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Sexual Shadow
Integration Work

Personal & Practitioner Mastery

1 YEAR COURSE
STARTING 13 MAY 2025

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The Invitation

Our in-depth, year-long flagship course will help you build a clearer, more authentic relationship with your erotic and sexual self. We will help you move past old hang ups and traumas – not by ignoring or mantra-ing your way out of them, but by understanding where they come from and why. And we do all this in a way that’s playful, loving, and practical. Yes, we’ll talk about sexual fantasies, edgy role plays, and taboos galore. And we’ll also teach you grounded, practical, methods and tools you can start using immediately.

We know that working through issues around sexuality can be triggering and overwhelming.

So we’ve worked hard to create an engaging, supportive program that meets you where you are – regardless of your sexual history, busy schedule or relationship status.

This work is important and sometimes hard. We’ve done our best to make sure it’s fun, too.

“Accessing the luminous power of our sexuality requires the willingness to love our sexual shadows – every aspect of our sexuality which plays out from the unconscious.”

~ Shakti Malan

Deepening our awareness of our desires, without having to judge or indulge them leads to real maturity.

The quality of being up to date with one’s life, and the ability to meet life, as it is, in the moment.

Such work enhances our ability/capacity for living, can help us escape repetitive relationship cycles, face our fears more directly and open ourselves to greater levels of awareness.

Not for everyone, but very supportive of those who have burning questions, have been presented with challenging insights and have a passionate interest in deeply knowing themselves.

We aim to create opportunities for self-awareness which are useful on several levels, and support our students as individuals, neither forcing nor limiting their individual progress.

We invite you to partake in this exploration of unusual and often avoided territories, in which your teachers, in their own lives have found great treasures.

What if you could...

  • Have a clear, loving, authentic relationship with your sexual self as well as the sexual selves of others?
  • Feel confident taking radical responsibility for your life – both socially and sexually?
  • Become more of who you are and really love that person fully?
  • Live and love fully from the present, no longer repeating -over and over- what you experienced in the past.
  • Understand why your body and brain react the way they do and feel totally at peace with those reactions, plus know how to pilot new reactions and experiences?

Facilitation Team

Lisa Grace

SENIOR FACULTY
Based in the Bay Area, California, Lisa has spent the last two decades gathering tools to support humans in being fully embodied, expressed, and able to stay present with the truth of What Is.
With a degree in Performing Arts and Psychology, she has since traversed BDSM (bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadism/masochism otherwise known as “kink”), the extreme non-violence of mindfulness based Hakomi Therapy, Advait Tantra (non-duality and the expansive liberation of sexual energy as universal consciousness), and is a Master Practitioner of Transformational NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). Lisa’s work is about getting real with all the internal polarities (such as masculine and feminine identification, desire and fear, guilt and innocence) that motivate pursuits and avoidances, creating grasping, shame, and fear- and finding the full power and authenticity hiding in the shadows. She is especially passionate about furthering conversations around gender and the queering of Tantra. In 2011 Lisa met Shakti Malan who quickly became a major influence in her life through her Totality Therapy Training, Soulmate Within, Sexual Awakening for Women, and Somatic Healing for Sexual Trauma courses. Lisa was a Senior Student of Shakti from 2014-2017 and is currently in training with Sacred founders, Justin Patrick Pierce and Londin Angel Winters. Specialities: Shadow work, parts integration, Western Sacred Sexuality, Advait Tantra (non-duality), Transformational NeuroLinguistic Programing, mindfulness and guided meditation, somatic education, kink, polyamory, and other alternative forms of relating To view more about the work that Lisa offers you can view her website and book a session. Website: http://www.sacredawakening.com/

Swami Advait Rahasya

SENIOR FACULTY

Swami Rahasya is as much a rascally trickster as he is a serious pundit of Tantric Spirituality. He uses tongue-and-cheek, irony, and colourful stories (personal, archetypal, and beyond) to share the high teachings of the Tantric adepts of old.

Rahasya has been a lifelong student of tantra. His worldly involvement has included the practising of several professions, the learning of an unusual range of skills and the sexual learning available through several relationship styles, including 14 years of monogamy.

He’s the founder of the Advait Tantra School, a school known for producing remarkable teachers (several of his students are now significant tantra teachers in their own right) and author of The Rocky Horror Tantra Book.

