Tantra Made Easy

Pleasure is something that is so often seen as an enemy of being spiritual. So many religions will teach us that you have to choose between following your pleasure or following God.

Yet Tantra says the opposite.

Tantra says: let pleasure take you home. Let pleasure awaken you. Let pleasure bring you back to your true self.

In this episode, I chat with Tantric Therapist Lin Holmquist, who is passionate about pleasure as a way to awaken back to our true self, our divine nature. We cover questions such as:

* How is it that pleasure can be part of our awakening? 

* What do we do with the guilt and shame around pleasure? 

* How can we heal shame?

* How can we awaken our capacity for pleasure?

* What is the difference between hedonism and Tantra?

* Is the path of pleasure about avoiding pain and negative feelings?

* How do we find pleasure in the pain?

Plus Lin shares about her own kundalini awakening experience, and how this taught her the pleasure of being in her true self.

About Lin

Lin is a tantric therapist and facilitator, and produces the Swedish Tantra Festival at Angsbacka. She has been living the tantric life and teaching all over the world in retreats and festivals. Find out more about her on:

https://livetantra.com/authors/lin-holmquist

So many religions have told us that we have to overcome desire in order to become spiritual. Desire is basically a hindrance to spiritual awakening, they say...

Yet, we are all born with desire. We desire breath, then breast milk and warm loving arms. Desire helps us choose life. How can something so fundamental to humanity be against our awakening? I ask these questions to my friend, Dr. Saida Desilets.

Dr. Saida Desilets is a phenomenal teacher of Sacred Sexuality.

She was brought into the field through her own personal tragedy, and yet defied all of the odds to heal and recover herself, and not only survive, but THRIVE. After many years studying Tantra and Taoist Sexual Arts, Saida went on to complete a PhD in female sexuality in Transpersonal Psychology, making her one of the world's leading authorities in the Tao Tantric Arts for women.

Her latest book, Desire, explores the juicy topic of desire...including how we can resolve our desires whilst following a spiritual path. She brilliantly breaks down desire into different categories to help us understand it better. She also looks at sexual desire evolving, so that we can understand shifts in our desire over our lifetime.

Watch Saida interview me (!), and find out more about the rest of her work: http://SaidaDesilets.com/shashi

 also check out:

www.dareyourdesire.com

www.desirethebook.club (Linked to the book, "Desire"... on this website you will find a playbook, 4.5 hours of videos and an audio meditation)

Eyal Matsliah from Intimate Power, author of Orgasm Unleashed, shares with me some of his secrets on how to pleasure a woman.

Eyal has over a decade of rich Tantric wisdom...but as well as learning all the "techniques", he has uncovered some of the deeper mysteries. In fact, he concludes that techniques don't really work, at least not on their own. It is about finding a deep communion with the feminine (including one's own inner feminine).

In this interview he shares some absolute nuggets of wisdom that every man should know...the sexual education you never got at school! It is also interesting for women to listen to, to learn more about their own pleasure and also to communicate better with their partners.

- how to make connection to a woman.

- the art of communicating about sexual pleasure.

- "Hinting": the conscious form of teasing.

- The difference between men and women in sex.

- The rhythm that leads to the greatest pleasure.

- How to enter a flow state together in love-making.

- The divine experience of sex.

And in case you are thinking "this is all just about sex...where's the spirituality?!", let me just say that Eyal is one of those who says never mind if yu come toTantra for sex, it can awaken you anyway! He says:

"I came to Tantra for the sex, and I found God."

Thanks, Eyal.

Ready to delve into the whole online course?

"How to Please a Woman" online course:

https://learn.intimatepower.com/p/awakening?affcode=25691_9zokenck

The course that teaches you how to give her the best orgasms of her life!

Courtney Davis, creatrix of the Viva la Vagina online training, had an awakening through looking at her own vagina. 

She had thought she was fully sexually empowered because she was able to "Fu*k like a man", i.e. she could have non-emotional sexual encounters without attachment to the other person. However, one day when she was invited to gaze at her "yoni" (tantric word for the vagina), all of that changed. 

She realized that she had been modeling an externally-generated empowerment, a style she had learned from society, and actually been completely overriding the wisdom of her own body.

In this podcast, Courtney will share with you:

~ The difference between external sexual empowerment and internal sexual empowerment.

~ How yoni gazing can shift your sexuality.

~ How self-pleasure can become a path of self-knowledge and self-growth.

~ Why it is important for us to learn about our own sexuality before we seek out partners.

~ The difference between clitoral orgasms, and deeper more energetic orgasms.

~ How internal energy orgasms can lead to emotional release.

~ How your sexual empowerment can alter limiting beliefs in the rest of your life.

~ Why this shift in sexuality can take sex from the physical realm to a more spiritual and profound realm.

And I would like to add that this podcast episode is not only for women! It is also great for men to hear about how a woman can deepen her sexual experience, and learn more about the female sexual mysteries!

Find out more about Courtney at:

https://livetantra.com/authors/courtney-davis

Kiya Shanti, filmmaker of "Sex to Spirit" and "Tantra Lovers" and author of soon-to-be-published novel "Tantra Island", is a leading inspiration for men who want to experience full body orgasm and the states of ecstasy that this leads to.

In the mainstream world, men are taught that the highlight of their sexual pleasure is to have an ejaculatory orgasm which can be over in seconds and often leaves a man feeling tired or depleted. In the Tantra world we are taught that we can move into full body orgasm. 

