Tantric Sex for Beginners: 4 Easy Tips!

My friend Sean recently wowed me by casually mentioning that he had just attended a three-day tantric sex workshop where the end goal was, well, for no end goal. “The point,” he said, “is to channel all the sexual energy that would normally leave during an orgasm, back into your body. It gives you so much energy!”

Sure enough, achieving the big “O” is not Tantra’s main objective. Instead, you attempt to prolong the act, increasing potent sexual energy and intimacy with your partner. If you focus solely on the grand finale, you’ll miss the amazing range of feeling the rest of the show offers. “Sexual energy is one of our most powerful energies for creating health,” says Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom. “Through the intimate connection with another, our stress hormones lower and our serotonin shoots through the roof.”

Hmmm, I’ve certainly heard of Tantra but besides the Bible-length Kama Sutra, wacky-sounding positions like “lotus” and “jumping spider” and tales of Sting engaging in 36-hour lovemaking sessions, I didn’t know much, let alone that the intimacy is great for our health. “Even without an exhaustive education,” says Wendy Strgar, Care2 columnist and CEO of Good, Clean Love, “the principles behind tantric practice can go a long way in deepening the connection you share with your partner.”

Next page: Four beginner’s techniques you can try out…

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By Veronica Peterson, Editor, Healthy&Green Living

Disclaimer: The views expressed above are solely those of the author and may not reflect those of
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Carol Ann O.

8:07AM PST on Jan 26, 2012

Orgasism begins in the head. not the flesh !

send a green star

Bengmin M.

7:25AM PST on Jan 17, 2012

someone here looking interesting!!

Andrea A.

1:31AM PST on Jan 14, 2012

Thanks.

The T.

2:57AM PST on Jan 2, 2012

tantra is from hindusim. its not just sex or love making, there is more to that then just that. Joreg said it well. Try it....you'll be amazed at how different it is

Mimi B.

10:38AM PDT on Oct 30, 2011

Our Tantra teachers are Freddy and Elsbeth from tantra nova dot com~ ASTOUNDING! I would say Tantra is about creating capacity and working through traumas in life to become more present, being aware of your breathing at all times and allowing space for others to feel however they have to without being triggered or drawn in by their emotions therefore offering more love to more people in whatever space and story they hold for themselves.
The practice teaches divine intimacy through the breath which leads to a more intimate lifestyle with all those around the practitioner.
Clothes stay on in the classes Freddy and Elsbeth teach. The first time my husband and I attended one of their workshops we learned to look into one another's left eye (eye to the soul), while one person sits up and places their hands over the heart and just above the sacrum (second chakra)~ then we were instructed to breathe at the same time (the person sitting up pays attention and breathes the same breath as the person lying down)~ It was the most vulnerable I had ever felt in my life to that point. That experience was my first glimpse of the depth that tantra offers~
The end result is not the orgasm, it is the sustainable connection to your divine spirit.
Freddy and Elsbeth do not label 'good' or 'bad' in terms of sexuality, they like to refer to it as 'fine tuning in life'~ you figure out all the things that do not work, then focus on all those things that do feel good.
I love this lifestyle.

JoreJj E.

5:01PM PDT on Oct 19, 2011

Do you know that you can consciously create your own reality in combination with this tantric lovemaking? That blissful energy that builds up can be focused and directed not necessarily at the same time but as the lovers set their goals and dreams and work with the energy of what they imagine, desire, and expect for their lives. http://togetherwithdivinelove.com/ecstasy.htm Love, Light, Laughter, Ease. Peace. JoreJj Z. Elprehzleinn

Jeannie H.

5:48PM PDT on Oct 13, 2011

I can't handle breathing someone's breath either. I need fresh air or I feel like I'm doing to suffocate. I guess there's too much carbon dioxide and not enough oxygen in that air.

Stacey E.

3:37PM PDT on Oct 12, 2011

Something to maybe try, sounds interesting

Hana B.

2:15PM PDT on Oct 10, 2011

thanks

Jenny S.

5:36PM PDT on Oct 8, 2011

interesting