21-day International Tantra Teacher Training 2012
Dates: 19th December 2012 - 9th January 2013
Venue: Hearth & Soul Eco Farm, Overberg Region, Western Cape
Facilitators: Ma Anand Leandra assisted by Hari Nam Anand
(We are in the process of securing a German based Tantra Teacher and will announce this here shortly)
The second International Tantra Teacher Training is being facilitated entirely by the Durga Tantra School and with a new, unique concept. We incorporate interdisciplinary Art Therapy methods into tantric work. These methods offer a unique self-experiential opportunity to trainees, and at the same time they promote personal creativity, creative thinking and creative problem solving. In addition, being able to offer art therapy methods in tantric work, gives tantra teachers a special and unique approach to their work, allowing them to stand out amongst the sometimes overwhelming offers of tantric work worldwide today. We also place an emphasis on the actual process of facilitating tantric work professionally with individuals, couples and groups. With this, we hope to give participants the best possible professional grounding for their work.
Methods
The work will be mainly of a practical nature, however relevant theoretical aspects will take place in the form of short lectures and discussions.
Theory
Tantra
- what is Tantra?
- background & development of modern day Tantra (Post Neo-Tantra) 
- the Chakra system / the importance of working with the Chakras in tantric work
- ethics in tantric work
Sexuality
- connection between sexuality and spirituality
- Sexology: sexual problems / tantric healing methods
- working with sexual trauma in both men and women
Therapeutic technique
- working with individuals, groups & couples
- individual psychological problems that can arist and how to deal with them
- a psychodynamic, process-orientated approach to tantric work
- working with transference & counter-transference in tantric work
Practical work
Bodywork
- Lomi Awareness Bodywork / tantric yoga 
- tantric breath work / chakra meditations
- movement therapy / body expression therapy
- relaxation methods
Self-explorative experiential exercises
- trust & senses
- working with male/female energy archetypes
Art Therapy
- expressive painting
- modelling with clay
- visual journal
- working with stories
- Inside/Outside box (collage)
- therapeutic mask theater (Annimus & Annima)
Meditation
- silent & guided meditation
- Kundalini Meditation, active meditation (Osho meditations)
- Quantam Light Breath (Jeru Kabal)
- tantric meditation with the senses
Tantric work & rituals
- tantric breathing (introduction, intermediate & advanced)
- tantric touch ritual
- various tantric rituals incl. Maithuna (Yab Yum)
- tantric massage work incl. lingam and yoni massage
Venue
Hearth & Soul Eco Farm, Sandy's Glen, Oveberg Region, Western Cape.
Situated just a 2 hour drive from Cape Town and 20 minutes from Hermanus in the heart of the Fynbos area, 
this is an ideal venue for our training. Apart from the location (Hermanus being the best whale watching areas in the world, boasts amazing long sandy white beaches), the venue itself offers the finest accommodation decorated in an eclectic Mexican style, a farm kitchen for dining and a choice of 4 lounges for relaxation as well as a 140 qm meditation/working room with a wooden floor and a modern barn style art studio for the creative art work.
The parmaculture farm has a river flowing through it with small dammed area for taking a dip in cool mountain water as well as a larger dam for swiming, a trail through the flowing Oveberg mountains. There is pleanty of space, both indoors and outside for secluded withdrawal from the group. The accommodation fee includes 3 meals per day + all day tea/coffee & cookies/home made cake. Meals are vegetrarian plus extra chicken and fish for non-vegetarians on request.
For more info and pics click here...
Schedule
General
Begin: 9:00 with supper 19th December 2012
End: 11:00 after breakfast on 9th January 2013
Free days: there will be one free day per week for relaxation, visiting the beach, shopping in Stanford or Hermanus etc. These days are planned but we take the weather into account and choosec days that are ideal for going to the beach. In addition we include a free afternoon or evening according to the group dynamics and needs.
Daily Schedule
We work with a basic daily schedule which is flexible to include work related changes. Our working schedule is tight and the work intense but varied and we ensure that there is time for relaxation:.
