04/12/2026
Rebecca Solnit said that changing the world looks more like caregiving than war.
That a huge amount of the important work is done by "nice ladies."
The Bhagavad Gitā has been saying this for two thousand years - in a verb most translators pass over in half a sentence.
Sambhavāmi. I arise. I come into being from within the conditions of the age.
Not a hero descending to save us. The divine emerging through community. Through the ones who kept showing up, kept holding the rooms, kept carrying something they could feel was profound — often without the language to name it.
Yoga teachers in strip-mall studios. Women on Zoom at 6am. The gopīs of Vṛndāvan, who knew Krishna before the philosophy, before the battlefield, in the dailiness of tending.
They were sambhavāmi all along.
New essay on Substack or here: https://kamalaroseyoga.org/the-avatar-is-not-who-you-think/
If you're interested in discussing this with other women, join us for the Women's Gitā Circle here: http://kamalaroseyoga.org/gita-circle
