Ishvari Mélanie - France

Through her workshops and online courses, she invites you to explore yourself in depth, combining spirituality, body and authentic self-expression.
A passionate traveler, she devotes her life to exploring spiritual and physical traditions. Every year, she travels to India, a country that nourishes her soul with its culture, teachings and devotion, values that she integrates into her practices. Ishvari also organizes initiatory trips to India, offering spaces for sharing and discovery.
She studied for 6 years in Thailand in a tantric yogic school, where she deepened her knowledge of tantra, neo and classical teachings. As a teacher of yoga, tantra and femininity, she transmits an integrative approach combining spirituality and connection to the body.
Since 2015, she has been practicing Odissi Indian classical dance, an art form that nourishes her spiritual path. At the same time, she has devoted herself to Latin couple dance, particularly Brazilian zouk since 2020, as well as to free dance, a more intuitive and spontaneous expression.
She is also initiated into the classical tantra of the Sri Vidya lineage, a path of devotion and sacred knowledge, which she integrates into her teachings.

CAREER & REFERENCES
Ishvari has been a certified yoga teacher since 2012 and a tantra teacher since 2013. She trained in pelvic floor massage between 2018 and 2019 and has completed various Thai massage trainings over the years. She has been practicing Odissi Indian devotional dance since 2015, and has also trained in Brazilian zouk since 2020. More recently, in 2024, she took an introductory course in Somatic Experiencing. Her path has also been enriched by initiations and teachings with various teachers of the classical tantric path, such as Christopher Wallis, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Devipuram...

TantrÂmour Festival 2025 - Photo Credit EchoClem
The photo that inspired the Official Poster of the 2026 Festival:
TantrÂmour Festival 2025 - Photo credit Studio des Étoiles
ROLE IN THE FESTIVAL
Ishvari will lead several tantra and devotional dance sessions. She will also be offering a live shivari show, with Amana.
LIFE PHILOSOPHY
"I believe in beauty and authenticity as the foundations of our existence. Aesthetics and art are essential expressions that connect us to our essence. For me, Tantra is a path of devotion and deep connection to oneself and to others. It's an invitation to meet your inner lover, to free yourself from conditioning and to blossom into your true essence. By opening up these spaces of exploration, I hope to enable everyone to reconnect with their creativity, desire and infinite potential."
https://ishvaritantra.com/

