“Non-dogmatic - Practice and heart-based Tantra”
14 Day Module 1 - Tantra Intensive Meditation Retreat in Ikaria
Cavos Bay hotel & Studios, Main Street, Armenistis 833 01, Greece
Greece Meditation Retreat
Samma Karuna's Tantra intensive retreat is for anyone who wants to apply Tantra practices as tools for inner healing, the health of body, mind, and spirit. This module one program is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills, theory, and practice needed to go deeper into your own Tantra practice.
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Highlights
- 13 days of practice
- Daily meditation session
- Tantra theory and practice classes
- 13 nights accommodation
- Stunning surroundings
- 2 meals per day
- Certificate
Styles
12 days with instruction
Group size: 6-24 participants
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
13:00
Check-out Time:
11:00
Cavos Bay Hotel offers a variety of accommodation ranging from shared standard rooms to very comfortable accommodation with amenities and a sea view. Accommodation is offered exclusively inside Cavos Bay where all students participating in this course will be staying. The accommodation included in your course fee is a standard shared room with another student and a garden View. However, you may choose to upgrade your accommodation during the application process for the course.
Program
Prerequisites to enroll
- 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 one hour a day or more)
- A high level of comfort with dancing 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.
Structure
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 and 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 four-week certification.
Main subjects covered
- What is Tantra
- Bio development practice
- Compassionate sharing and self-inquiry
- Osho dynamic meditation
- Tantra and boundaries
- Introduction to emotional awareness
- Mindful contact
- Tantra and self-development
- Caress meditation
- Different styles of breathwork
- Energy body structure
- History of Tantra
- Exploration of the senses meditation
- Balancing polarities meditation
- Techniques for sublimation and transmutation of energy
- Shiva and Shakti sacred practices
- Review to the seven traditions of Tantra
- Introduction to Shamanic Tantra
- Tao bodywork (Tantric massage)
You will be learning from a team of extraordinary Tantra teachers with years of experience and with different approaches to Tantra. Samma Karuna offers a number of teachers, and they are experts in different aspects of Tantra, rather than use only a single teacher that is a specialist in one tradition. They see Tantra as a Yin path of self-development, based on acceptance, love, and devotion. Although other approaches to Tantra will be covered, this will be the main approach to the retreat, allowing you to embrace and cover the seven most important Tantric traditions in a uniquely comprehensive program.
The teaching methods used include both scientific and traditional Tantric knowledge. This Tantra intensive retreat is not Tantra-yoga oriented and asana practice will not be a part of it. This program is not a sex training program and no sex will be performed during class. The approach fosters gratitude, humility, respect, and contentment instead of focusing on personal power alone. Samma Karuna does not follow any organized religion or sect and this program is not focused on rituals.
Daily schedule
- 07:00 - 08:00 Meditation practice
- 08:00 - 09:00 Tea break (fruit and other refreshments provided)
- 09:00 - 09:20 Compassionate sharing
- 09:20 - 10:20 Tantra theory (Tantra lineages, truth and correct understanding, etc.)
- 10:30 - 13:00 Tantra practice
- 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch break (healthy and nutritious vegan buffet)
- 15:00 - 15:20 Compassionate sharing
- 15:20 - 16:20 Tantra theory (sexual education, sutras, the art of teaching, etc.)
- 16:30 - 18:30 Tantra practice
Sundays are your day off. The schedule structure will remain the same throughout, but the topics will change according to the program.
Instructors
Ishi Thamnopoulos
Ishi is the founder and lead teacher of Samma Karuna. He has been teaching Tantra for eight years and practicing for over 12 years. He is also an experienced Vipassana meditator and creator of a number of social meditations (including Samma Karuna AUM mediation, Tree of Harmony meditation, and Shower of love mediation among others). He is a certified Taoist instructor having studied with master Mantak Chia in Tao Garden. He also has a background in dance therapy, having studied Biodanza, and the creator of BioDevelopment. Certificate: https://www.tantrafederation.org/certifications/ishi/
Aliona
Aliona started her spiritual journey 8 years ago practicing yoga and meditation. In 2012 she met her meditation and reiki Master Mika and her Guru Swamiji, founder of Om Reiki Family Trust. She spent two years helping them in Om Reiki ashrams and centers in Russia, France and India, learning different types of meditation, mind/body awareness, pranayama and healing techniques. Aliona moved to India in 2014 where she was staying with the Osho community in Pune. There she facilitating different Osho active meditations and practiced Reiki. For the last three years she has been traveling and tea
Martin
Martin Rietdijk is an experience Yoga Teacher certified on Agama Yoga. His specialities are the knowledge of the Chakra System, Pranayama and still Meditations. Martin is also co-founder of Samma Karuna and lead teacher for the Awakening Classes. Both warm-harted and meditative, Martin brings passion for living in his talks an is an example of ethical behaivour and selfless work.
Bruno Mushotoku
Bruno did live for two years at the Meditation center Wat Ram Poeng in Thailand where he practiced and taught Meditation. He lived at the Osho Meditation community at Pune, India, for seven years where he learned emotional awareness and Tantra. He facilitates self-discovery courses for over 20 years ago throughout the whole world. He offers meetings, courses, and intensive retreats on self-discovery, meditation, co-dependency, Tantra trainings, and one-week intensives on Tantra for couples with Astiko. Certificate: https://www.tantrafederation.org/certifications/bruno-mushotoku/
Matteo
His journey began in 1996 by practicing Kundalini yoga, followed by a worldwide constant expansion into personal development such as NLP, EFT, Nutrition and Longevity, life coaching, and Tantra. He is now a certified yoga Instructor in Kundalini yoga (3HO) and recently in Sattva yoga. Matteo started his exploration into Tantra by studying classical Tantra with Agama yoga. By later becoming a facilitator of Tao Tantric arts, a fusion of ancient Tao sexual arts and Tantra based on the work of Master Mantak Chia. Certificate: https://www.tantrafederation.org/certifications/moromen/
Vibha
Vibha Lasya is working and teaching internationally in the field of Tantra since 1990. She was initiated by the Enlightened Mystic Osho in India in 1979 and lived there, immersing herself totally in the world of meditation, dance and inner transformation, for 25 years. During those years she was also trained and certified through the Academy of Healing Arts, the Institute of Love and Consciousness, the School of Mysticism and the Meditation Academy of the Osho Multiversity with international masters of their fields. Vibha has extensively trained in Tantra and Tantra Sacred Dance with many te
Location
The retreat will take place in Cavos Bay Ikaria, a beautiful hotel exclusively booked for this training.
Features
Activities
- Swimming
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
General
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Balcony
- Dining area
- Garden
- Lounge
- Mini bar
- Terrace
Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Hair dryer
Food
You will be served two meals per day included in the price. There will be a tea break with fruit and other refreshments from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. and a healthy and nutritious vegan buffet lunch from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Another meal included will be announced later.
The following meals are included:
- Lunch
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegan
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
What's included
- Truly exceptional training program
- Explore from beginners to advanced techniques
- Self-understanding program (85% of this retreat is experiential)
- Welcome bang and introductory hand-out
- 13 nights accommodation
- 2 meals per day
- Certificate of participation and credits towards becoming a Tantra teacher
What's not included
- Flights
- Airport transfers
- Upgrade to superior private room and garden view (595 USD extra)
- Upgrade to suite with sea view - spacious room with extra amenities and a sea view (850 USD extra)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
SMI
Samos International Airport "Aristarchos of Samos"
72 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Samos International Airport "Aristarchos of Samos" (SMI). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request. The journey costs 25 EUR per way.
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