What is Tantra?
Tantra means ‘loom’ or ‘woven together’ and refers to the practice of weaving together or uniting seemingly opposite forces. As the Taoist symbol of yin yang elegantly illustrates, one is actually part of the other.
Tantric teachings and practices weave the polarities of spirit and matter, mind and body, masculine and feminine, Heaven and Earth into a single unified whole. In Tantra we use our physical and non-physical senses as portals into heightened states of consciousness.
As we become accustomed to experiencing the world in an non-dual way a spaciousness and grace flows into our lives, allowing us to experience a profound and consistent connection with the divine.
While Tantra is commonly viewed in the west as primarily a sexual tradition, sex is only a small portion of the tantric philosophy and practice.
Tantra sees the body as a sacred temple for the consciousness within, a vehicle in which to worship the divine. In Tantra we cultivate a heightened awareness of all our senses and use them as a portal to go beyond the realm of form into the realm of formlessness. This is by nature sensual, and even erotic, but not necessarily sexual.
Tantra is a way of being in the world. A way of having an intimate relationship with all that is, seen and unseen.
I aspire to live every moment with as much awareness and consciousness as I can and draw strongly upon Tantra in my intimacy coaching work.
