Women’s Satsang: Calling in the Sacred Feminine with Thanissara

Calling in the Sacred Feminine: Entering conscious prayer to heal ourselves and heal the world with Thanissara

The word ‘Feminine’ stands for the Soul, and the unseen cosmic web of life that connects each one of us to all others and to the life of the planet and the greater life of the cosmos.

––Anne Baring, author of Dream of the Cosmos, the Quest for Soul

Healing is a journey of becoming whole, supported by the practice of listening presence. Here, we reconnect with the living source of ancient, intuitive knowing, where all resides within one timeless, deathless awareness. This awareness, numinous by nature, has the innate power to illuminate, heal, and transform everything it touches.

As our world teeters between collapse and awakening, destruction and renewal, the deep feminine calls us home—not as a fixed identity, but as a living, transformative force within reality itself. She reminds us of our belonging and interbeing within nature’s sacred web of life. Our sense of separation dissolves when we listen deeply to this call, as revealed in Quan Yin’s subtle meditation. The self, the world, and others fall away into the liberating power of awareness as love.

Aligning with this unified field is stepping into a living prayer that flows through the shadows of our time, assisting us in midwifing and nurturing the new world that longs to be born, not alone, but in sacred connection with us as guardians, healers, and co-creators.

We look forward to sharing this sacred space with you.

For those who identify as Women, whether CIS, Trans, or non-binary

Thanissara (she/her) is a longtime Dharma practitioner who trained as a Buddhist monastic for twelve years. She is also deeply devoted to Neem Karoli Baba. As a teacher, author, and poet, she weaves Dharma practice with a fierce commitment to collective healing and liberation. She trained as a somatic-based therapist and co-founded Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat in South Africa, Sacred Mountain Sangha in California, and Chattanooga Insight in Tennessee. Her most recent work, “Time to Stand Up” is a call to meet this moment with embodied wisdom, radical compassion, and love in action.

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 cisgender, non-conforming, or non-binary women. As an autonomous group, our purpose is 

1. to deepen into the teachings of Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba from a female perspective
2. to foster connection and mutual empowerment within the Ram Dass Community, and 
3. bring forward the wisdom of women for the benefit of all beings and the earth.

Our Values include:

1. Lovingkindness
2. Honoring relationality and inclusivity
3. Allowing for ambiguity and mystery
4. Celebrating the light as well as the dark, embodiment as well as ascension
5. Blessing the web of interbeing that connects us all
6. 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.