Tantric Sexual Union Meditation

Tantric Sexual Union Meditation is a sexual practice from Hindu scripture.

This is a description of a Tantric Sexual Practice from a Hindu scripture, Gupta Sadhana Tantra, as recounted in the book: Spiritual Sex, by Nik Douglas.

“Woman should always be worshipped, firstly by washing her feet, massaging and caressing her. Then, by worshipping her mouth, breasts, navel and her yoni.
She is always to be viewed as the Goddess Shakti, while her devotee imagines himself to be Shiva. He should always ask her permission before having intercourse with her.
He should treat her with consideration and see to her satisfaction. And when he offers his semen as an oblation, as a sacrifice, it is offered to the great Goddess in the form of woman.
This behaviour leads to the acquisition of all desired objects, freedom from disease, the love of women and the 8 great occult powers.”

In order to practice this, I would suggest taking it very literally. You can create a beautiful ritual form of lovemaking, using the instructions in this quote as your inspiration. You will need minimum 2 hours for this ritual. Read more

Transform Your Sex Life With Meditation

Dwayne Austin reveals how to transform your sex life with meditation.

In most cases, people tend to think that meditation is just a procedure of clearing the mind from stressful thoughts. However, it is essential to understand that meditation goes well beyond that and among its abundant benefits, there’s an improved sex life! Read more

How to Unleash the Full Power of the Tantric Path

Meditation teacher Chad Foreman reveals how to unleash the full power of the Tantric path.

A Zen Master once said: “To be enlightened is to be intimate with all things.”

Even though this is from Zen, which is not often associated with Tantra, it’s the essence of the full power of tantra; both simple and profound. The Tantric path is becoming whole, fully uniting with all of reality realising the completed perfection of the present moment.

When I started studying tantra at a Tibetan Buddhist centre I came across the idea of a quick path to enlightenment. I was told Tantra is a high powered vehicle with incredible spiritual technology to propel you to the highest human potential within just a few years. Well I don’t know about all that any more but I know the Tantric meditations are powerful methods that have helped me enormously and are worth sharing with others. Read more

Kundalini Awakening: 4 Powerful Meditations

Meditation teacher Anmol Mehta describes four powerful meditations to awaken kundalini.

In the article Kundalini Meditation | The Power of the Energy, I discussed how the awakening of Kundalini takes place in advanced meditation, as the demand for energy in order to watch reality in motion taps into this latent potential. Kundalini awakening and subsequent enlightenment experiences also take place as energy channels open up during meditation and higher states of consciousness are experienced. Read more

Couples Meditation for Beginners

This couples meditation for beginners is a great way to start developing a Tantric relationship.

Couples meditation is a great way to improve your relationship. It’s a great way to reach a whole new level of intimacy and understanding. Please read the article on intimacy first if you want to know more about intimacy. This article is about practical exercises/meditations you can do to deepen the intimacy with your partner. Read more

How to Use Meditation for Mind-Blowing Sex

Emily Fletcher reveals how to use meditation for mind-blowing sex.

How to Use Sex to Explore Consciousness and Deepen Meditation

Abby Eagle reveals how to use sex to explore consciousness and deepen meditation.

When you see an attractive man or woman they are in fact a mirror for your inner man or woman. The more attractive they are the more they accurately mirror your inner man or woman. The desire then acts to bring us physically close to the other and the sexual act begins however sometimes the orgasm is a non event and other times it is intensely blissful, why? Because sex is more than just pleasure derived from physical stimulation. I have heard Osho say that most people's experience of sexual orgasm is really just confined to a physical genital experience. But there is another dimension to sexual orgasm and that is the domain of meditation. Read more

Unleashing the Full Power of the Tantric Path

Meditation teacher Chad Foreman reveals how to unleash the full power of the Tantric path.

A Zen Master once said: “To be enlightened is to be intimate with all things.”

