Shakti Group

Fortnightly women’s circle in London

When you see beauty anywhere, it is a reflection of yourself.

The Shakti group reopens Monday 20th January 2025 and is only open to students of our Tantra course – including Try Tara Pass holders. Become a Tantra student by signing up with the Try Tara Pass.

Fully awakening as a woman means to remember the inherent perfection of your femininity, to recognise your essential nature as pure bliss, and to see through all the masks and distortions of the ego that prevent your light from shining.

Freedom from fears and limitations characterises an awakened woman – a woman who is confident in her qualities, who is playful and spontaneous and a ceaseless inspiration to those around her.

Shakti means ‘sacred force’, ‘power’ or ‘energy’ in Sanskrit. It is the force through which the entire Creation was born and is maintained. We invite you on a journey of discovering this mysterious sacred force that you are. Understand the play of energies both within your own being and in the world around you, for more intensity and transformation, and for bringing greater fulfilment and happiness into your life.

Linking ancient Eastern knowledge with the needs of women today, this group will support you in awakening your femininity, enabling you to live to your full potential, and to experience the wonder of being a woman.

This group is unique and special because it unfolds in conjunction with our Tantra course. We will delve into the teachings of the Tantra course, but through the lens of being a woman, incorporating specialised Tantric techniques and insights tailored specifically for women. This approach allows for a deep dive into the Tantric teachings, supporting you in awakening as a woman.

What you will learn

Through presentations, activities, yoga and Tantra techniques, we will explore:

  • The role of women in Tantra, and about Tantric femininity
  • The role of women in modern life
  • How to bring your feminine essence into your interaction with life
  • Understanding your feminine energy in interaction with the masculine (polarity)
  • How to polarise your own energy through awakening your inner man
  • Consciously amplifying your energies to increase your feminine power and rediscover all your qualities
  • Keys to couple relationships – an area of life that enables fast transformation
  • Subtle anatomy, and the principle of resonance from the perspective of femininity
  • The importance of orgasm
  • The feminine enigma of menstruation
  • How to awaken feminine qualities through Tantric techniques, dance, massage etc

Every 6 – 8 weeks the Shakti group will meet with the counterpart Vira (men’s) group for a joint meeting.

These joint meetings will provide an opportunity to put all the attitudes and skills developed in the separate groups into practice, enabling a tangible experience of the game of polarity. These meetings are not sexual in any way. They have an intimate, playful and romantic atmosphere.

Be part of a strong community of women

Studies show that women feel more harmonious when together, they heal faster by sharing, they are more happy and relaxed after spending good quality time with other women.

The group also gives us the chance to support each other in overcoming challenges, and to connect more deeply to femininity by admiring the qualities each woman brings to the group. A strong friendship and sisterhood form between the group members, making regular access to a safe space, and a feminine haven, possible.

Testimonials

Read how women already part of this community have transformed:

I remember being so excited and mind-blown when first joining the Shakti Group. Seeing all these women in a space where we could celebrate, ignite and encourage our sensuality, aspiration, beauty and femininity – it was something that had been missing from my life without me even being fully aware of it! I had no idea how profound the path of a Shakti is, and how insightful it would be for me to become aware of both the talents .. Read more
Rhiannon
Shakti group year 1
My biggest transformation has been through the women’s Tantra class, learning how to connect with and nurture the divine feminine shakti within my being.  This has been brought about by the wonderful teachings and inspiring teachers at Tara.  They have helped me to uncover my unique qualities and provided me with the skills that I needed to transform from the inside out.
C
Shakti Group Year 2

Join the Shakti group now!

This course is part of the

Try Tara Pass

Gives unlimited access to all our courses for
four consecutive weeks

For only
£40

ABOUT THE TRY TARA PASS

The best way to try our courses and groups is with the Try Tara Pass which gives you access to all courses and groups for four consecutive weeks. Even if you are only interested in one thing, it is still the cheapest option, and you also get discounted members prices if you buy workshops or events during these four weeks.

You can buy this pass now, and the pass will activate when you attend your first class. Come along as close to the beginning of the courses as you can, so you get the most out of them.

This offer has no strings attached, and if you’d like to continue after the Pass ends, the cost of this group is £20 per month.

N.B. This group is only for students – including Try Tara Pass holders, who are currently attending one or more of our courses in Yoga, Tantra and/or Kashmir Shaivism. Become a student by getting the Try Tara Pass.