The Rocky Horror Tantra Book is a deep exploration of Tantric practice and has become a standard work for modern students of tantra. It describes the path through stories and discourse. Be warned. This book strongly challenges many popular ideas about love, relationship, spiritual endeavour. It is also powerfully and unashamedly erotic, as is the journey of tantra itself.

“Tantra is the roughest, rockiest and unquestionably the most horrible of spiritual paths. It is not a journey for the faint-hearted, the weak-minded or the emotionally troubled. It presents serious difficulties even to the heroic. It is as harsh as the Truths of Life themselves. Just reading about it though, is probably not all that dangerous …”

Rahasya has been teaching tantra since 2002 – he lives and teaches in South Africa and is now mostly teaching the volunteers who’re helping him build Little Tibet, a retreat centre 200km from Cape Town.Specialities: Shadow work, erotic work, touch work, fantasy & taboos, polarity processing

Watch Rahasya on YouTube || Join the Advait Tantra School on Facebook
Email: tantraschool@gmail.com

What students are saying...

about Lisa & Rahasya

“Lisa’s support and guidance has been a magical and productive lifeline for me. The way she moves from animated, playful joy to a deep conscious still point within each session, models for me a gracefulness in which one can perceive the dualistic nature within ourselves. She has a keen awareness that she uses to help one explore the unfelt and unseen but she doesn't overstate this gift. The most prevalent shift in my life since working with Lisa has been the lifting of my seriousness and fear. Being in her presence has shown me how to live with one foot in my feelings experience and one in my witness with the most loving compassion and silly expression one can muster up. She is a stunning, tender-hearted and gifted guide in this world!”
Rachel Schafer (Intuitive Wellness Coach)
Rachel Schafer (Intuitive Wellness Coach)Montana, USA
“I worked closely with Rahasya years ago. His body work is sublime, he has a brilliant mind, and an extraordinary way of being. I was never pushed; where I chose to go with his teachings was up to me. Rahasya profoundly affected my perspectives, confidence, and well-being. Be warned, he is not for everyone. Yet I, for one, am forever grateful.”
Maya Yonika (No Mud No Lotus)
Maya Yonika (No Mud No Lotus) Boston, Massachusetts, USA
“I had no concept of the expansive capacity for expression I held within my being until I started working with Lisa. During my time with her, she has guided me to rediscover pieces of myself that i thought had been lost forever. She has taught me how to embody my full authenticity through demonstration of her own. Her attention to detail and subtlety creates unique opportunities for open vulnerability and a chance to be fully seen and heard. She has an incredible ability to hold deep levels of presence and space for her clients and provinces constant reminders of what it means to feel safe. Lisa is a lovely and bright blessing to the re4alm of coaching and I sense I will be exploring the wonders she has introduced to me for the rest of my life.”
Savanah Schafer (embodiment poet)
Savanah Schafer (embodiment poet)Washington, USA
"Rahasya is a Mystery. He is attractive and intimidating at the same time. The ecstasy and the agony, the extagony - as he would say. He has the capacity to stretch your mind to places you will never imagine going, and he does it while seducing your fascination with imaginary tales of true events. His teachings are truly sophisticated, to the point that if you don't really want them, you might just miss them. If you have a tantric temperament his mischievousness can stimulate your learning for discernment and personal power. If you don’t, he might just be a crazy fool to you.”
Valentina Leo (Student, Mystic, Lover, Fool & Mother of The Tantra School of Fascinating Wonderment)
Valentina Leo (Student, Mystic, Lover, Fool & Mother of The Tantra School of Fascinating Wonderment)Cape Town, South Africa
"From my first contact with Lisa 3 years ago in the Desire, Fear & Taboo course, I was impressed with her caring and clarity, and her genuine desire to help. As my shadow work coach for over a year now, I have been so grateful for her embodied presence, her openheartedness and compassion, her empathic ability, her spiritual awareness, her openness, and her skill. I have grown and transformed so much during this time, especially in my ability to be lovingly present from my heart with any part of me that may arise. I look forward every week to her Office Hour event. I love the way she facilitates the conversation, and supports and embraces everyone's sharing. Her meditations are so powerful for grounding and centering in my body. Lisa has touched my life in a very special and profound way, and I am forever grateful."
Michael Sigler (student)
Michael Sigler (student)Tucson, Arizona
"Rahasya and Tantra Training. He pushes you off the cliff. You do all the shouting and screaming, but then he has the ability to help you have a soft and loving landing if needed."
Pieta Erasmus (Medical Doctor MD)
Pieta Erasmus (Medical Doctor MD)Camperdown, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
“Lisa has a great capacity for holding space and allowing whatever I’m feeling to arise and be expressed. I have felt comfortable and safe to explore some aspects of myself that I've only held to be bad or some damaged part of my psyche that I would have to fight with my whole life. Working with Lisa I've found that not to be true. And I'm grateful for her capacity to be as empathetic as she is. Lisa has a vast storehouse of knowledge of psychological techniques and meditation practices that she's clearly devoted herself to working with over the years. She's generous with her knowledge and has taught me plenty of different ways of intellectually processing my trauma along with meditation practices to help me be with what I'm feeling. I feel more attuned and present in my body having worked with Lisa.”
Michael Davenport (Improv Performer)
Michael Davenport (Improv Performer)Oakland, USA
“I’ve just left the Gather ‘round with Rahasya and I’m amazed, refreshed, and feeling super blessed to have been given the opportunity to meet such character. He’s brilliant. You and the Shakti Shiva Academy are superb. The work you do is the most beautiful healing safe and life-giving I’ve ever seen. So grateful that our paths have crossed.”
Fabí Conceição (Interpreter/Translator)
Fabí Conceição (Interpreter/Translator)Leeds, UK
"I just want to say a massive thank you x1000 to Lisa Grace for office hours! They have most recently been the source of warm, containing and light-hearted support that has been rare to find! I'd recommend anyone with anything pressing to seek the support that is generously and consistently given on this platform! Truly truly grateful."
James Stewart Gibbs (Traffic Marshall on site)
James Stewart Gibbs (Traffic Marshall on site)Assington Green, Suffolk, England
"What stays with me the most from all the work I’ve done with Rahasya is his absolute dedicated commitment and honouring of the feminine, even when it looks batshit crazy. He pays patient witness, allowing each scenario to play out in its fullness and his absolutely wonderful enthusiasm and presence whilst you’re peeling away an onion in your life is priceless."
Eurika Erasmus (in service of animals)
Eurika Erasmus (in service of animals)Camperdown, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
"I truly resonate with Rahasya’s teaching. He is pure truth, speaks the raw truth, and doesn’t meander from this truth. His teaching challenges me to go places, feel feelings, I don’t dare to go, draws me to the edge and all with deep curiosity and a loving place. All very raw, exploring the dark places with the invitation to feel it as one, as bliss. And I laugh and shake my head a lot. I love being in his sphere."
Shari Hammond (Environmental Policy & Planning)
Shari Hammond (Environmental Policy & Planning)Santa Barbara, CA, USA
"Rahasya embodies wild Trickster energy, so he’s an ideal guide for seekers committed to a truth or bust approach to life. He liberated the Dakini within by supporting the release of eons of trapped sexual trauma wired into my nervous system, particularly my mother’s. The process cannot be described as pleasurable, but it was absolutely necessary. Furthermore, he initiated me through a very real, physical death process, to tame the tricky ego and ensure my readiness to be of service in the world. Rahasya’s laser-like vision, unerring bullshit detector, as well as his deep knowledge of the Tantric traditions position him perfectly for those desiring the lightning-fast path to awakening."
Kali Satyagraha (Lover of Truth. Lover of Love. Dakini. BlissDance Teacher)
Kali Satyagraha (Lover of Truth. Lover of Love. Dakini. BlissDance Teacher)Barrydale, South Africa
“Swami Rahasya is a maverick, a wild card and crazy wisdom teacher of Tantra Advaita. He has a unique way of initiating seekers who end up at his school. In a completely non-assuming way, beyond any archetype he may choose to embody for you, he has become one of my dearest friends, and my time spent with him has helped me to individuate rapidly, and some of his teachings remain my most powerful tools for life! I am eternally grateful for his trickster medicine teachings in our world!"
Maya Joy (Yogini, Musician, Sound Healer, Vocal Empowerment Coach, Tantrika, Mantrini, Shaman, Kahuna)
Maya Joy (Yogini, Musician, Sound Healer, Vocal Empowerment Coach, Tantrika, Mantrini, Shaman, Kahuna)Cape Town, South Africa

Modules

Semester 1

Module 1 ~ Exploring Sexual Shadow and Desire

Live Class: 13 + 27 May 2025

  • Learn 5 reasons why you should embrace your desire (and what happens when you do)
  • Understand why (and how) to engage your sexual fantasies fully
  • Learn to look at your desire with equanimity and come to see why your desire isn’t unholy

