Halo Seronko – The Cosmic Consort

An Initiation into the Divine Realms of Tantra

Embark On The Spiritual Journey Of The Romantic Feminine Heart

Initiate into the Tantric Arts

The role of women has been key to shaping modern spirituality. She is the consort, the initiatrix, the priestess. In this program discover the embodied practice of the Yogini, Tantrika, Devadasi and Mystica as you move closer to discovering the Beloved within and without.

Welcome Beloved,

A Love Poem

There is no mortal that can meet the longing of this heart and flesh, for only when this chalice is filled by spirit’s intoxication does it know the true communion.

For even in two-bodied love, is it not yet a container for the eternal presence to be tasted between the two lovers?

What does it mean to be a cosmic consort? To be enraptured by existence?

In tantra we choose our relationship with the Divine, whether that of a mother and child, a guru and disciple or a lover and beloved.

When we see the formless Divine as our consort, we court that which is eternal. When we experience pain we recognize it as the truest longing that comes from our separation from this source of love, and we use this pain to again and again call this beloved back into our heart. When we experience pleasure we recognize the reunion of the beloved spirit in the vessel of our flesh. Both pain and pleasure become our dance of love with divinity.

As long as we seek fulfillment from other “vessels” our rapture will be temporary and fleeting and often times leave behind an even greater longing. It is when we recognize that we are each but a chalice that the divine pours itself into when we are empty enough to receive that we come to know true fulfillment. This is the alchemical marriage of spirit and flesh, two becoming one, when we realize the rapture of Satyam-Shivam-Sundaram; truth, auspiciousness and beauty.

When our consort is the cosmic divine first and foremost, we then claim the sovereignty needed to have fulfilling relationships here on the earth plane; relationships that are no longer selfish, no longer conditional, no longer tainted by our attempts to fill a hole inside that can ONLY be filled by the omnipresent.

In the rapture of what is, we can open ourselves to that which can truly fill us to the brim, and allow our being to pour forth beauty into the world in devotion to its magnificence, spiraling into the ecstasy of being deeply engaged with life.

How do we live when we are courting life as the beloved, when even the mundane becomes infused with love, tenderness and eroticism?

Reach within beloved, not without, to be embraced by the eternal source of ecstasy.

What You’ll Learn In The Cosmic Consort

Module One: Yogini

The Path of Inner Union
Governed by the Goddess Parvati

In Yogini we dive into the path of Yoga, not only as a physical practice, but as a methodology to balance our lunar and solar natures. Yoga is a map towards the union of these energies within us, as mirrored by the cosmos. In this module you will receive foundational yogic practices based on the ancient tradition of Hatha Yoga, or the Union (Yoga) of the Sun (Ha) and Moon (Tha).

These practices will work with breathing techniques or Pranayama, Asana sequences to worship the solar and lunar energies, such as Surya Namaskar and Chandra Namaskar, spoken invocations or Mantras and Meditation techniques. This module will give the practitioner a much deeper understanding of what it is to be Yogini and to live and embody the path of Yoga.

In this Module:

• Learn an elemental Puja, or ritual to open each practice invoking the great energy of the Divine Mother Shakti and the supreme consciousness of the Divine Masculine Shiva with mantras and offerings
• Learn Pranayama techniques to balance the Lunar and Solar energies of the body and create heat or coolness in the body
• Learn Surya Namaskar and Chandra Namaskar with Mantras as acts of devotion to the sun and moon
• Learn the closing practice of Meta, or offering to all sentient beings after each practice to consecrate

Module Two: Tantrika
The Marriage of Energy and Consciousness
Governed by the Goddess Kali

In Tantrika we dive into the path of Tantra as a science of expanding our consciousness (Shiva) and liberating our energy (Shakti). The path of Tantra is one of discovering divinity within our humanity; using our 5 senses as gateways and the powerful energy of desire as a catalyzing force in recognizing our divine nature. In this module we will become intimate with the Goddess Shakti, her beloved God Shiva as well as the Chakra system and central channel known as Sushumna that is the bridge between the two.

Through the Tantric tools of Mantra or sacred sound, Yantra or light and form, and Deity we will awaken these forces within and become intimate with the divine not as something outside of ourselves, but as the very fabric of our existence. This module will give the practitioner a much deeper understanding of what it is to be Tantrika and to live and embody the path of Tantra.

In this Module:

• Learn a spinal warm up and Chakra anointing ritual known as Nyasa that uses Mantra and Mudra (hand gesture) to activate the wheels of energy known as Chakras along the central channel of our spines
• Learn to activate the energy of Shakti through Mantra, Yantra and Meditation
• Learn to activate the energy of Shiva through Mantra, Yantra and Meditation

Module Three: Devadasi

Dance as a Path of Awakening and Devotion
Governed by the Goddess Lakshmi

In Devadasi we dive into the realm of Bhakti Yoga, or the Yoga of Devotion through the path of Temple Dance. This ancient tradition of India was offered by women who were married to the male deity of the Temple and thus living embodiments of the Goddess. It was through their dance that they merged with their Beloved husband.

