Maha Vidya : an Exploration of the Wisdom Goddesses of Tantra

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Maha Vidya: an Exploration of the Wisdom Goddesses of Tantra

October 16 - October 18, 2020

Saumya Lauren Toolin

Maha Vidya are the ten wisdom goddesses in the Tantric tradition. They are expressions of divine reality, time and consciousness, and as archetypes are powerful guides for our own inner awakening, self expression and universal connection. Experience their transformational capacity through lecture, mantra, hatha yoga and meditation.

ScheduleFriday, October 16th

3 - 8pm Check-In

6 - 7pm Dinner

7:30pm Welcome and Evening Program

Saturday, October 17th

8 - 9am Breakfast

9am - 12pm Goddess Intensive

12 - 1pm Lunch

1 - 2pm Free Time for Spa Treatments, Swimming, etc

2 - 5pm Goddess Intensive

5 - 6pm Evening relaxation or Mantra Practice

6 - 7pm Dinner

7:30pm Free Time for Relaxation

Sunday, October 18th

7 - 11am Check-out of Rooms

8 - 9am Breakfast

9am - 12pm Goddess Intensive

12 - 1pm Lunch & Departure

*Please note that schedule is subject to change.

ABOUT THE TEACHERs

Saumya Lauren Toolin

Saumya Lauren Toolin is a teacher, mentor, mother and a worshipper of the sacred. An initiate of a millennia old Tantric tradition, certified yoga therapist and Four Desires life coach, she directs a Yoga Vidya, a yoga school in upstate New York, and travels widely sharing the te...

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