Experience our
Advanced Tantra Practitioner Retreat
and
Tantra Teacher Training in Greece
Tantra Training Ikaria island, Greece
(2 and 4 weeks respectively)
We offer a intense and deeply transformative retreat with a wonderful curriculum
Our retreat is a tresure to us and to many of the hundreds of students who have attended over the past eight years. It is founded upon a mature and extraordinary curriculum that is deeply transformative, intense, and heart-opening.
Free Tantra Teaching Internships to graduates
Our Tantra Teacher Training offers an optional free internship (extra 4 weeks) to teach Tantra at our headquarters in Koh Phangan, Thailand. This benefit is valid for 3 years from your graduation date and is meant for graduate students that would like to deepen their Tantra teaching skills.
Highlights
The venue at the Cavos Bay, Blue Zone of Ikaria
We proudly offer one of the most nurturing environments for Awakening & Healing. Our retreat center is situated in the Blue Zone of Ikaria in Greece. Additionally, we are hosted by Cavos Bay Hotel, which provides great facilities in a seafront location.
Become Lifetime Member of Samma Karuna and Join our Tantra Community and Family
Life Time Membership to our Awakening & Healing program with daily classes of yoga, tantra and breathwork and many more for our graduates. Samma Karuna is more than just a Tantra school; it is a community of friends and family who practice a conscious lifestyle and support one another.
We are a long established Tantra school
We tantra Tantra teachings that foster love, simplicity, and compassion. Our refined Tantra curriculum, honed over the past eight years of running this retreat, reflects the dedication and expertise of our senior teachers and the support of our community to the spiritual path.
We offer non-dogmatic and heart based teachings
Our approach cultivates goodwill, simplicity, kindness, and compassion, rooted in strength and self-understanding. Additionally, our teachings and practices are non-dogmatic, embracing both traditional practices and modern science, creating an optimal environment for self-exploration.
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What is this retreat about?
What is this retreat about?
Our Tantra retreat focuses on Tantra as a path to awakening and healing. It follows the path of love to achieve self-realization and liberation from suffering. Additionally, our retreat is designed to address the issues faced by contemporary individuals, covering topics such as family dynamics, intimacy, self-worth, coping mechanisms, shame, sex, and relationships. The teachings you will receive emphasize the development of qualities such as love, simplicity, and compassion, guiding participants to let go of the illusion of control and embrace a state of spiritual surrender.
For who is this retreat?
The Samma Karuna advanced Tantra Practitioner training & Tantra Teacher Training is a spiritual retreat for those who wish to use Tantra practices as tools for inner healing, enhancing the health of the body, mind, and spirit, and becoming professional Tantra teacher.
This course is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience needed to deepen your own Tantra practice (modules 1) and to understand advanced Tantra and transformational techniques as well as the teaching methods necessary to teach Tantra (Module 2).
The application requirements for our Tantra Teacher Training course
The prerequisites to enroll in our Tantra practitioner training and Tantra Teacher Training are:
- Previous experience in Tantric or Tao-Tantric practices.
- An open, flexible mind and the ability to meditate (you may be asked to engage in sitting or cathartic meditation for 1 hour a day or more).
- A high level of comfort with body movement and respectful body contact.
- A commitment to learning.
- You must be able to read, speak, and comprehend English with a satisfactory degree of fluency.
- A high level of self-discipline and a stable mind is required during both course modules as they are physically, mentally and spiritually demanding.
- In order to be considered for either of these 2 modules you need to pay an online deposit and fill in the application form that will be forwarded to you by email.
- If your course application is not accepted a full refund of the deposit will be issued.
- Full payment in cash of the remaining tuition fee will be required upon arrival.
Meet your Tantra teachers
Ishi
He is the creator of the BioDevelopment® dance therapy system, the school of contemporary Tantra, Samma Karuna So Ham breathwork® and Tetra Breathwork® along with many active meditations and techniques combining breath, movement and expression. Ishi currently leads the 3 main schools of Samma Karuna.
Patricia
Patricia Udipti is a Breathwork, Meditation and Somatic Practices facilitator.
She started her journey 10 years ago when she was first introduced to active meditation.
Patricia has been living in Europe and Asia for the last 8 years, developing her work in conscious expansion and supporting others self-healing journeys.
