A gathering of chanting, story, mysticism, and embodied practice
March 1, 2026 | 8am-11am Pacific | 3-Hour Live Immersion
Sliding Scale: $45-65 | Recording available to all registrants
What if the Sacred Feminine is not something to learn about, but someone to feel, hear, and recognize within all beings and all things?
She appears across cultures and traditions, in nature and in the unseen, in the mystics of old and the lived experience of your own body. She is vast, and the only true doorway to her is your own direct experience: the way she meets you uniquely.
Join kirtan leader Nina Rao and interspiritual guide Mirabai Starr for a rich, experiential journey into the Sacred Feminine. Through devotional singing, mystical teachings, storytelling, and contemplative practice, we will explore the many forms of the Divine Feminine as she appears in chant, in story, in nature, and within our own lives. This gathering invites you not only to learn about the Sacred Feminine, but to embody her.
What We Will Explore
Kirtan and Devotional Chanting with Nina Rao
Nina will guide us in invocation, chanting, and japa, weaving in the stories of the Devis, the twenty-one Taras, and her own intimate experiences with Siddhi Ma. Her offerings invite us into the heart-opening immediacy of the Goddess as she descends into the world and into our lives.
Mystical Teachings and Storytelling with Mirabai Starr
Mirabai will share luminous stories of the feminine mystics, beginning with Hildegard of Bingen and her deep attunement to nature. Together we will explore mystics such as Hildegard of Bingen, Teresa of Avila, and present-day mystics whose voices carry the Sacred Feminine into our world.
Dialogue and Shared Inquiry
Together, Mirabai and Nina enter a flowing conversation exploring the Sacred Feminine as a mandala of many forms, her accessibility in everyday life, recognizing her presence in people, in nature, and in the unseen, and how we each personally approach and experience her wisdom.
Writing Practice and Breakout Groups
Mirabai leads a contemplative writing practice designed to help you access and integrate your own connection to the Sacred Feminine. Breakout groups offer space for gentle sharing and heartfelt community reflection.
Questions and Responses
You will have opportunities throughout the gathering to bring forward questions, reflections, and lived experiences.
Mirabai Starr
Mirabai is an award-winning author, internationally beloved spiritual guide, and translator of the mystics. Her latest book, Ordinary Mysticism, invites readers to find holiness in the mess of everyday life. For decades, she has investigated, excavated, and lifted up female voices across all the world's religions, revealing how the feminine path offers medicine our world desperately needs. She is the author of Wild Mercy, Caravan of No Despair, and renowned translations of mystics like Teresa of Avila and Julian of Norwich.
"The feminine speaks in poetry and song. She worships the earth as cherished relative. She embraces ultimate reality as lover."