Even though this is from Zen, which is not often associated with Tantra, it’s the essence of the full power of tantra; both simple and profound. The Tantric path is becoming whole, fully uniting with all of  reality realising the completed perfection of the present moment. Read more

Open the Central Pleasure Channel

Tantra teacher Crystal Dawn explains how to open the central energy channel.

The purpose of this practice is to access and expand your awareness of the life-force energy that moves naturally throughout the body. This practice supports you in having a relaxed body-mind, an open heart and more awareness of the Now. Another benefit is that it helps to amplify and redistribute sexual energy throughout the body. Read more

Tantric Meditation to Enhance Your Love Life

Prana Regina Barret shares a Tantric meditation to enhance your love life.

If you're at all into spirituality, meditation or yoga, chances are you've heard of Tantra.

Many people are now turning to Tantra as a lifestyle practice. But beyond Tantra being a codeword for some kind of sexual marathon that Sting jokingly claimed to enjoy, what exactly is it?

More importantly, is it something that's within reach for you to enjoy, and can it help you grow in some way? Read more

3 Animal Stretches That Prep You for Meditation

If you dins ir difficult to sit in meditation, it could be because your body isn't prepared.

Stretches can help you prepare your body for meditation and strengthen your lower back so you can sit for extended periods and focus on your practice, pain-free. Here are three animal-inspired stretches to try: Read more

Advanced Tantric Yoga Technique to Channel Sex Energy

Anmol Mehta demonstrates the use of the advanced Tantric technique, the Maha Bandha (Triple Lock), in conjunction with the Tantric Yoga exercise Sat Kriya, to channel kundalini and sex energy up the spine for use by the higher centers.

7 Things to Know About Orgasmic Meditation

Orgasmic Meditation is going mainstream, but Ami Angelowicz says there are seven things you should know before you sign up.

In a brave and epic fashion, Gawker writer Nitasha Tiku attended AND participated in an OM conference, living to pen the tale. For those of you who are not familiar, OM (orgasmic meditation) is a sequenced practice in which one partner gently strokes the other partner’s clitoris for 15 minutes. The result is said to be therapeutic, rather than sexual. The “stroking” allegedly activates the limbic system and releases a flood of oxytocin. The technique was originally billed as a spiritual-style practice like meditation, but as it gains popularity, it’s being presented as more of a “technological innovation” or “body-hack to happiness.” The “guru” of the technique, 46-year-old Nicole Daedone, guarantees that it’s profound whether you’re coupled or single. If you’re thinking OM and it’s parent company, OneTaste, sound cult-y, I wouldn’t argue with you. After reading Tiku’s exhaustive expose, I would describe an OM conference as Landmark Forum for the clitoris. The 1960′s free love culture is back; but for a fee and backed by technological sophistication! Tiku did a thorough job of demystifying the practice. Here are the most important things to know about OneTaste and the OM experience: Read more

Ajapa Japa: Tantric Meditation Technique

Ajapa Japa is a Tantric meditation technique for opening the Chakras, activating the energies, and bringing the mind to a state of silence. You work with Ujjayi, Khechari, Soham Mantra and circulation of Awareness. This variation of Ajapa Japa was developed by by Paramahamsa Satyananda. Nalini, one of his direct disciples, guides you through different steps of this meditation technique.

7 Meditation Myths Busted

The benefits of meditation are becoming well-known, but many people still don't try meditation because they believe some of the prevailing misconceptions about the practice. Deepak Chopra dispels seven of the most common meditation myths.

In the past 40 years, meditation has entered the mainstream of modern Western culture, and been prescribed by physicians and practiced by everyone from business executives, artists, and scientists to students, teachers, military personnel, and -- on a promising note -- politicians. Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan meditates every morning and has become a major advocate of mindfulness and meditation, as he describes in his book, A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit.

Despite the growing popularity of meditation, prevailing misconceptions about the practice are a barrier that prevents many people from trying meditation and receiving its profound benefits for the body, mind, and spirit. Here are seven of the most common meditation myths, dispelled. Read more

Research Shows Meditation Can Positively Change Your Brain

Research shows that meditation really can positively change your brain, and it only takes a month.

