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South India Spiritual Retreat - Bliss of Shiva - info call
Awakening the Stillness, Love, and Power of Consciousness Within
Join Swaha Devi for a profound spiritual immersion at Sripuram, the sacred Golden Temple in Southern India during the auspicious festival of Maha Śhivarātri. Śhivarātri is a time to awaken the living marriage of Śhiva and Śhakti within: consciousness and energy, stillness and love, the masculine and feminine that together form the wholeness of our Being.
Śhiva, the Divine Masculine, represents the clear, unbounded awareness that rests at the core of our being — the still mountain of consciousness untouched by the chaos of the mind. Śhakti, the Divine Feminine, is the vibrant pulse of life that moves through all creation, and moves us in our lives from the deep wild impulse of the heart. When these two meet within us, the human and the Divine unite, and we remember our natural state of ānanda — truth, consciousness, and bliss.
This inner union is not only mystical but deeply empowering: it births a grounded, embodied strength that allows us to meet life with clarity, compassion, and unwavering presence.
In a world of constant motion and distraction, this retreat invites you to return to the simplicity of pure heart centred consciousness — to rest in the stillness of your own heart, where power and love meet. Through this inner union, the heart becomes a radiant source of wisdom and empowerment, guiding you to live with presence, peace, and Divine confidence.
Note this retreat is not free. This eventbrite event is to book your free information call if you are interested to join us for this event, to determine if it is a good fit for you.
This retreat has an EARLYBIRD fee of $2333 until 15 December 2025 (a non-refundable deposit of $800 is required to secure your place at this price).
Second release tickets are $2504 until 10 January
Full price tickets from 11 January $2700.
Bookings for this retreat close on 20 January 2026.
Swaha Devi lovingly curates these retreats, and is here to support you every step of the way.
A $800 non-refundable/ non-transferrable deposit is due to secure any of the earlybird prices. A payment plan can be arranged with Swaha Devi privately for the remaining payments, for up to three installments.
The full retreat fee is due 20 January to ensure time for us to arrange your transformational journey. All booking and travel information will be provided upon booking.
In addition to our private group sessions, a blessing of this retreat will be connection with Sri Shakti Amma Narayani, an Awakened Spiritual Master who embodies pure love. When we spend time with Spiritual Masters (someone with spiritual mastery), we can “catch” this mastery through being in proximity to them through our natural human empathy and through absorbing these loving energies through our energy body (chakras and aura). As we enjoy in Amma’s daily programs, and the wonderful different meditation practices on offer around the temple complex, each individual is miraculously supported to open in their own perfect and unique way to grow and transform in alignment with your own goals and path. Beyond anything the mind could plan.
During this 9 day retreat you will be supported to remember and allow a deeper connection to the feeling of Love and Bliss that exists inside you, and can be accessed more and more from experiences in life, and take this new energy home to your life with new energy and focus.
During this 9-day retreat, you will be guided to enter the inner temple of the heart through meditation, mantra, movement, and sacred ceremony. Each day unfolds as an exploration of divine consciousness woven with devotion — awakening both the crystalline stillness of Śiva and the radiant love of Śakti within you.
Your retreat experience will include:
This retreat offers a wonderful balance of activity and quiet contemplation, for you to Open to more Love within your own Heart, Body and Soul.
Is there a stirring within you — a subtle call that beckons you home to yourself?
Perhaps you feel drawn toward something sacred, even if you can’t quite name it yet.
In the rhythm of daily life, it can be rare to find the spaciousness to truly listen — to reconnect with the quiet voice of your own heart and the presence of the Divine within. Beneath the surface of all our activity lives a seed of pure peace, joy, and clarity — the essence of every human consciousness.
This retreat is an invitation to come home to that space within you — a deep reclamation and remembering of who you truly are within the vastness of consciousness itself. As we rest back into this infinite potential, we begin to carry more peace, love, and presence into every part of life.
While we do not need to travel across the world to touch the Divine, journeying to a sacred site like this — a temple imbued with thousands of hours of daily mantra and devotion — can help us more easily attune to our spiritual nature. The vibration here is alive; it gently awakens what is already within us.
If you feel an inner curiosity, a wondering, or a quiet yes arising in your heart, I would be delighted to speak with you and explore the possibility of you joining this sacred journey.
All my programs open a gentle, sacred and safe container for all people, of all ages, abilities, sexualities, faiths and beliefs and cultures. It is an invitation to join together to remember our similarities, to release anything that is holding you back, and rediscover more of your authentic nature and self expression. This is a perfect retreat for you if you wouls like to explore your spiritual and human nature on a deeper level.
