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Exploring the Art of Tantra – (Part 2) Learning How to Extend Your Pleasure

Some people, especially in the Western region, view sex as a source of recreation rather than a means of transformation. They tend to focus more on the end goal – the destination, rather than the journey. In Tantra, every intimate moment is an opportunity to experience optimum pleasure and connect with your partner more fully. Last week’s article, Exploring the Art of Tantra – Taking Your Lovemaking to a Deeper Level, discussed the general concept of Tantra so you may want to review it before delving further into this vast pool of possibilities and potential pleasure beyond human comprehension.

Exploring the Art of Tantra – Taking Your Lovemaking to a Deeper Level

For centuries, various forms of Tantra have been practiced in many eastern cultures as a means to reach enlightenment. Tantra is an ancient yoga that is perhaps best known in the West for its celebratory inclusion of sexual energy as central to the practice. This powerful meditation can be experienced solo or with a partner. It involves being consciously aware of all your heightened senses, especially through breath and movement. Tantra is about sensing sexual/creative/life force energy; building it and moving it throughout the body for healing and pleasure.

The word Tantra means “to manifest, to expand, and to weave.” In this context, sex is thought to expand consciousness and to weave together the polarities of male (represented by the Hindu god, Shiva), and female (embodied by the Hindu goddess, Shakti), into a harmonious whole. It is intended to achieve a state where opposites cease to exist, where yin and yang are in perfect balance and duality is eclipsed.