Module 2 ~ Youth, Innocence, and Virginity

Live Class: 10 + 24 June 2025

  • Discover how to move from seeking fulfillment based on someone/something outside of yourself to finding it within yourself first 
  • Learn how to hold sensations in awareness, without judging them or rushing through them
  • Train yourself to lean into your innocence and your beginner’s mind

Module 3 ~ Law of Duality

Live Class: 8 + 22 July 2025

  • Learn what traps you in the see-saw of desire and fear
  • Understand why you attract the same people and events over and over, and learn how to break the cycle
  • Master the art of “polarity processing,” a tool that will help you transform + integrate unconscious thoughts, desires, and repulsions

Semester 2

Module 4 ~ Frozen In The Act

Live Class: 9 + 23 September 2025

  • Analyze your archetypal fears (and realize you’re not alone in having them)
  • Investigate ways in which your fears of being shamed or embarrassed affect your sexual experiences
  • Cultivate your “Lion’s Roar” – your ability to find inner peace in the face of any situation

Module 5 ~ Dancing With The Dead

Live Class: 7 + 21 October 2025

  • Understand better some of the ancestral origins of your sexual challenges
  • Free yourself from unconscious, inherited beliefs about intimacy
  • Come to realize how heavily your relationships, addictions, compulsions, behaviours, actions and decisions have been influenced by your conditioning 

Module 6 ~ Power Of Three

Live Class: 4+ 18 November 2025

  • Understand the victim + perpetrator + rescuer triangle and how it applies to our sexual lives
  • Learn the 8 ways to free yourself from getting hooked by “drama”
  • Do the honest self-reflection on how you sabotage yourself by identifying as the victim in a situation

Semester 3

Module 7 ~ Domination Can Be Subtle

Live Class: 13 + 27 January 2026

  • Explore the subtle yet potent aspects of power and control within eroticism
  • Examine conscious and unconscious power dynamics, submission vs. control and bondage
  • 3 exercises to release anger safely and restore balance to your emotional energy

Module 8 ~ Wild, Public, and Not-So-Public

Live Class: 10 + 24 February 2026

  • Unpack erotic fantasies that break taboos – threesomes, group + public sex, extramarital sex, and wilderness fantasies
  • Learn how to release shame around our fantasies
  • Allow yourself to love who you fully are and trust what you truly desire

Module 9 ~ Releasing Sexual Trauma

Live Class: 10 + 24 March 2026

  • Understand how sexual trauma is stored in the unconscious + how it becomes conscious
  • Develop a better relationship with your body + learn to trust your nervous system
  • 4 practices to find your conscious “yes” and empowered “no”

“The ability for consciousness will be limited by what we are willing to feel.”

~ Shakti Malan

How is this course constructed?

  • 1 Year of lessons in both written and audio formats to suit your learning style
  • 2 Live teaching sessions per month (18 total) + group Q & A
  • 3 “Study hall”- style sessions for accountability and community
  • 3 Masterclasses with skilled experts in the field

All of our teaching happens within Mighty Networks, a safe, private learning platform; and our live calls will happen on Zoom. In these places we can have lively conversations, learn from each other, and ask questions in total privacy.

Live Teaching Classes will be on Tuesdays. Study Halls will be Saturdays. 

Class times: 7pm SAST – 10am PT – 1pm ET – 6pm UK

Please take note of Daylight Savings, class time will always remain 7pm SAST, and all other time zones will shift by an hour accordingly.

“Every aspect of our experience - including our sexuality - can be used as a gateway to the full realisation of our spiritual essence.”

~ Shakti Malan

Application Process

There are 3 parts to this application process. You do not need to complete the parts in order, but please ensure that you do complete all 3 parts for your application in order to be enrolled successfully.

1. Sign up to the WAITLIST

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2. Complete the Application Form

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3. Book your Discovery Call (optional)

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Financial Aid

Financial aid is available to a limited number of students in the form of partial bursaries.

If you requiring assistance, you are welcome to apply for financial aid.

We welcome applications from serious seekers.

FINANCIAL AID

Investment in Yourself

1. Complete the Application Form

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2. Book your Discovery Call (Optional)

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3. Complete your payment to register for the course

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  • Payment Plans available: One time payment, 12-Monthly payments
  • We have introduced a special Financial Aid 18-Monthly payment option (see details below)
  • Early Bird available until 31 March 2025

Financial Aid

Our commitment is to make this course affordable & accessible to everyone, regardless of financial background and circumstances.

