6 Day Tantra Yoga, Arts and Shamanism Retreat in the Andes, Ecuador
6 Day Tantra Yoga, Arts and Shamanism Retreat in the Andes, Ecuador
Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador
Up to 25 in group
Open Dates
Retreat Highlights
- Unify body, mind and spirit through yoga and learn how to integrate tantric philosophy into your daily life
- Engage in a personal and transformative process in a beautiful and intimate learning environment
- Get in contact with the culture of South America and experience the similarities between its shamanic Cosmovision and the ancient indian teachings
- Discover your personal light and shadows through a range of experience based Art forms
- Discover the importance of the ritual
- "Young Seniors" very welcome, the retreat is great for all ages
- Enjoy 3 delicious, healthy, vegetarian meals per day
About this Retreat
Wind Malin Disse was born in Berlin, Germany. From the age of 3 years old he has been living in Ecuador with exception of a view years in Switzerland. He graduated as an Anthropology in Ecuador, and went to Germany for advanced studies as a Migration Manager. Besides Wind loves extreme sports and to play music as a DJ on festivals.
Wind´s path as an anthropologist, artist and Yoga Teacher leads him to be seen as a cultural mediator, a bridge between worlds. He has been teaching the traditional Kaula Tantra Yoga in many workshops. In 2020 he joined a teacher training in the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in the south India. In Durga’s Tiger School ® he teaches Applied Tantra Wisdom, Meditation and Psychology of Chakras beside Kaula Tantra Yoga and Shamanism. He is a certified Yoga Alliance and Yoga Alliance International Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) and one of the lead teachers of the Durga’s Tiger School ® Yoga Teacher Training.
Due to his deep interest in shamanism, he has contacted many shamans of the Amazon and Andean region of Ecuador, and worked with them to understand their traditions. From 2009 Wind has been invited to learn more about the shamanic tradition of the Cofán- A’i socio-culture and ended up being accepted as apprentice by the shaman Don Avelino Quenama.
Wind´s thesis as Anthropologist was about the theme: Orality, practices and symbols of the A´i shamanism, including the relation with visionary plants. Don Avelino gave him the authorization to do his own ceremonies with the yage medicine and share his knowledge.
Since then, Wind Malin Disse has attended and guided many shamanic ceremonies in order to keep on learning and help others to enter into a shamanic state of consciousness that allows shamanic healing.
A Lithuanian-born yogini, artist, and space holder, Migle carries a deep longing for truth and transformation. With roots in experimental filmmaking and a journey from depression to devotion, she has spent recent years immersed in embodiment practices, plant medicine, and spiritual integration. A graduate of Durga’s Tiger School, she now guides others through Kaula Tantra Yoga, Kali-Durga Embodiment Dance Rituals, and somatic integration of sacred medicine journeys. Migle brings a tender yet powerful feminine presence, rooted in love and deep service to the sacred and the feminine.
Migle has finished a 200H YTT in multi-style yoga and 500H YTT in Kaula Tantra Yoga at Durga’s Tiger School. She has been initiated into Reiki II. While living in the UK, she was able to gain a lot of experience from working in one of the biggest Yoga studios in London, a few years of volunteering in Ecstatic dances, as well as assisting in shamanic Women Circles. Migle also had a wonderful chance to deeply connect with the Cacao Spirit when she was learning in a transformational Cacao farm in the South of Ecuador.
In 2023 she arrived at Durga’s Tiger School where she discovered that there is a way to combine all of her favourite modalities – Shamanism, Tantra, Yoga and Arts. Now she has joined the team to manage social media and online content as well as to give classes and co-lead teacher trainings.
Migle’s path keeps evolving as she loves learning and growing and now is being trained in Kali Durga Dance Ritual from Shakta Tantra tradition and facilitating Somatic-psychology based integration of Plant Medicine ceremonies. She has also started assisting her husband Wind Disse in shamanic rituals and Power Plant ceremonies.
It was the Tsáchilas who introduced her to the first cacao plant in all its stages, since then she has worked with agricultural projects, being able to learn the importance of connection of earth to cosmos..
Feeling the call of the Ilaló back in 2020, she was accredited with 500 hours RYT at Durga’s Tiger School; since then she works as a Kaula Tantra Yoga teacher, supporting meditations, and other diverse classes in addition to managing the space in Ecuador.
Durgas Tiger School was the seed that opened the tantric path, ¨ Tantra says do anything you want with consciousness and love. This has become her life philosophy. ¨ Tantra helps me to walk the path of the heart¨
Jhoselyn has taken an intensive Tantra course with the Sky Dancing Tantra Institute exploring the meaning of Love and Ecstasy, she is a Reiki practitioner and holds a bachelor in Business and French, a Master in Agribusiness and Rural Development.
