FACILITATORS
Dedication – Expertise – Passion
The heart of our festival—the people who make it all happen. Our facilitators are handpicked for their expertise, passion, and dedication to the art and science of tantra. Each brings a unique blend of knowledge, experience, and personal practice to guide you on this transformative journey. From seasoned tantra masters to celebrated wellness experts, our team is here to support your exploration of connection, healing, and enlightenment. Join them in embracing the profound depths and joyful heights of tantric practice at our festival.
Anja Amelung
Founder of the European Tantra Festival, Anja is a holistic life and relationship coach, and a certified QiGong and Tantra teacher, Anja focuses on love, sex, relationships, and feminine empowerment. Her approach is trauma-informed, holistic, spiritual, and multi- dimensional. Anja’s intuitive healing and psychic abilities enhance her group and individual sessions. She holds certifications in Systemic NLP, Hypnosis, and Kinesiology Coaching from Munich, and has studied trauma under Thomas Hübl for seven years. Anja is also a certified Trance Dance facilitator and has completed multiple year-long coaching programs with Homodea/Veit Lindau in Germany.
Steve Shiva
BSc (Hons) Psychology GMBPsS
Steve Shiva discovered Tantra over 14 years ago at the OSHO International Resort in Pune, India. Drawn to its transformative power, he values Tantra for honoring the divine feminine and integrating all aspects of the self. As a father of two and an empowerment coach, Steve founded Notorious Hearts and Man-In Retreats, and is Vice President of Cum What May. His work fosters human transformation through psychological, sexual and holistic practices, offering retreats and workshops that embrace all facets of humanity both the light and dark. Steve's work centers on fostering authentic, playful, and empowered living, encouraging everyone to embody their true selves and recognize their infinite power, blending the divine feminine and masculine within.
Amanda Biccum
Amanda Biccum is an Intimacy Coach & Embodiment Mentor. She has studied at the International School of the Temple Arts (ISTA), Beyond Temple and was a lead assistant at The Field Trauma Informed Facilitator Training. She is one of the founders of ‘Mr. & Mrs - conscious parties.’ Her work focus’s on guiding women back into connection with their bodies, their pleasure and their sexuality. She firmly believes that our body is our temple and coming back ‘home’ to our bodies is the pathway to more pleasure and deeply fulfilling relationships. She spent many years traveling the world learning from various teachers, disciplines and spiritual practices around the world. also taught at different Tantra Festivals & workshops all over the world. “The Deeper Intimacy Collective”
Komala Lyra
Komala Lyra Invites sensuous aliveness through deepening sensitivity and piercing awareness, through inquiry and silence, dance and stillness. Her background includes over 40 years as an Ayurveda Yoga Tantra international facilitator, merging intuitive and practical skills, bringing magic and integration of body-heart-soul.
Asis Aviv (they/them)
Aviv Asis was born and raised in Israel – Palestine. A gender – transcended Arab Jew. Facilitating self-expansion journeys, specializing in non-dual energy work. Developer of the Shamanic Voice Dialogue method – a ceremonial way to access and heal the Sacred Wound, while using deep listening, gentelness and radical acceptance of all of our inner selves. Creator of the YASSS QUEEN! movement. Empowering humans to evoke the hidden magic we inherited from our spectacular queer lineage. Here to celebrate one another as Queens among Queens! In service of the TRANS*MISSION – a ritual exploring the Mystery of gender, and it’s unique medicine for the human consciousness.
Betty Kah
Betty Kah has over 30 years of experience in teaching different lineages of Yoga.
She studied with many of the founding masters, including BKS Iyengar, Pathabi K. Jois, and Desikachar.
Betty travels each year with her husband to India to deepen her spiritual and yogic understanding, as well as offering spiritual journeys to sacred places.
She has supported Pujan for over 10 years in his Tantric facilitation with Tantra Vision, Australia.
Osho blessed their marriage in Rajneeshpuram, and Betty was the first yoga teacher in Osho's Ashram in Poona.
Pujan
Pujan studied psychology in Germany and was initiated by Osho, his first teacher, in 1980. He became an Osho workshop leader in 1984 in Rajneeshpuram. He founded the first Tantric Training School in Australia in 1992 and introduced hundreds of students to the art of Tantra with Tantra Vision.
In 2002, he deepened his spiritual search and became a teacher of the non-dual path of Vedanta through seminars, satsangs, and publishing his first book on the subject.
Leonie Louise
I offer a heart-based approach to Tantra. I believe that through a deep relaxed connection with ourselves, we can then connect to others in an intimate, authentic way.
I’m an experienced psychologist in the clinical field and in the last 10 years I have been studying and practicing Tantra, Breathwork, Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I love to work with the ancient wisdom of the East coupled with the rational logic of the West.
In 2008 together with other therapists, I started a psychology practice in Amsterdam. Combining traditional therapy with yoga, breathing, and meditation techniques. Through this combination in treatments for PTSD, depression, and anxiety disorders, I have been guiding people to heal and re-balance.
Veronika Vee
Veronika is a Tantra Facilitator and a Reiki Master who has been guiding transformational journeys over the last years. She is part of the Tantra from the Heart Team, leading Tantra Workshops & Retreats in Europe and on Koh Phangan, Thailand as well as sharing the Teachings of Reiki with Students from all over the world.
Her own journey began 6 years ago with a deep transformation in her own life and overcoming a depression, which lead to finding her purpose in this lifetime and sharing her gifts with others.
Tantra for her is about coming back to our true blissful nature, including all parts of ourselves in this life and seeing life as a ritual. Besides working with the life force energy in all different forms, she is passionate about permaculture and community building.
