Yogi Bhajan teaching at Women's Camp, 1988

“You have to do first things first. If you do not accept your own dignity as a woman, all external trappings shall mean nothing. It has nothing at all to do with any man or with any relationship. Once you accept your own dignity, the whole world will come to you.” 7/1/96

Yogi Bhajan was extraordinarily inspired by the strength and the grace of his mother and grandmother. He observed them guiding the family, the relatives, and the village affairs with wisdom, clarity, and grace. He studied his mother as she maintained her nobility when they walked out of their home in Pakistan and then from nothing, re-established her family in India. With courage and dignity, they showed him the depth and the strength of women.

In 1976, he launched the first “Women in Training Camp” in New Mexico. He said women must learn the ancient sacred yogic technology so that instead of being called “chicks” they could grow up to become “eagles that fly to the heavens!”

“The noble woman is the goddess which Almighty God worships. It is the altar to which God bows. It is the grace which produces God's soul. It is the ultimate infinity of all virtues. It is the power of all kindness and blessing of God, and the noble woman is the essence of all prayers.”  © 1984 The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan