Upcoming Vedic Events
Inner Mandala
4-Sunday Trial Membership — Four Live Sunday Teachings with Acharya Shunya
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Date: September 6–27, 2026
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Time: Sundays, 7:00–8:30 a.m. Pacific Time
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Where: Online via Zoom Rate: $75 one-time payment
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Format: Four consecutive live Sunday teachings
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Includes: Personal Zoom access and designated session recordings
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Renewal: One-time payment, no automatic renewal
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Four Live Teachings. Personal Zoom Access. A One-Time Opportunity to Experience the Inner Mandala.
Experience the Inner Mandala directly through four live Sunday teachings with Acharya Shunya.
This one-time introductory opportunity allows you to enter the ongoing Upasana Yoga teachings of the Inner Mandala and experience the teachings as they unfold alongside the existing community.
Over four consecutive eligible Sundays, you will join Acharya Shunya for live teachings rooted in meditation, mantra, sacred contemplation, inner discipline, and the Vedic path of drawing closer to Ishvara.
This is more than a preview or standalone introductory course. It is an opportunity to experience the rhythm of live study, the teachings, and the community of the Inner Mandala before discerning whether you wish to continue into full membership.
After enrollment, you will receive your four eligible Sunday session dates and personal Zoom joining information by email. Designated recordings will also be provided for the trial sessions.
The $75 trial membership is available once per person and does not automatically renew.
Veda Sangha
Monthly Sangha with Acharya Shunya — The Self as Our Deepest Reality
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Date: October 10, 2026
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Time: 3:00 PM Pacific Time
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Where: Online Format: Live online gathering
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Offering: Free will donation
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Who May Attend: All sincere seekers welcome
In this Veda Sangha, we will explore the profound Vedic teaching of Atman, the Self as our deepest reality. We will inquire into who we truly are beyond the body, mind, personality, memories, achievements, wounds, and changing circumstances of life.
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Together, we will turn inward to recognize the unchanging Self beneath all that comes and goes, and deepen our understanding of our true nature.
All sincere seekers are welcome.
Four Thresholds of Shakti
Foundation Series Four Live Goddess Teachings with Acharya Shunya
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Dates: September 12 – December 12, 2026
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Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
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Where: Live online
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Rate: $65 for one class | $216 for all four
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Format: Four live Goddess teachings
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Includes: Recordings of the teachings
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Who It's For: Women seeking deeper self-understanding through the wisdom of the Goddess
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The Four Thresholds:
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September 12: When Shame Silences Shakti
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October 10: The Sacred Fire of Anger
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November 14: The Goddess & The Unlived Life
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December 12: The Goddess & Inner Authority
Four intimate teachings exploring the places where women may feel silenced, constrained, disconnected, or uncertain of their own inner authority.
Drawing from the living Goddess traditions of India, Acharya Shunya explores four powerful dimensions of a woman's life: shame, anger, the unlived life, and inner authority.
Through the wisdom of Goddess traditions including Kali, Matangi, Durga, Bhairavi, Tripura Sundari, Parvati, Tara, and Saraswati, each teaching offers a distinct threshold into deeper self-understanding, discernment, and transformation.
You may attend one teaching that speaks to something alive in your life, or experience all four as a deeper journey. Each class stands on its own, and no membership or further commitment is required.
Navratri 2026: Sacred Surrender
Nine Sacred Morning Transmissions with Acharya Shunya — A Sacred Journey of Mantra, Meditation, and Devotion to the Divine Mother
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Dates: October 4–20, 2026
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Where: Online
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Format: 11 live sessions + recordings Includes: Community forum, Navratri resource library, music, recipes, videos, and more
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Essential Journey:
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October 4: Opening Orientation
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October 11–19: Nine Morning Transmissions
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October 20: Closing Celebration
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​Optional: Afternoon immersions are available for those who wish to explore the Goddess of the day more deeply.
For more than 15 years, seekers from around the world have gathered with Acharya Shunya during Navratri to pause, pray, and reconnect with the wisdom of the Divine Mother.
This year, enter a global community for a sacred journey of mantra, meditation, devotion, and daily teachings on the Goddess. Each morning transmission offers an opportunity to slow down, receive, and reconnect with what is sacred within.
Come if you are tired of carrying too much. Come if your heart longs for strength, softness, clarity, and renewal.
The Essential Navratri Journey includes an opening orientation, nine morning transmissions, a closing celebration, recordings, community access, and a rich collection of Navratri resources.
The Mother’s Inner Chamber
Nine Navratri Afternoons with Acharya Shunya — An Intimate Journey into the Living Presence of the Goddess
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Dates: October 11–19, 2026
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Time: 12:00 Noon PT / 3:00 PM ET
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Where: Online Format: Nine live afternoon sessions Includes: Teachings, mantra, meditation, reflection, and selected passages from the Devi Mahatmya
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Focus: The Goddess, inner life, relationships, devotion, and spiritual longing
The morning gatherings open the doorway. These afternoon sessions invite you to go further in, meeting the Goddess within your own heart, life, relationships, and spiritual longing.
Join Acharya Shunya from October 11–19 for nine intimate and devotional afternoon sessions, each dedicated to the Goddess of the day. Through sacred teachings, mantra, meditation,
reflection, and selected passages from the Devi Mahatmya, each gathering offers a deeper encounter with the living presence of the Goddess.
These quieter afternoon immersions create space to listen more deeply, turn inward, and discover the qualities the Goddess awakens within us: strength, wisdom, compassion, protection, abundance, courage, surrender, and peace.
Come as you are, and allow each afternoon to become an opportunity for deeper connection, reflection, and devotion.
