Start a deep journey into your heart, whilst you experience an authentic and fun Tantra community where you can be yourself, relax and celebrate life.
We are an international Tantra school of self-realization and part of the spiritual heart of South East Asia.
Who is this program for
Running throughout the year, this program has been created for people who are called to learn to live a happier, more fulfilled and enriched life, based on personal growth principles of acceptance, love and celebration.
You may take this program as a Tantra holiday to explore the world of Tantra, as a Healing retreat, or as a Tantra training to deepen your understanding of tantric practices.
You can take this training program at your own pace. If you look for a more intense modality of training you may would like to check out our Tantra Practitioner Retreat and Tantra Teacher Training Course.
Daily Sample Schedule
- 07.15 – 08.20: Meditation practice (Vipassana & OSHO Dynamic)
- 08.30 – 10.30: Yoga practice
- 11.00 – 13.30: Break for lunch & rest
- 08.30 – 10.30: Yoga practice
- 13.30 – 15.30: Afternoon activity (Breathwork, self-inquiry, Tantra foundations practice..etc)
- 16.00 – 17.30: Yoga practice
- 17.30 – 18.30: Afternoon tea Break
- 18.30 – 20.00: Evening Activity (Tantra practice, Tantra awakening class, Kirtan, Tonglen practice..etc)
Facilities at the school
We are located in a 7000 square meter campus by the beach in one of the most beautiful areas of Koh Phangan, Thailand.
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Activities description
Our Tantra training program includes a variety of foundational as well as formal Tantra practice , insightful lectures on the subject of Tantra (ranging from Tantra in relationships to Tantra as a path to spiritual awakening and enlightenment). It also includes Tantra breathwork (Samma Karuna Tetra breath), as well as complementary practices from the path of awareness such as self-inquiry and yoga asanas.
Listed below, you will find a selection of classes offered during our Tantra training program of Awakening & Healing in Koh Phangan, Thailand. For further information about dates and times when these activities are available you may check our monthly calendar.
Biodevelopment® (Tantra foundation practice)
This is more of a music and movement based class than a formal Tantra practice. It includes a more active rhythm, playfulness and inner-child work.
This system is developed at Samma Karuna by Ishi, as a fusion between Biodanza, Tantra and his own vision of the earth manifestation of the inner-child archetype.
Dance Meditation
This is an active meditation in which we use rhythm, awareness, and an intuitive state, which are qualities of many types of meditation, using dance to reconnect with ourselves and celebrate life.
Samma Karuna Tantric Shower of Love®
It is not happy people who are thankful, it is thankful people who are happy. In this love meditation, we will explore the art of seeing light in each other and within ourselves as a true path for a more thankful and happy life.
OSHO Active and Dynamic Meditation
We offer daily OSHO Dynamic Meditation as well as some of the most famous OSHO Active Meditations. OSHO Sannyasins are especially welcome. OSHO Dynamic meditation is considered a foundational practice, both for the path of Yoga as well as for path of Tantra.
Awakening Class (Tantra as a path of liberation)
As a Tantra school of self-realization, our main objective is to help our students find an authentic and long-lasting happiness, as well as understand the truth of who we really are. As a non-dogmatic school, our aim is to help you develop your own light and wisdom. It´s our understanding that true wisdom comes from within, through our own personal experiences, rather than second-hand wisdom found in books or lectures. Our Tantra lectures are based on experiential exercises, time for reflection, sharing and meditation.
Samma Karuna AUM meditation
Fifteen stages of intense cathartic meditation, inspired by Humaniversity AUM meditation and Osho’s AUM marathon. Three and a half hours journey of opening up to your emotions, reconnecting with your body and celebrating life. This is an intense process that will help you to reconnect with your body, balance your emotions and ultimately recognise your essential nature — a quality of being that transcends thoughts and sensations. This foundational practice is available once a month only, so if you are visiting us for a shorter period of time please check our calendar of activities before booking.
Compassionate Sharing (Tantra foundations on the power of vulnerability)
Often, when we feel attacked, we say or do things to the people we love that disconnect us from them, and bring us suffering. Here, we will explore the power of vulnerability and talking from the open heart, to bring awareness to our defence mechanisms. We will learn how to communicate in a way that we are able to express our truth and boundaries whilst remaining open and kind.
