Tantra Lifestyle for Healing & Transformation

by on Apr.18, 2012, under Tantra Book

Since the late 1980s and into the 90s, when American sex educators such as  Annie Sprinkle and Margo Anand invited us to expand our awareness of sexuality, a new and explosive interest in Tantra has begun to surface. After a period  of separation and individuation, there appears to be a collective longing for more connection and intimacy in relationships. As people become more enlightened as a whole, heavily influenced by the yoga revolution, there is also a call, more specifically, for sacred and spiritual connections. People of all ages, genders and sexual orientations are feeling the need for a place to connect with their body, mind and spirit in community.

For those who are new to Tantra, it is a practice that combines movement, breath, meditation and sound to assist the energy system within the body to open. This opening allows dormant energy, also known as kundalini, to move from the pelvis, up the spine. As this life force energy moves up the spine, it helps one to transform and heal. This healing involves loosening constrictions within the body that develop throughout life When the constrictions are loosened, one’s true identity is revealed. When one feels safe to be them self, one is happier and attracts easily. The expansion of the energy body also increases sensation, clairvoyance and one’s ability to connect with others.

Many are sampling Tantra in two hour or half day workshops. Those wanting a deeper learning experience attend extended retreats. What I have learned on my own tantra yoga path, and as a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, is that these experiences alone are not enough to open the chakra system and free the kundalini energy. Opening the body to receive the kundalini energy requires transforming a lifetime of parental and societal messages that can cause contraction and holding within the body when one is not living their truth. The body, mind and spirit integrate these openings in the chakra system at a pace that is dependent on physical and emotional history and is unique for each individual. The body mind and spirit can only assimilate so much change at once. Consequently, a brief experience will provide a step in the right direction, but will not provide the purification necessary to run kundalini energy and have the tantra experience that many are seeking.

Attending workshops and retreats is an important first step toward exploring Tantra.  One way to deepen the experience is to develop a tantra lifestyle practice with a master teacher.  A practice that slowly allows one’s chakras to open and expand.  In doing so, the practitioner can discover his or her true essence, while fully supported and experiencing the gifts of Tantra. This is a gentle approach, so the body, mind and spirit have a chance to integrate the chakra openings. Transformation takes place, as well as life shifts: significant physical and emotional health improvements, new jobs, new or deeper partnerships, and moves to one’s dream location.  These are just some of the outcomes I have witnessed.

To learn more about Prana Regina Barrett and Tantra to Love™ workshops, retreats, apprenticeships and private couples sessions, please visit our website and join our mailing list at  www.tantratolove.com

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24 Comments for this entry

  • Catherine
    April 19th, 2012 on 7:23 pm

    I have read quite a bit about Tantra practice(not a lot of clear explanations). This looks like just the book I am looking for!

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    • Prana
      April 19th, 2012 on 8:09 pm

      I am glad you get that sense from this entry. Much more to come to help clarify things for you. There is so much to it and it’s not all about sex, but ultimately, can enhance sex , for sure!

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  • Lonny Welle
    April 22nd, 2012 on 5:05 pm

    It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button! I’d most certainly donate to this brilliant blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will talk about this website with my Facebook group. Chat soon!

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    • Prana
      April 30th, 2012 on 3:46 pm

      Thanks Lonny. For now, I decided not to go the donation route. The book, and my path as a tantra educator and spiritual counselor, have unfolded effortlessly, which tells me that this book is meant to be published. It’s content has been divinely channeled through me and I have been blessed with the destiny to share it. For this reason, I have confidence that this book will get picked up by a reputable publisher and I will be paid to finish writing it. I am grateful that you are book marking it, promoting it and I look forward to future conversations with you about Tantra. Thank you for your comment, as your participation helps to show there is interest in this book. If you aren’t on our mailing list yet, please sign up so you will be updated when the book is for sale. If anyone would like to make a donation, you can make one at http://www.paypal.com to info@pranaheals.com Include in the comment field that your donation is for the book and I will pass your donation onto my intern who is generously editing the book for free until we get an advance.

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  • tabata
    May 11th, 2012 on 11:57 am

    Do you have a Facebook fan page for your site?
    Best regards,
    Ron

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  • Daniella Cawthorn
    July 31st, 2012 on 3:34 pm

    I think you have noted some very interesting points, thank you for the post.

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  • правда о кришнаитах
    August 3rd, 2012 on 2:39 am

    I do agree with all of the concepts you’ve offered on your post. They are really convincing and can certainly work. Nonetheless, the posts are very short for beginners. Could you please prolong them a little from subsequent time? Thank you for the post.

