Life is a cascade of inner and outer cycles. Knowing where you are and understanding the energetic nuances in the arc of the cycle helps you better navigate, transform and align the cycles within, and without. This is the art of moving through life with evolutionary grace, authentic empowerment, and fulfilment. As we learn to do this, we mature and become ‘Wholly Embodied’.

Persephone’s Journey is one of the different archetypal Seasonal Journeys that Sara Avtar offers over the arc of the Seasonal Solar Cycle – as rites of passage to Embody your Wholeness. In the process she facilitates us to call upon the Divine Feminine and the wisdom of Her transformative Shakti-Power. These rites of passage include:

❄️The Autumn-Winter Passage
🌱The Springtime Passage
☀️ The Summer Passage
🌸The Summer-Autumn Passage

You will learn how these three Seasonal Rites of Passage can support your personal growth when embodied through the archetypal myths of the Divine Feminine.

Mythical journeys help us release old narratives and access deeper layers of the subconscious, allowing us to embody the archetypal gifts of the goddesses and Mother Nature. These myths act as Rituals for Regeneration, guiding us to rewrite our stories and rebirth into wholeness.

Through Shakti Dance, you’ll feel into and release trapped emotions and trauma, aligning body and mind with balance and vitality. These practices unlock old patterns, opening you to new energy and ancestral wisdom, helping you craft and embody your soul’s intent for the new cycle.

This healing journey brings personal renewal and collective harmony with Mother Earth. As we heal ourselves, we heal the world!

Persephone’s Journey is a series of Shakti Flowing Asanas, inspired by the Greek myth of Persephone’s descent into the underworld, mirroring the autumnal transition into winter. As Persephone releases attachments and embraces her core essence, we too follow the seasonal cycles, shedding the old to make way for renewal.

This transformative journey blends Persephone’s myth with the Seasonal I Ching, guiding you from the end of one cycle into the still-point of Winter Solstice and onward into rebirth. At the Solstice’s still-point—the fertile womb of creation—you tap into the alchemical wisdom of Hecate, assisting in your personal renewal and transformation.

Each Flowing Asana in the series progressively stimulates the transiting seasonal qualities, aligning you to the unfolding phases along Persephone’s Journey. In the process, you’ll awaken your Shakti-power, attune to nature’s cycles and integrate the symbolic virtues of Persephone and Hecate for balance, growth, and a deeper connection to Mother Earth.

This month-long journey offers a profound psychophysical experience, helping you evolve and align with a new vibrational paradigm.

The Series of Flowing Asanas themed to “Persphone’s Journey” is complete in itself and can be practiced on its own.

However, you will get the full benefit from combining this Standing Exercise Series with the:

• Gobinday Mukanday Mantric Choreography
  
  • 27th October 2024 – Zoom Halloween/Samhain Celebration & Intro Webinar for Gobinday Mukanday MC
  • 1st November 2024 – Begin of Gobinday Mukanday CC (Halloween/Samhain – Winter Solstice)
  • 17th December 2024 – Zoom Closure of Gobinday Mukanday MC & Early Winter Solstice Celebration
• Shakti Standing Exercises, themed to “Cerridwen’s Chase”,
  
  • 19th December 2024 – Zoom Winter Solstice Celebration & Promo for Cerridwen’s Chase & Saraswati’s Matrix
  • 7th January 2025 – Begin of Cerridwen’s Chase Standing Exercises (New Year – Spring EQ)
  • 19th January 2025 – Zoom Cerridwen’s Chase: Part 1 Concluding Practice
  • 21st January 2025 – Zoom Cerridwen’s Chase: Part 2 Concluding Practice
  • 1st February 2025 – Zoom Cerridwen’s Chase: Part 3 Concluding Practice
  • 10th February 2025 – Zoom Cerridwen’s Chase: Part 4 Concluding Practice
  • 19th March 2025 – Zoom to Conclude Cerridwen’s Chase Standing Exercises Course & Late Spring EQ Celebration
• Mantra Movement Meditation, themed to “Weaving Saraswati’s Matrix”.
  
