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Bhakti Event

This training is at the heart of everything Shaktirasa. Connect to one of Tantra's core methods of awakening: Bhakti (love and devotion towards the sacredness of life itself). For centuries, mystics, poets, shamans, and yogis have been mapping the way, offering the love-technology that reveals our truest nature, our most radiant, shining self.

This training will focus on both a historical and practical approach to working with love as an enlightenment methodology. We will deeply study the key mystical teachings from several traditions, and focus on five time-tested methods for awakening love in the body. If the likes Christ, Mary Magdalene, Hafiz, Rumi and Saint Teresa of Avila ring your bell, this training is for you.

Join us in Shakti School's hometown, Charlottesville, Virginia, for three days of live training and two days of lecture and class via live teleconference to open, cement and integrate these teachings.

This module consist of 5 training days:

  • June 27: Full day (about 6 hours) live-stream online teleconference
  • July 10-12: Live training in Charlottesville, Virginia (Now available via live-stream too!)
  • July 18: Full day of Integration live-stream online teleconference

This training will sell out by the spring. Please register early.

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Are you ready to go deep in the most loving way?

Pay in Full

$595

Register

Payment Plan

$199/month for 3 months

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Virtual Attendance

Attend this training entirely from the comfort of your home. In-person portions will be professionally live streamed and recordings will be available so you can watch and re-watch on your own time.

$480

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$160/month for 3 months

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​Info on Logistics:

Shakti School headquarters is conveniently located in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia with opportunities to experience the best of Virginia's foodie town! There are affordable AirBnB and hotel options within walking distance of the school and a local airport (CHO). We are a block from Halo Salt Spa for massages and salt meditation caves/sauna, and close to hiking and nature walks: Rivanna River, Observatory Hill and Monticello Trails. Prior to the training you will receive a Welcome Packet with more details on logistics and support from our staff.

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Terms and Conditions

Cancellations made more than 90 days from the start date of the event are subject to a $50 processing fee. Cancellations made 89-61 days from the start date of the training will receive a refund of payment, minus the non-refundable deposit that is 20% of total tuition. There are no refunds for cancellations within 60 days of the training. Payments cannot be used towards another training.

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So, here is my heart. I used to think I needed to So, here is my heart. I used to think I needed to have a lot of talent or perfect ability to launch great things and go for my dreams. Now, as I have aged and wizened a little (I hope), I see that it’s not so much about ability, it’s about availability. ⁠
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I wasn’t born with a naturally great immune system. I built it with Ayurveda, herbs and supplements. ⁠
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I wasn’t born with a banging body. I built it. With yoga, weight training and dance. ⁠
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I wasn’t born happy or emotionally resilient. I earned these things. Through meditation, spiritual surrender and a ton of great therapy. ⁠
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I wasn’t born with a regulated nervous system. I re-created it through regulating my heart towards God, and then others. ⁠
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My list could go on and on. ⁠
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You see, I did not start off with innate skills. Heck, I still feel like Kung-fu Panda at the gym and in my relationships.⁠
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But I have based my entire life and my career and this school on the sacred religion of SURRENDER AND SINCERITY. I am open and ready to be the best me I can be. I am also passionate about YOU becoming the best you in 2026. And that, together, we could go out into the world and help raise the spirits of others like us. ⁠
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Are you sincerely ready to become available this year? Available to yourself and others as a servant to the highest things our human hearts can reach for?⁠
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If so, I am your Ayurveda gal Friday. My team will support you every step of the way in 2026 like a spiritual Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. Or just Dolly dressed as one. ⁠
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Let’s go. ⁠
Spots are going quick! Don’t miss this.⁠
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With love,⁠
Katie + Team Shakti
My entire life, I’ve been looking for something My entire life, I’ve been looking for something that feels like a real home. Like many of you, I come from a deeply imperfect family lineage, an imperfect religious tradition and a broken culture. Over the 2+ decades of spiritual dedication, I have finally started to FEEL how painful it is to feel like I don’t really belong anywhere. ⁠
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And guess what? Our INCREDIBLE spirit-based, feminine-form Ayurveda School is also an imperfect home. ⁠
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Because that’s the rub…⁠
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There is no perfect family, lover or spiritual institution that can fully take away that DEEP soul ache of wanting to belong. ⁠
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In my experience, that can only be an inside job. ⁠
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And The Shakti School does a GREAT job at providing the space, community, teachers and teachings to give you room for what you are truly longing for. Not another method or identity, but a place to come home to yourself. That listening is what shaped this school and the community that holds it.⁠
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We're not perfect.⁠
We're not fully enlightened beings.⁠
We're just regular women like YOU that want a home where we can unravel in a very loving way.⁠
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If you're ready for your soul to not shout truth, but really learn how to listen...⁠
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If you're ready to not rip off all the veils that are blocking your light, but just soften them enough so that they can just gently fall away in a way that melts you and other people...⁠
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I really would love to see your face in our school January 14th.⁠
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In a world that is obsessed with stimulation and expansion and attainment, I want to give you a place where you can feel that which has just been forgotten. We are not a place that's going to put anything new in you. We are a place of remembering.⁠
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If you're ready to awaken through nourishment, to heal through laughter and community and goodness, if you're ready to transform through love, I know that The Shakti School is the perfect place for you.⁠
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We do have limited spots. So if you're feeling the call, I encourage you to join us. We can’t wait to welcome you into our community. ❤️⁠
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🪐 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL for more info on our 2026 Level 1 class that starts on January 14th⁣. ⁣
Unless we connect with the deepest part of ourselv Unless we connect with the deepest part of ourselves…all the New Year’s resolutions will be futile. 

