SAMA 

Sensuous Aliveness Meditative Awareness

SAMA stands for remembrance—a connection to our innermost core, an ineffable openness to cosmic infinity. It speaks to what cannot be expressed in words but is perceived in silence.

SEASONS, as reflected in nature, mirror our inner transformations: cyclical and essential for life’s renewal. They remind us of the unchanging essence beneath all transitions: pure consciousness.

SAMA SEASONS  represents a journey through seasons—both external and internal—inviting participants to explore different stages of personal waves and to discover harmony, inner stillness, and unity with the universal essence.

This project is a year-long course designed around my lifelong experience and daily practice living Ayurveda-Yoga-Tantra as my core guidance. 

We will share an in-depth exploration of Classical Tantra and Kasmeeri Shaivism, combining personal growth with the skills necessary for integrating these practices into your personal and professional life.

It is tailored for individuals already familiar with the Tantric path, meditation, emotional awareness, and will be offering an immersive exploration that includes online materials and four in-person seasonal retreats in Tuscany, Finland, France, and Greece.​

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1. Online Presence Monthly

   • 2 pre-recorded videos featuring Komala Lyra sharing and inspiring participants through storytelling and interviews

   • 2 meditations or practical explorations related to the season’s theme

   • Live Interaction:

   • Two Zoom calls per season to provide additional guidance and engagement.

2. Residential Retreats

   • Held quarterly over the course of a year, starting on November 1, 2025.

   • Komala will share the facilitation with one guest of honour for each retreat, adding expertise aligned with the seasons and the participants' developmental journeys.

   • Dedicated to a consistent group limited to 40 people (including the team), fostering deep connection and shared growth.

3. Core Values

   • Commitment to the year-long process with the same group of participants.

   • Inclusion through a sliding scale payment option, ensuring accessibility while maintaining financial sustainability.

   • TUITION  will be announced soon ​

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SAMA Seasons Team 

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• KOMALA LYRA is the author of the course content, facilitator, and central coordinator for this journey. She brings over four decades of personal practices in Ayurveda-Yoga-Tantra as a language of Life. She serves as the guiding presence and educator throughout the SAMA journey. Throughout the seasons, Komala shares her life’s work to inspire recognition of each one own's essential qualities and soul expression. All is embraced in this  journey: each energetic landscape invites a deeper inner gaze, with playfulness, easy, and clarity; yet, facing the challenges on the path that we usually disregard.

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• KARAM SATYAM DUC MINH born in France, half French, half Vietnamese, his gift lies in ability to listen and support people to recognise their unique potential beyond past limitations. He brings awareness, compassion, and an understanding of self-responsibility that delicately encourages people to grow in love, inner freedom, and core contentment.

• He was introduced to the world of Osho and meditation while living in India in 1988. There, he has been trained in a wide range of psychotherapies and energy-bodywork, further following his education in Switzerland, Italy, and France, integrating his already developed skills with Classical Tantra. Later in 2008, he was invited to move to Pachamama Community, Costa Rica, in 2008, and since then has been living there as part of the facilitators' team for various programs. He has been faculty at ISTA since 2012.

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• AKHAIL NISHANT MATTHEWS has trained thousands of people worldwide in counseling skills, meditation, and healing for over 40 years. His specialty is the awakening of Presence as a foundation for exploring all the journeys that life has to offer. He combines the analytic skills of classical psychology with the insight approach of Buddhist meditation and shamanism. He says: "“it is time to give it everything you have now”.

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• SEBASTIEN RECO 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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• BABA DEZ NICHOLS  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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• KAMRAN NOVIN is our co-director and producer. He ensures the logistical, decision making and operational success of the project while fostering innovation.

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• ISHKA MICHOCKA  is co-director, producer, and visual artist. She leads the project’s visual storytelling, conceptualising 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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