The Study Groups are all about ongoing learning, community, and deepening practice. The richness of the unfolding curriculum as we journey together is uniquely supportive to deep learning, while the 4 main meeting dates and 3 guided practice calls create a container and through-line for practice and engagement.

This will allow us to gather our international Study Group members together to receive a special curriculum we have curated to bring you material tailored to the online medium.

Taking our deity explorations to the next level, this 2025 program will offer a rich journey into devotional practices via myth and story, which support the merging and polarizing instructions for this year. We are adding male deity merging as well as the polarizing practices between the female and male deities to this year’s group. These provide rich practice engagement as well as offering in-depth applications of these principles in daily life.

This year we will offer 4 main sessions plus 3 guided practice calls, each dedicated to a specific set of practices around a Deity:

February 8: Session 1 – Shiva
March 21: Practice Call 1
May 17: Session 2 – Sati
June 12: Practice Call 2
September 14: Session 3 – Parvati
October 22: Practice Call 3
November 9: Session 4 – Kali

In each session we will explore the story, unique meaning and exalted qualities of the chosen Deity and engage in the various activities of Deity Yoga. This year we will engage with the devotional practices of Shiva and his consorts. This will include merging, subtle body practice, devotional practices and rituals and creating strong polarity through deity yoga.

Each session includes practices, instruction, explorations of the deity and personal applications for your life. We will revisit lineage practices like Contentless Movement, visual and ritual engagement and dive deeply into new practices, with an emphasis on devotional disposition, ritual and the expression of your heart.

A note on discounts: If you have a 50% coupon from Teacher Training or 5 Flavor Families, your code will work when applied at checkout! Once you are signed up, you will receive 50% off on all else live for the year.

If you are re-signing for this year’s Study Group, you receive 30% off and once signed up your 50% becomes available again for live events 2025. Use code continue30 at checkout.

In addition to the online format we are excited to offer an exclusive, in-person practice retreat in Portugal March 7-12, 2025 which is only available to members of the study groups. You can sign up here.

In this retreat you will revitalize and deepen your existing practices while receiving transmission and instruction in new lineage methods, in ways that are only possible in person.

Alongside rigorous practice, there will be an emphasis on celebration, ritual, and community, and an education on how to connect with the sublime qualities of the physical body, the subtle body, and nature itself.

This is an opportunity to connect with those in your own year group, including dedicated instruction from me for each year group, as well as connecting with members of the wider international community.

We are pricing these retreats to make them accessible to those currently in the Online Study Groups (your 50% discount applies) so you can combine both online and in-person study for the deepest and fullest possible engagement.

These in-person retreats are optional and are not required for participation in the Online Study Group.

You can join this group if you have participated in any previous Study Group with Michaela over the years.