"…what I found was a new way of being, of relating to myself, to my body and to other women. I found a new way of thriving in this world. What I found was a kind of sexuality I never dreamed of…Empowered, Present, Incarnated, mine, mine, MINE"

“This was truly an awakening journey of my inner being.  Sexuality is not only about an act, it is about the aliveness of your whole being. SAW is a journey to light up the fire of inner being. Participating in the process of the SAW course was a journey that helped me to reveal my inner being - gradually, I connect everything more fully and with more presence and become more courageous to show up who I am. The course material is so rich.  All women coming together across the globe to co-create a healing and transformation circle is an amazing experience. The facilitators are fully present to hold the circle for all of us to learn, to heal and to transform.”

"Taking this course was a wonderfully transformational experience, I was able to dive deeper into my inner being than I ever thought possible. Eternally grateful for all I have learned!"

"How do I pen the unraveling of my soul and all it's wounds? How do I pen the experience of kundalini moving through my being for days on end? How do I pen the sadness of that stopping? I have opened in so many ways that I feel ill-equipped to describe. In the opening to the sweetness that pain can bring and being truthful about every desire that arises in a witnessing way, even if that desire is death and even if that desire brings shame. I do not mean an acting out of the desire but an acknowledgment, a compassion for it when shadowy. The ride of this past year has been one of much polarity and intensity: intense joy and intense pain. In some of the practices, especially around the heart meditations, I have touched places of bliss through pain, I feel so alive and yet I have no concept of 'I' in those moments of intensity. The experience of the online forum has cultivated for me a greater capacity to hold space for myself and greater capacity to ask for help when I need it and greater capacity to be of service when I can."

"I began this course with a little bit of an 'I know it all' attitude but hoped that it would give me something to add to what I offer to my work with women. Well, what a wake-up call that was! I never thought the course would take us as deep as it did. And more than anything, I am so grateful for the impact on my own life. In each exercise, I went deeper within myself, uncovered another layer and noticed a new awareness of aspects of myself. In sharing this work with other women, it has been such a beautiful blessing to play a role in their blossoming and awakening. I will keep coming back to the work we have covered and your book for many years to come - both for my own life and for other women. Thank you from the depths of my heart."

"The course helped to deepen and integrate all that I have learned over the years with Shakti. During the course, my awareness in my being and in my body expanded and the texture of the sensations in my yoni, heart and belly have become more subtle and I feel the energy moving in my body more now. I LOVED all that I learned in this training, especially at this time in my life, where I find myself stepping more into my power and finding the treasures in my own life journey - a kind of treasure well I have discovered within myself."

"As a full-time mother, I felt I never had time for myself. And I have been realising that my spiritual journey means to me more than I ever thought. So over the last few years, I have felt disconnected, lost my power, myself really. And there never was time for myself. For me really the biggest gift of this training was that I made time for myself, to do the practices, to join the calls. It really forced me to do that. And it helped me to realise that actually, it is possible. Also the ongoing calls and practices every week I found gave me much more opportunity to integrate the experiences and teachings into my daily life. I often feel that when I do a weekend workshop, I connect deeply, I find myself, I feel God within. But then sooner or later after the workshop is finished it all goes back. This ongoing process really helped me to bring the practice in between my everyday duties, to make it part of my everyday life. That was very very important for me at this moment of my life. I feel like I had collapsed on the ground, and now slowly by slowly I am gathering the bones together, carefully getting up onto my feet. My legs are still weak and trembling, but the awakening is happening. I can feel it right through."

"This course changed me. And, of course, my life. My relationship with my husband was not only saved, but considerably deepened. I now feel loved, fulfilled, met and connected where before I felt invisible, frustrated and alone. Investigating, and then effortlessly untangling many of the frameworks I had unconsciously imbued from my parents, school, society etc has been absolutely freeing. What was particularly delightful was how gracefully the changes happened. The enormous forcefield manifested by the women on the course created a matrix that enabled change to occur simply by being, and being curious. In moments of discomfort, the unconditional love of this sisterhood was so profound that dropping into what was required to Let Go, became effortless. Not only was all of me accepted, but all of me was loved so I could drop into my vulnerability like never before, and in doing so see myself truthfully, and without judgement. I found that it is from this place of love, that real change, and (self) integration, is possible. The course also changed the trajectory of my life. The last exercise we did is currently manifesting itself in bricks and mortar as I move towards what I dreamed into on our last day. Without rush. There is an ease to my being now, a part of me that knows that everything is perfect just the way it is. I don’t have to ‘fix’ anything. I just have to love it."

