The Uplifted Yoga Podcast The Adi Shakti Mantra for Overwhelmed Women with Polly Standeven
If you've been feeling braced, overextended, or stuck in your head — this episode is for you.
In this conversation with one of my Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training graduates, Polly of North & Soul, we explore the Adi Shakti mantra not as theory… but as medicine. This isn't just a breakdown of Sanskrit.
It's a conversation about what happens when you stop micromanaging your life force — and allow energy to move again.
In this episode, we explore:
🔹 Living at "two out of ten" versus fully expressed in your energy
🔹 Kundalini as your magnetism — your truest creative essence
🔹 How conditioning and trauma constrict your life force
🔹 Shiva and Shakti as awareness and energy inside the body
🔹 Why surrender feels unsafe when your nervous system learned to brace
🔹 The nurturing frequency of Mata Shakti (Divine Mother)
🔹 How to use the Adi Shakti mantra as an anchor when overwhelmed
🔹 The exact mudra and meditation setup
We also talk about what it means to soften without collapsing.
To allow energy to move instead of clamping down.
To trust that you don't have to control everything in order to feel safe.
If you've been trying to hold it all together — this episode invites you into a different way.
And, if this conversation awakens something in you, my upcoming Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training goes deeper into:
• Mantra & energetic anatomy
• Shiva–Shakti integration
• Nervous system regulation
• Embodied leadership
GUEST EXPERT: Polly Standeven | @northandsoul
Polly Standeven is the founder of North & Soul, a Kundalini teacher, and community leader devoted to feminine alchemy, energy work, and heart-led living. She is a graduate of Brett's 200-hour YTT and Kundalini University and has taught inside Brett's programs.
Connect with Polly:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northandsoul
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/northandsoul
Community: solcircle.tv
Website: www.theinvinciblewoman.co.uk/lilnew
FREE Practice: 20 Min Kundalini Yoga for the Entire Body | KUNDALINI YOGA FOR HEALTH
Relevant Blog: Adi Shakti Mantra: Manifest Your Divine Femininity
Relevant to Today's Episode:
📚 Healing with Somatic Yoga Book
🎧 Also Listen to:
#43 – What is Kundalini Yoga and Can it Make You Crazy?
#138 – The Secrets of Kundalini Demystified with Kia Miller
#297 – What is Samkhya Philosophy and How is it Different from Yoga?
#265 – What is the Kundalini Serpent? The Major Misunderstandings Demystified
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