Yet even in Tantra, the focus is often on the women's orgasm. It can be common in  Tantra for men to take the role of space-holder (we call it "Shiva presence") whilst the woman goes into full body orgasm (that we call Shakti energy).

However, there is actually another level possible, which is for BOTH partners to be in full body orgasm. This happens when both partners have activate their inner masculine and inner feminine (and thus it is even beyond physical gender).

In this interview, Kiya explains:

~ What the difference between ejaculatory orgasm and full body orgasm is.

~ How to avoid "blue balls" or frustration whilst transitioning to full body orgasm.

~ Three amazing tools he used to develop full body orgasm capacity.

~ How the energy paths work in full body orgasm.

~ Ways to pull up sexual energy from the sex center to the heart and consciousness.

~ The use of breathwork to develop energy orgasm.

~ How emotions are connected to orgasmic states and to ecstasy.

~ How two partners can connect and enter energy orgasm together, and how this takes them to a higher state of consciousness.

So finally this information is out there! I recommend that all men who are desiring a more fulfilling sexual experience take a listen to this podcast and get inspired!

Find out more about Kiya's creativity on:

www.sextospirit.com

These days if you venture into the field of Tantra, you often find the trend of "polyamory" entwined with it. Polyamory means "many loves" and is a way to try to deal with the fact that we have many connections with different people, even if we are in a committed relationship with one person. 

"Poly" can mean anything from having multiple lovers at a time, sharing energy and touch with many people but sex with one, or have a primary relationship in which there is an openness about attraction to others.

It has sometimes been used to deepen trust, honesty and connection in a relationship. But it has also been used to try to "have it all", and can become an excuse to take what you want, no matter whom that hurts.

As a group of Tantric professionals, we entered discussion about this. Is this actually a path for growth and expansion, or it is causing us unnecessary pain?

Join us on our red table discussion on the topic...

More videos and podcasts on www.livetantra.com

With (in order of appearance):

Shashi Solluna (host): shashisolluna.com

Kalindi Jordan: www.kalindijordan.com

Hajnalka Makk: www.hajnalkamakk.com

Maria Fazzingo: www.energyoflove-tantra.com

Today I chat with Kalindi Jordan, a teacher or Tantra, Tao and Sexual Healing based in the UK. Her work really specializes in the healing that is required before we can have the sexual experiences we desire...and even the sexual experiences we haven't yet even dreamed of! Often we get so focused on trying to attain the expansive experience or pleasure we long for, that we don't realize that healing in our body and also our mind are actually essential steps before that can happen. Past traumas can shut us down in various ways. But also our thought patterns can deeply affect our sexual capacity. Kalindi has worked so deeply with women on these areas that she has developed a very profound understanding of how thoughts affect the body, and blocks are created. In this podcast, we chat about her findings and how women and couples can move through blockages. As she also works with teens, we chat about how to work with the next generation. Find out more about her work at https://www.kalindijordan.com/

This is an interview with the academic Stuart Sovatsky, with his astounding 50 years' experience studying Psychology, Counseling and Classical Tantra. An unusual voice in the world of Tantra, Stuart is a great believer in building long-term committed relationships in which to practice Tantra. He also looks at the importance of awareness of fertility at the core of Tantra...the seed of life. And how this awareness can bring a deep profound element to our eroticism. Beyond mere reproduction, can our fertility point us home to the Source of life? Stuart also explains his theory of the "second puberty". The first one being in our teens when desire awakens, but the second one being more of a spiritual awakening when the kundalini energy is activated. This changes our sexuality from a genital-focused act to a full body experience, with the higher centers included. Beyond pleasure, we can taste bliss. Access his books on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stuart-Sovatsky-PhD/e/B000APK5N2/ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Access his academic works here: http://princeton.academia.edu/StuartSovatsky

In this episode I explore the mechanics around using sex and sexual energy to generate spiritual experiences. Topics covered include: - What IS a spiritual experience anyway? 

- How can our state of contraction or expansion affect our reality?

 - Why do we seek expansive or spiritual experiences? 

- What did Tantra and the Taoist Sexual Arts teach us about using sexual energy for spiritual growth? 

- Can sex lead us to our higher self? 

- How is orgasm related to generating expanded states of consciousness? 

- How can we use sexual energy as rocket fuel for our spirituality? 

- What are the energy pathways used and how can we open them? 

- What practices are used to facilitate sexual-spiritual experiences? 

- What precautions do we need to take doing these practices? 

Author: Shashi Solluna References: for more videos see www.livetantra.com

Shashi interviews Minke de Vos, one of the world's experts in the Tao Tantric Arts (over 30 years' teaching experience). 

Minke shares the secrets of how you can turn sex from a physical act into a spiritual experience, generating more love and energy. In this podcast: - Hear how Minke had her own spontaneous energy activation. 

- Learn how the Taoists view sex as an exchange of energy and also a way to generate energy. 

- Discover how ejaculatory choice (being able not to ejaculate or to wait longer before release) can affect love-making. 

- Find out what yin and yang energies are and how we use them in love-making. 

- Learn how we shift heavy sluggish feelings into light and energized sensations using sex. 

- Hear about ways of circulating sexual energy through the body. 

- Find out how a couple can exchange energy in different ways. 

- Discover the mysteries of astral sex and energy body sex!!!! 

- Plus Minke shares one of her own personal sexual experiences in which she merged with the Universe! Learn about the Taoist Sexual Secrets from one of the world's most experienced masters, Minke de Vos. 

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See more videos on www.livetantra.com

Minke teaches trainings for women on www.taotantricarts.com