What is Tantra

Tantra yoga is a path of direct experience. Through it's powerful practices, exercises, humour, celebration and meditation we are encouraged to embrace the real dynamics for 'authentic being' and relationship, to become more alive and deeply present to every moment and experience of our being.

Tantra is a path of yoga meditation that views the human body as a doorway to higher consciousness, in fact, the body is seen by Tantrics as the ultimate source of awakening. It is believed that the very sensations and emotions experienced by us contain all the mysteries of the Universe . . . put simply, the ultimate is only accessible through the immediate. The breath, movement and sound techniques of Tantra enliven the body and expand the senses, making it possible to reach deep levels of ecstatic meditation through intimate contact with the immediate through sensation and emotion. Thought in the west to be merely a sexual technique, Tantra is actually one of the most ancient yoga meditation paths from the east, which goes far beyond sexual experience.

Tantra is a path of surrender - not in the western context of submission or subjugation, but as in 'surrendering to life' or 'surrendering to being'. Tantric yoga encourages us to actively embrace all of ourselves and who we are, and enter into life completely. Every aspect of our being including sexuality is held as profoundly sacred in tantra.

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