Laura Amazzone is an author, teacher, intuitive, and Yoginī/Priestess. She completed her Master’s degree in Philosophy and Religion, with an emphasis in Women’s Spirituality & Asian Comparative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2001. Her book, "Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power," explores the millennia-old rituals and manifestations of the Goddess in South Asia and ho
nors female creative & sexual power as a divine force. Laura teaches Goddess classes and leads rituals within the Shakta Tantra, Sri Vidya traditions. She has been initiated into the Shakta, Sri Vidya and Kashmir Shaivite Tantric traditions. Today she studies closely with a Yogini and lineage holder from the Bihar Yogini and Sri Vidya lineages. Laura is adjunct faculty in the Yoga & Philosophy program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
She has published numerous articles discussing myth, ritual, adornment, and the significance of South Asian Goddesses as divine models of female empowerment. Laura writes a monthly article on Goddess at SutraJournal.com
Laura leads Goddess pilgrimages to Nepal. Please go to her website: www.lauraamazzone.com for more info.