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Slowing Down… Or Am I?
A reflection on cycles, trust, and the illusion of doing nothing. Lately, I’ve been feeling… slower. Or at least, that’s what I told myself.But when I look closer, the only thing that’s really slowed down is my writing. And even that, not because there’s nothing to say. Quite the opposite: so much is happening.So many…
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Sacred Encounters: My Path to Conscious Love (Part 2)
The heavy afternoon heat had finally softened into a gentle breeze. I woke up alone in my tent, sweaty, naked, and aching with the quiet sting of abandonment. The man I’d been with was gone. I heard the voice over the loudspeakers: the festival’s main evening ritual had already begun. I wanted to curl into…
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Sacred Encounters: My Path to Conscious Love (Part 1)
I first encountered the word Tantra over twenty years ago.At the time, I was drawn to everything Eastern: meditation, Buddhism, India.I remember watching a documentary series that introduced these themes to the mainstream. When the topic of Tantra appeared with its emphasis on breath, energy, and slow, conscious connection something in me lit up. Shortly…
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Inner Peace
It was nearly 3:00 PM on Saturday, the final day of a spiritual retreat. I was completely exhausted from the intensity of the last three days.I stepped out of the cool, air-conditioned therapy hall where I had spent hours in deep sessions since 11 AM. The next workshop was about to start within minutes, and…
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Little girl Shakti
It was Friday night, after the main ceremony at a spiritual workshop gathering.As the evening transitioned into the late-night sessions — the ones known for being bold, long, and intense — I stepped into a Tantra workshop. I walked in feeling confident, expecting it to be light and easy. At first, it was. We did…
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A Journey into Conscious Intimacy.
I am Shakti Two memories from when I was around fifteen still echo inside me.In one, I remember being enchanted by the idea of my future self at thirty — single, living in New York, and wildly sexually expressive. It was something like Sex and the City, years before the show even aired.In the second,…
