SOMAS
A coalescence of Sound, Somatics, Movement & Mantra - A journey into the Three Malas
An intertwining and harmonic unravelling of Evy Ferraro & Pavan (Hanuman Project)
3 Day SOMAS 20h YACEP Teacher Training / Immersion - January 9-11 2026 - Alchemy Yoga Centre, Ubud, Bali
Registered with Yoga Alliance
The Tantrik scriptures point to the root cause of our suffering as the identification with the I self, binding us into the dualistic illusion of separation, which keeps us bound in the never ending search. When we finally give up the striving and chasing of external desires, we discover that everything we’ve been looking for lies within. Fundamentally our desires and urges that pull us outward are not wrong, as within them lie the seed for our awakening.
SOMAS is an emerging map of Somatics and Sound, a rare three day collaboration between Evy Ferraro and Pavan (Hanuman Project) with special musician guests to untangle and re-pattern consciousness.
Prepare for an exploration of BMC Somatics, Embodied Movement, supported with live soundscapes. Combined with the science of Mantra meditation, Bhakti and the power of Sound & Voice activation, we will dismantle the layers of self to reveal the universal consciousness that lives at the heart of everything, the helix spiral of separation and re-union.
Unique to this container we will be unpacking, diving into and lovingly comparing Non-Dual Saiva Tantra and Vaishnava philosophy, revealing in the harmonies and singularities.
The sense of separation which is the root of our suffering lies not just in the mind, but deeply rooted in our belief systems that intertwines the nervous system, energy body and stored patterns of the body and psyche.
The three Malas in Tantrik Philosophy: Āṇava mala, Māyīya mala and Kārma mala are known as the three energetic veils of illusion that keep us bound to suffering and separation.
We will be dismantling, unravelling and excavating these energetic veils, liberating our true nature held in a safe container and loving community for deep inner Inquiry. A journey to arrive home, to the Symphony of Now.
This three day immersion can either be taken as a 20h Registered YACEP Teacher Training or as a deep retreat into the self.
What you will experience:
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Daily Somatic Meditation
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SOMAS Dynamic Practices: A blend of Body-Mind Centering Somatics, Embodied Yoga Flow and Intuitive Movement with Live Soundscapes
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SOMAS Yin Practices: A blend of Yin Yoga, Fascial Release, Nervous System Rewiring and Embryology with Live Soundscapes
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Voice Activation, Sound (Nada Yoga) & Mantra Embodied Workshops and Transmission
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Bhakti Yoga practice of Kirtan, as the prescribed medication of Kali Yuga to praise the divine, regulate individually and collectively and come back to our eternal blissful Ananda nature.
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Personal Transformation: Non Dual Saiva Tantra & Vaishnava Philosophy, Self Inquiry practices including journalling, conscious connection and an Introduction to Nervous System & Relational Healing
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Kula (Community) & Ritual: These 3 days will be a living mandala. An opportunity to be celebrated, to share and be witnessed in our shedding and growing as part of a collective consciousness
Sample Schedule:
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9am - 9.45am Embodied Ritual & Meditation
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10am - 12pm SOMAS Dynamic Practice
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12pm - 1.30pm Lunch
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1.30pm - 2.45pm Workshop
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3pm - 4.30pm SOMAS Yin Practice
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4.30pm - 5.30pm Bhakti / Kirtan
An invitation to gather
With a mat at your feet
A place to Feel
And nothing to be
Sounds of the soul
A pulsating beat
Let the rivers take you home
To the depths of release
Day 1: Āṇavamala / Illusion of Separation
The feeling that Something Is Missing? Āṇavamala (or Impurity of Individuality) is the veil that something is fundamentally wrong. A deep rooted belief that entangles the body, psyche, energy body and nervous system inherent to human experience, concealing us from revealing the truth that we are an expression of the divine.
A day to excavate the preconscious urges and desires that pull us outward, and the sense of separation that infuses cellular experience and nervous system state. Practices to access the universal consciousness that is within us, bringing us home to our natural organic state of wholeness.
Embodied practices and principles for day 1
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Ritual: An introduction into Embodied Ritual and Altar Devotion with Opening Ceremony
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Meditation: Introduction to Tantrik meditation > Into The energy behind desire and how to channel the longing into Self Realisation
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Practices: 1 x 2 hour SOMAS Dynamic Practice into heart, the recalibrating of separateness with Mantra with live soundscapes
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1 x 2 hour SOMAS Yin Practice with Live Soundscape with Focus on Nervous System Rewiring
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Philosophy: An embodied Interactive workshop introducing Tantrik & Vaishanva Philosophy principles and the Three Malas
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Kirtan: Finish the day in Celebration and Devotion, a delicious recalibration with Bhakti as the Origin, Route and Final Destination.
Day 2: Māyîya Mala - Perception of Subject, Object Differention
The failure to perceive the unity behind the apparent duality keeps us bound in a judgemental narrating mind. When we dissolve the fractured split of projection and perceived labels, we see ourselves in all beings, and all beings within ourselves. In Day two we will examine duality vs non-duality, the world as a mirror of projection.
The themes we will explore are: discernment and agency; The underlying saṃskāras, or Individuated childhood imprints that give rise to perception, opening us to investigate the choices behind our life path.
Embodied practices and principles for day 2
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Meditation: Somatic Tantrik meditation
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Practices: 1 x 2 hour SOMAS Dynamic Practice with live soundscapes & Mantra, 1 x 2 hour SOMAS Nervous System Rewiring Yin Practice with Live Soundscapes
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Philosophy & Mantra: Workshop with Introduction to Mantra & Sanskrit, Voice opening/ dearmouring.