We’ve created a specially priced 18–month payment plan for students who know they really want to do this very important work, but finances have previously prevented them from participating.

This 18–month payment plan:

  • incorporates a 30% financial aid bursary 
  • has no additional fees loaded to the monthly instalment 
  • is only available until 30 November 2024
  • is limited to 5 students only
 
Please only register for the course with an 18–month payment plan if you require financial assistance.

“The body always attempts to show us what we haven’t fully felt - and particularly the sexual body.”

~ Shakti Malan

Intensive Retreat

7-night / 8-Day in-person Intensive in South Africa

There is one in-person intensive for Sexual Shadow Integration Work.

Attendance is optional if you’re taking the course for personal & practitioner mastery  only.  

This retreat is a compulsory requirement for students wanting to qualify as a certified Sexual Shadow Integration Work facilitator.

Where: Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat, South Africa

When: 17 – 24 April 2026

Investment: from  $1650 – $2100* /  €1515 – €1950* /  R22000 – R28000* 

* depending on type of accommodation selected
* travel expenses excluded

“The shadow integrates when we bring it into the light of consciousness with our awareness.”

~ Shakti Malan

Masterclasses

with Guest Teachers

Marc Peridis

Exploring Our Most Shameful Sexual Fantasies

Live class: 3 June 2025

Exploring our most shameful sexual fantasies can often lead to a process of radical transformation. What gets us wet, hard, and excited, will inevitably offer us a valuable insight into who we are and the type of nourishment we are seeking. Marc will create a safe space for fantasies to be observed, held, and explored. You will also gain the tools and insights needed to continue this rich exploration on your own.

Based in a small coastal town outside of Barcelona, Marc is a Canadian-born facilitator who has been working with tantra and spirituality since 2010.

He spends most of his time teaching his own practice, Orgasmic Shamanism, which uses energy work and spontaneous movement to harness the energy of the orgasm for spiritual growth and personal transformation.

 

His approach is often considered radical and his passion lies in transmuting our deep and most shameful shadows into our highest and most transformative power.

He is also a mystery school initiate and guide; initiated into the mysteries in 2012 and was initiated as a shaman in 2014.
He has spent the years following his initiation travelling the world leading ceremonies, and workshops at some of the world’s most powerful sacred sites.

He has completed the 20 levels of the path of the sexual shaman training, By Arizona-Based sexual Shaman Kenneth Ray Stubbs who has been his mentor since 2016.
He has taken Buddhist refuge under Tharig Rinpoche in Kathmandu.

In 2013, he completed the Authentic Eros 1-year tantra and sexual explorations training with Kai Erhardt and Volker Moritz in Berlin.

He is also a trained facilitator in theta-healing, emotional freedom technique, and Reiki as well as a somatic movement facilitator.

His work of orgasmic shamanism emerged from his years of working with tantra, somatic movement and energy transmission work. He is passionate about providing a radical and integrated approach that supports clients and workshop participants in their journey to empowerment, higher purpose and limitless creativity.

Specialities: Somatic movement, tantra, shamanism, energetic transmission, trauma healing, higher purpose, abundance, sexual shame, sexual dysfunctions etc.

To view more about the work that Marc offers you can view his website and book a session.
Website: https://www.marcperidis.com/

Zahava Griss

Dancing with the Dead

Live class: TBC

Zahava Griss (aka Z, pronouns: they/them) is the founder of Embody More Love, a spiritual kinky dance community for personal & cultural liberation. Since 1999, Z has been facilitating dance, embodiment and eros as a source of healing, creativity, building community, and shifting our culture. Z’s performance rituals, books, coaching, grief rituals, and workshops invite a dismantling of oppression so we can create more truthful, empowering, and meaningful relationships. 

Their core offering is Play with Power & Gender through Dance, a 3 month spiritual kinky dance immersion. Learn more at www.embodymorelove.com

Andrew Barnes

Body De-armoring: A Journey to Sexual Autonomy, Agency and Restoration

Live class: 31 March 2026

Tantric Body De-armouring operates on the premise that emotional stress is not merely a mental experience, but also manifests in the body as somatic sensations and energy. As a result of body armouring, we experience reduced sensitivity to both pleasure and pain, lowered sexual energy levels, and distorted cognitive functions, making daily life more challenging. Tantric Body De-armouring can serve as a gateway to release these defence mechanisms and fosters a harmonious union between mind, body, sexuality, and energy. 

