TEACHERS

JAN GARUDA

International Tantra Yoga Teacher, Certified Naturopath, Acupuncturist and Bodyworker

An early call towards exploring happiness, spirituality and holistic health led me on a lifelong journey through a broad variety of teachings and traditions. Since finally becoming an “official” Yoga Teacher in 2008, I love sharing what has proven helpful for myself and others in classes, workshops, retreats and Yoga Teacher Trainings across Asia, Europe, and North America.

I humbly pay gratitude to my teachers who have strongly inspired me over the past decades in more than 1800 hours of Yoga Teacher Trainings, as well as in so many workshops and retreats: Sahajananda (Hridaya Yoga), Sri Mooji, Sri Prem Baba (The Path of the Heart), Reinhart Gammenthaler (Hatha-Kundalini Yoga), Mark Whitwell (Vinyasa Yoga), the Akasha Yoga Academy Family (Burkhart, Kirsten and Devdas), Lorraine Taylor (Heart of Ashtanga Yoga), Christopher Wallis (Classical Tantra), Bex Tyrer (Yin Yoga), Mihaeila Pentiuc (Therapeutic Yoga), Swami Vivekananda Saraswati (Agama Yoga), H.H. the Dalai Lama, Lama Ole Nydahl (Karma Kagyü Buddhism), S.N.Goenka (Teravada Vipassana Meditation), Tim Jago (Celtic Sweatlodges), Kare Landfald (Zen Coaching), and Udo Lorenzen (Traditional Chinese Medicine and Daoism).

Furthermore, I extend my gratitude to those teachers who have inspired me tons without us having met directly in person, such as Alan Watts, Osho, David Deida, Marshall Rosenberg, Byron Katie, Georg Feuerstein, Don Miguel Ruiz, B.K.S. Iyengar, Mantak Chia, Sally Kempton, Swami Lakshmanjoo, Joachim-Ernst Behrendt, Saint Francis of Assisi, and many more.

Aside from Yoga, I have studied naturopathy, bodywork and massage, cranial-sacral and hypnotherapy, and I have worked in the fields of Shamanism and Anthropology for quite some years. I am a certified Heilpraktiker since 2001 (the German version of Naturopath) and Acupuncturist since 2005. Travelling, video and photography, playing musical instruments as well as underwater rugby and occasionally snowboarding and surfing are further great passions of mine.

I am very much looking forward to meeting you 🙏🏼

Naomi Prema Devi

NAOMI PREMA DEVI

International Tantra & Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Tantra Facilitator, Relationship & Intimacy Coach

Naomi, a New Zealand native always had a pull towards the mysteries of life. She was lucky to be born into a family with parents that meditated, which gave her a deep sense of inner peace. After she left home she noticed her inner peace starting to dwindle, and she realized she needed to have her own spiritual practice. So she started on her spiritual journey, studying a range of spiritual and healing modalities such as Reiki, Massage, Meditation, Yoga, the Art of living, Taoism, Vipassana etc, etc.
 
It was not until 2002 in India, that she discovered her true spiritual calling “Tantra”. From that day onward she was hooked. Her first teacher came from the Muktananda lineage, and he taught her the basics of Tantric Kriya Yoga, after this she went on to study Kundalini Yoga participating in many White Tantra workshops. Following this she studied for 5 years (24 levels) at a Tantra Yoga school and became a Tantra Yoga teacher. Since then she has explored Tao Tantra, Neo Tantra, Conscious relationships and shadow work among other things.
 
Currently Naomi Prema Devi teaches Tantra and Yoga and coaches people around intimacy and relationships.
 
Her qualifications include being a: certified 500hr+ Kundalini and Tantra Yoga Teacher, a Mystical Dance Teacher, a Tao Tantric Arts Instructor, an Integrated Love, Sex and Relationship Coach and the co-founder of the Heart of Tantra Festival.
 
Naomi believes in living Heaven on Earth. She is passionate about creating transformative, empowering experiences that connect people to their true essence, opening them to deeper Intimacy with themselves, others and life.
 
She is humbly grateful to be of service.

www.naomipremadevi.com

 
Naomi Prema Devi

MEL MUNZ

Tantra Yoga Teacher, Tantra Massage Teacher, Fengshui Consultant, Reiki Therapist

I started my working life in a normal 9 to 5 job in a HR department. After a few years, questions started popping up in my head such as: “Is this it? Is this my destiny?”

Fortunately, I started looking for something else, something deeper. Back then I first stumbled across Fengshui and was fascinated from the very beginning, as it opened the doors to the world of subtle energetics for me. Also, I soon started practicing Hatha Yoga.

But there was still something missing, I still didn’t feel comfortable as a woman, with my femininity and sexuality. With great uncertainty, I attended my first Tantra massage workshop and fell deeply in love with this form of work. A long journey began in which I deepened my knowledge and experience in Tantra Yoga, Tantra Massage, Tantric Sexuality, Meditation as well as Kashmiri Shaivism. With each workshop and retreat I dived deeper and experienced more healing and self-reflection.

Years later, I increasingly felt a deep desire to pass on the knowledge and those techniques that have helped me so much in my own personal growth to support others in their transformation and healing processes. In 2019 I finally became a Tantra Yoga and Tantra Massage teacher.

I feel much gratitude for everyone whose path has led them to my classes or workshops and I look forward to getting to know you and supporting you on your journey.

www.soul-living.de

 
Naomi Prema Devi

PAULA TEJA

Tantra Yoga Teacher and Workshop Facilitator, Raw Vegan Nutritionist

My spiritual journey began at the age of 16 – after a period of severe depression and chronic physical ailments, I dedicated myself to exploring my true inner nature and, by extension, the nature of consciousness and its divine presence in all living beings.

With my curiosity for psychology, self-created balance and a deep connection to nature in all its forms, I began to explore the power of pure, natural and nourishing whole foods as well as meditation, yoga and various methods of self-development.

Chronic physical illnesses, allergies and fatigue increased my sensitivity to truly perceive, feel and recognize processes within and around me. This path eventually led me to open up to the different spheres of being and to sensitize myself to energetic impulses. Eventually, I studied raw vegan nutrition for 2 years and became a certified holistic nutritionist.

I began to explore modern and traditional teachings on self-development and arrived to appreciate to appreciate the enormous power of spiritual devotion, but also consistent spiritual and yogic practice and its effect on holistic well-being, growth and healing on all levels.

After participating in the Tantra Yoga Teacher Training in 2022, I am very grateful to be part of this beautiful training that has empowered me so much on my yogic path, and I truly hope to be able to support you on this path as well.

For me, Tantra Yoga and ritual work is the perfect fusion of ancient sacred teachings together with the divine as well as the individual somatic of each and every being.

www.tejatantrayoga.com