This is a trauma informed program, designed to give you freedom to choose and explore in a way that feels right for you:
Everything in this workshop is an invitation. The offerings are carefully designed to support you to explore yourself, your relationship to others, to your creativity and to life. If there are any experiences you do not wish to take part in, I will work with you to either support you to be involved in a way that feels good for you, and the group, or to find a different offering that feels nurturing for you in its place.
This retreat is accessible regardless of your physical ability. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this.
Retreat Itinerary
You must arrange your own flights to Bangalore (return), visa and travel insurance for this trip. Swaha will look after everything else! You are welcome to travel with the group (Swaha Devi will be flying from Sydney morning of 27th) or fly on a carrier that suits you and meet and Bangalore.
Arrive in Bangalore. A car will be waiting to pick you up from the Bangalore Airport and take you to the 5 star Taj Hotel to rejuvenate from your travel.
Bangalore – breakfast and meet and greet with Swaha Devi and the retreat group at 10am. Spend the morning resting, or enjoying a massage or spa treatment (not included) before we depart for the ashram at midday (via the shopping centre to buy some ashram clothes) in private A/C cars (approx. 3.5 hours drive).
Official daily retreat program commences in the evening after settling into your accommodation, including a tour of the Ashram complex and golden temple walking meditation.
The retreat will end at 11am following a closing session. The Bangalore airport shuttle will depart the ashram after lunch, allowing you to meet the evening flights at 5pm.
You are welcome to stay on for your own private trip following close of the retreat on friday morning. Contact Swaha Devi if you would like to do this so they can assist with arranging your accommodation. Accommodation is approximately $60 per room per night, including 1 meal. An airport shuttle can be arranged if flying outside the group departure time at a personal cost of approximately $150 per car one way. There is also accommodation at the aryuvedic centre, a part of the ashram if you would like to stay and recieve daily aryuvedic treatments.
Investment
This all inclusive retreat has an EARLYBIRD fee of $2333 until 15 December 2025 (a non-refundable deposit of $800 is required to secure your place at this price).
Second release tickets are $2504 until 10 January
Full price tickets from 11 January $2700.
Bookings for this retreat close on 20 January 2026.
Indian vegetarian meals contain dairy but no egg. Some retreat guests like to buy milk and cereal at the local supermarket and have a western style breatkfast. Otherwise indian breakfast is provided in your accommodation fee. Lunches and dinners will be at the accommodations cafe, and has a range of indian style meals from spicy to mild (noodles).
If you have special dietary requirements, please get in touch to discuss options.
If you feel drawn to bring your family on this trip, please get in touch to discuss options. Children and partners are welcome, and can take part in many of the retreat programs, aside from our private daily practice (not suitable for children). Get in touch to discuss the options if this interests you. Couples have attended with children in the past, and rotated their attendance in the morning session.
If partners or a carer and children attend and are not attending the full program, this is offered at a discounted rate to cover costs and administration only.
While simple, this accommodation is above the usual standard ashram accommodation. Rooms have A/C and ceiling fans, marble western style bathroom in each room, standard beds, which aren’t like home but are good by Indian standard. Private rooms may be available on request, at an additional cost, however this depends on availability. Otherwse there is twin or triple share with a fellow retreat traveller.
Breakfast, is included in the tariff. However if you prefer a western style breakfast, you may want to bring your own cereal or snacks, especially if you have special dietary needs. These can also be obtained in the nearby town of Vellore.
Swaha Devi is the founder of the Spirit of She women's Mystery School. A modern day mystic, and student and teacher of Eastern and Western spiritual and human devlopment practices, Swaha is passionate about sharing empowerment tools to support people to lead more wholesome and present lives.
Swaha Devi has been supporting 1-1 clients and groups through Bhakti Yoga and meditation, conscious connected Breathwork, shamanic healing, sensual embodiment, coaching and transformational retreats in Canberra and Internationally for over 18 years. She is also a birth and end of life Doula, passionate about bringing deep love, presence and connection to families during poignant life transitions.
Through her own transformational journey into deeper self-love and Divine connection during this period, she is grateful and humbled to support other people on their journey to reconnection to more of their exquisite Divine and Human nature.
Also trained as an environmental scientist, she has a grounded approach to spirituality. Swaha Devi has a gift in fusing the practicalities of science, emotional intelligence, meditation, self-exploration and other spiritual tools. Swaha Devi’s authenticity and willingness to share her own personal journey inspires and brings hope to others. Her deep intuition, honesty, gentleness and wit create a safe and refreshing space to discover and create new uplifting possibilities for your life.
Swaha is a registered practitioner with the Australian Breathwork Association and International Institute of Complimentary Therapists. She is also an accreditated Biodanza facilitator, Ignite Your Spirit Therapist (Shamanic Healing and Spiritual counselling) and sensual embodiment coach.
