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Stephanie dos Santos

About

Stephanie dos Santos passion is empowering people to come into contact with and potentially embody one's full Awareness through nondual Shakti/Shiva Tantric wisdom, yoga, and alignment with natural cycles. She’s known as an inspiring, loving, creative and compassionate teacher ...
Stephanie dos Santos passion is empowering people to come into contact with and potentially embody one's full Awareness through nondual Shakti/Shiva Tantric wisdom, yoga, and alignment with natural cycles. She’s known as an inspiring, loving, creative and compassionate teacher with the Hindu goddess Bhuvaneshwari-like quality to create sacred healing, creative-expressive and meditative spaces. Certified in Integrative Yoga, Kum Nye, she's also been given permission by beloved meditation teacher, Sally Kempton, to share the teachings of the nondual Shakti/Shiva and Shakta traditions. She is specialized in deity yoga and the pantheon of goddesses (Devi). She holds a B.A in Studio Arts from Whitman College and is a working artist. In addition, she studies Bharathanatyam classical Indian dance and is a co-founder of Devidance Yoga, leading yearly women's pilgrimages to India. Her writing has been featured in 'Lalitamba' and 'Yoga Magazine'. She co-leads writing and yoga workshops with celebrated author Mary Sharratt (Women of the Witching Hill, Illuminations, Revelation). She guides yearly Mountain Shakti yoga backpacking pilgrimages around the world (North Cascades/USA and Himalayas/Nepal).
4 Day Women's "Wilderness Goddess: Yoga Backpacking Pilgrimage" This retreat is offered yearly during the month of August in the North Cascades of Washington State, USA. "Women in High Places!" ~ Join Us! Stephanie dos Santos
4 Day Women's "Wilderness Goddess: Yoga Backpacking Pilgrimage" This retreat is offered yearly during the month of August in the North Cascades of Washington State, USA.

"Women in High Places!" ~ Join Us! Stephanie dos Santos
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What are your favorite Retreat Venues around the world

North Cascades National Park Wilderness, Washington State, USA -- pristine wilderness that exemplifies and holds the signature energies of the pantheon of goddess energies, immersive deep forest, high ridge with glacier views mountainous settings for yoga, meditation, and self-study of the goddesses of yoga; Himalayas, Nepal -- traditional ancient Goddess cultural immersion, visiting temples throughout the Kathmandu Valley, and treading timeworn pathways of spiritual unfoldment in the mountains for which many of the yogic and tantric traditions were cultivated in; and Khajuraho UNESCO World Heritage site, India -- unprecedent powerhouse of inspiring ancient Tantric traditions which are alive still in the land, art and architecture of this wonder of the world.

What's your personal definition of what it means to thrive?

To be present with whatever is in this moment.

Who do you look up to ? Who has helped you the most along your teacher / retreat leader journey?

My main teacher is Sally Kempton (Swami Durgananda) disciple of Swami Muktananda (Siddha Yoga) and Gurumayi (Trika/Krama lineages). Also, I follow the teachings of Trika with scholar/practitioner Christopher Wallis, and Sri Vidya with Shakta Yoginis Madhu Khanna, Kavitha Chinnaiyan and Laura Amazzone. What all these teachers have in common is they are all seasoned Yogins steeped in the wisdom traditions of Tantric Shaivism or nondual Shakti/Shiva (one of the same). Their teachings inform my all my teaching. What I've been tasked by Shakti to bring forth is these teachings integrated into embodied form through Hatha Yoga/dance, in wilderness and ancient temple settings throughout the world.

Stephanie dos Santos's Videos

Women's "Embodying Devi Pilgrimage" to India study and practices of Goddess in their orign. Four-day women's "Wilderness Goddess: Yoga Backpacking" retreat in the North Cascade mountains of Washington, USA yoga, meditation and goddess studies in the wilds.
Women's "Embodying Devi Pilgrimage" to India study and practices of Goddess in their orign. Four-day women's "Wilderness Goddess: Yoga Backpacking" retreat in the North Cascade mountains of Washington, USA yoga, meditation and goddess studies in the wilds.
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