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    • Prana
      August 6th, 2012 on 3:10 pm

      The blog simply gives you a taste of the offerings. You will need to study with us or buy the book to learn more. Blog posts are meant to be short. Internet surfers have a short attention span. Tx for your feedback though. Please visit again and you will learn more.

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      • Tobi
        August 21st, 2012 on 4:04 am

        Hi D ~ Welcome to Lisa C’s! I can understand your pooitisn in thinking that Tantra only works if each participant is familiar with one another and has some knowledge on how it works. I was some what of a skeptic when I first studied about it some years ago and that was before I gave it a try. In Tantra there has to be a giver and a receiver. Let me say that again, In Tantra there has to be a giver and a receiver and if you are willing to be either one it will work. My husband and I practice Tantra all the time and each time we experience something different. Our connection has been deepened because of it and that leads to a deeper connection to every other aspect of our relationship.The instructor used two random models from the audience. These where women who volunteered on their own accord. I believe that they where both familiar with Tantra on some level, however (to my knowledge) neither one of them was prepared for what they experienced. As a participant sitting in the audience I felt the energy that was coming from them as they opened up to receive. You can always stand on the outskirts of something, look in and give your opinion about it. But as the saying goes…don’t knock it until you try it. I would encourage you to!Be Blessed!

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        • Prana
          August 21st, 2012 on 11:25 am

          Hi Tobi. Tx for sharing your experience with Tantra. As you can see from my articles, Tantra is first an individual journey. Once individuals practice, they can then share with their partner. It is best to begin in that way and is how Tantra has been practice for thousands of years. Tantra is about purification and unfolding into our pure essence. When this unfolding takes place, energy can be shared. One’s energy centers within the body (chakras) need to be open in order to move the energy you describe. This opening can happen when one is experiencing an orgasm and is a great example of how it feels when one is completely vulnerable and open. Osho, one of our Tantra gurus, says that sex most likely informed meditation techniques.

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  • Alisande Cunningham
    August 8th, 2012 on 1:23 am

    I love the clarity and easy reading about this fascinating subject of pleasure, enlightenment and Tantra. Looking forward to reading your book.

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    • Prana
      August 9th, 2012 on 4:24 pm

      Thanks Alisande. I am glad you find it easy to read and interesting. The content is channeled, so that helps to make it clear, as well as having a good editor. Grateful for my editor intern, Derek Edry, for volunteering all this time.

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  • Robyn Vogel
    August 8th, 2012 on 4:16 pm

    Your blog is really really good! Such clarity and I feel your relaxed energy reading your words! You have gained so much knowledge and experience and it’s all shining through your blog entries! PLEASURE yes! Tantra lifestyle – YES! I look forward to reading your book!

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    • Prana
      August 9th, 2012 on 4:16 pm

      Thanks Robyn! I am glad the book comes across that way. Sometimes, my voice gets lost in the editing process, but I do my best to maintain it as much as possible.

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    August 9th, 2012 on 6:00 pm

    I believe that avoiding processed foods is a first step so that you can lose weight. They may taste very good, but ready-made foods possess very little nutritional value, making you feed on more in order to have enough vigor to get throughout the day. If you are constantly feeding on these foods, switching to grain and other complex carbohydrates will let you have more vigor while consuming less. Thanks alot : ) for your blog post.

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    • Prana
      August 9th, 2012 on 6:09 pm

      I agree with what you are sharing. Good points. However, the objective is not to lose weight. Losing weight does help one feel lighter, but not the intention of this book. Tantra practices encourage self acceptance. Some may be challenged with weight loss their whole lives b/c they struggle with emotions. Clearing these emotions can be a life long journey. Better to love self now and be happy now. Thanks for your comment about how filling with process foods makes the body always want more real food. I think weight loss is a nice side effect to eating food as close to source as possible.

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      • Amin
        August 18th, 2012 on 10:07 pm

        Fantastic! I work with so many women and couples who are in a slesxes marriage. I also work with people who have forgotten who they are sexually or cut that part of themselves off. This reminds me that sexuality is like breathing. It is a deep part of us (whether or not we honor or enrich it). You have a way of making sexuality sound like poetry! I can’t wait to share this

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  • Tyson F. Gautreaux
    August 13th, 2012 on 7:24 am

    My sisiter and I were just discussing this same topic a few weeks ago…..

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  • Hipolito M. Wiseman
    August 17th, 2012 on 7:57 am

    So very true….Thanks for blogging this….

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