We offer MONTHLY workshops, IMMERSIONS & retreats in NYC and beyond.
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THE MEMBERSHIP
A virtual membership with a global community of women. Join us to create your dream life, daily livestreams, accountability & powerful tools for TRANSFORMATION.
KUNDALINI YOGA + MEDITATION
A Kundalini Yoga + Meditation class for velocity, vitality, and victory. Harnessing the beam of the Aries Full Moon, we’ll strengthen the navel center, the nervous system, and build the pranic force to move through resistance and into decisive action.
KUNDALINI YOGA + MEDITATION
A Kundalini Yoga + Meditation class for velocity, vitality, and victory. Harnessing the beam of the Aries Full Moon, we’ll strengthen the navel center, the nervous system, and build the pranic force to move through resistance and into decisive action.
WORKSHOP OF THE MONTH
Workshop of the month with Benshen.co founder, Desirée Pais in The Membership! A Kundalini Yoga + Meditation workshop combining powerful practices, astrological insight, and real energetic shifts you can feel. You’ll leave grounded, activated, and equipped with tools to carry the work forward long after the session ends.
KUNDALINI YOGA + MEDITATION
A Kundalini Yoga + Meditation class for velocity, vitality, and victory. Harnessing the beam of the Aries Full Moon, we’ll strengthen the navel center, the nervous system, and build the pranic force to move through resistance and into decisive action.
DAY 1 DECEMBER MEDITATIONS
Every month inside the membership, we begin a new meditation together. On the first Monday of each month, we gather live for Day 1!
IMMERSION | ROME
Join us live from Rome, the Eternal City, to immerse yourself full in our next BENSHEN Immersion!
DAY 1 JANUARY MEDITATIONS
Every month inside the membership, we begin a new meditation together. On the first Monday of each month, we gather live for Day 1!
DAY 1 NOVEMBER MEDITATIONS
Every month inside the membership, we begin a new meditation together. On the first Monday of each month, we gather live for Day 1!
MOVIE NIGHT | PRACTICAL MAGIC
This Halloween, join the coven after dark in Brooklyn for a special Halloween screening of Practical Magic — the original, obviously!
DAY 1 OCTOBER MEDITATIONS
Every month inside the BENSHEN MEMBERSHIP, we work with a new meditation together as a community. On the first Monday of the month, Day 1 is our first practice together: the moment we gather live to begin the work, enter the new theme, and anchor into the meditation we’ll be practicing together throughout the weeks ahead.
WORKSHOP | CELESTIAL STUDIES
Join longtime astrologer and Kundalini Yoga teacher Joanna Pitt for a seasonal workshop in The Membership on the celestial cycles shaping the months ahead. In this edition, we’ll turn our attention to the upcoming Venus and Mercury retrogrades, examining their larger astrological themes, timing, and significance, and how we can work consciously with these cycles as periods of reflection, revision, and realignment.
FALL EQUINOX WORKSHOP
Join Benshen.co founder Desirée Pais for a Kundalini Yoga + Meditation workshop for the Fall Equinox on September 22nd in New York City.
SADHANA | RAKHE RAKHAN HAR
For three mornings leading into the Fall Equinox, we'll gather for 31 minutes of Rakhe Rakhan Har.
BOOK CLUB | BENSHEN LITERARY SOCIETY
We're so excited to launch the very first gathering of the BENSHEN Literary Society. To celebrate National Book Lovers Day, we'll be reading The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan—the first novel in The Magdalene Line Trilogy—before coming together for an evening of conversation, wine, and community.
SADHANA | LONG EK ONG KAR
For eight mornings leading into the Lion's Gate Portal on 8/8, we'll gather for 31 minutes of Long Ek Ong Kar.
BENSHEN IMMERSION
Think of this weekend as a summer gathering in the South of France, a chance to meet the BENSHEN community, soak up long sun-filled days by the sea, drop into a full day of immersive workshops and explore the lineage of Mary Magdalene.
MONTHLY WORKSHOP | THE MEMBERSHIP
Workshop of the month with Benshen.co founder, Desirée Pais in The Membership! Expect powerful practices, sharp insight, and real energetic shifts you can feel. You’ll leave grounded, activated, and equipped with tools to carry the work forward long after the session ends.
APRIL MEDITATIONS DAY 1
Each month, we introduce a meditation designed to support your growth in a clear, grounded way. Stay with it. Let it work on you. This is how the shift happens: through consistency, through practice, and through being held inside a community of women doing the same.
SPRING EQUINOX WORKSHOP
The Spring Equinox marks a sacred threshold, the moment when day and night stand in perfect balance. Known across traditions as a time of renewal and awakening, the Equinox invites us to step through a powerful energetic gate: leaving behind the heaviness of winter and returning to the vitality of the Radiant Body.
IN CONVERSATION | Dr. Carla Ionescu
As Benshen continues to grow, so does our devotion to community. More moments to gather. More ways to stay connected. We’re offering additional complimentary community events—designed for conversation, presence, and that unmistakable feeling of being in the right room at the right time. We’re now offering more complimentary gatherings—spaces to connect, reflect, and be witnessed in real time.
PORTUGAL RETREAT WITH DESIRÉE PAIS AND TONY LUPINACCI
PORTUGAL RETREAT with DESIRÉE PAIS AND TONY LUPINACCI
THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
Have you ever wanted to become a more empowered and confident speaker? Join our founder Desirée Pais for a new course to master the art of storytelling, learn to speak with confidence and feel empowered to share your unique voice with the world.
IMMERSION | THE SUBTLE BODY
Think of this weekend as the perfect opportunity to meet members of the Benshen community, explore one of the most beautiful cities in the world during a magical season, and dive into a full day of immersive workshops.
BENSHEN IMMERSION | ROME
Think of this weekend as the perfect opportunity to meet members of the Benshen community, explore one of the most beautiful cities in the world during a magical season, and dive into a full day of immersive workshops.
Kundalini + Meditation
Kundalini Yoga, Breathwork + Meditation is designed to fill your cup. Each class is complete with kriyas and practices designed to reduce stress from the body, balance the mind, and strengthen the nervous system. Vitality and energy cultivated from within!
