THE TEACHER TRAINING RETREAT
The teacher training group consists of a maximum of 30 students facilitated by a competent and engaging, international teaching team.
Living in a retreat enables students to focus intensively on their training, away from every day tasks and distractions, fully immersing themselves in a process of learning and self-discovery. Students discover the joy of deeply engaging in yogic practice and lifestyle without their usual responsibilities and away from busyness of daily life.
65% of the course content is focused on tantra yoga, pranayama and chakra work.
Other practises are: Heyoca, Tantra Dance, expressive arts of the being; Shamanistic practices; tantric and shamanistic rituals; Durga’s Tiger Dance; applied Tantra philosphy
KAULA TANTRA YOGA
is rooted in Uttara Shaivism, or Kashmiri Shaivism, one of six Śiva traditions. Students approach the asanas from a place of relaxation, care, and love for themselves.
This yoga serie is hence practiced in a slow and flowing manner to build patience and awareness. Each asana is held gently for a period of time to allow students to relax into the posture. This way, each individual finds their own unique way of expressing the asanas without the pressure of competing or ‘performing perfectly’.
Tantra Yoga facilitators approach students as whole human beings and discourage ‘isolating’ or forcing muscles. Their priority is to hold a space of acceptance and love, with only minimal guidance where necessary.
Over time, students learn to meditate in the postures to connect with the Divine. This yoga specifically cultures the diaphragms and balances every area of life, including sexuality.
Please note that classes do not involve nudity or sexual contact. In advanced stages, deeper Pranayama practice, Bandhas, and Mantra practices are incorporated to culture Kundalini Energy.
DURGA'S TIGER DANCE
The keys to vitality are breath, movement and voice.
With techniques for “freeing the voice” we make our cells vibrate and energies move. We get to know our voices in a completely new way. And we experience: Nada Brahma, the world is sound. We tune into the sound of the world and move important themes of our lives with it.
APPLIED TANTRIC PHILOSOPHY: In this experiential space, the focus is on simple, applicable tools and experiences for everyday life – because there is tremendous power in simplicity! We will dive into communication, the power of the ritual, touch and consent, opening our senses, and the connection between Kaula Tantra Yoga, life force energy, and sexuality.
MANTRA SINGING
We sing mantras and sacred songs from all over the world and get to know the joy of singing together anew. With the songs we build a healing space among ourselves. Here the whole person belongs: Body, emotions, mind and soul. We learn songs without notes, which we can quickly sing “by heart”. As we deepen into them, connection and stillness emerge through sounding and listening.
INTUITIVE ANATOMY
Through experiencing and feeling we approach the vision and methodology of Kaula Tantra Yoga. Through the breath we restore the unity between body and mind and connect with our inner body intelligence, learning to read it better and act according to its current needs. We experience the combined powers of body, breath and mind and the effect of being in harmony with the messages we perceive from our body in every moment.
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CHAKRAS
Chakras represent developmental issues that we humans have to face step by step, anchoring in the family, detachment, growing in the field of tension with the opposite and finding our very own path. We learn to recognize archetypal patterns in the chakras and explore them through our own biographical history.
SHAMANISM
Shamanism is the connection between nature and spirit. Through ancient techniques and ceremonies we connect with nature, with the elements and worlds – such as plants and animals – and thus with creation and ultimately with ourselves. We learn that the body is the earth and the water, the wind and the fire, that the body is spirit and the spirit is body. We restore balance in all our aspects, experience the power of transformation and increase our life force and healing energy.
FORUM AND ARTS
In the ZEGG Forum we offer a space for heart-to-heart communication. Topics such as feelings, personal development, love or relationships are shared in this transformational process. Then we set them in motion with each other through art. Because art helps us to expand our possibilities of expression and thus also to change our experience in the world. One way is the way of the clown. For the clown approaches everything with wonder, rediscovering the old familiar as a miracle. Authentically in contact with what is, he reveals his own emotions without shame. On the path of the clown, we encounter our feelings, creativity and joy of life in every moment. In doing so, we question our “apparent normality” with humor and thus experience the world in a new way.
TIGERSMILE - in september 2019 Durga´s Tiger School for Tantra Yoga Arts & Shamanism got a recognition: The International Yoga Platform "Book Retreats" has honored us as one of the top 5 yoga schools in the world to obtain an internationally recognized Advanced Yoga Teacher degree (500 hours YA Yoga Alliance & YAI Yoga Alliance International).
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