Title: Yoga of Light: Meditations, Mudras and Expressions of the Divine Feminine
Artist: Sharron Rose
UPC: 8-09573-96049-6

Teacher, performer and author Sharron Rose decorated the set for all four Sacred Mysteries Presentations reviewed here, using the same basic, rich red and yellow curtain, carpets and cushions, arrayed with objects evocative of each presentation's unique themes.

Rose herself is the presenter of Yoga of Light, a series of visualizations to activate and empower the Divine Feminine within us all. Her voiceover guides the viewer through a performance of movements while the camera records her demonstrating these with silent vivacity. Her narration is lavish poetic imagery, and her portrayal is an enticing dance of torso, hands, head and eyes (even as she remains seated in a wakeful, grounded posture reminiscent of Goddess Statuary from many cultures).

Visualizations have their limitation, and these are no exception. Their efficacy depends greatly on the participant's capacity and willingness to surrender body and mind into the experience. That said, some of the imagery and movements can be disarmingly effective.

Just watching Rose's performance — a priestess embodying the Goddess — is compelling and alone lights a fire within the viewer. However , in this way, the program divides the attention. The viewer is well advised to take in that performance by itself once before participating; for to fully own, embody and express as she directs often requires disregarding the visuals on the screen and harvesting that which is within.

When one can't connect personally to that which she describes, however, her example is effective and inspiring, and invokes the way women have learned these arts originally, through observation and participation with seasoned practitioners, in which the juicy light of the Feminine was freely flowing.