SHAKTIPAT | An ancient Tantric ceremony
Full moon activation of your life energy. A transmission of the lineage
Welcome to Shaktipat.
Shaktipat is one of the most profound rituals we offer. Humbled by its intelligence, power, and simplicity. Held around the Full Moon, this Tantric ritual invites the awakening of your life force - Kundalini - within a safe, sacred, and lineage-based space.
This is more than meditation.
It is a mystical journey.
An activation.
A remembrance.
Testimonials
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Immediately I felt energy rush through me, a wave of laughter, blissful sensations, and my heart open wide. My body rocked with the energy and my hands danced into mudras. I felt so much gratitude I could literally burst!!! Recognition, remembrance and returning. Uniting with Source. The energy rose up through me and burst into the skies above my head in a feeling of total union and love. Then I entered peace, the kind where you don't have to try to meditate or to DO meditation. The peace is SO tangible that there's nothing to do but rest in it. Ripples of love emanating out in all directions. So grateful.
Shashi Solluna | Tantra teacher & author of Tantra made Easy
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I attended my first Shaktipat meditation with you. I remained deeply and positively impressed for a long time afterward. It had a beautiful after-effect, a sense of empowerment. I found it fascinating. It definitely left me wanting more, especially in the area of Tantra. Your approach, and your wonderfully calm yet convincing energy, really carried me. I would love to attend more workshops, ceremonies, or other offerings.
Nienke
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Energy & movements around me, cut through my body like lightning energy, shaking, stirring my entire being sending ripples throughout. I never experienced this much energy circulation and flow inside me.
Sagnik Chatterjee
This is for you if you feel
A desire for spiritual depth and profound, authentic awakening
Higher states of awareness substance-free and effortlessly
Drawn to white (traditional) Tantra, or ancient energetic rituals
Curious about deepening your own capacity to flow Kundalini
Longing to experience yourself beyond the mind - or like a participant said: “waves of laughter, blissful sensations, and a heart open wide.”
What is Shaktipat?
Shaktipat means “descent of grace.”
A solo meditation held in a collective ritual field—where sacred elements like Ganga water, Kumkum, sacred ash, and third eye blessings open energetic pathways.
Guided by ancient Vedic chants and collective presence, this ritual can bring waves of energy, emotional release, visions, or a sense of coming home.
It could dissolve blocks, bring clarity, and connect you to a deeper stillness within.
Each experience is unique. Each is welcome.
Expect nothing.
Receive everything.
A safe pathway to awakening
Kundalini is your untapped life force, resting at the base of your spine. When awakened, Kundalini can bring deep transformation - physical, emotional, and spiritual - activating your soul’s potential in daily life.
There are many ways this energy can awaken: through yoga, breathwork, birth, plant medicine, or spontaneously. Shaktipat offers a safe, grounded, and intentional pathway - held in a traditional lineage that knows how to guide the process with care.
The Siddha Lineage
This Shaktipat is offered in the Siddha lineage—a Tantric tradition over 5,000 years old.
Its purpose is the direct and effortless awakening of Kundalini.
Through ritual and prayer, we invoke the presence of Bhagavan Nityananda, an Indian mystic from Maharashtra.
Karlijn Kouwenhoven received initiation into this lineage through Bud Barber in 2016 (Melbourne) and has since shared Shaktipat in Koh Phangan, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna. Despite a fair amount of Dutch groundedness, and an unfamiliarity with rituals and energetic bodies, the SHAKTIPAT immediately provided a sense of home again and welcoming energy. As participant Chantal said: “This is Magic I do believe in.”
Testimonials
The SHAKTIPAT SPECIAL with Bodhi Baba Lineage
On October 4th meditation teacher Bodhi Baba is flying over from the USA to join us in the shaktipat. Karlijn and Bodhi will perform the ritual together, for you to receive the full benefits of his presence and experience their shared qualities.
Bodhi Baba has over 40 years of experience in training & teaching Tantra Yoga meditation and Kundalini to his students worldwide. He was specifically ordained to administer Shaktipat; to perform Kundalini awakening rituals, by the Siddha Guru, Swami Muktananda (affectionately known as ‘Baba’).
Bodhi’s own ‘Diva Diksha’ or Kundalini awakening occurred on, 6 Aug. 1969 while practicing the ‘fire breath pranayama’. He received his qualification to teach Siddha Yoga on, 28 Aug 1977 and was officially ordained by Muktananda approximately one year later.
He is now one of the few existing traditional Tantra Yoga teachers, chosen by a Siddha Guru, who still performs this ceremony.
Bodhi is the founder of, as well as an instructor at ‘The Heart of Shiva School of Tantra Yoga and Meditation’, and lives part time in Melbourne the USA. He gives workshops and Shaktipat rituals in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, India, Thailand and Hawaii.
Event info
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18:30h Doors Open
19:00h Welcome and Q&A
19:45h Guided Preparatory Practice
20:30h Aarti (ceremony of light)
20:45h Shaktipat Ritual
22:00h Grounding and Closing -
Shaktipat takes place in either of one of these venues:
HAARLEM VENUE (4 October)
The Innerwork Lab
Kleverlaan 9, HaarlemFree parking on 3 sides of the park, 12 mins walk from Haarlem station.
AMSTERDAM VENUE (7 December)
Yogaschool Noord NDSM
Plotterstraat 24, Amsterdam NoordWe recommend planning extra travel time to find a spot, and arrive with ease.
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Max. 50 participants. We recommend booking early as we often sell out.
Wear comfortable, layered clothing.
Mats and cushions provided. You may bring your own for extra comfort.
Optional: bring an offering for the altar (flowers, sweets, crystals, personal items).
Light fasting is optional and may deepen your experience
Ready to receive?
You are welcome in whatever state you arrive.
Bring your curiosity, breath and willingness to receive.