Shakti Awakening Goddess Circle—an evening of sensual bliss

Step into a sacred evening of self-discovery, embodiment, and connection. This guided ceremony awakens your divine feminine essence through intentional ritual, somatic practices, expressive movement, and energy magic. You’ll release what no longer serves you, reconnect with your sensual power, and manifest your deepest desires in a supportive, transformative space. This is a call to all sisters to awaken your inner Shakti, free your body and spirit, and attune to your Goddess nature. Join us for an evening of sacred sisterhood and sensual awakening to feel more alive, open to receive, and deeply aligned with love—within yourself and the world around you.

What to expect

Together, we co-create a sacred evening of transformation and deep connection in the potent field of sisterhood. This immersive ceremony invites us to journey through release, renewal, and embodiment. Through guided rituals, activation practices, and intentional manifestation, we shed stagnant energy, expand our awareness, and embrace our full expression. In a nurturing space, we are supported in softening, surrendering, and reconnecting with the radiant power that already resides within.

We begin by entering a sacred space, leaving behind the noise of the outside world. Through guided ritual and meditation, we shed what no longer serves us, making space for deeper clarity and presence. As the evening unfolds, we engage in powerful practices designed to unlock the wisdom of our bodies—softening, opening, and tuning in to our inner truth.

Movement, breathwork, and energy activation leads us to a heightened state of awareness, where we explore the depths of our sensuality and personal power. In this space of deep connection, we are invited to move intuitively, express freely, and awaken energies that have been waiting to be remembered.

As the night reaches its climax, we co-create a sacred ritual to manifest our heart’s deepest desire—anchoring into our being through intention, prayer, and symbolic action. The ceremony closes with a collective integration, leaving us grounded, nourished, and deeply connected to ourselves and the world around us. Afterward, we enjoy warm tea, fruit, and soulful conversation, sharing in the magic of the evening. 

This is more than an event—it’s an initiation, a remembrance, a homecoming. Come with an open heart and a willingness to explore what’s waiting to unfold. 

Evening Flow:
5:30pm: Arrive & Mingle. Please arrive by 6pm.
6pm: Doors Close, Container Closed
6-9pm: Shakti Awakening Ritual
9-9:30pm: Connection & Tea

What to bring

• Comfortable, flowing clothing to wear
• Water bottle
• Any object or clothing that supports your sensuality
• Optional: A meaningful object for the alter
• Optional: Personal journal (paper and pens will be supplied)
  

Registration

This Goddess Circle is for women-identifying bodies over 18 years only. Space is limited to ensure an intimate and supportive container. Early registration is encouraged.

Your Facilitators

Asttarte Deva is a Shamanic Facilitator; Psychedelic Integration Coach; Somatic Stress Release Practitioner; Breathwork Practitioner & Teacher; Tantra Holistic Health & Wellness Practitioner and Teacher; Intuitive Healer; Relationship, Sex, and Empowerment Coach; and has been offering private sessions and teachings for 22 years and Reiki and Meditation for nearly three decades. She has been published in three books and is the author of six books herself. She's also written many blogs and is well known in the community for helping people from all walks of life navigate many different conditions and situations. Asttarte offers healing and coaching to enhance mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being and improve health and love for the self. Asttarte meets clients with loving arms, supports and empowers them to improve their life, and helps them realize greater awareness and evolution. Find Asttarte's website at AsttarteDeva.com and her Couples Youtube Channel at LoveSexandTea.com. For all things spiritual, go to CenterforHealingArts.net.

Joy Rigel is an Emotional Intimacy Coach, Certified Sex & Relationship Coach, Somatic Movement Specialist, and founder of Qi Haus Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding awareness of energy, attention, and human connection. With over two decades of experience in embodiment, intimacy, and energetic attunement, Joy’s work challenges mainstream narratives around sensuality, presence, and what it means to be truly alive in our bodies. Her signature method, Sensual Mindfulness, blends mindfulness with somatic awareness and receptivity, helping people navigate their sensitivities to understand and cultivate them as special ability. Trained in hypnotherapy, energy work, therapeutic movement, Tantra, meditation, and bodywork, Joy’s work explores how energy shapes experience—how we focus, what we attune to, and how that influences the world around us. A featured expert in an upcoming Channel 4 (UK) docuseries on sex and intimacy, Joy invites audiences to rethink connection, presence, and the unseen forces shaping relationships.For workshops, events, and more, visit www.joyrigel.com and www.qihaus.org. Follow her on IG @joy.rigel and @qihaus.nonprofit.

