F.A.Q - Yoga Teacher Training

Frequently Asked Questions

We want to share here, the most frequent questions we receive as we find them useful for you to know us better and make the decision about the program you want to attend.
We put them in this link apart as the explanation of each program is already very long and these answers are general about the school, our vision, our way to design the programs.
Please, feel free to ask in case of more questions, we will be happy to answer them:

email: durgastigerschool@gmail.com

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Can you give me some info about the curriculum differences between the 200, 300 and 500 hour programs?

The choreography of the program doesn’t change if you complete more or less hours, what changes is the depth you get in each subject we treat and, the more hours you complete, the more you can experience different practices which will change along the course.
We have many tools and informations to share for every subject and sometimes, even in 500hrs, it’s not possible to live all the possible experiences or processes coming from the teachings.
That’s why many students come back after having completed 200, 300 and 500 hrs, because they know they won’t just “repeat”.

We take care that even people coming in the 200hrs get the focus of the work we do with tantra, yoga and shamanism and connect with the core of the program, but themes, exercises and experiences are many, as well as the tools you can share with other people after completing the training. So that, the more hours you stay, the more tools of comprehension and teachings you get.
We alternate all those subjects which complement the basics of the program to allow creation flowing during the program
This is valid for example for classes like “applied tantric wisdom”, “shamanism and cosmovision”, “work with chakras and pranayama through the kundalini yoga”, “meditation”, “Arts and Dance”, “Sounds and Rythm”, “Voice Work and Mantras”, “Ayurvedic foot massage”

Regarding the Kaula Tantra Yoga practice, it is the main yoga technique we work with at the school and it is the base of all teachings.
We work on the same sequence (which is 3hrs when we do it complete) during the 200,300 or 500hrs but our teachings are based on the experience, so that. the more hours you practice, the more experience you get. This is valid for the practical teachings too. We give the basis and principles of kaula tantra yoga in the first 200hrs but, the work to develop a mastered practice and strong ability to hold a class, depends a lot from the experience you accumulate in it.
Also, most of the asanas have their beginners and advanced variations, have their adaptations to different bodies and persons and this is something you also learn when you complete more hours of course.
The practice of kaula Tantra Yoga also has its own process which can be different for every person depending from the point in which each person is but, generally, in many years of teachings, we observed and experienced that the practice follows some levels of processing which are similar for everybody in terms of mental and spiritual involvement. Normally in the first 200hrs you just have the time to overtake the first level of processing and flow into poses in a relaxed way. Master them and meditate in them is part of the other steps.

It is possible to start with 200hrs or 300hrs in one program and finish the rest with another program in Ecuador, In Germany or in Spain which are the 3 places where the school organizes certified courses for the moment.

Durga´s Tiger Yoga Teacher Training for couples:

Experience the secrets of tantric-yogic rituals

Javier: To come here is a great experience for us as a couple. I take so many powerful moments and fun moments…There is a lot of great energy and beauty in the place, in the other students, in the teachers, it is very inspirational.

Franciska: It is a very safe space. I dive deep into my heart and the heart of my partner. I take the ability to express how I am and how I feel with my partner. And that I am ok as I am.

More and more often we have couples participating in our training.

As it is a tantric school, our techniques move sexual life energy, so that couples start to rediscover themselves as individuals being in a couple relationship. It rejuvenates love, learning about heartful communication, tantric massages and how I can recreate my feeling of love, becoming master of my energy movement. It is freeing to understand on a holistic base, that I am responsible for my own experiences

Blockages can melt, patterns can be identified with love, so that you can let them go. Freedom and love become two poles, dancing with each other.

Are you curious, to learn about this path?

Then this Tantric Yoga Teacher Training if for you

Compatible certifications

If you already have a certification of another school and you want to come to our school and accumulate your 500hrs recognized internationally, it doesn’t matter from which yoga experience and technique you come from, the compatibility is of the organization giving the certificate. In our school, certificates are recognized by Yoga Alliance and Yoga Alliance International.

Having experience with another yoga technique, is always a good complement and the Yoga world has a lot to explore.

So that we wish you a good path!

In the 9 weeks cycles of 500hrs, does it matter if I start the 200hrs at the beginning of the 9 weeks or in the second date available that you propose?

As we are an experience based school, our teachings don’t follow a program which specifically goes from A to Z. The design of the course, is developed more like a spiral allowing you to enter in every moment of this spiral and get the tools available in that moment, which are all expression of a bigger choreography made with the intention of creating a personal deep work together with the technical work. We strongly believe that, to share a discipline like yoga with others requires a lot of self-knowledge and work, not only a theory behind a technique.

Regarding the Yoga practice, in any moment you enter in the course, you will follow a process which will start with intense daily practice of the Kaula Tantra Yoga technique with all its asanas of the serie. For the first two or three weeks, you will explore the serie in all its aspects, phisycal, mental, emotional and spiritual and you will take as much experience as you can, and have the possibility of making all the questions you need in the several moments of feedback we have after the practice.
Then you start the practical teachings, having the possibility to teach a part of the serie or more parts depending also from you. Sometimes, you will practice just with the class mates and others, with the presence of a teacher giving and receiving constructive feedbacks each time.

Is there Sexual Tantra in the program of
“Tantra Yoga & Shamanism”?

We are a tantric school, yes, but the focus of this course is not the sexual tantra, but a Yoga Teacher Training.
You learn, how the energy work of tantra yoga, of Heyoke, mantra singing, shamanism and Pranayama, interacts with your sexual power and sexual habits. In the “Applied Tantric Wisdom” classes we do have time every week to explore the connection between yoga and sexuality.
So for tantrics the training is really interesting – as we do have a lot of tantrics making this Yoga Teacher Training.