Scientists studying the Chinese mindfulness meditation known as integrative body-mind training (IBMT) say they've confirmed and expanded their findings on changes in structural efficiency of white matter in the brain that can be related to positive behavioral changes in subjects practicing the technique regularly for a month.

In a paper appearing this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists Yi-Yuan Tang and Michael Posner report improved mood changes coincided with increased axonal density -- more brain-signaling connections -- and an expansion of myelin, the protective fatty tissue that surrounds the axons, in the brain's anterior cingulate region. Read more

Evidence Builds That Meditation Strengthens the Brain

Evidence builds that meditation strengthens the brain.

Earlier evidence out of UCLA suggested that meditating for years thickens the brain (in a good way) and strengthens the connections between brain cells. Now a further report by UCLA researchers suggests yet another benefit.

Eileen Luders, an assistant professor at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, and colleagues, have found that long-term meditators have larger amounts of gyrification ("folding" of the cortex, which may allow the brain to process information faster) than people who do not meditate. Further, a direct correlation was found between the amount of gyrification and the number of meditation years, possibly providing further proof of the brain's neuroplasticity, or ability to adapt to environmental changes. Read more

A Meditation to Live Life More Fully after Death

There is one fact of life which is universally applicable to all of us : All of us will die one day. Tantra teacher Mahasatvaa Ma Ananda Sarita gives a meditation to live life more fully after death.

From the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra: “Focus on fire rising through your form from the toes up until the body burns to ashes but not you.”

The meditations in the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra cover all aspects of life, including death. This sutra allows us to experience death before physically dying, which in turn means we are more able to live.

What is that which transcends death? All the mystics down the ages have spoken about the deathless, that which is never born and never dies, which is what we are focusing on in this particular sutra. To practise this meditation: Read more

10 Common Meditation Mistakes

Learn from Axel Gjertsen how to avoid the most common meditation mista

It’s good to make mistakes as long as we learn from them. In this post we’ll take a look at 10 of the most common mistakes beginners and intermediate meditators make. As always, focus on the pointers that inspire and make the most sense to you.

1) For Beginners:
Opt to meditate when you are calm and feel at ease. It’s not a good idea for a novice meditator to practice immediately after a busy day at work, which makes it more difficult to concentrate. If you want to meditate after a stressful day, take a short nap beforehand.

For intermediate and experienced meditators on the other hand, it’s essential to learn as much as possible about the mind. Then, it’s worthwhile to occasionally meditate for example while tired, angry or under stress. This is to familiarize oneself with various mental states. Read more

6 Tips for Choosing a Meditation Practice

Have you tried meditation but gave it up because it didn't seem to suit you? It could be that you chose the wrong meditation practice. Meditation teacher Susan Piver givers six great tips for choosing the right meditation practice for you.

When I started practicing meditation in 1995, I didn't tell too many people about it for fear they would think I had joined a cult or turned into some kind of new-aged oddball. If I mention it today, however, I'm more likely to be greeted by comments like, "I just came back from a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat," or "Yes, my doctor told me I should meditate to stabilize my blood pressure." I knew that this ancient practice had officially entered our culture when I saw a billboard advertising a new sleeping pill called Zazen. It's here.

Now, we're faced with a plethora of choices for developing a meditation practice. I say go for it! Explore the practice of "Vipassana" or "Insight Meditation." Ask your doctor to refer you to a clinic where they teach mindfulness based stress reduction, which is connected to Vipassana. Visit your local Shambhala center or another Tibetan Buddhist center and learn "Shamatha" or the practice of tranquility. Try "Zazen" (the Zen meditation practice, not the sleeping pill).

There are many other forms of meditation practice, but as a Buddhist, these are the ones I am familiar with and can vouch for. And as you do your research, I suggest you consider these parameters: Read more