Yoga for Balance Podcast Episode 7: Iris Disse on How Tantra Saved her Marriage, Opening a School, Plant Medicine, Shamanism & More
In this Yoga for Balance podcast episode, Heather speaks with Iris Disse, the founder of Durga’s Tiger School where she completed her 300-hour yoga teacher training program. Iris shares how Tantra practices helped to save her marriage.
Learn how she went from being an actress in Germany to opening a school for Tantra, yoga, shamanism and the arts outside of Quito, Ecuador. Get tidbits on how to find absolute joy within your own being and live a balanced life.
Her 10 minute tip? Get up and dance!
In this episode you will learn:
What is Tantra? Learn the spiritual path (sexuality is just one aspect of many!)
Follow her path from German actress and radio/film producer to beginning her family to finding Tantra to heal in her own life.
How the Tantra path saved her relationship and family life.
How she finally settled into her Kaula Tantra yoga practice while living in India.
How to free yourself from the myth of spontaneity (esp. in love!)
The importance of finding ecstasy within yourself.
How plant medicine can aid in your healing process and in the school’s training program.
Learning to take responsibility for your own life and to re-create your reality.
Learn what Tantra yoga is, including the Kaula Tantra asana yoga.
What inspired her to open Durga’s Tiger School for Tantra Yoga and Shamanism in Ecuador. Learn about the unique setting and transformative program.
What is Shamanism and how does it fit into the Tantra path.
Learn more about the school in this quick video clip:
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Thank you for taking the time to listen to this week's episode! It was truly an honor and pleasure to have Iris on the show and to catch up.