Iris is a German artist, who works in Latin America and Europe as an internationally renowned film maker. Her documentaries and movies reflect the social reality of the indigenous people in Latin America and Indonesia.
Until 1995 she was a well-known actress for German TV and theatre. She subsequently worked as a theatre director in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna. She is a prize-winning sound artist and maintains some involvement in this fields.
1988-1993 she become interested in meditation, breathing, singing and dancing as spiritual techniques with the Sufimaster Pir Vilayat Inayat Kahn. Every year she participated in monthly retreats in the Alps.
1993-1995 she trained in Yoga Tantra with a range of teachers including Margo Anand, Doris Christinger and Peter Schröter from Sky Dancing Tantra, Diana Richardson, Kutira and Allan Lowen. She has been practicing Tantra for the last 20 years together with her partner, David Höner.
Iris and David have been teaching Tantra in different parts of the world since 1996 and Iris currently presents this knowledge at the University of Quito (Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar) and Durga’s Tiger School. Working since 1994 with indigenous people in Latin America and Indonesia, she become heavily involved with Shamanistic Energy work.
In February, 2013 Iris completed a 500 hour, advanced Tantra Yoga Certification with the traditional tantric Bhagavan, Shri Shanmukha Anantha Natha in Southern India. She is initiated in Shri Vidya Tantra and certified as a YAI (Yoga Alliance International) Master Yoga teacher. For yogis who interested in studying in India she can highly recommend Shri Kali Ashram.
Since 2000 Iris has been developing Durga’s Tiger Teachings incorporating Tantra Yoga, tantric Philosophy and Shamanism. Her Durga’s Tiger Dance Meditation is a powerful fusion of yoga energy work implemented in different dance stiles. The training involves voice work like chanting.
Christoph is a German actor, theatre director and teacher based since 1984 in Ecuador. His theatre works made him travel through almost all countries of Latinamerica as well as Mexico, attending festivals and directing plays. His works as an actor in film and internet opened his career to a vast audience in the Spanish speaking world.
After workshops in the Theatre Lab of Jerzy Grotowski en Wroclaw/Polonia he studied in the Jacques Lecóq School for mime, movement and theatre in Paris and attended during 3 years workshops with teachers of the Lee Strasberg School of Acting in different cities in Europe. He studied Tai Chi (Yang style) with Ana Triebel in Berlin/Germany.
Up to 1984 he worked in Berlin in different independent theatre groups. In “Voice and Movement”, a group directed by the Russian composer Vladimir Rodzianko, he worked on a combination of extended range vocal expression, based on the training of south African actor and vocalist Roy Hart, and selected dance and mime movements. Another group was the today still existing “Berliner Companie”, a very successful touring political theatre network. Since then Christoph has a special emphasis in the political impact of theatre art works.
From 1988 to 1992 he was Director of the german-ecuadorian cultural centre “Asociación Humboldt”, now Goethe Institute, in Quito. He organized more than 800 national and international cultural events.
From 1986 to nowadays he directed and acted in more than 40 stage plays. From 1981 to 2017 he acted in a big variety of films for cinema, television and internet, produced in Italy, Germany, Hungria, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia.
In 2011 he carried out together with his wife, the ecuadorian actress Tamara Navas, the project ¨Theatre on Wheels”, meetings with imagination – creative journeys with a theatre truck, named “The eternal invisible”, visiting 50 cities and towns of Ecuador.
Christoph is a researcher of creative processes in individuals and groups and of different paths of non-directive (self-taught) learning. In Durgas Tiger School his teachings put emphasis on theatre as a playground to act out the deeper emotional sources of our creative being, using a great variety of techniques from improvisational theatre, dynamics from Gestalt therapy, clowning, working with masks, scene work, and others.
Details of this retreat
Join this workshop to know about the art of living an integrated life. You can relax, deepen your yoga practice, heal, share beautiful moments with other people, enjoy with events we organize, enjoy yoga, art, dance, meditation, music, great vegetarian food, nature, and learn more about the ancient knowledge of this beautiful country.
As Durga's Tiger School for Tantra Yoga Shamanism is living in Ecuador with a massive indigenous population, they work with shamanism energy concepts as well, relating the shamanic visionaries of the Andes with the Tibetan tantric tradition. All this work is supported by the Kaula Tantra yoga, in which you will learn to create your sacred space and make the yoga practice a deep experience of self-encounter.
A yoga retreat is a gift you can give to yourself! You can relax, deepen your yoga practice, heal, share beautiful moments with other people, enjoy organized events; enjoy art, dance, meditation, music, great vegetarian food, and nature, and learn more about the ancient knowledge of this beautiful country.
During this retreat, you will discover the power of traditional Tantra yoga, of the ritual, of body expression as tools for personal discovery and healing. You don’t have to be experienced in yoga to join the program, and you can decide which activities you want to participate in every day.
