Each stage below is marked personal empowerment or empowered to share. Personal empowerment means it's yours to practice individually; empowered to share means you're also authorized to transmit it. The yantra dīkṣā here is bhakti-level empowerment only, not full tantric empowerment.
Kaula Tantra Dīkṣā
दीक्षा (Dīkṣā) · यज्ञ (Yajña) · मंत्र (Mantra) · यंत्र (Yantra) · (पूजा) Pūjā
Two weeks in the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand, India, guided by teachers of the Shivoham lineage. Through direct transmission, you will be empowered to perform your own tantric rituals.
Transmission through the guru-śiṣya relationship
गुरु-शिष्य (Guru-Śiṣya): in the tantric tradition, authentic transmission comes through the guru-śiṣya relationship, the bond between teacher and student. This is how tantra has been passed down through dīkṣā since time immemorial. What is offered here is that same lineage transmission: mantra, yantra, and yajña, practiced directly under teachers empowered to transmit them.
This is a calling for those who long to know authentic tantra, and to directly experience it: an opportunity to be initiated into ritual, and empowered to hold rituals of your own.
What you receive from dīkṣā:
Mantra Dīkṣā
मंत्र दीक्षा
Receive initiation into traditional tantric mantra. This allows you to receive more advanced and secretive mantra-s within the shivoham tantra tradition.
Personal Empowerment
Yantra Dīkṣā
यंत्र दीक्षा
Build an empowered rice yantra with the prāṇapratiṣṭhā mantra. Learn to build and share bhakti-level yantra.
Empowered to Share
Yajña Dīkṣā
यज्ञ दीक्षा
Participate in Tri-guna Yajña as led by Artemis & Bhairav. Learn to do sattvik level yajña independently.
Personal Empowerment
Abhiṣeka & Pūjā Dīkṣā
अभिषेक दीक्षा
Learn purification practices for your mūrti and mala that you can take home and do independently and for others.
Empowered to Share
Mālā care
माला
Cleansing rituals to empower your mālā, so it becomes a tool of practice rather than an ornament.
Empowered to Share
Kuṇḍalinī Kriyā Dīkṣā
कुण्डलिनी क्रिया दीक्षा
Learn prāṇāyāma and bīja mantra practice given to us from Guruji Maharaj, used to awaken kuṇḍalinī energy and guide it through the nāḍīs and cakras. Empowered to share with others.
Empowered to Share
Nyāsa Dīkṣā
न्यास दीक्षा
Learn energetic hand placements and adjustments used to guide prāṇa and kuṇḍalinī in a student's body. This is hands-on transmission work, done directly with and for others.
Empowered to Share
Caṇḍālinī
चण्डालिनी दीक्षा
If menstruating during the Kaula Tantra initiation, you will have the opportunity to build a caṇḍālinī rice yantra, participate in caṇḍālinī yajña, and receive caṇḍālinī mantras from Artemis.
Personal Empowerment
Additional Benefits for Participants:
The Book of Dīkṣā
Receive a physical copy of The Book of Dīkṣā, a printed guide outlining the rituals you're initiated into, so you have something to refer back to as you continue the practice on your own.
Included
Kirtan
कीर्तन
Opportunity to participate in kirtan throughout the dīkṣā, chanting in community.
Included
Ayurvedic Treatments
आयुर्वेद
A personal consultation with the center's Ayurveda doctor, plus four treatments included.
Daily Treatment
Opening and closing calls
A group call will happen before arrival to prepare, and a call afterward to integrate further.
Included
Accommodation and meals
Two weeks in the Himalayan foothills, with three vegetarian, Ayurvedic meals daily.
13 nights
The Venue
AyurVAID Kalmatia — Almora, Uttarakhand, India
A hilltop sanctuary in the Kumaon Himalayas, fourteen acres of stone cottages overlooking the mountains.
AyurVAID Kalmatia is set on a lush hilltop in Almora, bordering the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary, with walking trails through rice terraces, forest, and Kumaoni villages. The cottages are built in British colonial style with local Pahadi influence, and heated in winter with wood-burning stoves. It is quiet, remote, and built for retreat.
Weather During Your Stay
November falls in the dry season in the Kumaon Himalayas, after the monsoon and before winter fully sets in. Daytime highs average around 20°C (67°F), with lows dropping to around 7°C (44°F) overnight and in the early morning. Rain is unlikely this time of year. Bring layers: a warm jacket, wool socks, and something for your head and hands for the cold mornings, plus lighter clothing for the mild, clear days. The cottages are heated with wood-burning stoves, which helps once the sun goes down.
यात्रा Yātrā
Pilgrimage through the sacred landscape of Kumaon.
Yatra is pilgrimage: a journey undertaken with intention, to a sacred place of devotion. Walking to a temple, standing before a mūrti, offering pūjā at a site charged by worship — these acts open a sādhaka to the living presence of the divine in the living world.
AyurVAID Kalmatia sits near Kasar Devi Temple, one of the most powerful śakti sites in the Kumaon Himalayas. During the dīkṣā, we will make yatra there: carrying the practice of ritual beyond the retreat center and into the sacred land that surrounds it.
आयुर्वेद Ayurveda
Ayurvedic treatments, included as part of your stay.
AyurVAID Kalmatia is an Ayurveda hospital, and Ayurvedic care is simply part of daily life there. Each participant receives a personal consultation with the center's Ayurveda doctor, along with four treatments over the course of the dīkṣā: two major and two minor sessions.
It is optional to add on more treatments at an additional fee.
Investment
Spacing is very limited. This is a small space where we are sharing rare and powerful practices, the venue has been chosen to ensure that the dīkṣā stays direct and personal, and teachers are able to provide the attentiveness that is required for an initiation of this magnitude.
It is very important to understand that there are only 7 cabins available. If all cabins are booked privately then there is only space for 7 people. If all cabins are booked shared, then we can fit 16 people. We at Anuttara cannot guarantee a reservation until your initial payment has been made.
7 cabins
available
16 participants
maximum
$450 off
until November 7, 2026
Your Teachers
With over 35 years of combined experience, Artemis Emily Doyle and Bhairav Thomas English are students and practitioners of various mystic traditions. They are lineage holders in the tradition of Shivoham Tantra.
Together they established Anuttara Ashram and the Anuttara Turyatita School, which offer teachings and trainings in Tantra Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, & non-duality.
They create spaces for love to take form through service, study, and spiritual practice.
A Note for New Students
Applications for new students are not yet open. Because spacing is limited to sixteen participants, we're giving returning students the first opportunity to fill the remaining spots before applications open more broadly. If you're new to Anuttara and interested in this dīkṣā, we encourage you to reach out and be notified when applications open.
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Joining the dīkṣā
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Practice and Preparation
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