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 by deepening sensitivity and awareness, weaving together inquiry and silence, dance and stillness. With over 40 years of experience as an Ayurveda-Yoga-Tantra international facilitator, she merges intuitive wisdom with practical skills, creating a transformative integration of body, heart, and soul.

Her diverse background, enriched by various cultures and traditions, includes intensive training in therapies and healing modalities, blending Eastern and Western approaches with meditation. For decades, she has designed and facilitated educational programs that embrace Ayurveda, Yoga, and Tantra as a foundation for conscious exploration, health, sexuality, and meditation.

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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.

Arja Hendrikx

Arja is a Co-Founder of Temple of Radiance and a powerhouse in the world of Tantra, known for leading some of the deepest and most electrifying workshops and temples at top festivals worldwide.

Initiated into Tantra while living in a hidden community, her path began not through books but through lived, embodied experience. From sacred sexuality to the Radiance Sutras, Arja weaves ancient wisdom with raw, modern-day embodiment.

Her magic lies in making Tantra real, deep, practical, and wildly transformative. Whether guiding a temple or leading a ritual, she creates spaces where energy moves, bodies awaken, and connection becomes electric.

Expect to go beyond technique—into experiences where your body remembers, your spirit ignites, and pleasure becomes sacred.

Sébastien Recotillon

Following a near-death experience at 19, Sébastien left behind his formal life to fully dedicate himself to the search for meaning and truth. Over the past 20+ years, he has lived, studied, and traveled extensively, learning from masters across traditions—exploring meditation, Tantra Yoga, shamanism, Ayurveda, bodywork, emotional intelligence, and modern healing. His approach bridges science and mysticism, uniting consciousness and sexuality, understanding and experience, depth and playfulness. With clarity, humor, and embodied presence, he brings light to what often remains in the shadows—inviting deeper intimacy and connection. A former Steiner teacher and computer programmer, Sébastien now facilitates retreats and workshops across the globe, passionately exploring the invisible threads that shape human experience.

Veronika Vee

Veronika is a Tantra Facilitator and Reiki Master, guiding transformational journeys through Tantra, energy work, and embodiment practices. She is part of the Tantra from the Heart team, leading Immersions & Retreats in Europe and on Koh Phangan, Thailand, offering Priestess Initiations, Women’s Temple, and Couples Initiations.

Her own journey began with a deep personal transformation, leading her to explore energy, self-discovery, and connection. Tantra, for her, is about returning to our natural, blissful state—embracing all aspects of ourselves and seeing life as a ritual. Beyond working with life force energy, she is passionate about permaculture and community building, weaving these elements into her teachings to support a more conscious and connected way of living.

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.

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.

Kai Schoppe

Kai Schoppe has been immersed in the inner arts since 1993, with decades of experience in Tai Chi Chuan, Qi Gong, meditation, sleep and dream yoga, and Taoist sexual practices. Since 2001, he has directed the Tai Chi School Wiesbaden and has authored four books on the art of dreaming.

His unique method, White Dragon Qi Gong, blends traditional static and dynamic forms with dream-inspired movements to awaken creative energy and foster deep embodiment. Kai also offers online training and promotes a vital, plant-based lifestyle rooted in conscious living. In his sessions, ancient wisdom meets authentic self-expression—an invitation to move, feel, and dream your energy into flow.

KalyM

KalyM is an award winning, transformative intimacy and sex coach, creator of The Naked Room, and expert in Erotic Alchemy, Surrogate Partner Therapy, and Sensual Bodywork. She helps individuals awaken their erotic potential and embrace deeper self-discovery, connection, and pleasure. Her approach combines somatic therapies, Tantra, and psychosexual education to break through barriers to intimacy and self-expression. Sessions with KalyM create a safe, compassionate space for exploring and reclaiming sexual power and joy.

At this year’s European Tantra Festival, with the exciting theme of Archetypes, KalyM invites participants to explore their identity through archetypal energies. Join her for an enriching journey of awareness and connection.  

Janet Diaz

Janet is a holistic health practitioner, spiritual coach, and healer devoted to guiding women on their journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Her work blends bodywork, energy healing, womb healing, and spiritual coaching with a deep respect for the wisdom of the feminine body and spirit.

She is the co-founder of the European Tantra Festival, a lead teacher of the Tantra Woman Training by Santoshi, and a devoted holder of women’s circles. Known as a cacao shaman, Janet leads heart-opening cacao ceremonies and powerful 5 Element Dance sessions that support deep transformation and embodied healing.

Rooted in authenticity and compassion, Janet creates sacred spaces for women to reconnect with their essence, reclaim their power, and live in balance.

Kirbanu

Kirbanu is an Australian sacred song artist, voice empowerment and embodied transformation coach, and experienced yoga teacher based in Germany. Her heart-led offerings weave together conscious music, embodied emotional release, Bhakti and alchemical voice practices, creating spaces where people feel safe to open, express and transform.

She teaches voice, mantra, philosophy and mindset in yoga teacher trainings throughout Europe and is the founder of the SomaVoice® Method – a holistic approach to voice empowerment and embodiment. Through this work, she offers 1:1 coaching and facilitates her signature SomaVoice® Coach Training, supporting women to reclaim their voice and step into their full power.