know what it does not need, what does not nourish it, and discern what to allow in, and what not to allow in.
As you clear out your womb you become more aware of what is lurking in there. You might be hanging onto someone deceased, or to old lovers, or to people trying to drain your energy. Or you could be too attached to an experience, person, or environment that is toxic for you. In this exploration, you can become more aware of your connection to the whole web of life. As this connection deepens, more stored memories surface. You may choose to do womb mandalas every week, and in new situations in which you find yourself. Notice the changes that occur.
