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Charu Hariharan

Charu Hariharan is a multifaceted Indian musician known for her expertise in multiple genres and roles, including percussionist, vocalist, composer, and educator. She is renowned for her versatility in both traditional and contemporary music, with a deep understanding of Indian classical rhythms and modern music styles. Hariharan often collaborates with various artists and ensembles across the world, contributing her unique sound to a wide range of musical projects. 

Sharanya Narayanan

Sharanya Narayanan is a Hatha Yoga teacher (guided by teachers of the Iyengar system) who is also trained in the art of Rope Mallakhamb (a rural gymnastic sport). Her practice focuses on alignment to understand the safest way in which the body can work, what are its movement instincts and how can you integrate into an evolving dynamic with your body.

Lilya Sabatier

Lilya has 20+ years of experience in personal development, transmutation and embodied living. She's currently accompanying humans as a holistic guide, space holder, teacher, and international facilitator in Self Leadership using a multi-modality approach. Her area of focus and where she thrives is seeing through people's stories, essentially the not-Self and journeying alongside them to reconnect them to their whole self and others.

Aphra Williamson

Aphra Williamson, is a holistic health coach from India, who focuses on promoting well-being through balanced nutrition, stress management, exercise routines, mental health strategies, and habit formation. At Varkala, she wants to work with the community on fostering a positive mindset, with personalized health assessments and interactive sessions to empower them to make informed decisions about their well-being.

Kaleekarma

Rejoicing, healing, releasing, harmonising and grounding are few of the many beautiful takeaways from time spent with music. This compelling nature of sound is what inspires Kalee to do what she does. This is her intention at the gathering, to create a space to magnify the fun and bliss of movement, dance and deep listening.

Stalvart John 

On a radiant quest to instigate a cultural shift in the dance music landscape of India, Stalvart John’s pulsating rhythms are transforming India's dancefloors into havens of afro, funk, soul and jazz-infused house and disco - one galvanising beat at a time. 

Ashik Jaffer Ali

Ashik Jaffer Ali is a multidisciplinary designer with a degree in architecture. Throughout her education and design practices, she was interested in the cultural aspects that influenced design. She is now a visual artist, an art educator, and an advocate for the public arts. The impact of art in society plays a pivotal role in her as an activist; through her workshops, she aspires to instill a sense of collective creativity.

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Krupa Jhaveri, PhD

Krupa is an art therapist and the founder of Sankalpa, an initiative that uses art as a medium for social change, healing, and empowerment. Her approach is holistic, often integrating elements of mindfulness, body awareness, and cultural sensitivity into her sessions.

Tanya Mistry

Tanya is a sound healing practitioner who uses healing frequencies to cultivate a deep state of rest, relaxation and rejuvenation of the physical, mental and emotional body. 

Prema Sankar Kanaka 

Prema is a cocreator of Happy Turtles Wellness and Retreats, Varkala. She sees herself as a wellness ambassador and dreams for more blue zones in the world in which she is a part of. Thus wishing for herself and the world a long and healthy life; she supports herself and others through Aqua Therapy and EFT practices to process, heal and grow.

SPACE HOLDERS
THE INTENTION

The feminine wave is a full moon sound and soul journey through movement and meditation in Varkala from the 17th to 20th of October. A need to find your community, a way to unleash your creativity - we hope the union of music, movement and mindful connection under the full moon at the amazing cliff side energy will bring you to a state of wholeness which you can take forward into your life. The space holders coming together to bring this to light are experts in areas of women’s liberation and attunement.

Location

Housed between stunning cliff side properties Elixir Cliff, Villa Luca and Villa Sasha, delve into the comfort of luxurious coastal living as you deep dive into these feminine arts. 

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