Feminine and Masculine Energetic Bodies
We all carry both Feminine and Masculine energies within us.
The Feminine refers to Yin or Shakti energy, while the Masculine corresponds to Yang or Shiva energy.
When we talk about these sides, we’re referring to the energetic principles governing our bodies and inner worlds:
Left side — Feminine
Right side — Masculine
Understanding Feminine and Masculine Qualities
Feminine energy embodies qualities like receiving, loving, caring, forgiving, and nurturing.
Masculine energy expresses through giving, focus, drive, and assertiveness.
These attributes complement each other — one cannot thrive without the other.
For example:
Forgiveness (Feminine) without boundaries (Masculine) can lead to being walked over or falling into a victim mindset.
Focus (Masculine) without flexibility (Feminine) can make us rigid, narrow-minded, and unable to enjoy the journey.
The Body as Messenger
When we experience pain, injuries, or immobility, it helps to view these conditions as messages information from your energetic body delivered to your physical body.
Relying solely on external treatments or medications can sometimes suppress these messages, causing them to reappear elsewhere in the body.
True healing comes when we listen when we become participants in our own healing, rather than passive carriers of our ailments.
The Feminine Side - Yin · Shakti · Left
The Feminine calls us into a state of Being — a state often neglected in modern life.
Cultivating this energy softens us, allowing joy and creativity to flourish.
Feminine Attributes
Caring, compassion, forgiveness, empathy, creativity, honesty, authenticity, and vulnerability.
Life becomes infinitely richer when we elevate these qualities.
When we overgive, overdo, or constantly care for others, we drain our Feminine essence.
Receptivity — allowing ourselves to receive love, rest, and nourishment is essential, especially in relationships.
Practices to Reconnect with the Divine Feminine
Dance freely.
Give yourself self-massage or self-pleasure.
Take a warm candlelit bath.
Spend time in nature.
Talk with girlfriends or attend a women’s circle.
Try Feminine Kundalini Kriya or free-flow yoga.
Cook (or order) a delicious meal and savor every mouthful — the taste, the texture, the pleasure.
Keep a gratitude list of your five favorite moments each day.
Create. Paint, write, sing, decorate or simply do everyday tasks your own way.
Journal through interior monologue (writing to yourself) or stream of consciousness (writing your thoughts as they come).
These practices can be seamlessly woven into your life. Often, awareness alone begins the transformation.
The Masculine Side — Yang · Shiva · Right
The Masculine energy is about Doing, it thrives in movement, structure, and action.
Masculine Expressions
Protectiveness, courage, independence, discipline, and the ability to follow through.
Before amplifying your Masculine energy, ask yourself:
Do I need to strengthen my boundaries?
Do I need more courage or endurance?
Do I need to take action and stay consistent?
The Shadow Sides
Like all things, these energies have shadows, the places where imbalance hides.
Masculine Shadows
Anger or aggression
Control and dominance
Violent thoughts or behaviors
The mindset of “never enough”
Overworking and burnout
Feminine Shadows
Victimhood
Comparison and competition
Gossip and complaint
Repressed truth or intuition
Destructive self-talk and perfectionism
The Dance of Yin and Yang
Feminine multitasking can turn into scattered distraction.
Masculine focus can turn into obsession and rigidity.
Balance lies in the middle where presence meets progress.
If you find yourself creatively inspired but never finishing projects, that’s Feminine energy without Masculine structure.
Often, that last-minute surge before a deadline? That’s your Masculine energy stepping in to propel the Feminine creativity forward.
Ways to Energize the Masculine
Drink boiled ginger tea to awaken Yang energy.
Eat Agni-building foods (Ayurveda) to stoke your inner fire.
Practice Kundalini breathwork or fiery Kriyas.
Do jump squats or burpees to shift your body into action mode.
Speak your truth.
Set and enforce boundaries especially when it’s uncomfortable.
If you need a quick energetic boost before an important task, try one minute of Kapalabhati breath followed by a few jump squats, you’ll instantly feel the power rise.
The Sacred Union of Energies
Feminine is creative; Masculine is practical.
History shows how often creative brilliance needed the courage of action to be seen and shared.
The Feminine lives in the body, in movement and feeling.
The Masculine resides in the mind, in logic and focus.
When you find yourself stuck in the Masculine overthinking, controlling, analyzing — come back to your body.
Move. Breathe. Dance.
Express joy through movement.
Ask yourself: What does joy look like to me?
Then move like that joy like leaves swaying in the wind or a child dancing without self-consciousness.
Finding Your Flow Between Doing and Being
Masculine–Yang–Shiva and Feminine–Yin–Shakti energies are not about gender.
We each hold both in unique proportions and our journey is to find balance.
Energetic work is subtle yet powerful.
Honoring where you are is a Feminine act.
Rising to meet your challenges is a Masculine one.
Together, they form wholeness.
We are cultivating:
Fierceness and Tenderness.
Strength with Softness.
Compassion with Boundaries.
Truth with Discernment.
We grow into open, vulnerable leaders guided by empathy, courage, and grace.
Soul Strength: Where It All Comes Together
In a Soul Strength Class, you’re guided to witness both your Feminine and Masculine energies.
You learn to observe what’s happening, respond to what’s needed, and move your body with awareness.
Change is constant energy flows, releases, and rebalances.
Sometimes injuries even shift sides as your body seeks equilibrium.
Soul Strength is more than a class, it’s a lifestyle.
It creates space to release what’s stuck, to evolve, and to reconnect with your inner strength and softness.
See you on the mat. 🌿