Tantra

I’ll have what she’s having.

Wish you could slow down – way down? Sexual situations escalating too fast for your taste? Desperately longing for nongoal-oriented touching – touching that’s just about the pleasure of sensation?

Do you wish “foreplay” was “the main course”?

If you thought “Yes, please!” – you might be curious about Tantra.

When someone touches you in just the right way, it arouses feelings inside you that you can only describe as Holy, or Sacred. You can remember a time – not in your brain, but in your imagination – when sensuality was healing.

Just the idea of tapping into this possibility intrigues you. You want to be able to experience that sacred feeling and to reciprocate – to touch in a way that makes your partner holler, “Oh, God!”

But how?

Many people start their Google-ing journey into Tantra driven by the desire for a certain type of feeling in sexuality.

As both a scholar and practitioner of Tantric Philosophy and Tantra Yoga, I can assure you the sexual rituals written about in the ancient texts are not terribly sexy at all, particularly for the women involved.

Even though Tantric Philosophy isn’t specifically about physical sexuality, the attitudes of Tantra are just about as sex positive as you can get. And I imagine the Tantric Gods and Goddesses are having a giggle at how the West has interpreted and evolved what we could now think of as Sacred Sexuality.

They might be totally down with their part in expanding the definition of sex and helping people to become better, mindful, super sensuous, and soulful lovers, however unintentional it might be.

Sacred sexuality – learning the body is a temple

Sacred Sexuality is an opportunity to dip your toes into the values and attitudes of an eastern philosophy that teaches that the body is a temple and that love is the energy of spiritual awakening. (If that sounds familiar to you, that’s because there isn’t a major spiritual tradition on earth that hasn’t been influenced at least in some small part by Tantric Philosophy.)

Learn to invite this feeling.

You don’t have to believe anything particular to explore Tantra/Sacred Sexuality with me. And you don’t have to be particularly limber to learn Tantra Yoga. (I get this question a lot!) You are welcome to harness this sacred mindset to expand your capacity for pleasure, deepen your connections, and heal your body shame.

You can use your body’s primal urges to tap a profound store of energy, power, and self-awareness. For those so inclined, the attitudes of Sacred Sexuality are potent medicine for your sexuality. Often, this attitude alone is enough to make your sex life better. Slow, mindful, sensuous sex isn’t actually Classical Tantra. But who cares???

What we in the West now call Tantric Sexuality or Tantric Massage is AMAZING!

Inspired by Tantra, you can create an awareness practice of touch. Together, we can create your own Erotic Yoga – tailored specifically to your body, soul, interests and sensibilities.

Everything evolves in time. And Tantra has been around a very long time!

Tantra is a philosophical system from India that has its roots in pre-history and influences all the major religious traditions of the East.

The first written reference to the word Tantra was in one of the world’s oldest written texts transcribed approximately 3500 years ago (Rig Veda).

The Sanskrit word itself is layered with meaning, but its most common meaning has to do with weaving – as in weaving together the Sun and the Moon, the Masculine and the Feminine, the flesh and the Spirit, Heaven and Earth. Sound familiar?

You can feel Tantric influence in every mystical tradition on the planet. The Tantrics of history are iconoclasts, rule breakers, and spiritual bad asses.

What does that mean? They understood that just about anything can be a doorway to Everything.

You can live your life as a spiritual practice, as a philosophical exploration, as an ecstatic awakening.

People who live and love like this are sexy as hell!

Our authentic desires are intimately connected to the great Mysteries. One of the many tenets of Classical Tantra is that love is infinitely more powerful than we could ever imagine.

Though we certainly know how to manipulate fear and need, we haven’t fully tapped Love power in this era. Erotic Love may be the most compelling frequency of Love at this point in our development. That is awesome!

Let’s honor the truth in ourselves. Let’s harness the natural interest!

Wake up! And Wake down, too! (Turiyatita, for those of you who are already doing your homework.) There is nothing like a sexual awakening to bring this weaving of opposites into the world.

Here is a (very) broad summary of the Tantric worldview…

  • Everything is made of Divine Energy and is directly connected to the Source of Everything. Nothing is an illusion.
  • At the core of anything you focus your attention on are the keys to the Universe.
  • Matter matters!
  • As Above, so below. Equally important to the Tantrics, As below, so Above!
  • The Marriage of Opposites is Sacred (Masculine and Feminine, Heaven and Earth, etc.) and enormously powerful.
  • Emotion is the engine of human transformation.
  • Natural human urges, like the desire for sex, can be channeled to awaken higher states of awareness.
  • We are participating in a giant Galactic experiment, and enormous joy comes from conscious participation.

Bespoke Spirituality is my jam.

There are few things more Tantric in nature than the brazenness to carve your own pathway to the Divine. And if you find yourself clicking the “Spiritual, but not Religious” box, creating your own passionate mystic path may be just what the doctor ordered.

But it can be really useful (Okay. Let’s be honest – it’s CRITICAL.) to get guidance should you take this kind of a personalized mystical journey. You need a support person who won’t just replay the tired and worn out Guru/Student dynamic. That kind of power dynamic is not what these times call for. You need to be empowered to find the Guru within.

Futurist and Visionary Barbara Marx Hubbard said that the time for “merging our genes” has passed – the planet doesn’t need more people. Instead, this critical time needs for us to marry our GENIUS.

She called it “Supra-Sexual” Evolution. And I think it’s REvolutionary.

Expand Your Spirit. Enrich Your Life.

If you are called to a deeper exploration of a spiritual path that embraces ALL of YOU, then you’ve landed in the right place, because, above all else, I’m committed to supporting people creating their own journey of awakening.

I’m qualified to offer Spiritual Direction and Mentorship for serious spiritual seekers. If that’s you, let’s discuss what this might mean for you.

Call or text me now to book an appointment or schedule a 15-minute exploration if I can offer what you are seeking – (650) 597-9955.