  • 20th December 2024 – Begin of Saraswati’s Matrix (Sat Siri Akaal CC – Winter Solstice – Imbolc)
  • 30th January 2025 – Zoom to conclude Sat Siri Akaal CC & Imbolc Celebration

Together, throughout all 3 Parts of this ”Winter Rite of Rebirth”, you will meet different faces of the Divine Feminine from different cultures, embodying the regenerative aspect of life’s cycles. Each of these Feminine Faces resonate with the Crone Archetype. You will learn how to tap into their virtues and gifts, so you are empowered to move into a space of renewal and new vibrational perspective:

🕊️Persephone (Greek)
🕸️Hecate (Greek)
🪶Cerridwen (Welsh Celtic)
💫The Elder Mother (European Folklore)
🦚Saraswati (Hindu)

Access to:

• Structured Course Content: this 4-month online course is guided by a series of with practices & activities. It gradually progresses step by step through the sequential unfolding of Autumnal and Early Winter seasonal themes.
• Preparatory Attunement: 5-minute video guiding you to open to the Divine Feminine and set your intention.
• 3 x Shakti Flowing Asana Series of approx 8 mins each, totalling a 25-minute series carefully themed to Persephone’s Journey; a transformational flow opening and preparing you for the physical challenge transmuting and refining your energy, as you relinquish attachment to what no longer serves you.
• Short Instructional Videos for each Seasonal Phase, including:
  • An introduction to the current Seasonal Phase and its related hexagram theme in the story of Persephone’s Journey;
  • Short demonstration videos of the individual exercises in each series, with an explanation of their energetic effects and symbolic relevance.
  • A 5-10 minute guided silent meditation, facilitating you to recognise the seasonal qualities in your life and to transform its shadow into its gift.
• Live Zoom Meetings & Recordings
  
  • 9th September 2024 – Zoom Intro to Persephone’s Journey
  • 10th September 2024 – Begin of Persephone’s Journey (Early Autumn – Mid-Winter)
  • 17th October 2024 – Zoom for Persephone’s Journey: Part 1 Concluding Practice
  • 28th November 2024 – Zoom for Persephone’s Journey: Part 2 Concluding Practice & Halloween/Samhain Celebration
  • 18th December 2024 – Zoom Persephone’s Journey: Part 2 Concluding Practice & Early Winter Solstice Celebration
  • 7th January 2025 – Zoom Persephone’s Journey Course Closure

• Community Support: a mutually supportive private group on the Academy website to share and exchange your insights with other Shaktis along the journey, held by Sara Avtar

• 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲:
   
  🍁Prepare for life’s transitions, including the 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚✨
  🍁Align your personal growth with 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨🌿
  🍁Be guided through all the archetypal steps of Autumn & Winter, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝🌸
  🍁Learn to navigate transitions with 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢 & 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚💫
  🍁Embody each phase through 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙩𝙞 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙨🧘‍♀️
  🍁Integrate psychological and 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨🌙
  🍁Heal emotions through 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜💎
  🍁Cultivate resilience and inner strength, guided by 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢🌟
  🍁Discover hidden potential and awaken to a new regenerative paradigm✨
  🍁Harmonize your body, mind, and spirit through the synergy of myth, movement, and meditation🌿
  

• Wanting to combine your yoga practice and physical work-out with a joyful, artistically meaningful and life-enhancing ritual.
• Seeking deeper self-discovery and a sense of purpose in life.
• Ready to incarnate who you are destined to be.
• Wanting to co-create the new paradigm for the regeneration of humanity and our Mother Earth.
• Looking for the support of the Divine Feminine to embrace change and renewal.
• Open to exploring the power of myth, movement, and meditation as tools for transformation.
• Drawn to archetypal journeys and their connection to personal growth.
• Called to align with the cyclical nature of life and develop a harmonious connection with Nature.
• Willing to invest time and effort into a holistic approach for personal transformation.