Episode #177 : Women in Love with the Divine | Erica Bassani

What if allowing yourself to soften is the bravest thing you could do for your soul?

In this episode, we sit down with Erica Bassani, the author of Women in Love with the Divine (Shambhala) and the Founder of Women Awakening Project, a space devoted to gathering and honoring the wisdom of women across spiritual traditions. Erica interviews women from diverse spiritual lineages to explore devotion, embodiment, and the feminine path.

Her signature program, Awakening Softness, is a guided journey inspired by the themes of her book. Through group and one-to-one sessions, the program invites participants to rediscover softness as a source of inner power and spiritual depth — remembering the strength that lives within tenderness

If you’ve ever felt the quiet tug of devotion, longed for a spirituality that honors the body, or wondered what it looks like to put the Divine at the center of an ordinary life, you’ll want to listen to this conversation.

In this episode, we cover so many topics, including:

• Ecstatic Women Through History and Their Role in Institutions

• Sovereignty and Ecstasy

• Erica’s Spiritual Journey and the Divine Mother as her support

• The Women Awakening Project

• Contemporary Women in Love with the Divine

• Renunciates, Mystics, and Modern Integrators

• The Power of Softness

• Erica's Vision for the Women Awakening Project

• Erica's Personal Journey and Practice 

• The Importance of Spirituality in Modern Life

All Love,

Christine 

Founder, Rosebud Woman

Co-Founder, Radiant Farms and Sundari Gardens

Host, The Rose Woman on Love and Liberation: 

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Helpful links:

• Erica Bassani - Author of Women in Love with the Divine and the Founder of Women Awakening Project

• Awakening Softness program (1:1 Sessions)

• Weekly Meditation Meetup inspired by Women in Love with the Divine

• Follow her on Instagram @womenawakeningproject for updates

• Sky - Clad: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Akka Mahadevi by Mukunda Rao

• The Devotional Poems of Mīrābāī 

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