Iris Smeets

Yoga and Tantra teacher, tantric massage therapist, Chiang Mai

She read philosophy, then peace and conflict studies, and spent years doing the actual work: conflict resolution and peacebuilding in trauma centres around the world. That is where she comes from and it is worth knowing before the rest of the biography, because it is not the usual route into this field. She trained as a tantric massage therapist, then spent seven years at a yoga centre in Denmark teaching massage, esoteric Tantra yoga, integral yoga for singles and for couples, and dance empowerment courses for women, before moving to Chiang Mai to teach at Mahasiddha Yoga. Roughly eight years on the Tantra path in total, most of it in European schools. She still runs the women's work, which is the part of the school's programme that is hers.

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