"Through the course, I have been called and supported in embodying my wisdom more deeply in my body and my being and called to bring it forth into the world through purposeful action. Going through this process in community made me feel held and supported so that I could then support others in this journey for themselves."

"I find the work quite confronting, so for me there is always an initial contraction followed by an expansion into greater capacity and openness a while later... This work is so valuable - giving you the tools to work with and to stay connected and tuned into our essential sensual selves which is in touch and tuned in exquisitely to everything around us. It also helps to prevent the habitual shut down, which for me happens so easily. I have found continual connection to the work in these different ways helps me to stay tuned in and more open. My life has been profoundly changed for the better so it’s absolutely worth diving in deep and tolerating the discomfort of confrontation."

"This course changed my life, it is where I truly discovered and learnt to LOVE my yoni."

"My sexual awakening for women journey with the Shakti Shiva Academy and in particular with the legendary Shakti Malan started in 2014. At that stage of my life, I was already exploring my sexuality, but I was in a stranglehold from the guilt and shame of that exploration and recognised that I needed to be guided, that I needed a teacher.

I knew that my marriage was ending, I just didn’t yet have the courage to do it, and I knew that an active exploration of my sexuality was going to be my life. And most importantly, I knew that I needed to be guided through the intense shame and fear I felt in this opening up of who I am as a woman, a sexual being. As Shakti guided us women, from all around the world, there were three most profound shifts that happened for me:

1. I began to feel and see my sexuality as a gateway to my divinity, that I feel moment by moment, in my body.
2. I began cultivating an honourable love relationship with my pussy, and
3. I wanted to belong to a conscious tribe of sexual beings that would allow me to sink deeper into the truth of who I am.

Through the online course my relationship to me, my body and my sexuality shifted profoundly, and I was now ready to meet the Shame and fear. That meeting and my relationship with the Academy and Shakti was deepened over time through the retreats that allowed me to dive even deeper into my sexual essence: the Liquid Body Dolphin retreat in Mozambique in November 2016, a New Year’s Eve retreat in the Cederberg mountains in January 2017, the SAW Facilitators Training Retreat in November 2017 and the Intelligence, Breathe, Heart Dolphin Retreat in May 2018 in Ponta Malongane with Rhianne and Lolla. The Academy continues to provide me with a connection to a tribe, that greatly serves my journey as a Tantrika and Tantric practitioner."

"It has been a magical and magnificent journey into the mysteries of the feminine. When I first signed up for the training I didn't know what to expect but I felt a deep calling and a sense of urgency that would not accept any objection nor delay. The time has come... She called me... and invited me to so many new dimensions of me, of Life, showing me the gifts of the feminine, openness, receptivity, love and true power. And this unfolding continues every day with Life moving through me and taking me closer to my real, authentic self and allowing me to manifest my true essence into the world as I walk this new path, vulnerable, but with a vibrant heart, soft mind and overwhelming sense of bliss and admiration."

“I appreciated the way in which the course material unfolded in progressive, do-able stages, each of which was facilitated with absolute, loving integrity and respect. I've had about as massive a shift as I could imagine! I moved from not feeling eros and sexual energy, to feeling it for the first time in 62 years. Eureka! But the unexpected and evolving gift is awakening to something beyond orgasm to some deeper connection to the universe itself through this energy. For me this is even more exciting and the journey continues…”

“I feel really beautiful. The transformation inside and outside, I can see it in me and in all of you every time we get together. The lightness of being. It is so profound. And this is a sacred spiritual path to awakening and exactly where I needed to be. The layers of subtlety, I’ve never in my life experienced layers of subtlety like this. Your process, the structure of it, the deepening, the consistency with which you’ve held us. You’ve been models of the masculine and feminine and embodied this integration, I’ve felt so safe in this place… and to know that I have everything I need to be fully, utterly embodied. That I am absolutely whole.”

"I would absolutely recommend this course to any woman who is experiencing a deep questioning of their feminine power, their deep feminine self as the sexual energy rising through as bliss. It has been a challenge to explain this course to other women, especially women who are seemingly dependent on an outside source for love and acceptance. This course is nothing like any other course that I’ve taken - SAW awakens the inner me in an amazing, juicy, physical way.  A connection with source that is not like other courses with a similar message of self-love or connection to the Divine. Thank you for this beautiful offering. I feel blessed to be a part of this community."

"Shakti's tremendous gift was to capture and express the rich, deep and mysterious essence of feminine sexuality. Her anthropological background recognised and refined the conditionings that have historically layered women's natural birthright. And with a unique formless formula she guides to unlock this powerful force for awakening. Her profound transmission lives on - circles of women gathering, sharing, expanding!"