On a Sunday night,
in the heart of New York City,
beneath stone arches and a stained glass ceiling
Two hundred and sixty souls sat in prayer together
strangers, seekers, skeptics, and saints
All welcome
Sat in stillness, silence
and song.
Nākaloka
the realm between realms
The inner abode of heaven
where the sacred and the earthly graze fingertips.
We made offerings
Everything this evening was gifted
The concert as well as all donation ($15,000)
Went towards 52 orphaned children in Nepal,
through the @ancientsecretsfoundation
These children
became our teachers,
They helped us remember the highest aim in this worldly life
Is to serve.
The walls of St. Bart’s held us in awe
A palace of pipes
One of the largest organs in the world
weeping with us
Ethereal
A connection to the pure stream of faith
Thousands of candles
Mandalas of lilies
in a city that rarely sleeps.
Together we forged an alliance with time
That she may stop for a while
And let us rest
In circle
We felt the lesson that love wears infinite names
but speaks one language.
Food, blessed and donated by
Khalos Ayurvedic kitchen
Like a mothers hug after a long day
we communed
To the holiest song of all
Unification in diversity
May this life be an offering to all those I meet
And so it is…
video: @jagphotofilm
We have found deep purpose in these times and earlier this year, realized the dream of taking Nākaloka into an even more potent offering of a weeklong immersion. In March, we hosted this exquisite dream in divine grace, at a 7th century fort called Kuchaman where the great Saint Anandamayi Ma, would take pilgrims. We humbly (and joyfully) present you the film of Kutastha | The Kuchaman Immersion, beautifully edited and created by our brother @trupalpandya . We thank him for his contribution (& @ijin_johnson ) in more than just the visual. It was a tall ask, to sum up that week into a short 2 minutes. It is equally challenging to describe Nākaloka… it seems to be a trend! all in Ma’s grace…
In gratitude to this ever widening community!
Victorien and Månika
The most potent Supermoon is this Saturday!!!
A day of reorganizing, manifesting, purgeing, and singing a duet with the cosmos!
We just read @abundancealchemist ‘s post about May 16th and our minds were blown!
We are setting up beds in the temple to do our first ever all night vigil. We knew it was important. We could feel it in our bones.
We have a few spots left. If you wish to harness this accelerated energy and really plant the seeds for this next chapter send us a DM
Wherever you are, wishing you to find the stillness required to hear the God within you whisper 💫
Thank you to @rebeccagordonastrology for this insight 🤍🪷
Comment “DREAM” to join us this weekend 🙏🤍
Together, we will weave a unique unifying field, with moments in silence, hikes in the woods, group circles and of course, the overnight vigil, a powerful way to meet ourselves as we stay up, in practice, meditation, music and dance throughout the night. We will have beds in the temple so you can allow yourself to drift in and out of dreamstates.
When: May 15–17, 2026
Where: @thethyme_ (2.5 hours from NYC; closest train: Wassaic, NY).
If I could tell my five year old self something
It would be that Gods plan is greater than the plan you can see for yourself
Surrender can feel so hard on the egos craving for safety … sameness… the penchant to go into victimhood…
This isn’t a reel for quick social media engagement..
it is an effort to connect deeply 🤌🏽
My preferred flavour of contact 😆
I’m opening up some spaces to work 1:1 with people now that I’m back in the USA. If you’re interested, please connect.
Love,
Månika
Shot by Som - @skewed.parallels
A walk down memory lane!
This one will be a very profound ceremony…
We will have beds in the temple and stay in vigil through the night with chanting, prayer, kriya, kirtan, shaking, and ecstatic dance, followed by a sunrise breakfast on the hill.
May 15-17 @thethyme_
Comment « DREAM » to get the details in your DM
I wrote this phrase once
Existence responds to our effort
And demands our surrender
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In this time where everyone is selling something
Pressure to perform perfection is so so high
We must dance that line of execution / effort / ambition with the heart of someone surrendered to the force that is THE DOER - not our ego… but divine will.
Share this with someone who needs to hear it
Love,
Månika
#motivation #love #divinewill
Our annual retreat, KUTASTHA, is coming up in July…
It is a time of growing a deep connection to the Creator in a setting that is mystical, and in many ways its own teacher.
This year at Castel Campo, at the feet of the Dolomites Mountains, we are gathering to go within… to integrate, to learn from Mother Nature, and bend time… supported by @swami_chidananda and @musicallyshruthi
For more information comment “ITALY” below 🪷🙏🏽🤍
There is a sacred tree in Uppsala Sweden Evergreen Next to a sacrificial spring and temple An ode to the legend of YGGDRASIL linking the 9 realms Reminding us… this universe is not a collection of random events But we are united in a single organism sustained by a divine flow Roots flowing between us A Network In the Gita Krishna describes Ashvattha, a cosmic tree with roots reaching upwards into the heavens and branches growing downward into the world The upward roots - pure consciousness The space in us…rooted in source… divine awareness The downward branches the manifested universe our material nature What we come to know through our five senses We exist in a perpetual flux…changing…dancing…bending…breaking to mend again… impermanence impermanence an eternal dance This tree - literal or metaphoric was visible this night… in this cosmic architecture We created a pattern A hymn of harmony and a memory emerged felt experienced Known.
Announcing GRACE CATHEDRAL, SF 💒✨
Our next Nākaloka benefit experience will be in San Francisco on June 3 at @gracecathedral in benefit of @urbanangelssf providing educational support and dignity for children living in poverty in SF 🪷
We would love to host you there!
🎟️ Free, on donation basis
Comment “Grace” to receive the ticket link in your DM.
In Loving Service,
Månika and Victorien
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Last year, we had the honor of raising funds and support for a number of incredible causes… including
War Child - helping children in war zones from Gaza to the Ukraine
Ancient Secrets Foundation - helping orphaned children have vocation, education, daily needs met
Ximena Cho Foundation - granting indigenous women in the arts financial support and more
#nakaloka
