Tantra Yoga Pdf

[Billie Kjergaard]

Tantricyoga is a form of yoga practice that's aligned with tantra, an ancient spiritual practice originating in India, Tibet, and other parts of Asia. Tantra is often associated with tantric sex, which is the a sensual, spiritual form of sex. But these sexual practices are actually just one part of tantra and are actually more accurately described as neotantra. Tantra means "to weave" in Sanskrit, and classical tantra all about reaching spiritual enlightenment through connecting with your energy. This traditional understanding of tantra is the heart of tantric yoga.

What I learned over time was that this form of yoga is more a moving meditation than a physical workout. Traditional tantra yoga focuses on internal connection and reflection, with physical flexibility, strength, and prior knowledge of the postures taking a backseat to the primary intention of self-knowledge and empowerment.

Eventually I was able to find in each asana exactly what my body needed, because no one was telling me how to do it or how long to do it. I found strength in this freedom and came to consider this form of yoga far more powerful than what I'd personally experienced in the West.

I stayed at that ashram for quite a while, eventually becoming certified to teach this style of traditional tantra yoga. I am now back in my Western home, where practicing yoga usually means racing through traffic, running into a studio at the last minute, and performing whatever sequence at whatever pace our teacher has chosen.

Upon returning to mainstream yoga classes, I was confronted by how much emphasis is placed on the teacher. The teacher stands at the front of the room, introduces themselves, and leads you through a sequence of poses that they created paired with a playlist that they made. There is nothing wrong with this kind of practice. Yoga is about taking the journey that you need, and no one else can tell you what that is.

When I lead tantra yoga classes, I am there to support and gently guide my students. I help them rediscover their personal power and freedom and receive all the pleasure that yoga has to offer. The role of a tantric yoga instructor is to encourage you to discover what feels good to you in each moment of your practice and trust that.

Tantric yoga will prime your mind and body to receive and experience pleasure. But note, we're not talking about sexual pleasure here. (Though, separately, there are some more sexual tantric yoga poses for couples and regular yoga poses for better sex, if that's what you're into.)

Pleasure is often associated with sex, because pleasure is a feeling of enjoyable sensation in the body. But tantric principles state that all things in life should give you pleasure. Everything you do should give you pleasure. Therefore if you are in a class where the teacher is insisting that you stay or come out of an asana before your body has received all the pleasure it can, then you are not in control of your reality. And if you are not in control of your reality, who is?

Tantric yoga will help you unlearn the conditioning you've faced all your life. In the West, we are taught at a very young age to fall in line, to speak only when called on, to move only when permission has been granted. We are taught to color within the lines, not to deviate from the rest of the group. Traditional tantra yoga helps us access the strength within us to follow our own paths.

By tapping into the subconscious we can rediscover our true selves. When we know our true selves, we can live our best lives. We must breathe and release the conditioning that keeps us from our true pleasure. We must learn to stand on our own and take back our lives.

While both use sexual energy, the goal of the two practices is different. The goal of red tantra is to create a deeper bond with a partner, while white tantra is about creating a deeper bond with yourself.

Unlike Bikram yoga, which features the same 26 postures in every class, or Ashtanga which always has the same sequence, every tantra yoga teacher will lead you through a different sequence of movements, meditations, chanting, chakra work, and breath work.

In Tantra Yoga, the subtle bodies of energy and spirit are developed to create a bridge from the physical to the Devine. The development of energy is focused on the purification and cultivation of prana and the activation of kundalini. The physical body is used to activate energy through the practices of asana, pranayama, mudra, and shatkarma. Thus, the Tantra yogis developed the yoga postures (asana) and breathing exercises (pranayama) that are most commonly used today in Hatha Yoga. Mudras include hand gestures and an intense fusion of asana, pranayama, and bandha. Shatkarma (often referred to as kriya) are esoteric exercises and techniques to purify the body and cleanse the energy pathways.

