Using Tantra for Your Spirit
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When you need to connect your spirit and your sensuality, you can use tantra. This is something that has been around for centuries and is similar to neo-Tantra. This was first found in India, and it works with the Human Potential Movement.
People from the western world often think of tantra as touching and a way to get sensual but it isn’t always about sex. This is also known as a practice that connects the spirit and the sexual being while bringing intimacy into the relationship.
Connecting Tantra with the Spirit and Sexuality
Tantra is a practice that can help you to connect with yourself at a deeper level. This is sometimes referred to as a true nature and how neo-Tantra wants to separate the physical and emotional being, other people see this as shaming.
Tantra focuses on being intimate both with your partner and with who you are. It lets you to be more aware of what you need and what kind of intimacy that you lack. Some of the tantric practices include:
- Tantric yoga.
- Meditation.
- Divine nature.
- Sexual self.
- Breath work.
- Integrates sexual arousal.
- Activates the nervous system.
- Increases vulnerability.
- Increases self-understanding.
- Uses eye gazing.
- Uses sound experiences to open up expression.
For someone that wants to use tantric sex, here are some things that you should try to do first:
- Control your pelvic floor.
- Control your breathing.
- Don’t get into sexual patterns.
- Keep sex slow.
- Set intentions with your partner to connect with them.
Using Tantra with Your Partner
You can do tantra on your own and open up your pineal gland and your heart. This is a way that you can explore your body and your life. You can also choose to do this with your partner, and this will help if you communicate with them what you want and if you are being intimate with them. This is more than just being physical with your partner, but it goes deeper to show awareness and love. This helps to create a strong bond with your partner.
Some choose to do tantra with a group. This happens in a place called a puja which means worship in Hindu. This helps you to focus on a connection and to make contact with a community that wants to try the same things.
When doing this, it can include eye gazing, exchanging energy, opening up the chakras, being mindful of those around you and more. This is a time where you can get together with other people that want to have the same practice and the same goals. This helps you to find out what you really desire.
‘Control your pelvic floor’? Sounds like a yoga class I didn’t sign up for! But seriously, the blend of physical and spiritual is intriguing.
‘Slow sex’—isn’t that just… regular sex for some people? Just kidding! It’s interesting how many layers there are in these practices!
Tantra’s integration of breath work and mindfulness is fascinating. This holistic approach has so much potential for personal growth and deeper relationships!
While I appreciate the attempt to demystify tantra, it feels overly romanticized. Can we really separate it from its historical context, or is that just a Western lens? Let’s not ignore the cultural significance.
Indeed! It’s essential to understand tantra in its original cultural milieu rather than just as a trendy wellness practice.
You raise a valid point. The commodification of spiritual practices often leads to a disconnection from their true roots.
This article beautifully encapsulates the essence of tantra beyond mere physicality. It’s enlightening to see such ancient practices being recognized for their deeper spiritual connections.
“Eye gazing?” So we’re literally staring into each other’s souls now? What’s next—communicating through interpretive dance?
‘Connecting spirit and sensuality’ sounds poetic, but does this not risk trivializing serious emotional issues? Not every intimacy journey leads to enlightenment; sometimes, it leads to complications.