Brady
Brady is a dedicated Tantra and Breathwork facilitator, passionately committed to guiding individuals on their spiritual journey of Awakening and Healing. Transitioning from a career as an electrician, Brady began a path to illuminate the inner self through breath and love.
Believing that “to see ourselves fully enables us to love ourselves fully,” Brady’s mission is to foster greater awareness, love, and light, bringing profound healing to both the individual and the world.
Charilaos
Charilaos began his deep spiritual journey and bodywork in 2006, studying yoga, tantra, and practicing vipassana. The universe knocked on his door in 2012, that’s when he found a mentor and went to Thailand to study the art of traditional healing modality’s. He had the opportunity to learn and experience different styles from some of the great masters such as Pichest, Mantak Chia , Sinchai, and Mr. Nat (school for the blind). He is also authorised instructor to Chi Nei Tsang (Chinese medicine) and Thai massage! Dedicate to his purpose to admire and help the human body, to be aware and healed, thought his classes and private sessions!
Suta
“The true spirit of my work is to guide people who sense that ‘there must be something more’, into healing experiences of deep peace, timelessness & the Great Relief that comes from reconnecting to what really matters – to live from, and as, Soul in this beautiful, yet troubled world.”
Suta has over 25 years experience in the healing arts and travelled widely, leading workshops and trainings in 15 countries.
Kristine
Kristine started her spiritual path 7 years ago when she decided to take a break from the corporate and academic world to travel without even thinking that would change her entire life. It was a new beginning and liberation for her.
The journey took her to Asia where she discovered and started practicing meditation, yoga and different spiritual modalities.
Your Tantra Course structure:
The course consist on two different modules; Module 1: Tantra practitioner training, and Module 2: Tantra Teacher Training. While module 1 can be done by itself, module 2 can only be done if you have successfully completed module 1 first.
Module 1: Tantra Intensive Retreat
In this first module of 14 days, you will dive deeper into your understanding of the tools, meditations and techniques available towards a deeper self-understanding of Tantra as a path of awakening & healing. This module can be taken as a transformative retreat to immerse deep into the practice of Tantra, or as a Teacher Training to gain credits toward the 4 weeks certification.
Main subjects covered in Module 1:
- What is Tantra
- Biodevelopment practice (Tantra & inner-child work)
- Compassionate Sharing
- Self-Inquiry practice
- Concentration practice
- Tantra and nutrition
- OSHO Dynamic meditation
- Tantra & boundaries
- Introduction to emotional awareness
- Mindful touch
- Tantra & self-development
- Caressing meditation
- Different styles of connecting breathwork
- Samma Karuna So Ham (diaphragmatic breathing)
- Energy body structure
- History of Tantra
- Exploration of the senses meditation
- Balancing polarities meditation
- Samma Karuna AUM meditation
- Techniques for sublimation & transmutation of energy
- Shiva & Shakti sacred practices (circles of male & female)
- The Archegram as a guide in the spiritual path
Module 2: Advance practices and how to teach
Module 2 offers advanced techniques and practices, focus on intimacy, heart-opening, recognizing the observer, and integrating the observer with the observed.
Our teacher training module equips you with the knowledge and teaching techniques required to lead your own Tantra classes and workshops. You will gain all the necessary tools to structure a session from start to finish.
Upon successfully completing this training course, all graduates are invited to participate in a complimentary 30-day internship at our main school in Thailand, where they can facilitate regular Tantra classes within the first 3 years of certification.
* Teacher Training can only be pursued after successfully completing Module 1.
Main subjects covered during the Module 2:
- How to structure a class
- Overview to Tantric sutras
- Mantras and Yantras
- Tantra as a path to awakening of the heart
- Tantra as a path to altruistic love
- Atisha's heart meditation (Tonglen)
- Tantra and devotion
- Tantra and music structure
- How to structure a Tantra class
- Tantra and the understanding of trance states
- The art of Teaching Tantra
- Tantra teaching practice in groups
- Tantra and business
- Tao-Tantra practices for multi-orgasmic
- Sexual control for men and women
- Tantra as a path of liberation
- Samma Karuna Awakening Meditation (observer)
- Tantra and the transcendence of duality (observer and observed as one)
What will your day consist of?
What will your day consist of?
