I began to make peace with my past, and reclaimed the Hindu practices for Goddess worship. Except, I needed a deity. It is said that women shaped the concept of the deity. The first sculptures of human form were mostly of women, like the Venus of Willendorf. I wanted to create a deity of the goddesses that embodied powerful symbols of women.
Patriarchal religions seem to view the symbols of women as detrimental to spirituality.
Women need to take back the symbols, claim them and honor them. This is how we will empower ourselves. I began making deities of goddesses and worshipping them with my revised Hindu rituals. The first deity I made was called Sandhini . That was my given name in the Hare Krishna Movement.