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SAMA SEASONS 

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A year-long journey through Body, Heart, Spirit, and Soul

Through Ayurveda, Classical Tantra, Kashmiri Shaivism, & Orgasmic Touch

Four seasons. Four retreats. One living practice of conscious embodiement.

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WHAT IS 

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We live in a culture that encourages constant movement—doing more, knowing more, becoming more.

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SAMA SEASONS transmits nature's intelligence: life unfolds through cycles of expansion and contraction, action and rest, flowering and release. Nothing blooms all year, and nothing remains dormant forever. Less is more. 

 

We often resist these natural movements. We hold on when life asks us to let go, rush forward when patience is needed, and search for certainty where trust is required.

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Each season invites to rediscover the wisdom of living in rhythm with the natural cycles: within our body, relationships, work, and inner life, and in synchronicity with our natural environment.

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SAMA SEASONS offers a rare integration of contemplative practice, embodied inquiry, conscious relationship, and seasonal living.

 

Rather than seeking peak experiences or fixed answers, we cultivate the sensitivity to recognize what each season is asking of us, and the courage to respond with all we are.

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THE FOUR SEASONS

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Summer — Body
Learning to inhabit the body as a source of vitality, pleasure, intelligence, and presence.

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Autumn — Heart
Cultivating emotional maturity, honesty, heart openness, and the courage to move with Life's changes.

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Winter — Spirit
Entering silence, spaciousness, contemplation, and the mystery beneath constant activity.

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Spring — Soul

Allowing creativity, purpose, and authentic expression to emerge naturally.

 

THE JOURNEY​

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Residential Retreats

* Held quarterly over the course of a year, each dedicated to one season.

* Next cycle starts in Winter 2027.

* Daily practices of Classic Tantra, Kashmiri Shaivism, and Orgasmic Touch. 

* Ayurveda Principles integrated to daily life, nutrition, group dynamics, relationships, sexuality.

* Meditations & practical explorations related to the season’s theme.

* Sharing circles 

* Weaving connection between participants grounded in a field of honesty, vulnerability, self-inquiry, clear communication.

​* Dedicated to a committed group limited to 26 participants.

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Online Program

* 8 hours of videos and audios featuring Komala Lyra sharing through storytelling, meditations, and the symbology of each season

* ​Live Interaction: One Zoom call per season to provide additional guidance and engagement.​

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Certification

​* Commitment to the year-long process and completion of explorations introduced for each season.

 

PRESENTATION

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By Komala Lyra and guests of honor - Karam Duc Minh, Dez Nichols, and Akhail Matthews 

Enriched by alive music offered by Keren Dun and Tamuz.

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THE VENUE

* An elegant venue located in Bugarach, South of France, where each season has a special beauty.

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TUITION

 

Sliding Scale payment option, ensuring accessibility while maintaining financial sustainability.

Check the information on the registration form.

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SAMA TEAM

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KOMALA LYRA . All seasons guiding presence, central coordinator, and author of the course content, 

She brings over four decades of personal practices in Ayurveda-Yoga-Tantra as a language of Life.

Throughout the seasons, Komala shares her life’s work to inspire recognition of each one own's essential qualities and soul expression. Each energetic landscape invites a deeper inner gaze, with playfulness, easy, and clarity; yet, facing the challenges on the path that we usually disregard. ​

Komala brings a rare combination of lightness and depth, easiness and intensity, life experience and intuition, precision and creative chaos.

She has lived at Osho communities in Pune, Oregon, Sedona, Koln (1981-2010), ISTA Lead Faculty (2012-2025)

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KARAM SATYAM DUC MINH . Autum guest  his gift lies in ability to listen and support people to recognize their unique potential, while bringing an understanding of self-responsibility that delicately encourages people to grow beyond limitations. 

Trained in a wide range of psychotherapies, energy-bodywork, Osho meditations and therapies,  integrated with Classical Tantra. Beyond all, his presence is utterly vibrant with compassion, sensitivity, and inner silence.

Karam has been living in Pachamama Community, Costa Rica, since 2008, as part of the facilitators' team for various programs. He has been faculty at ISTA since 2012.​​

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AKHAIL NISHANT MATTHEWS . Winter  guest  has trained thousands of people worldwide in counseling skills, meditation, and healing arts for over four decades. His specialty is the awakening of Presence as a foundation for exploring all the journeys that life has to offer. He combines analytic skills of classical psychology with the insight approach of Buddhist meditation. 

Nishant is the author of THE FRIEND, and CONSCIOUS MEDICINE, both books sharing practical skills and insights to journey through all the climates of our inner landscape, with joy, humor, grace, and generosity of spirit.

His natural ability to make you laugh and cry, dance and be still, wake up and see beyond the veils is unique. ​

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SEBASTIEN RECOTILLON . Spring guest  brings a rich life experience both personally, as an adventurer, traveler around the world,  deeply inquiring about life and death; as well as, professionally as a facilitator with a background that ranges from Tantra Yoga , Shamanism from the jungles of Peru, Steiner school training, computer science and more as a talented music, writer, and artist.

His gaze is sharp and uncompromising, his ability to embrace paradox and truth perceiving the wholeness of all situations points to the realness of each moment with clarity and sensitivity. And he loves making the fire!​​​​

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DEZ NICHOLS . Summer guest   is a Internationally renowned speaker and teacher, Daka, author, singer-songwriter, and transformational guide who is known for his contribution in the Healing Arts and evolving human consciousness. He is a global networker and seeder of loving freedom who teaches the Sacred Temple Arts to share, inspire, and support others in the activation and integration of life force as inner power. 

He is the founder of the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA) and Annual Sexuality and Consciousness Festivals and Conferences around the world, he was lead faculty from ISTA's inception to 2019. ​​​

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KEREN DUN & TAMUZ . All Seasons are the musicians bringing magic to each one of the retreats, with music improvised to support the different seasons.

They are awesome musicians, originally from Israel, who offer concerts internationally.

Voice and a variety of instruments compose a rich tapestry of soundscapes. From deep meditation to vibrant tones, their inspiration is beyond words. 

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HARRISON FISHER . All Seasons  the most supportive organizer, improviser, co-creator, and more.

His presence in this experiment has been core to its manifestation and grounding. 

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ISHKA MICHOCKA . All Seasons co-director, producer, and visual artist. She leads the project’s visual storytelling, conceptualizing and producing materials that embody the aesthetic essence of SAMA Seasons. Her creative oversight bridges art and spirituality, crafting an engaging and immersive experience.

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