Women’s Satsang: Cultivating Self Love

February is the month those in the US seem to talk about love. While often focus on romantic love, what about self-love?

Many of us have been subject to various messages about self-love and how to cultivate it. We may have been told we “can’t expect anyone to love us until we learn to love ourselves.” But for those of us who’ve experienced childhood trauma, complex relationships, or any number of other painful experiences, learning to love ourselves may not be as easy as it sounds.

The good news is that self-love is a skill you can develop — much like self-confidence or self-trust. And it’s an important one. This month, the women’s satsang will explore what Ram Dass said about self-love and investigate steps we might take to deepen this vital relationship with ourselves.

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