Andrew Barnes is an internationally acclaimed sexuality and tantra expert with over two decades of experience. His holistic approach integrates physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions, empowering individuals to embrace their sexual energy and inner power. Andrew’s expertise lies in guiding people through transformative journeys, using ancient tantric wisdom and modern techniques to achieve profound personal growth and healing. He is the author of Demystifying Female Genitalia.

“In order to integrate our conscious and unconscious, we need to bring totality to every moment of our lives. To do this we need to deepen our capacity to stay present. This capacity is a direct result of our willingness and ability to feel and experience ALL of what life brings us."

~ Shakti Malan

Bonuses

Study Hall Sessions

Accountability & Community 

Live classes: Saturday 26 July 2025, 29 November 2025 + 28 March 2026

We’ve built in 3 “Study hall” style sessions at the end of each semester for additional support.

The purpose of these sessions is to provide 90-minutes of unstructured time for questions, conversations, exploration & inquiry.

There’ll be an opportunity for you to share about how the course is going for you and breakout groups will give students a chance to get to know each other and share personal experiences and insights.

You can also simply use this time to focus on your assignments – you’ll have accountability built right in.

Original Recorded Content

Conscious BDSM – A Talk By Shakti Malan

This 2-hour talk breaks down the deeper emotional and existential components of kink and BDSM-based sexual fantasies as well as how to explore and integrate them mindfully. Shakti shares the depth of her perspectives and experiences helping others unpack their kinky erotic responses, mining for the gold that these fantasies and desires possess.

Office Hours with Lisa Grace

A regular ongoing opportunity for connection, inquiry & sharing

Most Mondays on Zoom – event listings in our Circle of Fire on Mighty Network

Receive additional support from Shakti Shiva Academy Faculty Lisa Grace as you move through the Sexual Shadow Integration Work course materials.

Please use this space to check-in, ask questions, start conversations, initiate inquiry, request support on your path or simply share what’s moving for you in your messy living loving human life. The hour together will be led by the desires of the emergent group and Lisa Grace may offer a meditation or other practice…

Think of this intimate hour as a free coaching session with Lisa!

It’s our weekly gift to you 🎁

What students are saying...

