Iris Disse

Iris Disse is the founder of Durga´s Tiger School and will teach the Kaula Tantra Yoga classes, Meditation, Durga´s Tiger Dance, Yogic Foot massage and “Applied Tantra Philosophy”.She 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 on 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 these fields.1988-1993 she became interested in meditation, breathing, singing and dancing as spiritual techniques with the Sufi master 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 has been teaching Tantra in different parts of the world since 1996 and she presents this knowledge at Tantra festivals, 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 became 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. Since 2000 Iris has been developing Durga’s Tiger Teachings incorporating Kaula Tantra Yoga, Tantric Philosophy, Arts and Shamanism. Her Durga’s Tiger Dance Meditation is a powerful fusion of yoga energy work implemented in different dance styles. The training involves voice work like chanting and liberation of the voice.