Presenters | ISTA Festival Cyprus

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Presenters

Our Facilitators

The ISTA Festival offers various highly experienced international facilitators and artists from the best this field has to offer. We will continue to grow and update this list as we continue to build the festival's content.

Raffaello Manacorda Raffaello Manacorda is an international Tantra teacher and practitioner. He has been practicing Tantra for more than 15 years and has undergone intensive training in several styles of Yoga. After completing an MA in Philosophy, Raffaello decided to spend more than twelve years living in alternative communities and experimenting with radically alternative lifestyles. He is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Wisdom Studies with Ubiquity University (California).	Michal Maayan Don A "Sacred Activist" and a facilitator of sexual shamanism sacred spaces. MA in Gender studies. Holds training for group facilitators of conscious sexuality and women's circles, nurtures and leads a tribe of women who bring the wisdom of the circles in Israel. Initiated and guided by the ancient knowledge of the land of Canaan, by Hebrew ancestors and my living teachers. Behind me are many years as a group and ceremonies facilitator and producer at festivals.
Dawn Cherie Dawn Cherie is a lead facilitator in ISTA is also a performer, dancer, singer, and a teacher of sacred love relationships. Her work is focused on enlivening women and men to live love at their greatest power, using methods of movement, ritual and theater. Deeply passionate about healing women on their shame around their sexuality and moon and post menopause and helping them to uncover their inner sacred jewel.	Atilla Çıdam Atilla is here to support beings in unleashing their soul purpose through workshops, immersions, coaching, and mischief. With his training in tantra, conscious kink, Erotic Blueprints, sacred medicine, dance, and shadow-work, Atilla helps reprogram nervous systems to allow and embody the full range of the ecstatic expression of their life force. He has a PhD in social psychology, and has spent prior lifetimes designing large scale social programs that empower millions to lead fully align lives.
Amber Ra Shefa A teacher of embodiment, sacred sexuality, tantric and shamanic mysteries. As a practitioner of awareness and healing for many years, she uses conscious practices and ancient wisdoms as tools of self-empowerment and transformation. Amber offers initiations and ceremonies to bridge the sacred and the mundane and connect seekers to purpose through the activation of life force. An academic scholar and a PhD student of Philosophy Cosmology and Consciousness.	Robbie Griffin As a mentor and facilitator, Robbie empowers people to connect from the depths of their hearts and communicate transparently, authentically, and vulnerably. Allowing for radical self-acceptance, opening the doors to deep love, connections, and intimacy both within and with others. He dedicates his life to opening deeper to love, shedding old conditioning, and allowing his soul to shine. He is drawn to working with the dark, density, shamanic subtleties, and the merging of these elements within.
Federica Clemente I’m a creative soul, a free spirit, a mother and a passionate human being. I’m an alchemist, born to transform, heal and shape a new paradigm of reality that is anchored in consciousness and truth. I’m here to raise group consciousness for the heart of the planet.	Simon Marvell Simon trained in Tantric bodywork with Tantric Synergy in Australia, in Traditional Thai Massage in Lisbon, in personal coaching with the Tilbury Group, and holds a PhD in literary studies. From an arts and humanities background, he is particularly passionate about creativity (especially poetry), movement, voice, touch, and collaboration as doorways to empowerment.
Clara Gomez Santos Clara is an Intimacy & Empowerment guide, speaker, women’s mentor and international facilitator of transformative processes. Clara is a natural facilitator of ceremonial spaces where Eros and Spirit are alchemised for prayer, healing and transformation. She brings a strong component of authenticity and permission anchored in intentionality and self-responsibility. As a Dakini she guides seekers who long to reconnect with their bodies, raw life force and creative essence.	Asis Aviv (They/Them) A rich witch, radical faerie, love priestexx, and a shyning diva in service of the universe. Researcher of Spiritual Awakening and Gender Fluidity. Creator of the YASSS QUEEN! movement. Empowering humans to evoke the hidden magic we inherited from our spectacular queer lineage. Here to celebrate one another as Queens among Queens! Bringing to earth the TRANS*MISSION - a ritual exploring the Mystery of gender, and its unique medicine for the human consciousness.
Ananda Amit Angelo Facilitator and coach specializing in embodied Eros, intimacy, and authentic communication. A certified Sex & Happiness coach. Ananda empowers others to embrace inner authority, freedom of expression, and ecstatic pleasure by helping them release guilt and shame around sexuality.	Nimai Sunra A peace walker, a server of the great mother. A part of a global community of peace seekers through the act of love. Nimai is facilitating and leading different inner journeys around the world. Navigating and bridging between the worlds of modern and ancient Shamanism and the worlds of communication and tantric journeys. Nimai has spend the past years living between India, South & Central America, Israel and Portugal. studying with many teachers and masters and shamans around the world.
Roei Shaham In the last 20 years Roi learned and embodied the art of Shiatsu, Energy work, Yoga, Coaching, Shamanism, Dream journeys, SE and Sexual body work. Roei has B.E.D in education & Sociology. He is passionate about personal and tribal growth and grateful for his privilege of bringing men closer to themselves and each other.	Hania Darmas Movement, psychology, sexuality, and human relationships are my greatest passions, which have also become my professional path. My journey in holistic development has evolved from social dance to various forms of stage and intuitive dance, yoga, massage therapy, breathwork, and tantric practices. I have also explored Gestalt psychotherapy and delved deep into emotional and sexual work. Hania isn't an ISTA facilitator, but a guest facilitator at the festival.
Lenerd Louw My vision is for people to know what it means if your whole body is vibrating with LIFE. My wish is for everyone to express and live their sexuality freely, without any shame, fear, guilt and disconnection. For people to integrate & embrace the masculine and feminine aspects within themselves. My 20 year long experience of being a multi-orgasmic man is the rich knowledge base from which I share my experience & expertise. Lenerd isn't an ISTA facilitator, but a guest facilitator at the festival.	Maria Garzon Creates sacred spaces of intimacy, authenticity, and transformation. As a holistic coach and bodyworker, she invites people to soften into their bodies, reclaim pleasure as medicine, and welcome every part of themselves home. In the last years, she has deepened her path through studies in the art of sacred sexuality, tantra, and embodiment, blending them with her background in coaching, acting, and sexual pedagogy. Maris isn't an ISTA facilitator, but a guest facilitator at the festival.
Ruhan Quddus Ruhan carries the breath of spirit; Quddus invokes consecration. Together they guide his path: animating spirit through the body and reclaiming its sanctity. He supports beings through attunement and embodied practice. His work weaves somatic experiencing, tantra, Sufism, psychodynamic therapy, shamanic ritual and sacred play, with a focus on nervous system re-patterning, early sexual wounding and dissolving shame. Ruhan is an ISTA apprentice.