ESTIMATE WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR THE YOGA RETREAT
From Monday to Friday:
*06:30 - 07:30 Meditation
*07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
*10:00 - 13:00 Kaula Tantra Yoga
*13:00 Lunch
*16:00 - 19:00 One of the following classes: “Shamanism”, “Artistic Expression”, “Applied Tantric Wisdom”, Partner or Hatha Yoga
*20:00 - 22:00 2 nights per week one of the following classes: “Durga’s Tiger Dance”, “Psychology of Chakras”, “Mantras, Medicine songs”
KAULA TANTRA YOGA
%The traditional form of Kaula Tantra Yoga was transmitted face-to-face by Bhagavan Shanmuka Anantha Natha. It is unique because it changes not only the physical but impacts the psychological, emotional, energetic, and spiritual realms as well. They work with asanas, kundalini, chakras, bandhas, pranayama, mudras yantras, and mantras.
Different from other practices this series is 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’.
HATHA YOGA
%In Hatha yoga practice students move the stagnation of the body and mind. Through asana, meditation, pranayama, and yogic philosophy you'll meet your physical and spiritual strength that cultivates the energy that empowers your lives.
MEDITATION
Conncet with different morning meditation techniques exploring the active and static way to reach meditative states of consciousness. Meditations include mantras, breath techniques, and sound or silence.
NATURE SPIRIT CONNECTION (Shamanism)
As we are living in Ecuador with a huge indigenous population, students also have the opportunity to learn about Andean culture, its cosmovision, and its similarities with Eastern culture. During the course, shamanistic energy concepts are explored together with the Tibetan tantric tradition.
APPLIED TANTRIC WISDOM
These classes are a powerful opportunity for self-discovery. As the course is based on experience we will create active and participative classes where we will work on some of the main aspects of Tantra, like self-connection, communication, intimacy, sexual life energy.
ART
This work is a fusion of tools and experiences that can be used in art and life. Get in touch with your inner child and intuition, develop the right side of the brain and lateral thinking, release patterns and blockings, open your ears and eyes to the present moment and to others, work in a group in more effective and loving ways, and increase your creativity and artistic skills by looking at things in a completely new perspective. They also use dance as a tool to deepen creativity and intuition through techniques of the liberation of the voice and relaxation in body movement.
CERTIFICATIONS
The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.
As Durga's Tiger School for Tantra Yoga Shamanism is living in Ecuador with a massive indigenous population, they work with shamanism energy concepts as well, relating the shamanic visionaries of the Andes with the Tibetan tantric tradition. All this work is supported by the Kaula Tantra yoga, in which you will learn to create your sacred space and make the yoga practice a deep experience of self-encounter.
A yoga retreat is a gift you can give to yourself! You can relax, deepen your yoga practice, heal, share beautiful moments with other people, enjoy organized events; enjoy art, dance, meditation, music, great vegetarian food, and nature, and learn more about the ancient knowledge of this beautiful country.
During this retreat, you will discover the power of traditional Tantra yoga, of the ritual, of body expression as tools for personal discovery and healing. You don’t have to be experienced in yoga to join the program, and you can decide which activities you want to participate in every day.
ESTIMATE WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR THE YOGA RETREAT
From Monday to Friday:
*06:30 - 07:30 Meditation
*07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
*10:00 - 13:00 Kaula Tantra Yoga
*13:00 Lunch
*16:00 - 19:00 One of the following classes: “Shamanism”, “Artistic Expression”, “Applied Tantric Wisdom”, Partner or Hatha Yoga
*20:00 - 22:00 2 nights per week one of the following classes: “Durga’s Tiger Dance”, “Psychology of Chakras”, “Mantras, Medicine songs”
KAULA TANTRA YOGA
%The traditional form of Kaula Tantra Yoga was transmitted face-to-face by Bhagavan Shanmuka Anantha Natha. It is unique because it changes not only the physical but impacts the psychological, emotional, energetic, and spiritual realms as well. They work with asanas, kundalini, chakras, bandhas, pranayama, mudras yantras, and mantras.
Different from other practices this series is 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’.
HATHA YOGA
%In Hatha yoga practice students move the stagnation of the body and mind. Through asana, meditation, pranayama, and yogic philosophy you'll meet your physical and spiritual strength that cultivates the energy that empowers your lives.
MEDITATION
Conncet with different morning meditation techniques exploring the active and static way to reach meditative states of consciousness. Meditations include mantras, breath techniques, and sound or silence.
NATURE SPIRIT CONNECTION (Shamanism)
As we are living in Ecuador with a huge indigenous population, students also have the opportunity to learn about Andean culture, its cosmovision, and its similarities with Eastern culture. During the course, shamanistic energy concepts are explored together with the Tibetan tantric tradition.