Elana Stern is a Yoga Teacher and Tantra Facilitator offering healing and wellness throughout our community and beyond. Drawn to meditation as a teen, Elana pursued Eastern Philosophy and Religion academically, trained with celebrity fitness icons in NYC, received her Vinyasa Teacher Certification (Cindy Lee lineage) and Restorative Yoga Certification, and later completed Yoga Chitta Teacher Certification where she instructs and mentors yoga teacher trainees (YTTs). Elana has also studied Tibetan Buddhist, Transcendental, Vipassana, and Mindfulness Meditation modalities, as well as breathwork pranayama techniques. After her life-altering kundalini awakening, Elana was called to Taoist and Tantric practices, became a certified facilitator of Tao Tantra Arts (Mantak Chia and Osho lineages), and graduated ISTA (International School of Temple Arts). With a lifelong passion and ever deepening curiosity, Elana’s unique style blends physical and energetic realms designed to connect with our true nature and realize a higher state of being.

FAQs

Do I need to have prior Tantra experience?
This experience is open to all adult women-identifying bodies, and we welcome first-time as well as seasoned participants.

What type of people participate?
All adult women-identifying bodies are welcome here! Whether single or partnered, mother or child-free, all sexual orientations and backgrounds are invited to come together to co-create this field of sisterhood in an open, supportive, and nurturing container.

Is there an age restriction?
There is a certain level of self-awareness and maturity required to create a safe container in which we can explore our sensuality freely within this space. For the comfort and safety of all, participants are required to be over 18 years old.

What do I bring? And how should I dress?

• Please wear comfortable, flowing clothing in which you can move freely and feel sensual.
• Please prepare to be barefoot or in socks.
• Please bring a water bottle.
• Optional: Please bring a meaningful object for the alter.
• Optional: You may want to bring your personal journal (paper and pens will be supplied).

Is the start time important?
Yes! Please arrive on time to help ensure that our container is well held, secure, and safe for all. Come at 5:30pm to settle into the space. Doors will close promptly at 6pm.

Will there be nudity or intimacy in this experience?
While Tantra practices are eclectic from White to Red Tantra, this experience is primarily a clothed, sensual, nonsexual container. In the safety of sisterhood, you may desire to move more freely in your own body. We will discuss the boundaries of our practices in the circle.

Are intoxicants or altering medicines permitted?
This is a sober event, and no intoxicating substances are allowed. We will invite energy to move naturally to connect with the divine feminine within. After closing our circle, we'll integrate and connect over warm tea and sweet fruit.

Is there parking available?
There's street parking in the neighborhood, and a nearby parking garage at 1061 S 15th Street. If parking on the street, please observe the parking regulation signs, and do not leave any valuables in your car nor any items in view. Consider ride share, SEPTA, or bicycle if you're inclined.

Where do I enter the studio?
Please enter through the Center City Breathe studio door just to the right of the Benjamin Franklin mural. The door will be locked at 6pm when we close the container. 

Do I need to provide my contact information when registering?
Yes, we need your true name, address, email, and phone number when registering whether online or at the door. For important contact reasons and for the safety of all, we do not allow any anonymous participants. For these reasons, any tickets purchased under a false name or contact information may be canceled.

Will there be tickets available at the door?
Space is limited to ensure an intimate and supportive container. Early registration is encouraged, and we cannot guarantee tickets at the door.

What is the COVID protocol?
While there's no formal COVID protocol nor mask requirement, please take mindful health precautions and wash hands upon entry. If you’re feeling unwell, please rest at home and take care of yourself.