08:00 - 09:00 Yoga/Awareness bodywork
09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
10:00 - 13:00 Working Schedule (WS) I
13:00 - 15:30 Lunch & afternoon break
15:30 - 17:30 WS II
18:00 - 19:00 Meditation
19:00 - 20:00 Supper break
20:00 - 22:00 WS III
Facilitators 
Ma Anand Leandra is a leading tantric massage specialist and one of South Africa's most prominent Tantra Teachers. She is director of the Durga Tantra School and Tantra Sacred Massage, a specialist practice for tantric massage in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. In addition, she is a fully qualified psychoanalytical art therapist with over 30 years experience in the field. A young anti-apartheid activist, she left South Africa in 1974 and lived in Germany for 28 years before returning to South Africa 9 years ago. The combination of her qualifications and professional experience makes her the ideal facilitator for this training. Prior to taking up her tantric work, she trained on-going art therapists in her own training institute in Germany for 10 years and influenced the art therapy scene there by introducing an interdisciplinary, psychodynamic and process-orientated approach to art therapy. As a young adult, she began her working career in Germany as a stage and costume designer in a German state theater and later as a free lance a professional visual artist specialising in performance art. Leandra has been facilitating groups and working with individuals for nearly 40 years. Her unique professional training and experience enables her to offer participants a diverse background to the tantric work as well as a high degree of professional ethics. Click here for more info on Leandra...
Hari Nam Anand (Johan) also has a unique professional background and will assist Leandra on this training and facilitate the yoga and meditation work.
He and Leandra met in 2010 and after completing his training with Leandra, he began working in the Tantra Sacred Massage practice in Cape Town in January this year. He spent 6 years living with and serving a Himmilayan master in India and has worked in a variety of positions and places around the world. Click here for more information on Hari...
German facilitator: we are in the process of securing a German facilitator. Info will be posted here as soon as possible
Assistents: we will be assisted by qualified assistents, the number of which will depend on the final group size.
(Applications for both the tole of translator or assistent can be made per email to Lenadra)
Group make up
Who this training is for...
We would like to see participants both from South Africa and abroad who already have experienced tantric work in one or the other way. This is a professional teacher training and not an introduction to Tantra. Participants with little or no tantric experience will also be accepted if they hold qualifications and/or experience with other modalities in the human growth, alternative healing and therapeutic fields of work. We are open to people of all cultures and sexual orientation.
Requirements
The registration form needs to be filled in and returned, after which a personal interview will be arranged. In this interview we will assess the background of the applicant as to his/her suitability for the training. This interview can be done in person, via phone call or Skype phone call. Once accepted, the deposit is due and your place in the training is secured.
Group size
12 - 20 participants. We try to balance the number of men and women participating. This is an international training and our experience is that the numbers quickly fill up with participants from Europe and elsewhere. Early booking is therefore important to secure your place.
Language
The training will be held in English with translation into German. (Applications for the role of translator can be made to Leandra via the contact info below)
Qualification
Participation in the training will be certified for all participants. The actual qualification will be individually assessed by both the participants and the facilitators in weekly evaluation feed-backs. In the event of a participant not qualifying by the end of the training, we will make suggestions for further study in your country of residence and you will be able to attend the next 21 day International Tantra Teacher Training free of facilitation charge. The qualification will thus take place after further study and self-assessment.
The qualification will be with the Durga Tantra School as a Tantra Teacher and will qualify for membership with NITSA (National Insitute of Tantra South Africa)
5--day International Tantric Touch & Massage Training
Please note that although we will work with aspects of tantric massage in the 21-day training, it training does not qualify you speciffically for tantric massage. This is possible in an additional 5-day intensive International Tantric Touch & Massage Training. It is being held subsequent to the 21-day training after a 3 day break. International participants can use this time to visit Cape Town. For details: International Tantric Touch & Massage Training
Fees & Payment
Fees
Accommodation fee: R 8,652 (incl. all meals in beautiful shared en-suite accommodation). This is due on registration.
Facilitation fee: R 12,500 - R 20,000 (sliding scale i.e.you pay according to your financial situation - the training is the same no matter what you pay)
50% due is due 8 weeks before training begins, the balance payment is due 3 weeks before training begins
Participants are responsible for their own travel costs. A shuttle service from Cape Town to the venue will organised.
Reductions
Couple's booking together and Early bird discounts will be given. Info to follow shortly.
Payment plans
We offer payment plans on request. If you opt for a payment plan, the first installment is due on registration. Please request a payment plan contract should you require this.
General info
We have to book the venue and pay a deposit to secure our time there. We have the venue for our group only and for us and the venue it is important to secure the booking. The group number is limited, therefore your payment secures your place.
Bookings
Please email Leandra and ask for the registration form: leandra@durgatantraschool.co.za or creativefem@gmx.net or Ma.Anand.Leandra@gmail.com or
use the Contact page to write a message.
Photos of 2010 training
Please see the photos of 2010 training on the Photos page to get an impression of the previous training which took place in the Northern Drakensberg.