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Conscious Connection: Self enquiry journalling, Witness and responsive Partner work + Authentic Relating
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Kirtan: Finish the day in Celebration and Devotion, a delicious recalibration with Bhakti as the Origin, Route and Final Destination.
Day 3: Kārma Mala - The Bondage of Karma
The cycle of action resulting from the ignorance and grasping of the previous two Malas create karmic repercussions. When we are driven by attachment and aversion we make life decisions from this Mala.
Through revealing the first two Malas, life can start flowing fourth from Pratibhā - our inner knowing or deeper intuitive intelligence. The relinquishing of Karma Mala unravels our life into deeper harmonious alignment with the greater organic pattern, opening ourselves as vessels of divine consciousness. This is the final step of unlocking our pure potentiality as beings of infinite possibility and creation. Coming into divine union not just as a practice but as a life path.
Embodied practices and principles for Day 3
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Meditation: Somatic Tantrik meditation
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Practices: 1 x 2 hour SOMAS Dynamic Practice with live soundscapes & Mantra, 1 x 2 hour SOMAS Somatic Rebirthing Practice from BMC embryology with Live Soundscape
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Philosophy: Philosophy discussion on Karma from Tantrik & Vaishnav perspective, with self inquiry journalling
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Somatic Voice Activation: Opening the vessel as a hollow tube for divine sound with somatic sounding practices
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Kirtan & Closing Ceremony: Celebration and devotion with Cacao Ritual & Kirtan
About Evy
EMBODIMENT FACILITATOR E-RYT 500 / RYT 2500h+
Embodied Yoga, Somatics, Non-Dual Tantra and Co-Founder of The Mythic Movement Yoga School
Evy has dedicated a lifetime to dissecting and questing to understand the complexities and unseen forces beneath the veil of reality. The unfolding of non-dual realization is a never-ending investigation of the intricate interweaving of consciousness, laying out a path of dharma that grooves the riverbeds of her life and teaching—inseparable from one another.
As the face of yoga continues to evolve, more people are accessing deeper layers of consciousness, reshaping the collective understanding of existence. Her teaching is informed by the evolution of ancient traditions, staying true to lineage while weaving together ancient technologies of myth and practice with contemporary neuroscience, trauma research, somatic science, and relational healing within the quantum field.
Evy has a BA First-class Degree in Dance Science and has completed over 2500+ hours of Teacher Training including Traditional Hatha, Ashtanga & Vinyasa Yoga, Yin, Restorative, Ayurveda, Somatics (BMC, Feldenkrais, Tomas Hanna Somatics), Remedial Pilates, Trauma & Nervous System studies, and has been a devotee of Classical Non-Dual Saiva Tantra (Trika Lineage) for the last 6 years. She has led 200h & 300h Teacher trainings with Authentic Flow, Trimurti Yoga School and now Co-founder of The Mythic Movement School, a movement in Non-Dual Tantra & Somatics.
The embodied path of Tantra brings one nowhere but here. The goal has always been exactly where one already is. It is through the vessel of the body—through its miraculous pathways of connectivity and exploration—that one can awaken to the intimacy of the present moment. The body is an archive, storing and shaping experience through tissues and cellular remembrance. Through the excavation of the inner world, one can experience the self as a micro-expression of the macrocosm—a vessel for consciousness to dance through in an unhindered, unbound expression of divine play.
About Pavan
Pavan is the founder of The Hanuman Project a grassroots and cutting edge devotional music ensemble. An ever evolving dissolving of boundaries and creating accessibility for devotional culture around world for the past decade with deep reverence and love for the devotional lineages of Bhakti Yoga. Pavan regularly tours and offers internationally at festivals, yoga melas, retreats and concert halls around the world for wide audiences.
From being born unable to speak properly, Pavan has been on a journey of a lifetime in opening his channel and using his voice and learning to sing and express.
In addition to sharing with the Hanuman Project he has led numerous Nada (Sound) Yoga and Bhakti Trainings and Immersions around the world in the past decade and draws on a rich experience of opening the channel from a technical and devotional process. Pavan is passionate about sharing a transmitting a sincere, humble and passionate yearning to re-unite with the divine, which in tern ignites the flames of the opening of the channel of the voice. Letting go of any need to correct, his approach is to lovingly bring awareness to that which is flowing and 'working' with celebration of the unfolding as the key element in moving through old patterns, stories and traumas.
Since an early age Pavan’s curious mind has studied, played and explored with cosmology, theology and mysticism;
From undergraduate history of Philosophy of Religion, two decades of Tarot, Close assocation with the Dualism of Gaudiya Vashnavism Parampara, and Mystical Mischeviousness of the Neem Karoli Baba Sangha. Interwtined with years of immersion in Medicine Songs and culture from the Andes and Americas and seasoned with Bardic Lore friom his Celtic Homelands, Pavan is well placed and cosmologically curious to be co-stewarding this Sonic Somatic exploration with you all.
In addition to leading and sharing Chant and Song with Voice, Guitar, Harmonium and Drum, Pavan will be conjuring live soundscapes, cellular unfoldings and dance-floor emanicaptions with Live Looping, Drum Machine and Synthesizer. And accordingly is very excited about the raw magic that is present when the movement and music are flowing together in the same current of consciousness unfolding.
About ALCHEMY Uluwatu - The Physical Container for this journey
We'll be held, uplifted and grounded at Alchemy Yoga and Meditation Centre in Uluwatu, Bali.
We love the temple shalas made from bambo and copper with a delicious wooden floor. Set in beautiful gardens, and flanked by a spa / recovery centre, it feels like a powerful container is opening up for us to dive deep, feel held, refreshed and rejuvinated.