In this module we will explore the most recent expression of this ancient offering in the now Classical Indian Dance form known as Odissi, as well as modern fusion approaches that maintain this devotional air. This module will give the practitioner a much deeper understanding of what it is to be Devadasi and to live and embody the path of the Temple Dancer.

In this Module:

• Learn Bhumi Pranam, or the reverential gesture to the earth that consecrates the beginning and ending of devotional dance practice in the Odissi tradition.
• Learn Mudras or hand gestures and how they are used in Temple Dance
• Learn traditional Torso, Neck, Eye and Arm movements of Odissi Dance
• Learn about Bhava, or divine emotion and Rasa or divine flavor and how to bring these principles into your dance
• Learn a short embodied prayer for all beings with all of the above components

Module Four: Mystica
Accessing the Mystery through the Heart and Womb

Governed by the Goddess SaraswatiIn Mystica we begin to release some of our traditional structure in order to meet the Mystery in the present moment. Within Mystica we find the trinity of our wombs, hearts and intellect/intuition as a coherent channel of connection with the Divine in our very bodies. In this module we will dive into the concepts of Lover and Beloved consecrating ourselves for this inner marriage. In Mystica we step into the realms of the Mythos and begin to see life as an exquisite loveplay between form and formless.

This module will give the practitioner a much deeper understanding of what it is to be Mystica and to live and embody the path of the Mystic.

In this Module:

• Learn how to access the Wisdom of the Womb and consecrate this center as the abode of the Divine Feminine
• Learn how to access our Hridaya, or the Spiritual Heart where the Beloved exists within us through meditation
• Learn how to connect the channels of the Womb-Heart and Head for vertical alignment between Lover (form) and Beloved (formless)

Module Five: Beloved

The Rapturous Revelation
Governed by the Goddess Lalita

Finally we arrive at the inner marriage, where spirit meets flesh and the great love is consummated!

In this module we will explore the wisdom held within the Sri Yantra and the deity Ardhanarisvara, the highest point of Tantra; where Shiva and Shakti exist in one body! In this module we will undergo an inner alchemical marriage of Shiva and Shakti within and learn how to bring the practice of life as the Cosmic Consort out into the world and even in two-bodied practice or dual-cultivation with a partner so that our vertical alignment can also be practiced and channeled into the horizontal realm of our relations to our incarnate Beloveds and all of existence!

In this Module:

• Learn about the Sri Yantra and the Tantric Goddess Lalita
• Learn about the deity Ardhanarisvara, or Shiva and Shakti in one body
• Experience a powerful Tantric Inner Alchemical Marriage between Shiva and Shakti
• Learn how to bring these practices into dual-cultivation through the practice of Transfiguration
• Explore the embodiment of the Cosmic Consort as you step out into the world of form and spirit intertwine

About Halo Seronko

Halo Seronko is a teacher of feminine embodied awakening who brings a deep wisdom and love of lineage and tradition onto the dynamic stage of the modern world. Halo has been teaching Tantra, Temple Dance and the Taoist Feminine Arts for 8 years and in 2015 she founded the online and international school Shakti Temple Arts.

She has led multiple international retreats including Tantra of Temple Dance in Guatemala, Path of the Mystica in Greece, Sublime Shakti Pilgrimage in India and day long immersions in Australia, Italy, India, Costa Rica and the USA. She has created two rich online courses into the Taoist Feminine Arts and the Divine Realms of Tantra and has initiated hundreds of women into these profound paths.

Halo has been passionate about the place where embodiment and spirit meet for as long as she can remember. This passion has lead her on a profound path of study, practice, pilgrimage and teaching.

Her first teacher in embodiment arts was her father Willow Seronko who introduced her to Taoism, Tai Chi and Qigong from the ripe age of 14. Since then she has never ceased her seeking and development in the sacred arts. Halo has lived between the holy land of India and the USA for the past decade. In her journeys she has sat at the feet of many masters and received initiation into both the Kaishmir Shaivist and Sri Vidya lineages of Tantra through Agama Yoga in 2011 and Devipuram in 2014.

She continues to study and practice in Sri Vidya Shakta Tantra under the guidance of her current teacher. With dance as a central part of her journey, Halo has trained countless hours in a Classical Indian Dance form born of the Temples of East India called Odissi and was part of the sacred dance troupe Dakini Rose Devadasi for many years. These experiences infused her development of what she coined Shakti Temple Dance. During that time she was also initiated into the 13 Moon Mystery School under its founder, Ariel Spilsbury.

In 2018 Halo officially received a Yoga Alliance certification as a teacher of Tantra Yoga from Satya Loka School of Traditional Tantra and Yoga. All of these threads weave into her unique flavor of teaching, building a bridge from the mundane to the mystical for all who attend her courses.

I am here to guide you back to your true power, radiant beauty and indwelling divinity so that you can live mythically, in your purpose, and be the change that only the awakened feminine can bring.

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