SPANDA
The Pulsing
Recognising reality through direct encounter.
~ A SATYA Immersion at Northern Lights, Oslo ~
Immersion 14-16 August 2026
Even now, as you read and reference, resonate or resist, contract or create, doubt or decide, the real force pulses.
Where breath emerges, spanda.
Where sound emerges, spanda.
Where motion emerges, spanda.
In inhale and exhale, the undivided pulses.
In thought, spanda.
In word, spanda.
Spanda. Śakti pulsing as consciousness-power, patterning reality and how it is perceived and conducted.
The embodied recognition of the real force pulsing through experience reveals the synergy in SATYA between the metaphysics and mechanics of Tantra, Yoga, and Ayurveda.
Guided by
Umā
Founder, SATYA:
Synergistic Alignment of
Tāntra, Yoga and Ayurveda
at Northern Light Yoga, Oslo
SPANDA IN LIFE
Your every breath, feeling, and response
is spanda.
Spanda is the one continuum of pulse
in whisper, cry, laugh, and howl.
REAL-LIFE IMPACT
When action becomes compulsive and misdirected,
recognition reorganises patterning at its source.
When speech disperses without force,
recognition restores meaning and its power to words.
When perception becomes fixed and predictive,
recognition clarifies perception through direct encounter.
Inner conflict resolves.
Expression is clean, clear, and meaningful.
Spanda — to throb · to pulse · to vibrate · to modulate.
From Sanskrit √spand — to throb, quiver, pulsate, vibrate
WHAT IS REALITY
What you smell, taste, see, feel, and hear.
When, where, and how you perceive, think, speak, are, and act.
All are modulations of one continuum of consciousness-power, cit–śakti.
Spanda is the pulsing of this continuum.
FIRST PULSE
Consciousness as first pulse
throbs as the source and heart of all expression.
What appears as universe
is consciousness alone, vibrating as spanda.
You will explore:
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Spanda as the real force pulsing through experience
Kuṇḍalinī Śakti as the sovereign capacity to conduct consciousness-power.
Sound, speech, and vibration as one continuum, vāc.
How consciousness-power patterns perception, thought, speech, and action.
Recognition of patterned reaction before it takes hold.
Mantra and kriyā for tuning the human instrument.
Breath, perception, speech, and action as direct expressions of spanda.
Spanda in daily life, relationship, communication, work, and spiritual practice.
Schedule Overview
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17:30 – 19:30
OrientationFoundations of Śaiva–Śākta Tantra
Spanda, vāc, mantra
Questions and clarification
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9:00-17:00 A full day of deep immersion with a midday break.
SATYA kriyā and Ayurvedic support
Metabolising unprocessed residue (āma)
Prāṇāyāma
Mantra sādhana
Perception, speech, and action as expressions of spanda
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9:00-17:00 A full day of deep immersion with a midday break.
SATYA kriyā and mantra sādhana
Prāṇāyāma
Recognition in daily life
Integration
Closing circle
PRACTICAL NOTES
No prior experience required.
Arrive 15 minutes early to sit and settle.
Wear natural fibre clothing suitable for practice.
Bring:
Shawl or wrap
Notebook and pen
Mālā if you use one
Light, digestible vegetarian lunch; or plan to eat nearby
~ Northern Light Yoga members receive 20% off for the full immersion. ~
