How is your heart today? YogaTara, founder & director of the Isha Institute, tends deeply to the expansion of our incandescent hearts. In 1996, she turned from the hard science branch of biochemistry towards whole-body, whole-life sciences of yoga, ayurveda and somatic experience. Join us on this journey: from our first meeting in the rapids of the Marsyangdi River in Nepal, to her ongoing path of helping people access their capacity for healing and joy. She demystifies yoga: it’s not about postures or breathing, or even enlightenment, but the harmony of the head, the heart, the hands. Gain insight into what she calls a “beautiful science of radical acceptance” and awareness as we discuss intuition versus impulse. Explore ways to access other forms of intelligence through female frequencies of slowness, softness and surrender – which is not without its own forms of daring and courage. Learn how Shakti, or manifestations of heart-centered, divine feminine energy in the world, can rebalance the masculine “top-heavy” bias towards intellect to help us find our true life flow rather than just hurtle ahead.    4 Things you’ll learn in this episode   Heart intelligence, or pure awareness, will lead us on the pilgrimages that reveal our real life paths, usually off the beaten or certain tracks. But the heart never leads us astray.   Joy, and our immense capacity for joy, is the true outcome of yogic practice that aligns our various dimensions into a connected life ecosystem. If Shiva is the masculine force of pure consciousness, then Shakti manifests as the dynamic, divine feminine energy that gives earthly forms to it.     How to grow the feminine powers of intuition and knowing through softness, heart listening, and openness.  You can find out about Yogatara’s workshops on https://www.isha-institute.com and on her instagram @isha_inspired  To join a Female Frequency creative workshop or find out more about me, Jodie Nelson, hit https://pressreign.com. and on instagram @pressreign