Tue, 01 May 2012 18:25:10 -0800WeeblyWed, 28 Mar 2012 06:39:00 -0800http://www.tantranorth.co.uk/1/post/2012/03/margot-anand-in-california.htmlWow, I am just back from a wonderful trip to California, inspired by my love of that country and the rare opportunity to work with Margot Anand.

She has been in retreat for a few years in Bali. It was wonderful to spend time with this remarkable lady, and to see how committed she is to her own growth and journey though life. She is no longer a young woman and her journey through sexuality has led her back to tantra's roots in spiritual practice, which she shared with us.

I came away with a much greater understanding of the power of this work to connect us directly and intensely with our immortal nature, this was something I knew to be available but had never directly experienced.

Of course the key is meditation. I know in theory how good meditation is but during this week I became aware of what a really tremendous gift it is...if we are prepared to cultivate it.

When I am over my jet lag I shall share details of some of my insights.

Blessings,
Helen


]]>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:04:29 -0800http://www.tantranorth.co.uk/1/post/2011/10/first-post.htmlWelcome to the first Tantra North newsletter

As the “Sexuality and the Chakras“ workshop is fast approaching, I thought this makes a good starting subject. 

Some of you might have been wondering what Tantra has to do with a “flaky New Age concept like chakras” so I am going to attempt to explain why... 

The chakra system is a major part of  tantra. Chakras are part of the non-physical “energy” body.  Although this non-physical energy reality has not been scientifically verified, this ancient concept allows us to make sense of experiences which otherwise would be perceived as strange if not mad.  There is a load of esoteric stuff on the chakras on the internet so I am going to talk about an area less easy to find, how the chakras relate to our sexuality.

Here is a sexual journey through the chakras. Our workshop “sexuality and the chakras” goes is an excellent opportunity to experience some (more) of these for yourself.  
 
First Chakra 

• SEXUAL APPETITE
• Sex drive and “horniness”
• Orgasm is experienced as a release of tension, mainly in the genital area
• Post orgasm is either exhausted sleep or leaves an “itch” that needs to be scratched 
• Sexuality seems insatiable

Second Chakra

• SEXUAL PLEASURE
• Erotic, sensual sexuality
• Beginner tantric experience
• Orgasm builds slowly as relaxed sensuousness helps you to bypass your desire to force orgasm
• Orgasm is still a release of tension, but it is deeper and spreads beyond the genital area. It creates a deep sense of completion, relaxation and emotional peace.
• Orgasm at this level helps to deepens the bond between couples 

Third Chakra

• SEX AS FUN AND GAMES
• Sexual manipulations – seduction and games
• The “dark” aspects of Tantra – taboo breaking, sorcery and sex magic
• The “feminine” version is seduction - the Femme Fatale or the Don Juan, its mild form is flirting.
• The “masculine” version is to increase sexual “charge”, in its milder forms it is having sex in risky situations, such as outside, on a plane etc. More extreme, it starts to encompass aspects of   BDSM
• Orgasm is still a release of tension which is heightened by increasing the excitement between the couple (the “chase”) or the riskiness of the setting (the “charge”)
• Post orgasm initially feels like a victory but can be followed by feelings of distaste, insecurity or the desire to seek more excitement.

Fourth Chakra

• SEX AS “BEING IN LOVE”
• Intermediate Tantric experience.
• Usually easier for a woman to achieve as her aroused sexuality rises naturally from her genitals to her heart. If a man’s heart is open to receiving this he feels deep pleasure, that the gift of his lingam is so lovingly accepted.
• Orgasm is more than a release of tension, the couple become aware of the flow of energy between themselves, linking them invisibly but powerfully at sex and heart.
• The pleasure of the physical orgasm extends into loving feelings and is deeply bonding.
• The post orgasm bliss can be prolonged and the loving may spread to all beings.  

Fifth Chakra

• THE “SACRED MARRIAGE”
• Advanced tantric experience
• Sex as merging of 2 souls/energy bodies
• Here we move even further from familiar love making.
• At a physically level the sensations of erotic pleasure from our mouths become equally pleasurable as those from the genitals.
• It is strongly bonding. There a sense that you are god and goddess making love.
• Orgasm changes its quality. It is no longer a release of tension but a blissful flow of energy circulating between you and your partner, in both directions. 

Sixth Chakra

• THE “SOUL MATE”
• Advanced tantric and spiritual experience
• This can be non-genital sexual experience. It is powerful trigger to start or deepen a relationship.
• This is sexuality happening outside the body. Tantric and meditative practices prepare you for this experience.
• It can feeI as if that you and another have met before, which can feel like an experience of past lives.
• The sexual experience does not relate to the genitals. It is if you become bigger than your physical body and there may be a dreamlike experience of your souls are making love outside your physical selves.
•  It is accompanying with an incredible sense of release, insight and gratitude that can leave the 2 of you changed and connected forever.

The Seventh Chakra

• SAMADHI
• Advanced tantric and spiritual practice
• This is non-genital sexual experience that can happen with or without a sexual partner. When it happens it is a gift, sometimes called “grace”.
• Tantra has practices designed to take raw, physical sexual energy up through the energy body out through this chakra so that such experiences are more likely.
• This is the place the mystics talk of where all becomes one, we dissolve into the oceanic bliss of consciousness.  

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