All these plans at self-improvement are just another mask we wear. 

Eventually, when we fail (because Lord knows we will…), we may feel like we are bad, unloveable…etc. And the cycle starts again.
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So, as we approach the New Year, here is my message to you (and as always, to myself)⁠⠀
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You are already inherently good.⁠⠀

From that place, you can begin a spiritual practice that supports the deeply soulful woman you already are.

Instead of setting resolutions, I like to think about beginning intentional habits that will support any goals I might have for the New Year.

The key is being connected to your higher self, the part of you that intuitively knows what is best for you and your success. 

And that requires getting quiet and connecting to your heart. This is what every woman *actually* needs more of.

❤️‍🩹 Heal unresolved wounds that are still weighing on you. Matters of the heart can be difficult to heal. And more often than not it takes a lot of time. If needed, work with a professional in somatic experience who can help you navigate that space.

😌 Manage your stress levels. Stress plays a huge role in emotional well being (which also leads to a lot of physiological effects as well). Become more familiar with the ways you disconnect so that you can best prepare yourself for when it comes up.

🙏🏼 Take time for prayer. Praying doesn’t have to be a religious act. Prayer can be mantra reciting, it can be through repetition of a positive affirmation, or it can look totally different.

📝 Keep a journal. Getting your thoughts on paper will help you to sort through your emotional hang ups or will simply help to process the day. It is in journaling when I gain some of my best inspiration.

🧘🏼‍♀️ Manage your time + make the time to unwind and relax. In our go, go, go society there can often be pressure associated with non-stop doing. Make space for doing nothing. It is in that space where your heart will have the time to heal and make peace.
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Peace and fulfillment comes from finding your center. May we all have the experience of true richness in 2026.
In folk wisdom traditions, this time of year invit In folk wisdom traditions, this time of year invites us to descend, listen and let the darkness work on us.⁠
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So, if you are still hoping to drop into your heart and uncover how this past year’s heartbreaks, hurts or life initiations can become portals to your awakening, I invite you to carve out the time to tune into our free class Winter Solstice Initiation: Your Wound is the Way before this year comes to a close.⁠
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This class explores how winter invites emotional alchemy and how you can turn your scars into wisdom and stillness into inner authority.⁠
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You’ll learn why nothing is wasted, and why the light returns only after we allow ourselves to go into the dark.⁠
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It’s not too late to embrace the transformational nature of the season and walk into 2026 seated in your soul.⁠
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🌘 Comment DARKNESS to receive instant access to the on-demand recording.
🌿 “Do you actually teach herbs and spices in 🌿 “Do you actually teach herbs and spices in Ayurveda School? I want to use plants in real life, not just read about them.”⁠
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Yes. And this is one of the biggest reasons women join us.⁠
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While The Shakti School is a certification program to become an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, Level 1 is also designed as a deeply practical, embodied initiation into living Ayurveda. And that starts with your own kitchen, routines and daily remedies. You’ll learn how to work with plants, spices and rhythms in a way that feels intuitive, accessible and alive, not overwhelming or clinical.⁠
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In our Plant Pharmacy focused curriculum, Ayurveda becomes hands-on and woven into everyday life. This is about building confidence with herbs and routines you can actually use for yourself first, and eventually for others if you choose.⁠
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Inside our year together, you’ll learn how to:⁠
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 ✔ Work with common Ayurvedic herbs and understand their energetics and properties⁠
 ✔ Use digestive herbs and daily tonics to support Agni and immunity⁠
 ✔ Explore rasayanas and rejuvenative formulas that nourish vitality and ojas⁠
 ✔ Support the mind and nervous system with gentle herbal allies⁠
 ✔ Align your fall and spring routines with nature’s rhythms to prevent imbalance before it begins⁠
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Whether you dream of becoming a coach or simply want to reclaim your relationship with plants, food and seasonal wisdom, this module teaches you how to become your own first herbalist. Rooted, informed and deeply connected to the natural world.⁠
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The journey begins in less than three weeks. 🌼 Are you ready to learn more about feminine-form Ayurveda? 👇🏼 ⁠
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🌸 Comment WISDOM to get instant access to our free Women’s Wisdom & Ayurveda course.⁠
☎️ Comment MORE INFO to connect for a free call with our Shakti Coaching Team.⁠
🌱 Comment AYURVEDASCHOOL (one word) for the full program details.

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