Stage 1 in Goa
4th – 11th Feb 2026. Sohum Spiritual Resort, Goa, India
Led By: Amerai Carrera and Afke Reijenga & Co-Facilitated By: Siddharth Gupta
Book NowStage 1 – the Initiation
The Awaken as Love Initiation is a journey open to everyone – it begins with a choice to go on an adventure that will expand you beyond the boundaries of your current existence. What will it bring to you? More awareness, more love, more inclusion, more juice to your life and more depth if you allow it.
This first stage is called “Initiation” because if you choose this then all your experiences up til now have led you to this point and you are obviously ready to step into a wider reality – in doing so you enter fresh and new, open to discovering more.
As you step into this journey you will encounter maps that help you understand the larger world and your place in it (this is beyond your imagination), tools which help you to play more fully in this world, embodied experiences which help you to anchor a new reality and finally ongoing resources which help to integrate and incorporate this into your life.
Your Instructors
During this course you will be held by 3 of the Awaken as Love faculty (and a full team of assistants) – they each come from different backgrounds but all are inspired to facilitate the evolution of humanity. Click on their image to load their Bio from the Awaken as Love website.
Now works as a sacred sexuality coach, organises wild woman trainings and is a facilitator at yoga and tantra events. Afke loves to empower woman and men to find their own wildness and to guide them to more pleasure and self love. During the last year her work went more online, where she created quite a following and she has been teaching at major festivals like: ISTA, One World Tantra, Shadows and Light festival. Next to love and eros as a healing medicine, she loves to work with plant medicine as a way to connect to love and the divine.
I love stories. Especially those that speak to the flawed, ecstatic state of being human – of how we can be simultaneously so fragile, and yet hold within us the threads that bind the universe together. This is what draws me to Awaken as Love and to the work of consciously unraveling the entanglements of that thread. I have been devoted to my own unraveling for more than a decade.
I feel a strong calling to combine the work of story and Transformation work, offering this potent medicine to others who seek it, as I was offered when I so needed it. This is the work of becoming Alive again to all that we can be, and already are. And I am seriously turned on by it!
I wish to offer this work with grace and compassion, and especially with the intention of making it accessible to the people from my own land – from the Indian subcontinent, from South/South East Asia… the land which has been the cradle of conscious for so long, and the birthing place for so much of this work.
Amerai has been trained as a Tantra and Neotantra teacher in different schools including Awaken as Love School
What will I get from this training?
Tantra Techniques
How can the energy of the raw animal self be raised into higher consciousness, and how can this consciousness descend into the body and manifest world? Really this is a deep intimacy with yourself, with a partner and even throughout a group.
Embodiment practices
It’s one thing to understand with the mind, and something completely different to have a knowing that comes from a deep experiencing of wisdom through the body. Being able to manifest inate creativity into the reality is a skill.
System Reboot
We will be resetting the experiences and patterns in the nervous system of the body. These have framed your experience of this world since birth. Imagine how your life could be filled with more ease, clarity and pleasure!
Shamanic Initiations
We will be perfoming ceremonies that take you outside of the normal sequence of time and anchor in soul peices that have been waiting for this moment.
Integral Maps
As we learn these maps – the whole picture is revealed and we suddenly start to understand where peices that you were partially aware of fit inside a larger picture of reality.
Wisdom Transmission
Through transmission we will be awakening our higher centres of knowing, expanding into a new operating system and accessing novelty from the cosmos.
How can this advance me working in these areas?
There are a few ways in which this training will support you in your journey as a guide, teacher or practitioner. It is an accredited course from Awaken As Love – you will recieve a certificate on completion and you can state that you have completed this training on your personal biographies.
You will also be eligible to attend the next levels – Deepening & Radicalization to eventually become an Awaken as Love Facilitator.
In addition you will be gaining direct tools that you can then use in your own workshops and practices as well as a deeper understanding about how to work with groups – and meeting a larger international network of practitioners and teachers to create and stay in on-going connection. We routinely give opportunities to Awaken as Love graduates to be part of the festivals we create.
Some of Areas Covered in this Training Are:
Practical Information for Stage 1 – the Initiation
Dates
The training runs from the 4 -11th Feb 2026. Start time 3pm, ends 1pm on the last day.
Training Cost
Super Earlybird price of just €800, Normal price is €1000 (excluding Food & Accommodation)
Venue
Sohum, Pernem Road, Korgaon, Goa 403524, India
Special Offer: Book both this Training and the Awaken as Love Tantra Festival at the same time to get 10% discount off the training!
Are you ready? Sometimes people just jump and discover something amazing waiting for their lives..
The Venue
Sohum Spiritual Resort
Sohum offers a haven of peace, not through opulent luxury, but through thoughtfully designed rooms that foster a sense of calm and connection with the surrounding forest. Unwind in our elegantly simple accommodations. Each room is a haven of tranquillity, featuring natural light streaming through windows and locally-sourced wood furnishings that create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Step onto your private balcony and breathe in the fresh air, letting the sights and sounds of the flourishing forest envelop you..
Room Facilites Include:
King-size beds, air-conditioning, en-suite bathrooms and free wifi. Guest have access to the Yoga Shalas, Exercise equipment and a beautiful swimming pool.
Single Non- Residential ticket
€1250 €980
Price for a single non-residential ticket for the training for locals- you will need to stay close to Sohum – we start early in the morning and have a full schedule until late most days. Includes breakfast & dinner each day at the training.
Single ticket in Shared Twin Room (same Gender)
€1550 €1300
Price for a single ticket in a shared Cottage, includes 2 meals a day plus all training fees. Cottage has en-suite bathroom, air-conditioning, balcony and Wifi.
Single ticket in Single Room
€1830€1580
Price for a single ticket in a shared Cottage, includes 2 meals a day plus all training fees. Cottage has en-suite bathroom, air-conditioning, balcony and Wifi.
Two tickets in King Room
€3000 €2500
Price for two tickets in a luxury room with Kingbed, includes 2 meals a day plus all training fees. Cottage has en-suite bathroom, air-conditioning, balcony and Wifi
Meals
Breakfast and Dinner are inclusive of the accommodation price and fully vegetarian although we do consume dairy products and eggs. There is a great selection of Indian, Continental, Chinese, Italian and Mexican cuisines. We use organic vegetables, pulses/legumes, grains and oils as often as possible.
There is a long lunch break in the training which gives you time to explore the surrounding area, sunbathe and visit the different restaurants on the beach.
If you have special dietary needs then please mention this in the additional information area of the booking form so we can accommodate your needs as best as possible
Are you ready? Sometimes people just jump and discover something amazing waiting for their lives..
