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Women’s Satsang: Unlearning Patriarchy through the Practice of Chanting with Lily Cushman
September 17, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm PDT
As women, we are all too familiar with death by Misogyny’s thousand cuts. The constant diminishment of our value due to our gender reinforced through lower compensation and airtime, higher expectations and standards, and damaging views of beauty and aging. Through the practice of chanting, we can cultivate a sense of self that is not confined by society’s limitations, embarking on the healing journey specific to women walking a spiritual path today. Open to all women, regardless of previous experience with spiritual practice. Find your voice, heal your wounds, own your power, and explore the possibilities for thriving despite patriarchy’s hold on modern life.
Lily Cushman is a teacher, writer and musician based in the Bay Area. Her work is a synthesis of Classical Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Theravada Buddhism. For nearly a decade Lily was the Owner and Director of the Brooklyn Yoga School, a lineage-based school run entirely by donation, voted “Best of New York” by NY Magazine. She now serves as Director of Operations to world-renowned meditation teacher, Sharon Salzberg. Lily’s first book “A Little Bit of Mantras” was released in 2019 from Sterling Publishing. Learn more and hear her chanting at https://www.lilycushman.com/
For those who identify as Women, whether CIS, Trans, or non-binary
Women’s Satsang Mission Statement
The Women’s Satsang has been formed to help cultivate heart connection and allyship among people within the Ram Dass Community who identify as women, whether cis gender, non-conforming, or non-binary women. As an autonomous group, our purpose is
- to deepen into the teachings of Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba from a female perspective
- to foster connection and mutual empowerment within the Ram Dass Community, and
- bring forward the wisdom of women for the benefit of all beings and the earth.
Our Values include:
- Lovingkindness
- Honoring relationality and inclusivity
- Allowing for ambiguity and mystery
- Celebrating the light as well as the dark, embodiment as well as ascension
- Blessing the web of interbeing that connects us all
- Respecting people over performances
To register, sign up for the Ram Dass Fellowship, and check “Women’s Fellowship” under the Fellowship Group Options. You will be added to the mailing list and will receive monthly invitations to events.
