I attended my first Shaktipāt intensive in Sweden in 2019, and that is where I met Lina. I felt an instant connection with her – a feeling of being safe and supported. Having been a yoga teacher and Vedanta student for over 10 years, I was experienced in meditation. I was a little hesitant about Shaktipāt though. But Lina’s loving presence instantly soothed all worries. The intensive was a revelation and, during the first session when I received Shaktipāt from Lina, I felt warm loving energy expanding inside of me, making my whole body engaged in a way I had not experienced in other meditation traditions. I also love Lina’s no-nonsense style and the way she talks about emotions and psychological challenges that we humans face. As a yoga teacher, I appreciate it that she talks about the body and helps integrate it into the practice as a tool that holds the rising Shakti. I find this approach very helpful and different from what other traditional Shaktipāt teachers offer. It is truly a very special path, and since then Shakti has connected me to so much more wisdom, joy, light and trust, which has led to deep life changes. I am forever grateful and curious to see what comes next.

I stumbled upon the Shakti path by chance a while ago, and it’s stuck with me ever since. It is a simple and non-dogmatic way to embark on a journey to self-realization. I feel grateful for the opportunity to get guidance from an experienced and loving teacher as well as fellow seekers from across the world! By regular practice, I was able to deepen meditative states and calm my overactive mind. Gradually, my thought patterns became clearer and a broader, more empowering understanding of my path in life emerged.

There are many doors to recognizing true being. Shaktipāt is one. It’s disidentifying from thought-based knowing and revealing awareness-based knowing. It’s ultimately discovering the true nature of what is, surrendering to it and being taken beyond.

I had to experience it. I had to be taken over by it. To give up control and learn what devotion and grace truly mean. And I still have to. It never stops. This experiencing of what it means when there is nothing to be done. In its true sense. So my entry door was Shaktipāt, the initiation of Shakti energy. Shakti took over.

I have known Lina for some years. It feels like lifetimes. I would not write these lines if I was not convinced that you can trust her. As unlimited trust is needed. She will support you in this process of making you conscious of your emotional baggage, and she will help you to clean it up. Having opened the door to your emotional awareness, which I consider to be a prerequisite for all states of consciousness, she will then ignite Shakti in you, awaken the Kundalini in you, which will then take you on the journey. And Lina will never leave you alone in this. As it’s necessary to have someone who would reaffirm your inner guru. Because the journey will not always be pleasant. Because it is about unbecoming what you are not.