Our Artists

ORKA Orka is a musician, singer songwriter and teacher whose passion lies in spiritual development, ritual artistry and ceremonies. In her journey for the past 14 years, Orka has explored the ceremonial, spiritual and healing aspects of the concept of Singing Circles. After many years of performing internationally, topping the charts and taking an active role as a woman leader in her community, she has launched her solo project on which she worked as the world changed.	Yehoo Shalem Ezrahi Let us gather in song, prayer, and story with Yehoo - singer-songwriter, medicine musician, and devotee of Love. With the Turkish lute, guitar & voice, he invites us into a journey where music becomes a prayer. Drawing on the rich well of Middle Eastern traditions, currently deepening his studies at Maqamat Academy, he travels widely to share concerts and ceremonies that remind us of our shared humanity and belonging.
DJ Spiritito Spiritito is a storyteller. Awaking us through music,combines ancient wisdom & new consciousness. Invites us to surrender to the waves of life, dancing love & magic all the way back home. Creator & producer of ecstatic dance & conscious awakening movement spaces. Living the ecstatic dance global community. His eclectic vibes: Tribal Downtempo, Global Bass, Shamanic Trap, Tribal House, Afro House, Afro Latin, Latin House, Funk, Disco, and more!	DJ Tori Baba DJ, healer and free spirit, plays in festivals world wide tribal sets that swing between the electronic and the acoustic, fire and water, between the soul of live music and the ecstasy of trance. He walks the path of healing, through music, breath, bodywork and energy.
Nir Hermelin Award-winning instrumental virtuoso guitarist. With his magical live music, offering a soft musical ceremony for those needing a breath, a tear, a smile, a spark. A space to integrate and meet yourself with kindness.	Conrado Molina A renowned Argentinian percussionist and singer. Enriches musical soundscapes with rhythms inspired by world music traditions. In addition to his live performances, he is an accomplished studio musician. A highly versatile musician, which is one of his greatest strengths. He performs across a wide range of projects and musical styles.
Quien Fue Buda An argentinian singer/songwriter. He started singing and playing piano at a very young age, but he switched to guitar during his teenage years. He has covered many different genres with his songs (such as rock, pop, folk and reggae), which he writes the music and lyrics for, and has already published an LP & 11 singles which are available worldwide.	DJ Sarna For over three decades, DJ Sarna has been a driving force behind the decks, blending timeless vinyl skills with a forward-thinking approach to sound. Known for his deep knowledge of house, techno, and eclectic grooves, Sarna’s sets flow seamlessly between underground classics and fresh discoveries, always with a keen ear for energy on the dancefloor.
DJ Uriel Global With an ever burning passion for creating cross-cultural kaleidoscopes of sounds, Uriel has been mixing eclectic tribal dance music since 2005. His intention is to support embodiment and allow healing through movement and sound.	ISTA Songbook Where shadow meets light, songs are born. The ISTA Songbook Vol. 2 'Kissing the Mystery' concert is an offering to the tender, the wild, the chaotic - a devotion to the beauty that rises when we dare to be present with all of life.