Durga's Tiger School scholarship program

The Scholarship Program is intended to make our Yoga Teacher Training more accessible to individuals who feel a strong calling to become a Durga’s Tiger Rider, but who are unable to afford the full cost of the training (including tuition, food, and accommodation).

Scholarships are part of our mission to expand the wave of transformation through inclusivity, diversity, and conscious community building.

Structure & Eligibility

Scholarships are available for 200h, 300h, and 500h YTTs in Ecuador, depending on availability
This is not a full scholarship. Instead, we offer a partial reduction of training costs based on: An Energy Exchange Project proposed by the applicant (what they offer in return) and the applicant´s stated financial need

Note: Scholars are still responsible for additional costs such as travel, treatments, and personal expenses.

What is the Energy Exchange Project?

This is a proposed contribution from the applicant based on their personal skills and experience. Examples may include: leading workshops or classes outside of the training program, organization in rituals or ceremonies, supporting / imrpoving administrative works or media tasks.

The Energy Exchange Project must be clearly structured, feasible, and aligned with the training context. Each proposal is reviewed for clarity, relevance, and real value to the school and student community.

Application process

Applicants must complete the following steps:

Motivation Letter (max. 1 page) Should highlight the applicant’s background, intention, and why they’re seeking support.
Energy Exchange Project Proposal (max. 5 pages) A detailed outline of the applicant´s proposed contribution, including: specific tasks, structure, timeline, skills and experience, intended value to the school or training group
Google Form Submission: Scholarship Application Form

Selection consideration

Selection is based on alignment with the school’s vision, team capacity to supervise the project, and the quality of the applicant’s proposal.

Is this training ok for "Young Seniors" of 50+ to 60+

Experience the secrets of yoga tantra to stay vibrant and healthy

Coming to Casa Kilíku is like realizing the heart of the matter. This place brought me to all my senses and blew open my mind in a subtle but deep way. Any insight that can come to a person about oneself is revealed at the right time, when the soul is ripe and intuition, knowledge and love are in harmony.
Ghanay – USA

Do you want to connect with your playfulness?
Do you want to explore life with an international community between 20 – 70?
Do you want to experience the joy of deeper erotic intimacy?
Do you want to feel that your support will be honored by younger people?
Do you want to increase your life energy?
Do you want to awaken your body in a gentle way?
Are you curious about positive changes you can create in your life as you age?
Do you want to understand that you are an eternal soul in a body?
Can you imagine becoming a yoga teacher?

…..then this retreat is for you….

You can participate for a short time taking yoga vacation, or you take the whole course, becoming a certified Yoga teacher.

Do we take Ayahuasca or San Pedro during the course?

The power plant ceremony is not part of the 200, 300 or 500 hours program as we believe the training is powerful, deep and intense by itself. But, as we receive many people from abroad we give students the possibility to experience (once or twice) a ceremony of ayahusca or san pedro in the sacred and safe space of the school with trusted medicine people. This has an extra cost. There will be moments to speak about the power plants in the program and make all the questions you need. Then you can sign up directly at the school a few days before the ceremony happens.
If you have more questions about please, write or call us.

Furthermore, any kind of Drugs are strictly prohibited at the school.

Are there any specific requirements or yoga level to attend the course?

We don’t require a specific level in yoga as Kaula Tantra Yoga (the technique we focus on) allows people to work from the level they are and make progress step by step without the necessity of a specific preparation.
That’s why we have very variated groups, with people coming from different yoga experiences and being beginners or advanced.
Normally everybody have in common that they come to know kaula tantra yoga as it is a technique not so diffused around the world and still focused in the eastern way of learning, which is becoming more and more rare in modern times, where yoga is more considered a phisical activity than a spiritual one which also cultivate the body and mind.
So, we can see that even having different experiences and levels of practice, people have the same process while they explore and learn kaula tantra yoga.

Durgas tiger School vs Sri Kali Ashram:
Some experiences from students:

“Having studied Kaula Tantra yoga at both Sri Kali Ashram and Durga’s Tiger School ®, I’ve been asked the question: what’s the difference.”

In my own experience, both schools hold true to the traditional teachings of this ancient practice and the tri-dosha balancing sequence.

The main difference I found is in the approach to the way the Tantric path.
Both schools taught by way of integrative experience. Appealing to that part of us that already knows. That understands innately without instruction, without education. The key is to connect with that innate knowing, deep in our core, in a way that is individualised to your own understanding.

For me, Sri Kali Ashram related to the energy of Shiva. The masculine qualities of action and doing. With a focus on psychology and the science of our human ways, Sri Kali aroused the intellect and encouraged self-study.

Durga’s Tiger School ® embodies the free-flowing spirit of expression and creation, harmonised by Shakti’s feminine energy. The addition of Shamanism, Art and Dance graciously bridges a seamless union with Tantra. Arousing creativity and self-expression.

Lisa Jade

Kaula Tantra Yoga: My experiences at Durgas Tiger Tantra Yoga and Shamanism School and Sri Kali Ashram.

The Sri Kali experience is a more meditative approach based strictly in the daily practice of traditional Kaula tantra yoga with pranayama and bandhas exercises practiced on alternate days. The program has this same schedule everyday which promotes the meditative aspect. Sri Kali brought to me the value of deep meditation and devotion.

Durga’s Tiger infuses with the varied program of many types of meditation practices, shamanistic ceremonies, dance and movement and tantric philosophy. This variety along with the deep self-inquiry practices of Durgas Tiger school allowed me and all the students I’ve kept in touch with really transform their lives. Many of my friends from this months program and myself made huge positive changes in their lives after returning home. For Durga’s Tiger the overall program brought much fun and joy, friendships and enthusiasm and growth in my life and yoga/wellness business.

Angela Slomke

Tantra Yoga School

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