The devotional practices of mantra, yantra, and puja are used to develop the spiritual body. Mantras are sacred Sanskrit sounds that are manifestations of the divine power. Yantras are sacred geometric forms used for concentration and visualization in Tantric rituals. Puja is the active devotional worship of a chosen deity through offerings of food, incense, light, water, and gems.

Tantra yoga was introduced to the west in the nineteenth century as exotic sexual-spiritual practices to deepen connection and intimacy. The interest in Eastern spirituality and the sexual and revolutions of the late 1960s and early 1970s further popularized and cemented Tantra as a yoga technique for great sex. Tantra as a sacred sexuality practice does relate to classical tantric teachings on the subtle energy body and an embodied presence to sexual union. But to simplify and conflate sexual techniques and interpersonal intimacy with the practice of tantra yoga is a distortion of this elaborate and complicated system of enlightenment.

Tantra enables the practitioner to directly experience the Divine and to taste the oneness of the cosmos. Tantra offers a smorgasbord of yogic techniques to bring one into the state of ecstasy representing a vast synthesis of spiritual knowledge.

I would like to do all of the exercises that are listed here. I have been sick and feel I need restoration in the worst way. I am 74 years young. I need help for total healing. I just have no idea how to began. I have started a lot of things including college but never finished. Mary in Atlanta

Tantra Yoga exercises are considered the yoga of realization. They are based on each of 108,000 subtle points and chakras. The entire body of tantra yoga is centered around the chakras, the 108,000 subtle points in the body. These subtle points are where energy, life force, and prana (life force) emerges.

I believe the association of Tantra and sex is a misunderstanding of the imagery. It is about union of the masculine and feminine of ones innerself. Actually the practice requires one to abstain from ejaculation because you lose a lot of life energy. In Ayurveda they say one drop of semem is worth 20 drops of blood. Once unity is achieved a Being will attain a Universal perspective of reality and experience pure consciousness. Through that perspective You will have great understanding. Unfortunately it will alienate you from everyone you love because they will appear naive and lost to You and no amount of explaining will get them to see the Truth as You do.

I found it interesting how Tantra yoga incorporates elements of both Hinduism and Buddhism. It shows how different spiritual traditions can be integrated and combined to create a unique and powerful practice.

I have often encountered many situations where it was evident that the choice of polyamory was not taken to grow and evolve. Dissolving all attachment and jealousy, but an excuse to justify a frivolous sex life. Under the flag of non-attachment, people wander from flower to flower without stopping. Missing the moment to deepen and truly connect.

Going deep into emotional intimacy with a person can bring up many shadows. This connection stirs the pot and forces you to face the projections and subconscious tendencies we carry with us from our family of origin. Any psychologist would agree with this.

Being open to a person makes you vulnerable. The deeper you go, the more there is the risk of suffering. And yes, in relationships, you usually suffer at some point, at least in the truly evolutionary ones. Our human tendency is to recreate the painful situations of childhood to overcome them internally; this also is recognized by modern psychology.

I have seen, however, that all too often, tantric environments are populated by people (especially men, I must admit) who use the name of tantra to justify a life of frivolous and shallow relationships.

Tantra, including red tantra, can be practiced in a monogamous couple and a polyamorous arrangement. This choice is very personal and has nothing to do with the spiritual path.

In tantric sexual practice, you cultivate an attitude of transfiguration. The person you face is transfigured into the universal masculine principle (Shiva) and universal feminine principle (Shakti). So it is impossible to get bored of the same person because you have the incarnation of divinity in front of your eyes.

Both options can bring something positive to your personal and spiritual growth. If you are reflecting on these two choices, here is some food for thought to help you choose in a way aligned with your inner integrity, free from socio-cultural conditioning but without trying to escape from something profound that could make you grow.

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Ayurveda: Ayurveda is fundamentally about balance. Life is always changing. How can we make accommodations in order to remain in balance? Rod noted that if spiritual fulfillment is something you are after, meditation time is necessary. Observing the quality of our meditation experience is a useful gauge of our doshic state of balance.

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