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...if it will, I'm trying it immediately? Don't let my husband read this

it might, but with any yoga practices there are no "instant fixes". if your sex life is dull, then i suggest opening a line of communication with your beloved, treat it as a sacred act of bringing two souls together, take your time over it as an act of giving. if the two of you aren't on the same page, then communication in a safe, non judgemental way will help.

sex as a sensual pleasure is as addictive as cocaine, its really important to remember there are 2 people involved, and its about mutual enjoyment, connection and to treat as anything less is belittling it.

I totally agree with Reuben. Will tantra yoga enrich your sex life? Yes, certainly. But it's not an over-night fix.

It will help you bring intimacy, respect and depth to your sex life - like it will to the rest of your life.

Beautiful

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"For those wounded by civilization, yoga is the most healing salve," Terri Guillemets

Great title...sorry it caught my eye! So what is tantra yoga. I've heard about tantric sex, but is this similar?

Tantra is the Asian body of beliefs and practices which, working from the principle that the universe we experience is nothing other than the concrete manifestation of the divine energy of the Godhead that creates and maintains that universe, seeks to ritually appropriate and channel that energy, within the human microcosm, in creative and emancipatory ways.

Everyone has heard of tantric sex. Because sex is a great marketing tool, and Sting apparently "did it" for hours on end.

Sex is merely one element of the Tantras. Those seeking liberation eschew frictional orgasm for a higher form of ecstasy, as the couple participating in the ritual, lock in a static embrace. Several sexual rituals are recommended and practised. These involve elaborate and meticulous preparatory and purificatory rites. The act balances energies coursing within the pranic ida and pingala channels in the subtle bodies of both participants. The sushumna nadi is awakened and kundalini rises upwards within it. This eventually culminates in samadhi wherein the respective individualities of each of the participants are completely dissolved in the unity of cosmic consciousness.

Hummmm this is interesting but on a more practical level, are the poses different from lets say a style like Hatha yoga or bikram ? Is the breathing different? Like do people go out and each week practice tantra yoga, or is it something that's kept to the bedroom?

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Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind - so switch your phone off!

Its more meditative. There are asanas & pranayamas, bandha's & mudras which you will recognise from any other "style" of yoga practice. Hatha and Bikram will both provide a healthy, sensitised body to then move toward Tantra yoga research and practice, if you and your partner are in that place.

Its not a practice which you would get much out of if you just jump straight into it withoutknowing your own body first.

I was sort of joking here Reuben! But I understand what you're saying and agree totally, thanks for coming back to me on this everyone - very interesting!!