About Tova
Tova Olsson is a scholar of religion and yoga educator whose work brings academic research into conversation with embodied practice. For more than two decades, she has studied and taught yoga, Tantra and Indian religious traditions, with a particular interest in making complex philosophies accessible without reducing them to simple spiritual slogans.
She holds an MA in the History of Religions, is a PhD researcher working on Tantra and gender studies, and is the author of Yoga and Tantra: History, Philosophy and Mythology. She also teaches internationally across yoga teacher trainings and leads pilgrimages to Shakti Pithas in India.
Areas Tova works with
- Tantric studies Academic and practical study of tantric traditions and texts.
- Dasa Mahavidya The ten wisdom goddesses of the Shakta tradition.
- History of religions Placing spiritual practices in their historical and cultural context.
- Yoga education Teaching across yoga teacher trainings internationally.
- Shakti Pitha pilgrimages Leading journeys to the sacred Shakti sites of India.
- Research & writing PhD research on Tantra and gender, and author of a book on yoga and Tantra.
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