Pricing options

London

Every other Monday, 8:45 – 10pm
Starts 20th January 2025

Tara Yoga Centre, Export House, 25-31 Ironmonger Row, London, EC1V 3QW

020 7251 8626
london@coreole.com

Your Teachers

Maria Porsfelt
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Find out more about Shakti

Podcast – Journeys of Awakening Shakti

A vital part of a woman becoming her true, authentic self is to embrace the gift of Shakti, and connect with the creative life force inside her being, that is waiting to be activated. For many women there is a moment when the desire to fully awaken becomes powerful and insistent. The question then is, what to do next? Tantra provides many answers, many techniques to support and maintain this awakening, including the opportunity to be in a community of women who are learning to open their hearts and indeed their whole beings, to Shakti; learning to see what is beautiful in others. This perspective is a welcome relief from the pressure to compete, that many girls and women, which forces them to push down or ignore their natural, powerful selves. In this podcast, Tantra teachers Magdalena Hau and Mojdeh Moasser share with student Vivienne Rush the magnificence of awakening Shakti in their own lives.

FAQs

I am not a member of Tara. Can I still join?
The Shakti Group is only for members as our courses are an essential basis for getting the most out of the group. However, please keep an eye on our events listings as other events for women will be open to non-members.
What age group is this group for?
We welcome all women over the age of 18. The Tantric principles are universal and relevant for wherever you are on your development as a woman.
Isn’t it superficial, boring or unproductive just sitting around talking about women’s stuff?
Our Shakti Group is not merely a sweet gathering of women exchanging tips and tricks. What we learn is extremely profound for a spiritual path, for discovering the nature of Who we are, which undeniably includes the fact that we were born as a woman.
To be a woman is to possess the inherent gift of being intimately united with Shakti, the same sacred force that created, sustains and destroys all of creation. 
When a woman comes to understand the spiritual significance of this, along with its lessons, gifts and journey, it will no longer be associated with something insignificant, but as a fast-track towards spiritual evolution.
What could ever be boring about fully awakening as a woman, becoming a blissful, radiant inspiration for all of life, free from all masks and limitations?
I believe women are powerful and can do anything. Will this group try to turn me into a bimbo or stereotypical girly-girl?
Women are the embodiment of energy and nature itself. Women can be as mighty as a storm, as delicate as a flower, and as mysterious as the night’s sky… In society, we are often taught that to be very feminine is to be weaker, less competent or not to be taken as seriously. But it’s true that women are powerful and can do anything! 
In this group, we learn to shed the layers of misinterpretation and belittlement, to unveil all the miraculous nuances of femininity that exist within us.
By getting in touch with ourselves, we will know even better the inherent feminine strength and honour it, instead of copying the masculine strength, and competing with men and one another.
Will this group just feed my spiritual ego, thinking I’m a ‘goddess’?
When we hear that we are an embodiment of Shakti, our ego may react somewhere along the lines of either: “Me?! No way!”, or “Yes, I’m the best”… in both cases feeding our ego. On the spiritual path, we learn to discover the amazing truth of Who we are without any commentary from the ego, instead just silently observing the Truth as it is. In this way, experiencing true insight and transformation.
In the regular or joint meetings, will I have to do something that I don’t feel comfortable with?
No, you can participate to the extent to which you feel. The group can indeed be an opportunity to step a little out of the comfort zone, but it is often in these moments when we transform the most! Especially in the joint meetings, having the opportunity to directly put into practice all the attitudes and skills developed in the separate groups, students almost always report gaining greater insight, overcoming resistances, and feeling more free.
Will this group help me find a boyfriend or fix my current relationship?
The group is focused on developing true femininity in its most profound sense. While that often leads to women becoming or perceiving themselves as more attractive to men, and being wiser in maintaining harmonious relationships, it’s a side effect, and not a goal of this group. 
Will this group help me to be more passionate, have a better sex life, and be more courageous in bed?
On the Tantric path, whether we engage in lovemaking or not, erotic energy is of great importance. Therefore, we learn many techniques for awakening and directing this energy fully and consciously in order to fuel our spiritual expansion. 
This will impact your life in many ways, including your erotic experiences, by awakening your senses and capacity for bliss, developing spontaneity, creativity, vitality, expansion of consciousness, and a sense of freedom and aliveness.