 Divine Desire:Â
 Embodied Longing as a Path to UnionÂ
Guided by Mirabai Starr
with Willow Brook
April 21-May 10, 2026
9 Sessions:
Tuesdays & Thursdays with Mirabai 4:00-5:30pm PacificÂ
Sundays with Willow 12:00-1:00pm Pacific
A journey into the heart of feminine mysticism and the sacred art of devotion
Early Bird: $499 (through April 14) | Standard: $650
 Your Wanting Is HolyÂ
Patriarchal religion taught us to transcend our desires. The feminine path invites us to sanctify them.
Your wanting is holy. Your body is divine. Your longing for union, for justice, for beauty, for transformation—all of it is sacred fire. What if your deepest desires are not distractions from the spiritual path, but the path itself? What if the ache in your heart, the yearning in your belly, the fierce longing for a more just and beautiful world—what if all of this is the divine calling you home?
These are potent times, oozing with promise for a revolution of our collective soul. Patriarchal structures are losing their 5,000-year-old grip on our spiritual imagination. In their place, timeless feminine wisdom is flowering, spreading its intoxicating fragrance and ripening into vital nourishment for people of all genders. This female-shaped transmission activates our connection with the earth as a beloved relative, reminds us that we belong to each other, and eradicates the very concept of otherness.
One of the casualties of the old religious paradigm was the way it disparaged the body. It is time to name the body as the domain of the divine. We are cultivating the holy ground of our wanting. We are renewing our trust in the wisdom of our bodies and the beauty of its appetites. We are blessing our feelings, our emotions, our wishes for peace and justice. And we are reclaiming the power of longing for union with God.
In this virtual course, we invite you to set aside the endless to-do list and take refuge in a community dedicated to lifting the sacred feminine and affirming the sovereignty of our deepest desires. We will explore everything from the erotic to the activist, and engage in practices from the quietly contemplative to the wildly expressive. Through listening to stories from mystics and goddesses, writing in response to evocative prompts, sharing in small groups and in full circle, singing to the divine and moving our bodies with sweet liberation, we harness the power of desire to transform not only our individual lives but to shift the soul of the world.
 Our Journey TogetherÂ
Over six immersive sessions with Mirabai, we'll explore the terrain of sacred longing through the wisdom of feminine mystics and goddesses across traditions. Each gathering weaves together teaching, embodied practice, contemplative writing, and devotional song.
Session 1: Fire and Water
Rabia Basri & Tara
We begin with the paradox of desire itself—the burning fire of longing and the cooling waters of surrender. Through the 8th century Sufi saint Rabia and the Buddhist goddess Tara, we explore how sacred wanting can both ignite and quench our spiritual thirst.
Session 2: Spider Grandmother
Claire of Assisi & Ixchel
We enter the web of connection, discovering how desire weaves us into the fabric of all beings. Claire's radical poverty and Ixchel's creative power reveal how our longings connect us to the divine feminine's endless creativity.
Session 3: Sacred Sorrow
Mary & Kwan Yin
We honor grief as a form of love, exploring how our deepest sorrows are inseparable from our deepest desires. The compassion of Mary and Kwan Yin teaches us that the broken heart is the open heart.
Session 4: Praying with Your Feet
Etty Hillesum & Sophia
We discover activism as devotion, exploring how our desire for justice becomes prayer in action. Etty's radical faith during the Holocaust and Sophia's embodied wisdom show us that longing for a better world is itself holy work.
Session 5: Your Holy Imagination
Lalla & Saraswati
We unleash the creative power of desire through the wild poetry of Kashmir's naked yogini Lalla and the artistic fire of Hindu goddess Saraswati. Our imagination becomes a tool for transformation.
Session 6: Exquisite Yearning
Teresa of Avila & Song of Songs
We culminate in the most intimate desire of all—longing for union with the divine. Through Teresa's ecstatic visions and the erotic poetry of Song of Songs, we embrace spiritual desire in all its intensity.
 What to ExpectÂ
Twice Weekly with Mirabai (Tuesdays & Thursdays)
Mirabai guides us through the stories and teachings of the mystics and goddesses, offering contemplative writing practices and facilitated sharing in small groups and in full circle.
