A Shakta, pronounced shaakt, is a follower of a sect of Hinduism which worships the Mother Goddess, or Shakti, in any of her various manifestations. Along with Shaivism, this is the sect most often associated with Tantra.
In pure Shaktism, the Great Goddess, or Devi, is worshiped as nothing less than the highest divinity, Supreme Brahman Itself, the "one without a second," with all other forms of Divinity, female or male, considered to be merely her diverse manifestations.
The Shaktas conceive their Great Goddess as the personification of primordial energy and the source of all divine and cosmic evolution.
In a certain sense, one could consider oneself a Shakta (a devotee of Shakti), a Shaiva (a devotee of Shiva), and a Vaishnava (a devotee of Vishnu) all at the same time.
Shakta began practicing yoga in 1972 and since 1976 has been teaching kundalini yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, the head of the Sikh faith in the Western Hemisphere.
For example, if a kid causes a disruption during a yoga class, Shakta recommends putting him or her in a "peace circle." The idea is the same as the traditional "time-out," but it has a more loving, less punitive energy about it.
Shakta mentioned that she had been asked by former Radiant Child workshop attendees to create a Level II because they wanted to go deeper.
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