Awakening the Sacred Heart — Blue Lotus Tantric Meditation

Schedule

Sun Feb 08 2026 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

De Nieuwe Yogaschool | Amsterdam, NH

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AWAKENING THE SACRED HEART — Blue Lotus Tantric Meditation & Ceremony
The Awakening Sacred Heart Meditation is extracted from the precious Tantra treatise Vigyana Bhairava Tantra, written about 7000 years ago in India.
Devi asks Shiva:
O Shiva, what is your reality?
What is this wonder-filled universe?
What constitutes seed?
Who centers the universal wheel?
What is this life beyond form pervading forms?
How may we enter it fully, above space and time,
names and descriptions?
Let my doubts be cleared!
Shiva’s 16th sutra answer adds up to all 112 meditations:
“Blessed one,
as senses are absorbed in the heart,
reach the center of the lotus.”
This is the meditation we enter together.
The Blue Lotus becomes our bridge — a gentle, ancient ally of the heart — guiding us from the mind into embodied sensation… from separation into intimacy… from seeing the world through thought into experiencing life through presence.
This ceremony is a deep tantric meditation — a heart-centered ritual where the senses open like petals of a lotus and slowly dissolve into the heart… until stillness reveals the center inside.
A space to soften.
A space to reconnect.
A space to remember the quiet intelligence of love.
What This Ceremony Invites You Into
In the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra method —
the heart is the lotus, and the senses are its petals.
Most of the time, our senses are connected to the mind —
we look and label, we smell and evaluate, we feel and interpret.
In this meditation, awareness shifts from the head into the heart —
so the senses are no longer analyzing… they are melting.
• the senses become gateways to the inner world
• experience becomes direct, intimate, unfiltered
• separation dissolves into union and presence
• awareness roots into love rather than thought
The petals open one by one until every sensation is absorbed into the heart’s center.
And there — in the quiet center of the lotus —
presence expands,
consciousness softens,
intimacy becomes a living field.
This ceremony is held with devotion and reverence —
in the tantric current where Shiva (stillness) meets Shakti (sensation)
through breath, awareness, and embodied love.

A Tantric Perspective on Deeper Intimacy
In Tantra, intimacy is not something we do — it is something we allow.
It is the meeting point where:
body and awareness
sensation and stillness
longing and presence
merge into one field.
Here, intimacy is the courage to remain with sensation
without leaving the body.
To feel.
To soften.
To receive — through the eyes of wonder and curiosity.
As the senses enter the heart, we meet ourselves —
and from that grounded center, we meet the other
with truth, tenderness, and reverence.

Ritual Flow
🜁 Opening Circle & Blue Lotus Invocation
Arrival · breath · prayer · intention — entering the temple space.
🜂 Guided Tantric Sacred Heart Meditation — The Lotus Method
• Seeing through the heart
• Letting sound bathe the heart
• Breath carrying fragrance into the heart
• Sensation dissolving into presence
• Tenderness as a pathway inward
Each petal opens as inner communion.
We will work with:
• blindfolds — to deepen trust in sensation
• subtle touch & self-caressing
• shared presence practices
• yummies & sensory offerings
Awakening taste, fragrance, and texture —
pleasing, playful, and deeply heart-centered.
🜃 Center of the Lotus — Stillness & Union
Senses rest · body softens · awareness falls inward
into the silent center of the heart.
🜄 Integration & Closing Sharing Circle
A soft landing — grounded, warm, human.

Who This Space is For
This ceremony is for all beings who feel the call to deepen intimacy with:
life
spirituality
the heart
the path of Tantra
✨ Singles
✨ Couples
✨ Curious beginners
✨ Experienced practitioners
You are welcome exactly as you are.
February — the month of tenderness, connection, and devotion —
invites us into deeper intimacy as truthful presence
with the self and with others.
This ritual meets you gently —
at the pace of your nervous system —
in a trauma-aware, heart-centered field.

Practicals
📍 Location
De Nieuwe Yogaschool, Amsterdam
📅 Date
Sunday, February 8th
🕚 Time
11:00 — 13:00
💎 Contribution
€55
🍵 Included in the ritual
Blue Lotus ceremony
sensory offerings & tasting elements
blindfold & heart-centered guidance

About Your Facilitator
Sandi Djoulfian is a facilitator of embodied tantra, devotional ritual, and archetypal feminine work. Her spaces weave tenderness and depth — where intimacy, presence, and the intelligence of the heart become lived experience. Her work bridges temple-based embodiment, conscious ritual, and trauma-aware facilitation, inviting participants into grounded, relational, and deeply human transformation.

Testimonials
“Being in Sandi’s field feels safe, human, real — my body softened in a way I didn’t know was possible.”
“I left with my heart open, grounded, empowered — like I met myself again.”
“This was truly a sacred and tantric experience — presence, reverence, truth. So much depth, so much beauty.”

Ticket Policy
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
For further questions, kindly email:
📧 [email protected]
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Where is it happening?

De Nieuwe Yogaschool, Laurierstraat 109,Amsterdam, Netherlands

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