From A Shabad written by the first Sikh Guru - Guru Naanak - to honor women:

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bhandd janmeeai bhandd ninmeeai bhandd mangan veeaahu
bhanddahu hovai dhosathee bhanddahu chalai raahu
bhandd muaa bhandd bhaaleeai bhandd hovai bandhaan
so kio mandhaa aakheeai jith janmehi raajaan
bhanddahu hee bhandd oopajai bhanddai baajh n koe
naanak bhanddai baaharaa eaeko sachaa soe
jith mukh sadhaa saalaaheeai bhaagaa rathee chaar
naanak thae mukh oojalae thith sachai dharabaar |2|

First Mehl:
From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.
Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come.
When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound.
So why call her bad? From her, kings are born.
From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.
O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman.
That mouth which praises the Lord continually is blessed and beautiful.
O Nanak, those faces shall be radiant in the Court of the True Lord. ||2||

The Pearl: Maiden, Mother, Crone

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I've been singing for as long as I can remember. My journey with the sound current began many years ago and doesn't seem to have an end — instead it has become an infinite quest for the anahat, or unstruck sound.

As a student of sound for more than 20 years, I integrate the Naad into my music, teaching, and healing practices. I've studied with some of the great Sound practitioners in the West: David Hykes , Shanti Shivani , and Pandit Mukesh Desai and is also influenced by the the Shabd Guru — the sound current in the Sikh tradition.  My music focuses on using sound to move the body, the mind and the breath toward powerful transformative experiences that uplift the individual and serve the soul.

I'm a writer, editor, poet, singer and songwriter — and a pretty good cook too — and the former Editor and Creative Director of the Kundalini Research Institute . I have four albums of sacred music: Nectar of the Name , Beautiful Day , Queen Be , and Love and Other Miracles , and am currently working on a fifth — One . I also authored Everyday Grace: The Art of Being a Woman , an introduction to women's teachings of Yogi Bhajan .

I live in Española, New Mexico with my husband, Abhai Raj, and our lovely pets Fatty, Slim, and Vinnie.

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