Bhakti as Embodied Devotion

Mirabai's bhakti tradition teaches that devotion flows through the body as it is, not as it should be. In Love & Disability, this means recognizing that disabled bodies—whether moving slowly, experiencing pain, or requiring assistance—can be vessels of profound love and spiritual connection. Bhakti rejects the myth of the perfect, independent lover. Instead, it invites us to offer what we actually have: attention, presence, vulnerability, longing. For disabled people loving, this framework liberates us from performing wellness. For partners of disabled people, it offers permission to love the actual person, in their actual body, as an act of devotion rather than sacrifice.