about Sexual Shadow Integration Work course

"The course was led with such grace, wisdom, softness and gentleness and incredible containment for healing and transformation. This work is so needed in the global shift in consciousness, that is happening right now on our planet. Opportunities are constantly being presented to us, to discard layers of our constructed identities and biases that no longer serve us."
Colleen Wiltshire (Maverick Entrepreneur & Mentor)
Colleen Wiltshire (Maverick Entrepreneur & Mentor)South Africa
"I enjoyed how deep this course went. I continue to revisit the course materials since participating in 2018 and each time, I integrate a new layer of my shadow. I was able to gain incredible awareness in my eroticism on a deeper, darker level, which helped me to own certain parts of my sexuality that I had been denying myself permission to own and enjoy previously. I definitely recommend this program - it changed my life and I’ve continued soaking up the lessons and taking them deeper or into newer territory each time."
Amber Renée (Eros & Money Mentor)
Amber Renée (Eros & Money Mentor)Cape Town, South Africa
"This course takes you out of your comfort zone and shines a light into the dark areas of your life that you didn’t even know existed. It challenged my thinking and expanded my wisdom and knowledge about who I am and what’s holding me back. I feel freedom now in my thoughts and about my relationship with myself and others."
David MacKenzie (Tantric Traveler)
David MacKenzie (Tantric Traveler)Mataram, Indonesia
"This course allowed me to better understand myself in terms of my sexual orientation. We all have areas that we fail to see within, whether in our sexuality or in other aspects of self and this course provided an objective mirror which enabled me to dive deeply into myself and move through those some of those ‘blind spots’."
Zakir Mahomedy (Somatic Sensory Sexology)
Zakir Mahomedy (Somatic Sensory Sexology)KZN, South Africa
"This is one of the best courses I have done and brings such rich learning across many different subjects diving into the depth of ourselves. I found it brought a whole new dimension of learning and took me on a profound journey into the shadows of my conscious awareness. The facilitators hold such a beautiful space which really supports openness and brings a community together into connection from around the world."
Amanda Smith (Founder of Inner Life Breathwork)
Amanda Smith (Founder of Inner Life Breathwork)Alnwick, UK
"Sexual Shadow Work is powerful stuff to be doing. I found myself together with a group of seekers on an incredible journey that was so well held by facilitators with deep personal experience. It was an honour to participate in and witness all the things we explored on our journey together. There are so many layers to this Sexual Shadow Work and so many possible benefits. Do not hesitate at all if this work is calling you…”
Daren Howarth (C Level founder / Nature Based Solutions)
Daren Howarth (C Level founder / Nature Based Solutions)Brighton, England, United Kingdom
“The Sexual Shadow Integration Work Course has been like walking out of a deep, dark and fearful dungeon and opening a door to a world of vibrant possibility. It’s been a revelational shift of perspective! I have progressed from believing sex was a shameful, secret, painful, procreative necessity of nature to understanding sexual energy as the natural expression of life itself. I needed this safe and affirming sharing-forum to take the risk to explore my own experiences and vulnerabilities.”
Jan Bull (Acupuncturist & Qi-Gong Teacher)
Jan Bull (Acupuncturist & Qi-Gong Teacher) Toronto, Canada
"Before entering the Shakti Shiva Academy, I felt imprisoned by the shame and rigidities of my past and wanted to renew my path of self-discovery and spirituality. The academy gave me tools, insights, and support to help me free myself from my dysfunctional thinking and become a more self-aware, loving, and liberated human. And now I can say I'm a bit closer to finding the Divine in myself and my relationships."
Clay Copeland (Consultant in nonprofit management)
Clay Copeland (Consultant in nonprofit management)San Francisco, USA
"When I began this course I didn't know what to expect, I was a little afraid of what the content might entail me to do. I found the course is delivered in such a way that you could dip your toes in gently or dive deep. The facilitators all have a wealth of knowledge & experience & offer wonderful support. I particularly found the zoom calls very informative, especially when I was struggling with a concept. Doing this course definitely enriched my life & opened my awareness regarding my own sexuality."
Christine Lloyd
Christine Lloyd Coffs Harbour, NSW Australia.
"The course gave me more understanding of what kind of things I have "hiding in the shadows" and a knowing that going deeper into sexual shadow work will help to liberate my sexuality, open me up to pleasure again and bring radical improvements to intimate relationships. I felt the course helped me to start looking into areas within myself where the natural flow of life energy has been blocked. I would definitely recommend this course! It is a great quality tantric course, very well put together and full of deep insight. It is a profound journey into authentic, liberated sexuality."
Hanna Uusitalo (physiotherapist)
Hanna Uusitalo (physiotherapist)Helsinki, Finland
"This course is a deep dive into the intimacy you don’t dare to touch, that part of you whispering behind your ear every time you get aroused. You will encounter every desire, every taboo, every forbidden dream buried under the sheets of your youth, unchaining the wild beast of pleasure within. You will finally see yourself for who you are - you will drop the story, the fear, the shame - you will fall in love with every part of your dark side, learning to feel it, love it, pleasure it.”
Paula González Collado (enneagramist & ontological coach)
Paula González Collado (enneagramist & ontological coach)Santiago, Chile
“SSIW was such an eye opening experience, offering me the safest of spaces to deeply contemplate and deconstruct, especially the taboo. I learned so much about myself, resulting in a deeper sense of unapologetic freedom. I also learned timeless and priceless tools that I will carry forth sharing in my own work as a facilitator.”
Gabriella Mazure (Mentor, Priestess, Artist, Healing Facilitator)
Gabriella Mazure (Mentor, Priestess, Artist, Healing Facilitator)Ubud, Bali
“The high quality material of this course has been carefully and thoughtfully put together, reflecting the deep understanding and inner experience of the course creator and facilitators. It also covers topics that most other courses shy away from. The course was very professionally organised and I felt very safe in the container that was provided. The materials were clear and easy to understand and there is space to go really deep with your own reflection and inner work. I also really liked how the course allowed me to go at my own pace and only as deep as I was ready to go.”
Emmi Mutale (Sacred Feminine Power Podcast, Womb Shaman, Author)
Emmi Mutale (Sacred Feminine Power Podcast, Womb Shaman, Author)Lusaka, Zambia
"This course is hands down some of the most potent and profound healing processes around sexuality I've ever encountered. Shakti's work lives on; and the team that continues her work is impressive. The course should be a prerequisite for all professionals in sexuality, and anyone interested in their transformation and sexual healing."
Bella LaVey (Holistic Sex Coach)
Bella LaVey (Holistic Sex Coach)Vilcabamba, Loja, Ecuador
“This course allowed me to explore my sexual desire, encounter cultural taboo’s, integrate trauma and transcend duality. The journey opened my eyes to the beauty of life.”
Phoebe Lung (Personal Development & Training Consultant)
Phoebe Lung (Personal Development & Training Consultant)Hong Kong
“Amazing journey into the depths of the unconscious, a beautiful way to become more of who we truly are, integrating shadows and dancing with Eros”.
Olga Laima (tantra, kundalini, yoga, nidra, somatic coaching)
Olga Laima (tantra, kundalini, yoga, nidra, somatic coaching)Poland

