Shiva Shakti 2025

🕉️ Shiva Shakti 🕉️ is a 3-day, 2-night music & dance retreat curated with love & intention, to facilitate a deep dive experience into nature, sensation, expression, transmutation, healing, connection, and well-being.

Held on 200 acres of old growth forest at Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge (one hour outside Portland), we invite you to drop in deeply to your body, the present moment, and the energy of the collective.

OUR SHARED INTENTION:

At the heart of Indian spiritual traditions, Shiva and Shakti are the primordial forces from which all life emerges. They are not simply gods or deities in the way we often imagine; they are principles — living energies that move through every aspect of existence.

Shiva is pure awareness — the vast, unchanging field of consciousness, still and infinite like the open sky. 

Shakti is the creative pulse of life itself — dynamic, flowing, and expressive, like the rivers and the winds. One is not above the other; they are not separate. 

Together, they weave the tapestry of the universe — stillness and movement, emptiness and form, silence and sound. While ancient texts often speak of Shiva as masculine and Shakti as feminine, these terms are not bound to human gender or identity. They point instead to the polarities that live inside all beings — the dance between receptivity and expression, between witnessing and becoming, between grounded presence and flowing creation. In many tantric teachings, the journey is not to choose one over the other, but to recognize their inseparability within us.

In this way, Shiva Shakti transcends binary definitions. It honors the full spectrum of experience, welcoming those who identify as masculine, feminine, both, neither, or beyond all categories. The path is one of integration — where each person, in their own unique form, carries both silence and song, breath and pulse, light and shadow.

PERFORMERS & ARTISTS:

• Violinist DJ Mother Void

• DJ Sheena Medicina

• DJ Inner Forest

• DJ Kalpa

• Harpist & Poet Adrienne Awen

• Henna by Sparka Studios

• Full artist lineup TBA!

YOGA & WORKSHOP FACILITATORS:

• More info TBA soon!

OFFERINGS:

• Opening Cacao Ceremony & Drum Circle

• Breathwork & Meditation & Yoga

• Ecstatic Dance & Meditative Movement

• Sensual Dance

• Bathhouse & Sauna

• River Access (Swimming & Kayaking)

• Nourishing Vegetarian Meals

• Guided Forest Bath/Hike

• Integration, Art Making & Connection Zones

• Live Music Performances & Sound Baths

• Zen Teahouse & Cuddle Space

• Artisan Vendors

• Flow Artists & Live Painters

• Shiva & Shakti Invoking Circle

• Ceremonial Tattoos

• Open Mic Night

ABOUT US:

Shiva Shakti Collective was started by Faren and Mohit - two van-dwelling, shape-shifting nomads on a mission to spread love and kindness. Rooted in reverence for our Indian heritage, we like to offer cultural bridges between East and West. 

As lovers of beauty and curators of safe and radically expressive containers, we hold space for celebration, healing, and remembrance — weaving music, movement, and ancient traditions into…. magic.

We'd be so honored to have you at the first iteration of this summer gathering! We welcome your talents, open hearts, and every bit of your light & shadow.

ABOUT THE LAND:

Trout Creek Wilderness Lodge is on 200 acres of old growth forest, a hidden gem in Northern Oregon. We are lucky to gather at the confluence of two waters - where the cascade of the Trout creek rushes into the Molalla river, creating exceptional swimming holes, lush flora, and a breeding ground for salmon.

SCHEDULE:

Friday, Aug 22

Gates Open 3 PM

Opening Ceremony 6 PM

Entry granted until 8 PM, Day Pass ends 11 PM

Saturday, Aug 23

Gates Open at 7 AM

Entry granted until 8 PM, Day Pass ends 11 PM

Sunday, Aug 24

No Day Passes, Closing Ceremony at Noon

Departure all areas by 3 PM

WHAT TO BRING:

• Refillable water bottle, reusable plate/bowl/cup/utensils, etc. for mealtimes (optional)

• Yoga mat, folding chair, blanket

• Towels for sauna, showers, river

• Cash for vendors

• Flashlights & headlamps

• Instruments & flow toys

• Something to share during the Open Mic Night! Poetry, song, dance, whatever you want to channel :)

• Journal + pen for workshops

• Comfortable yet expressive outfits

• Earplugs for bedtime

• If you choose a BYO Tent site: Bring your tent, sleeping bags, pillows, camp lights, etc.

MORE IMPORTANT INFO:

• Please leave pets home for this weekend

• Limited cell service, free Wi-Fi

• Please no fireworks, fire spinning, or individual fires at campsites

• This is an alcohol-free event. Please no open smoking in communal areas.

Detailed event info + FAQ: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15XpxFckEb82ksa1UhLDsGjf3YarWVsraM4lxK45F_cM/edit?usp=drivesdk

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