Mothering the Divine: Birthing, Nurturing and Celebrating Your Divine Self (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781533237378)

Shan Watters is an author, artist, curator, art consultant and dedicated Vajrayana practitioner. Under the auspices of H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, she worked as the Project Coordinator of the Shi-tro Mandala for Universal Peace Project, a five-year venture that supported Tibetan master artists as they built the first, three-dimensional traditional Tibetan mandala in the United States. Shan was also co-creator of Tools for Peace, an arts curriculum that used the Shi-tro Mandala as the basis for teaching peacekeeping in schools, juvenile detention centers, retreat centers, and summer camps throughout California and continues to serve over one million people today. Shan also created and taught an arts and peacekeeping curriculum for the Living Arts Institute in Los Angeles and Kauai, utilizing a 40 foot-canvas labyrinth as a meditation vehicle. Prior to her work in arts education and peacekeeping, Shan owned and directed LA Art and The Sports & Entertainment Gallery, two award-winning galleries in Los Angeles and worked as an art consultant for Lonny Gans & Associates. She holds degrees in Fine Art and Anthropology. Shan is a lifelong student of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and the Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo. She has also received teachings and empowerments from many esteemed Tibetan Masters including, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness Drodrubchen Rinpoche, His Holiness Kusum Lingpa, His Holiness Sakya Trizen, His Holiness Taklung Tsetral Rinpoche, His Eminence Namkha Rinpoche, The Venerable Gonjang Rinpoche, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, The Venerable Lama Gyatso and others. Shan lives with her husband George on the Central Coast of California where she delights in being a mother and a grandmother.