Rakesh & Elfriede
Rakesh and Elfriede are active together in the field for more then 10 years. As a couple, and as business partners. Together known from the wide spreading dance form 'Tantric Dance' (almost 20 years anniversary!), but also initiators of the Tantra Festival Amsterdam and Tantra School. They are sometimes called 'the elf couple' cause of their joyful, direct and humorous approach. In their spaces you are ensured to meet Truth, the body and real connection.
Shaft Uddin
Speaker / Healer / Somatic Trauma Release Therapist / Transformational Entertainer & Viral Content Creator
Shaft Uddin is not your typical Tantra Teacher. He's a force of transformation, a catalyst for healing, and a maestro of human connection. His mission is to find world peace through the power of intimacy. Healing Through Connection: "We can cure all addiction with human connection. We can overcome depression and anxiety by becoming present. And heal loneliness by finding the one. Ourselves.”
Global Recognition: Shaft's work has resonated with over 50 million people, featured in Times Magazine, MindValley, The Guardian, a doc with the BBC, and 3 documentaries with Vice.
Tamara Groen
Tamara is a vibrant life transformation coach, trainer, and facilitator of workshops and retreats focused on conscious living. Her journey began during a sales career in a multinational, where she faced addiction and burnout. Emerging stronger, she embraced breathwork and tantra, reconnecting with herself. She trained under renowned teachers such as Ohad Pele, Bassam Younes, Wilna Eenkhoorn, Wim Hof, Peter Clifford, and Lin Holmquist, becoming one of the first breathing therapists in the Netherlands. Choosing freedom and entrepreneurship, Tamara now helps others connect with themselves and each other.
An ISTA initiate, anahata and tantra kriya yoga teacher, and practitioner of transformational breathwork and trauma release, she is also trained in Thai and tantric massage and has been initiated into plant medicine traditions.
Bruno
As an intimacy coach, I bring a lifelong dedication to self-discovery and emotional awareness. With extensive experience in meditation and training, including active meditations, codependency, Eriksonian hypnosis, Tantra, emotional awareness, and co-dependency teaching, I have been facilitating workshops and training globally for over 20 years. My passion lies in helping individuals deepen their experience of love and intimacy. Contact me for a conversation about transforming your life through this work.
Freya & Piotr
Freya Wolna is a vibrant, charismatic facilitator with passion for life and transformation. She has a strong presence and can hold and empower large training groups. Freya is waving her unique blend of coaching and training experiences, passion for acting and facilitating. Piotr Reisch (Swami Prem Sunjay) is a Life Coach, Tantra & Mindfulness Trainer, Leadership and Creativity Mentor. He has dedicated his life to discovering possibilities of the human mind and body. In his practice he draws from over 30 years of experience in leadership, meditation, neuroscience, trauma therapy and unity consciousness.
Ananda
Ananda is the founder of Ananda Essence and organizer of the Tantra Festival Switzerland. She has dedicated herself to the teachings of tantra with great devotion. Her workshops and retreats have impacted the ives of hundreds of participants by guiding them through a process of self-reaization, healing and transformation. She teaches the philosophy, practices and rituals of tantra as an embodied path to awakening that will radically shift your intimacy and relationships.
HEALING TEMPLE AND SUPPORT
Nurture – Restore – Nourish
Our Healing and Support Team, are there in a dedicated sanctuary for extra care and nourishment. Our compassionate professionals are here to offer you personalized support and guidance, ensuring you feel supported and cared for in every step of your journey. Whether you need emotional reassurance, spiritual guidance, or physical healing, we are here to help you flourish in a nurturing environment.
Sarasai
Sarasai is facilitating sound healing sessions and meditations to grow awareness, health and clarity both for individuals and groups. She is highly influenced by the shamanic teachings from Inca culture (transmitted by Alberto Villoldo) and an ancient tantric practice focusing on the intelligence of the heart (recreated by Kaifi Iraklias). By combining Sound Healing with the meditative heart-centered healing technique 'From Separation To Unity', her sessions and workshops are calming the mind and body, allowing a more receptive state, and creating space for deep energetic & emotional healing and transformation.
Roy Lissack
Roy has been on his tantric journey for the past 10 years, learning and integrating the teachings and is deeply grateful for how tantra has been enriching his life.
His journey has taken him through many stages of personal development. After being invited to attend many of his teachers' events, the time came when he was asked to create his own weekly workshop, allowing the tantric community to connect and practice regularly.
Roy decided to take the path of facilitation to guide people in a new way of relating consciously. He offers private sessions, workshops, and retreats for singles and couples to support deeper processes of growth and development.
Eleonora
Eleonora is a therapist and trainer with over 20 years of experience in mindfulness, dance, meditation, touch/healing, mantrasinging and consciousness. Specializing in Tantra for the past five years, she offers transformative practices. Together with her love Peter she created Tantra Trainings for couples and individuals and Kundalini Breath ceremonies. She also created a year-long women's training program integrating tantric practices like Tandava dance meditation, breathwork, and sexual education tailored to women. The program emphasizes life force energy, heart-centered practices, and intuitive development. As a certified counselor and healer Eleonora provides private sessions focused on holistic well-being through body-mind-spirit massage & healing, therapeutic touch, connection, and empowerment.
Buzz
At the European Tantra Festival, Buzz offers a exceptional massage experience, providing you with a special and profound gift to yourself. His approach begins with a personal conversation, allowing him to deeply understand your well-being needs and what you truly seek. Using this connection, he crafts a tailor-made experience just for you, drawing on a rich tapestry of techniques he's learned from around the world. These include Indian Ayurvedic techniques, Thai Yoga Massage, oil-based Californian relaxation, and, of course, Tantric practices. Each session with Buzz is infused with love and designed to help you rest, breathe, and relax, while addressing your current needs.