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Weekly Embodied Practice with Willow (Sundays)
Willow leads us in embodied movement, sacred song, and devotional practices that ground our explorations in the wisdom of the sensual and erotic body.
Sessions include:
- Mystical teachings and storytelling
- Contemplative writing practice
- Small group sharing
- Full circle dialogue
- Embodied movement and song (Sundays)
- Time for questions and reflections
Private Community Facebook Group
A space to connect and muse with new friends about the divinity of desire
 This Journey Is For You If...Â
- You long to reclaim your body as sacred ground
- You feel drawn to the feminine mystics and their radical wisdom
- You want to explore desire as a spiritual path rather than an obstacle
- You're ready to name your deepest longings as holy
- You seek practices that are both contemplative and activist
- You desire community with others honoring the sacred feminine
- You want to harness the transformative power of desire
 Through This Journey, You Will...Â
- Explore feminine mysticism across spiritual traditions
- Discover your body's wisdom and the holiness of your appetites
- Learn to trust your desires as doorways to the divine
- Experience practices from the quietly contemplative to wildly expressive
- Connect with a community dedicated to sacred longing
- Integrate mystical teachings through writing, movement, and song
- Harness desire's power to transform yourself and the world
 Additional Gifts to Take With YouÂ
1. Holy Wanting: A 7-Day Self-Paced Journey with Mirabai Starr
A week of guided explorations to reclaim the holiness of your wanting and discover the sacred feminine hiding in your everyday desires.
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2. Embracing: Sexual Embodiment
Mirabai reads an excerpt from Wild Mercy and offers commentary on the sacredness of sensuality, inviting you to reclaim your body as a vessel of the divine.
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3. Pleasure as Grief Resource
A recorded gathering with Willow for tender hearts exploring the alchemy of sorrow and joy, discovering how the body can hold energy, sensation, and love even in the midst of grief.
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4. Sita's Gems: A Deeper Journey
50% off the audio course featuring Mirabai and other wisdom keepers offering stories, teachings, chants, and practices honoring Sita as she appears across traditions. The Sacred Feminine in all her forms, waiting to meet you.
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5. Body Blessing
A video teaching and audio practice led by Willow to restore the body as a temple of devotion. You'll be guided into a relaxed, embodied experience that helps soften judgment, quiet the inner critic, and open the heart toward your body exactly as it is.
 Your GuidesÂ
 Mirabai StarrÂ
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."
 Willow BrookÂ
Willow Brook is a love coach, grief guide and interspiritual companion who supports individuals in awakening to deeper intimacy, presence, and embodied aliveness. As co-founder of Wild Heart, she facilitates gatherings rooted in the divine feminine, weaving somatic practices, ritual, meditation, and song to support people in alchemizing old wounds into nourishing connection. Willow invites those she walks with to return to their bodies as vessels of wisdom and to come home to the love that has been waiting within them all along.
 Course DetailsÂ
Dates: April 21-May 10, 2026
Schedule:
Tuesdays: 4:00-5:30pm Pacific (with Mirabai)
Thursdays: 4:00-5:30pm Pacific (with Mirabai)
Sundays: 12:00-1:00pm Pacific (with Willow)
Format: Live Online Course via Zoom
Early Bird Investment:
$650 $499
or
3 Monthly Payments of $233 $180
(register by April 14)
Recording: Available to all participants
 Course DetailsÂ
Dates: April 21-May 10, 2026
Schedule:
Tuesdays: 4:00-5:30pm Pacific (with Mirabai)
Thursdays: 4:00-5:30pm Pacific (with Mirabai)
Sundays: 12:00-1:00pm Pacific (with Willow)
Format: Live Online Course via Zoom
Investment:
$650
or
3 Payments of $233
Recordings: Available to all participants
 The Ache in Your Heart Is the Path ItselfÂ
Patriarchal religion taught us to transcend our desires. The feminine path invites us to sanctify them.
Your body is divine. Your longing for union, for justice, for beauty, for transformation—all of it is sacred fire.
Join us for three weeks of exploring embodied longing as a path to the divine.
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Divine Desire:
Embodied Longing as a Path to Union
April 21-May 10, 2026
