Shastro — Baltic Tantra Festival

Shastro

Music & Meditation
 https://www.shastro.com/

One of the most prominent authors of New Age music in the USA of the last 20 years, Shastro has so far published under his name more than 18 albums many of which have won different awards.
He lived for several years in India with his master – Osho – where he had the opportunity to deepen his approach to meditation and to music. Later on he moved to the USA (Hawaii) where he created his music label – Malimba Records – that distributes worldwide music for meditation, Yoga, Tantra, Reiki and the healing arts.

Shastro is very passionate about offering his own understanding of what meditation can be and how to apply it to our everyday life.
Based on his 40 years of meditation practice, his teaching is not rooted in a specific technique or tradition but rather in the ever-unfolding moment and how it is experienced in the inner space.

Morning Mindfulness sessions:
Shastroʼs meditation sessions are usually divided into two parts:

In the first one, he shares his understanding of what meditation is and he often invites people to ask questions or share their experiences, making it a lively and ʼtailoredʼ session for the participants.

The second part is mostly in silence interspersed with gentle suggestions, guiding the practitioners into maintaining their attention in the present moment and encouraging them to witness all that arises within consciousness.

At times he also uses walking as a way to bring practitioners to experience a sense of meditation in movement.

Doorway to Silence (Live Music Meditation):

In this meditation we use the sense of hearing as our entry doorway. When we listen attentively the traffic in our heads naturally stops because consciousness, engaged in the sensorial perception, is removed from the thinking process.

Through music – and all the surrounding sounds – alternating with periods of meditative silence, we will be able to be more present to the Now and perceive the inner space – that is alive and beyond time – in which everything happens.

Singing Circle with Shastro (mantras and songs):

Singing together is one of the most ancient but also forgotten ways to feel the One Heart that connects us all.

When we unite our voices, we start vibrating on the same frequency, bringing us to feel all connected to each other. This helps our joy for life to come to the surface to be expressed and experienced.

All Sessions by Shastro

  • Day 2

    May 31

  • 07:00  - 08:30
    Asti / OSHO DYNAMIC MEDITATION

    This meditation is a fast, intense and thorough way to break old, ingrained patterns in the bodymind that keep one imprisoned in the past, and to experience the freedom, the witnessing, silence and peace that are hidden behind these prison walls.

    Kristiina Viires / TANTRA YOGA

    In this class we will practice yogic postures and techniques whose roots are found in the ancient Indian and Tibetan Tantra yoga lineages. You will learn how to bring conscious awareness to your sexual energy, and using different exercises, amplifying or sublimating it, thus inviting in the states of ease, pleasure, presence, joy, freedom, aliveness, unity and bliss. Come as you are! No previous yogic experience is required. You need a yoga mat, comfortable clothes and something warm to cover yourself during final relaxation.

    Shastro / MORNING MINDFULNESS SESSION

    Shastroʼs meditation sessions are usually divided into two parts: In the first one, he shares his understanding of what meditation is and he often invites people to ask questions or share their experiences, making it a lively and ʼtailoredʼ session for the participants. The second part is mostly in silence interspersed with gentle suggestions, guiding the practitioners into maintaining their attention in the present moment and encouraging them to witness all that arises within consciousness. At times he also uses walking as a way to bring practitioners to experience a sense of meditation in movement.


  • 20:30  - 23:30
    We are all looking for the perfect partner! But in reality we meet the other from our judgmental mind. In our Tantric Speed Dating party, under guidance of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to meet and feel different people and connect with them. Not only through the space of mind, but also from Heart to Heart. Feeling the other, opening up for the deep meeting … choosing the right one for you for the next day, next meditation or for all life…. Dress code: wear the clothes that express your very essence, and how you want to be seen by beloved. BHT Team

  • Day 3

    June 1

  • 07:00  - 08:30
    Asti / OSHO DYNAMIC MEDITATION

    This meditation is a fast, intense and thorough way to break old, ingrained patterns in the bodymind that keep one imprisoned in the past, and to experience the freedom, the witnessing, silence and peace that are hidden behind these prison walls.

    Kristiina Viires / TANTRA YOGA

    In this class we will practice yogic postures and techniques whose roots are found in the ancient Indian and Tibetan Tantra yoga lineages. You will learn how to bring conscious awareness to your sexual energy, and using different exercises, amplifying or sublimating it, thus inviting in the states of ease, pleasure, presence, joy, freedom, aliveness, unity and bliss. Come as you are! No previous yogic experience is required. You need a yoga mat, comfortable clothes and something warm to cover yourself during final relaxation.

    Shastro / MORNING MINDFULNESS SESSION

    Shastroʼs meditation sessions are usually divided into two parts: In the first one, he shares his understanding of what meditation is and he often invites people to ask questions or share their experiences, making it a lively and ʼtailoredʼ session for the participants. The second part is mostly in silence interspersed with gentle suggestions, guiding the practitioners into maintaining their attention in the present moment and encouraging them to witness all that arises within consciousness. At times he also uses walking as a way to bring practitioners to experience a sense of meditation in movement.


  • Day 4

    June 2

  • 07:00  - 08:30
    Kristiina Viires / PARTNER YOGA

    Two people on one yoga mat practicing together. Let’s have some fun! This class activates your playfulness and gives you a very nice stretch! Practices are easy and suitable for people without previous yoga experience. When we do yoga practices together on one mat, we learn a great deal about ourselves and the partner. Bring a (practice)partner or find someone on the spot. PS: it is not Acro Yoga! Feet will stay down. One yoga mat is needed for two people.

    Shastro / DOORWAY TO SILENCE

    The senses - a natural gift we all received with this physical form - are like a doorway that in one direction leads to the perception of the outer world but once we invert the direction it takes us to the inner space and to the one who perceives. From the objects to the subject. Or we can say from the content to the container. In this meditation we use the sense of hearing as our entry doorway. When we listen attentively the traffic in our heads naturally stops because consciousness, engaged in the sensorial perception, is removed from the thinking process. Through music - and all the surrounding sounds - alternating with periods of meditative silence, we will be able to be more present to the Now and perceive the inner space - that is alive and beyond time - in which everything happens.


  • 17:00  - 18:00
    Singing Circle with Shastro (mantras and songs): Singing together is one of the most ancient but also forgotten way to feel the One Heart that connects us all. When we unite our voices, we start vibrating on the same frequency, bringing us to feel all connected to each other. This helps our joy for life to come to the surface to be expressed and experienced.




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