- 06.60 to 07.30: Meditation practice
- 07..30 to 9.00: Tea break (Fruit and other Refreshments Provided)
- 9.00 to 9.20: Compassionate sharing
- 9.20 to 10.20: Tantra theory (Tantra Lineages, Truth & correct understanding, etc.)
- 10.30 to 13.00: Tantra practice
- 13.00 to 15.00: Lunch & break (Healthy and nutritious Vegan Buffet)
- 15.00 to 15.20: Compassionate sharing
- 15.20 to 16.20: Tantra theory (Sexual Education, Sutras, Art of Teaching etc)
- 16.30 to 18.30: Tantra practice
Sundays are your day off, however some activities may be included. The schedule structure will remain the same throughout, but the topics will change according to the program.
Ishi: the lead teacher
Ishi, our lead teacher, is an internationally recognized spiritual guide and experienced Tantra teacher. As a seeker and spiritual mentor,
Ishi has devoted his life to the path of love as a means of self-realization, awakening, and healing.
Ishi is the founder and lead teacher of Samma Karuna, where he has been leading workshops and spiritual retreats for the past 14 years.
His teachings are centered on the message of loving presence.
An awakening experience following a spinal injury at the age of 29 catalyzed Ishi's dedication to his spiritual journey. Since then, he has created several transformative systems and methods, including the BioDevelopment® dance therapy system, the contemporary Trika Tantra school, the R.I.C.H. healing method, Samma Karuna So Ham Breath®, and Tetra Breathwork®.
Additionally, he has developed numerous active meditations and techniques that integrate breath, movement, and expression.
Currently, Ishi oversees the three main schools at Samma Karuna: Tantra, Yoga, and Breathwork. Since 2013, he has been teaching daily, dedicating the past decade to his students and the Samma Karuna community.
Accommodation for your Tantra Training at The Venue at Cavos Bay, Ikaria
Accommodation for your Tantra Training
The event will take place at Cavos Bay Ikaria, a beautiful hotel exclusively reserved for our training.
We provide a range of accommodation options, from shared standard rooms to highly comfortable rooms with amenities and sea views. All accommodation are exclusively within Cavos Bay, where all course participants will stay. The standard accommodation included in your course fee is a shared room with another student and garden view. However, you have the option to upgrade your accommodation during the booking process.
Type C
Standard room shared with another student (included in your course fee).
Type B
Superior private room and garden view (€ 850 extra).
Type A
Suite with sea view - spacious room with extra amenities and a sea view (€ 1320 extra).
Certification overview & disclaimer
Certification review
As a Tantra Teacher in Training, you are authorized to conduct regular classes, private sessions, and workshops lasting up to three days.
The school reserves the right to deny your certification upgrade or revoke your license at any time due to misconduct or unethical behavior, as outlined in the Tantra Federation’s Code of Ethics.
Student testimonials
Upcoming Courses:
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- 3rd of November 2024 in Greece
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- 6th of April 2025 in Thailand
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Course Booking:
Course Booking:
Book your place on the next Tantra Training Course (TTC) by choosing your preferred course and selecting your date afterwards.
14 Days Tantra Intensive Retreat
Special Early Bird Discount Valid till 30Th of September-
Module I of the TTC course
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Truly exceptional training program from Samma Karuna School of Awakening & Healing
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Welcome bag and instructorial hand-out
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14 days of residential accomodation (Shared room with another student)
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Transfer service from and to the airport
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Self-understanding program. 85% if this course is experiential
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Light Breakfast and 2 healthy and nutritious vegan meals a day (lunch and dinner) in All-Inclusive.
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Certificate of participation and credits towards become a tantra teacher
28 Days Tantra Teacher Training
Special Early Bird Discount Valid till 30Th of September-
ALL IN THE 14 DAYS PROGRAM PLUS:
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Module II of the TTC course
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Welcome bag and training manual
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Transfer service from and to the airport
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Learn all theory behing how to structure a class
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28 days of residential accomodation (Shared room with another student - upgradable)
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Set of Music, guided meditations and tantra texts (to support your teaching after the course)
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Multiorgasmy techniques and awareness in intimacy
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Life-membership to our Awakening & Healing program with daily classes of yoga, tantra and breathwork for graduates.
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Optional internship to practice teaching tantra at our main school in Thailand (Valid for 3 years)
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Certificate as tantra teacher for graduates* 100HR teaching experience are required during the first year