Tetra Breathwork (Anahata chakra)
Samma Karuna Tetra Breath is a gentle yet powerful conscious connected breathing technique, that tunes us in with the natural healing system of our bodies. This Tantric breathwork, developed at Samma Karuna, promises us great insights, healing and states of clarity and bliss. This is a transformative tool used during both Tantra and Yoga trainings.
Tantra Practice
Regular Tantra practice on a variety of subjects. The style of the practice is Right Hand Neo Tantra and heart-based Tantra. However, other styles may be incorporated. This class is suitable for beginners, singles and couples; however, if you are a complete beginner, we suggest you start with Biodevelopment practice.
Yoga practice (asanas)
Samma Karuna’s yoga practise is offered in a variety of techniques and styles, making it suitable for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. This class is available twice a day from Monday to Saturday and once a day on Sundays. You may check our calendar of activities for further information about the style offered each day.
Sacred Tantric Hug practice
When we hug, our hearts connect and we realise that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and heart can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, joy and great happiness. This practice will help us to bring awareness to our defence mechanisms and to realise and reconnect with the divine presence in ourselves and others.
Self-inquiry practice
Self-inquiry practice helps us to understand ourselves better and how our mind really works. This practice helps us to take responsibility for our thoughts and emotions by understanding how they are created. This understanding comes through our direct experience, in which we see how our thoughts recreate our perception of reality. This ultimately helps us to realise who we truly are. This is a traditional yoga practice (awareness practice) using a contemporary framework from the work of Byron Katie.
Atisha´s Heart social meditation (based on Tonglen practice)
This practice is inspired by traditional Tonglen practice, which is attributed to the great Buddhist teacher Atisha Dipankara Shrijnana, born in 982 CE. You will be experiencing at our schoool a contemporay adaptation that includes music and movement as well as a social component.
Samma Karuna So Ham breathwork (Manipura chakra)
Breathing is the first act of life. Within breath lies unexplored secrets of life. Samma Karuna So Ham is a powerful yet simple rhythmic breathing technique, that incorporates specific natural rhythms of breath, harmonising body, mind and emotions and helping to open Manipura chakra.
This technique helps to eliminate stress, fatigue and negative emotions such as anger, frustration and depression, leaving the mind calm and focused, the body energized and relaxed.
Vipassana meditation practice (concentration, sensations and vulnerability)
We gather every day to meditate together. We offer still meditation practice with a variety of techniques, starting from concentration practice (breath and visualisation), and followed by meditation on equanimity of sensations and vulnerability, according to the path of Tantra.
Inner-dance
Inner Dance is not ‘’dance’’ as we typically know it. It is a Sound & Sensory Healing Journey, guiding us to shift into heightened perceptions, deeper states of awareness and awakening the innate power to heal from within.
Conscious Cinema
This free weekly event offers an uplifting conscious movie to bring more awareness and understanding to our lives.
Community Dinner
Every Monday evening, we gather to welcome newcomers to the community. It’s a good excuse to share food, music, laughter and have a nice time. Dinner is on donation, and all profits are given to a noble cause on the island.
Accommodation
- Type C: Standard Bungalow with A/C shared with another student (included on your standard package)
- Type B: Private standard bungalow with A/C (you may upgrade to this type of accommodation for USD 730)
- Type A: Private prime bungalow with A/C and amenities (you may upgrade to this type of accommodation for USD 1207)
You may choose your desired type of accommodation at the end of this page.
Program highlights
- ♥ Extraordinary non-dogmatic, non-sectarian Tantra training program for Awakening & Healing
- ♥ All levels of experience welcome
- ♥ 29 Days free pass to all activities
- ♥ 28 nights accommodation
- ♥ One to one interviews with a senior teacher to guide you through the program.
- ♥ 2 Days Reiki Workshop
- ♥ Exclusive Social Meditations
- ♥ Dance & Celebration Meditations
- ♥ Established program of Tantra
- ♥ Exclusive Tantric Breathing Practice
- ♥ Pre-Tantra practices (BioDevelopment)
- ♥ Yoga classes twice a day
- ♥ Music circles and Compassionate Sharing
- ♥ Introduction to Vipassana
- ♥ OSHO Dynamic & Active meditations
- ♥ Insightful lectures and exercises
- ♥ Expressive techniques based on conscious movement and music
- ♥ 8 Thai Massage sessions
- ♥ Complementary bag and introduction booklet
- ♥ Transfer service from the pier
- ♥ English & Spanish friendly