APPLIED TANTRIC WISDOM
These classes are a powerful opportunity for self-discovery. As the course is based on experience we will create active and participative classes where we will work on some of the main aspects of Tantra, like self-connection, communication, intimacy, sexual life energy.
ART
This work is a fusion of tools and experiences that can be used in art and life. Get in touch with your inner child and intuition, develop the right side of the brain and lateral thinking, release patterns and blockings, open your ears and eyes to the present moment and to others, work in a group in more effective and loving ways, and increase your creativity and artistic skills by looking at things in a completely new perspective. They also use dance as a tool to deepen creativity and intuition through techniques of the liberation of the voice and relaxation in body movement.
CERTIFICATIONS
The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.
Schedule
6:30 - 7:30 meditation
7:40 breakfast
9:30 - 13:00 morning classes
13:10 lunch
16:00 - 19:00 afternoon class
19:10 dinner
20:15 - 22:00 night class (twice or three days per week)
7:40 breakfast
9:30 - 13:00 morning classes
13:10 lunch
16:00 - 19:00 afternoon class
19:10 dinner
20:15 - 22:00 night class (twice or three days per week)
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Durga's Tiger School for Tantra Yoga Shamanism, Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador
Directions
Directions for taxi drivers
Arriving from Quito you’ll enter in Tumbaco through the Interoceánica. You will see a Santa María supermarket on your right, keep going straight on for about one kilometer more. Turn right on Guayaquil Street, opposite a “Gasolinera Primax” (gas station) by the “Semaforo” light. Drive towards the “Colegio Pachamama,” cross a bridge over the “Ruta Viva” highway, until you get to a big football field in Rumihuaico area (Comuna Leopoldo Chávez). Go straight up to the hill, after 100 meters the street makes a Y split. Then you keep right (the opposite direction from Pachamama) uphill on the new paved road. Continue 1.5 kilometers, more or less, and on the right side you will see a blue house. Casa Kiliku is directly behind it. Look for the little sign that says “Casa Kiliku lote 169”.
If you arrive by the Ruta Viva from Quito take the exit after “Intervalles,” just after the 8th Km. This entrance doesn’t have a sign, it’s located between “Intervalles” exit and “Tola Chica” exit. It goes up to a bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”. When you arrive up to the bridge you turn right and continue until you reach Rumihuaico football field. From there follow directions as explained above.
From the airport by the Ruta Viva you enter after “Tola Chica” exit. (KM 8th). When you get to the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”, you turn left.
If you take the wrong exit and you enter from “Tola Chica,” you’ll find another bridge where you can turn back and follow a lateral street of Ruta Viva until the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi.”
Arriving from Quito you’ll enter in Tumbaco through the Interoceánica. You will see a Santa María supermarket on your right, keep going straight on for about one kilometer more. Turn right on Guayaquil Street, opposite a “Gasolinera Primax” (gas station) by the “Semaforo” light. Drive towards the “Colegio Pachamama,” cross a bridge over the “Ruta Viva” highway, until you get to a big football field in Rumihuaico area (Comuna Leopoldo Chávez). Go straight up to the hill, after 100 meters the street makes a Y split. Then you keep right (the opposite direction from Pachamama) uphill on the new paved road. Continue 1.5 kilometers, more or less, and on the right side you will see a blue house. Casa Kiliku is directly behind it. Look for the little sign that says “Casa Kiliku lote 169”.
If you arrive by the Ruta Viva from Quito take the exit after “Intervalles,” just after the 8th Km. This entrance doesn’t have a sign, it’s located between “Intervalles” exit and “Tola Chica” exit. It goes up to a bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”. When you arrive up to the bridge you turn right and continue until you reach Rumihuaico football field. From there follow directions as explained above.
From the airport by the Ruta Viva you enter after “Tola Chica” exit. (KM 8th). When you get to the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi”, you turn left.
If you take the wrong exit and you enter from “Tola Chica,” you’ll find another bridge where you can turn back and follow a lateral street of Ruta Viva until the bridge that connects with “Calle Carchi.”
Accommodation
Spacious double or triple rooms Shared Bathrooms Balconies or Verandas Single or double beds with good matrasses
Retreatof 5 days + 6 nights of stay + 3 meals per day for 6 days
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
All our training happen in space where you can enjoy the contact with nature and its elements
In Ecuador you will be in the Andes, close to Tumbaco Village
In Ecuador you will be in the Andes, close to Tumbaco Village
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
All meals are prepared with a lot of love mixing the tradition with healthy and conscious recipes. Fresh fruits and vegetables are also available.
What's Included
- accommodation in single, double or triple room
- 3 vegetarian meals per day
- healing ceremonies (not with medicinal master plants)
What's Not Included
- your personal laundry
- transfer from / to the airport
- cleansing of rooms (being part of Karma Yoga)
- trips to places of turistic interest
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