F.A.Q

Who is this 1-year Sexual Shadow Integration Work course for?

This course is designed to be both a stand alone personal development course and it’s also part of a 3-year learning path to qualify as a certified Sexual Shadow Work facilitator. This course is designed to empower you in both your personal and professional lives and is suitable for facilitators, educators, practitioners, bodyworkers, therapists, and individuals seeking both personal and professional growth.

No. Actually, sometimes the less you know, the better it is – this opens you to a beginner’s mind and enables you to meet the materials in a fresh way. What is important however, is that you are totally committed to doing the ‘work of becoming more of who you really are. This course is designed for those women who’re ready to take radical responsibility for everything in their experience. If you’re ready to birth the new world through the awakening of your sexuality, then this course is a good fit for you!

No. It’s not required that you’ve completed any previous courses with Shakti Shiva Academy. This course can be taken for personal development only and it’s also the 1st year of a 3-year learning path to become a certified Sexual Shadow Work Facilitator. Read more about the Sexual Shadow Work learning path here.

Shakti Shiva Academy is known for the depth of content it offers. We have three learning paths in which you can train to become a certified facilitator. You can read more about the Sexual Shadow Work learning path here.

We’ve built in 3 “Study hall”- style sessions at the end of each semester for accountability, community and additional support. 

“Office Hours” is a weekly online gathering space hosted by Shakti Shiva faculty member Lisa Grace. You’re invited to use this space to check-in, ask questions, start conversations, initiate inquiry, request support on your path or simply share what’s moving for you in your messy living loving human life. 

If you find you require additional support aside from the LIVE calls and group coaching sessions provided with this program, then you are welcome to approach either of the facilitators and book private sessions. These sessions are booked and paid separately and negotiated between you and the facilitator in their private capacity. 

No. Because you’re able to download all the materials, you can work through them at your own pace. You will have lifetime access to the private course cohort on Mighty Network, so you can continue to interact and learn with the other course participants even after the course has completed. This course is not yet another to-do. There is a carefully curated structure in place to support you to get the most out of the materials. We do however encourage you to keep current with reading or listening to the modules and attending the LIVE calls each month. You can always return to the assignments and complete them in your own time.

No, this course is designed to be a personal journey, tapping into your own personal desires, fantasies and inner discoveries. For those who are in partnerships you may find that doing this work will bring a greater dimension to your relating and intimacy with one another.

Not a problem – all LIVE teaching and Q&A sessions as well as masterclasses with guest teachers are recorded and will be available within 48 hours so you can download and watch/listen to them at your convenience.

Your journey remains completely confidential. If you wish to share on the private course cohort on our Mighty Network Community platform, there is a confidentiality agreement in place.

You’ll need reliable internet access, a computer, speakers or headphones.

Only for downloading and interaction in the Q&A aspect of the live coaching calls. We will give you all the support we can – and you’ll see that, once you’re in the flow, it’s really easy.

Unless you cancel your registration timeously, the Shakti Shiva Academy does not offer a refund for any other reason. During the first month of the course, that is up to and including 31 May 2025, you can de-register from the course by writing an email to info@shaktishiva.academy.

If you selected the monthly payment plan when registering, we will cancel your future payments, however, please take note that no refunds will be provided.

If you selected to pay in full upfront when registering, we will refund 80% of your payment. After 31 May 2025, you can no longer de-register from the course.

You can read our full terms & conditions here.

If you’re interested in participating in this 1-year course and still have questions that need answers, please schedule a free 20-minute discovery call with Principal & Senior faculty Rhianne van der Linde here.

Certification

You are welcome to do this 1-Year course for Personal & Practitioner Mastery only.

This course is part of our 3 year certification track for Sexual Shadow Integration.

Sexual Shadow integration Work Certification
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