A Returning to the Self
A Three-Part Journey into Inner Freedom — A Vedic Exploration of the Self with Acharya Shunya
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Dates: October 25–28, 2026
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Where: Sivananda Ashram, Bahamas
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Format: 3 Satsangs + 3 Workshops
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Teacher: Acharya Shunya
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Opening: 8:00 PM Satsang on October 25
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Closing: 90-minute workshop at 12:00 PM on October 28
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Tradition: Advaita Vedanta
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Experience: Teachings, contemplation, inquiry, and experiential practice
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Prerequisite: No prior background in Vedanta required
What if freedom is not something we need to find, but something we can recognize within ourselves?
Join Acharya Shunya for a four-day journey into the timeless wisdom of the Self. Rooted in Advaita Vedanta, this program explores our true nature as Atman, the forces that can veil this recognition, and the possibility of living with greater freedom, clarity, and inner ease.
Through three evening satsangs and three experiential workshops, Acharya Shunya brings these teachings into direct relationship with everyday life. Participants will explore how to see beyond personal preferences and judgments, remain free while fully engaged with life, and transform everyday action into an offering.
The workshops include Samadrishti: Seeing with Equal Vision, Asanga: Inner Freedom in the Midst of Life, and Yajna Living: The Art of Offering in Everyday Life. Each offers a practical doorway into bringing Vedic wisdom into relationships, choices, challenges, and daily living.
No prior background in Vedanta is required. Whether you are new to these teachings or have been walking this path for years, this gathering offers a space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the deeper ground of your being.
Autumn Renewal & Detox
Cooling the Fire, Calming the Wind A Five-Day Ayurvedic Retreat with Acharya Shunya & Chef Sanjai — Seasonal renewal, nourishing food, Ayurvedic wisdom, yoga, and rest at Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas.
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Dates: October 29 – November 2, 2026
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Where: Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat, Paradise Island, Bahamas
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Format: Five-day residential Ayurvedic retreat
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Tuition: $795
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Teachers: Acharya Shunya & Chef Sanjai
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Includes: Ayurvedic meals, cooking demonstrations, yoga, meditation, teachings, and evening healing circles
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Focus: Seasonal renewal, digestion, nervous-system balance, and Ayurvedic living
As summer gives way to autumn, Ayurveda invites us to slow down, restore balance, and gently reset the body and mind.
Join Acharya Shunya and Chef Sanjai for a five-day Ayurvedic retreat at Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas, created around the seasonal transition from summer into autumn. Through nourishing food, Ayurvedic practices, yoga, meditation, and rest, you'll explore ways to cool excess heat, support digestion, calm the nervous system, and restore balance.
At the heart of the retreat is Ayurvedic cooking with Chef Sanjai, featuring seasonal recipes, balancing meals, cooking demonstrations, herbal drinks, and practical approaches you can bring into your own home.
Each day also offers yoga and meditation, teachings on Ayurveda and seasonal living, time for rest and reflection, and intimate evening circles with Acharya Shunya.
This retreat is an opportunity to step away from the pace of everyday life and experience nourishment, renewal, and a deeper connection with Ayurvedic living in the peaceful setting of the Sivananda Ashram.
Return to Your Inner Light
​The Deeper Wisdom of Diwali A Sacred Diwali Experience with Acharya Shunya
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Date: November 4, 2026
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Time: 6:00–8:00 PM Eastern Time
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Where: Online via Zoom
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Length: 2 hours
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Tuition: $49
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Format: Live online experience
Celebrate Diwali as an invitation to return to the light within.
Through the timeless wisdom of the Vedic tradition, Acharya Shunya offers a sacred space for reflection, spiritual renewal, and deeper connection with your inner wisdom.
Gather in the spirit of Diwali to illuminate the heart, reconnect with what is most essential, and rediscover the light that lives within. Through reflection and Vedic wisdom, this special experience invites you to cultivate greater clarity, awareness, and inner connection and carry that light into everyday life.
Come as you are and allow this Diwali gathering to become a moment of renewal, reflection, and return to your inner light.
The Sovereign Self Paradigm 2027
A 12-Week Journey into Vedic Wisdom with Acharya Shunya — Awaken Your True Nature and Discover the Nine Dimensions of the Sovereign Self
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Dates: June 10–August 26, 2027
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Format: 12-week online journey
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Where: Online
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Teacher: Acharya Shunya
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Live Integration: Thursdays at 6:00 PM Pacific Time with Sadhvi Ishani
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Includes: Weekly teachings, integration exercises, live Assimilation Circles, and private community access Recordings: Lifetime access to audio and video recordings
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Enrollment: Wisdom Access $298 | Wisdom Seeker $348 | Wisdom Steward $398
There is a presence within you that remains untouched by the struggles, fears, and changes of the mind. The Vedic tradition calls this witnessing consciousness the Self, or Sakshi.
In this 12-week journey, Acharya Shunya guides you into a direct and practical exploration of your Sovereign Self and its nine dimensions. Through Vedic wisdom, contemplation, and lived practice, you will explore how to recognize the awareness beneath your thoughts, emotions, and conditioned patterns, and begin living from a deeper foundation of clarity, courage, compassion, and freedom.
The journey combines weekly teachings from Acharya Shunya, practical integration exercises, and live weekly Assimilation Circles with Sadhvi Ishani. These sessions create space to reflect on the teachings, ask questions, and explore how this wisdom can be integrated into everyday life.
You do not need to have read Sovereign Self to participate. The course includes the teachings and practices needed to engage with the material, while those familiar with the book will discover additional frameworks and contemplations for applying its wisdom to their own lives.
Registration includes lifetime access to the recordings and a private community, allowing you to return to the teachings and continue your journey of self-recognition over time.