Taoists, Tantrists, and Sex: How Tao and Tantra can Improve Your Sex Life

By Kristina Benson

Have you ever wanted to take your sexual relationship with your partner to the next level and found yourself lost as to how to proceed? This book discusses sexuality within the context of Taoism and tantra to help you understand how to connect with your lover on the physical, spiritual, meditative, and sexual plane. An in-depth knowledge of Taoism, the chakric wheels, and energy systems are not assumed but are discussed in detail, and sensate focus exercises are suggested so as to heighten awareness of your lover’s physical sensations, and energy. Heteronormativity is not assumed, and lovers in any arrangement are encouraged to use the techniques contained within to bond and generate energy between them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Equity Press
• Release date: Nov 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781603322843

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Taoists, Tantrists, and Sex: How Tao and Tantra can Improve Your Sex Life

By: Kristina Benson

Taoists, Tantrists, and Sex: How Tao and Tantra can Improve Your Sex Life

ISBN: 978-1-60332-284-3

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

TAOIST AND TANTRIST APPROACHES TO SEX

THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TANTRA: CHAKRAS AND ENERGY

WHAT ARE THE CHAKRAS?

WHAT ARE NADIS?

FUNCTIONS OF EACH OF THE CHAKRAS

CHAKRAS AMD COLOR FREQUENCES

THE AURA

UNBLOCKING CHAKRAS

Common Causes of Blocked Chakras

How to Tell if a Chakra is Congested or Blocked

Yoga for Tantra and for Energy Flow

Yoga

Some of the Philosophies Behind Yoga

Prana

Practicing Asanas

Hatha Yoga

Kundalini Yoga

Ashtanga Yoga

Iyengar Yoga

Yoga Poses & Movements to Specifically Unblock the Chakras

Meditation

Tantric Sex and Activating the Chakras

Performing the Act of Tantric Coupling

Exercises to Nurture Tantra

THE DANCE OF LOVE

THE GOAL OF TANTRA

A Word about the Kama Sutra

SPIRITUAL SEX POSTURES

Ayurveda

Ayurveda and Sexual Vigor

Ayurveda and Sex

BODY-TYPE TENDENCIES

PHASES OF SEX THROUGH LIFE

Chakra and Aura Vocabulary

Sex and the Tao

The Tao Te Ching and the Tao

Sex and Taoism

Sexual Positions

Cicada Sex

Crane Sex

Dragon Sex

Fish Sex

Monkey Sex

Phoenix Sex

Rabbit Sex

Turtle Sex

Tiger Sex

Appendix

INTRODUCTION

TAOIST AND TANTRIST APPROACHES TO SEX

There is a rich body of literature on the sexual arts, compiled by Taoist and Hindu philosophers, and practiced for over a millennia. It is not possible to understand the basic principles of Taoist and Tantric sex without understanding the principles of Taoist and Tantric philosophy.

Therefore, included herewith are overviews on the basic assumptions of Tantrists and Taoists, and methods for correction of poor energy flow or alignment of meridians. Both Tantrists and Taoists believe that energy is exchanged during sexual practice, therefore, in order to be in peak sexual form, both the man and the woman must be centered, with proper energy flow.

Of course, these hundreds of years old philosophies can scarcely be done justice in one book, let alone this book, so this should be regarded as an introduction and an overview. It can take decades to master some of these principles, but with practice, you’ll see a marked improvement in sexual energy and sexual vigor.

Have fun!

THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF TANTRA: CHAKRAS AND ENERGY

WHAT ARE THE CHAKRAS?

The word chakra is a Sanskrit term meaning wheel. In most models, the chakras fit within systems that link the human body and mind into a single unit, referred to occasionally as the bodymind. The philosophical models of chakras as centers of energy were first identified through the practice of yoga in India where they were first written and codified.

Another way to describe chakras is to say that they are energy centers in the body. They are located at major intersections of the human nervous system, beginning with the base of the spinal column and moving upward. Chakras are considered to be a nexus of metaphysical and/or biophysical energy of the human body.

There are a few different theories and models regarding the chakra system. In Chinese medicine, they are often conceptualized in relation to acupuncture points. In some Eastern thought, chakras are considered to be the reflection of various states of the soul. In the Western depiction of chakras, the chakras are a model for an internal and external experience, and speaking of the chakras as 'energy centers', may be referring to electromagnetic hubs which connect to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of a person.

In Hinduism, the concept of chakras is described in a class of texts that are called Āgamas or Tantras. This is a large body of scripture, most of which is rejected by orthodox Brahmins, and deals with properties of esoteric anatomy and physiology, among other things.

In early Sanskrit texts there are descriptions of chakras and nadis (pathways for energy), and list a total of 5, 6, 7, or 8 chakras. Over time, one system of 6 or 7 chakras along the body's axis became the dominant model, and it is this model that most westerners are exposed to. This particular system may have originated in about the 11th century AD, and it is in this model that Kundalini is described as rising upward through the chakras until reaching the top of the head, and allowing the person to thereby connect with the divine.

In the tantric model, the chakras are described as emanations of consciousness from Brahman that begins as spiritual vortices of energy but eventually turns concrete, and creates these levels of chakras. The energy that was unleashed in creation, called the Kundalini, originates at the base of the spine. It is the purpose of the tantric or kundalini forms of yoga to awaken and channel this energy, and cause it to rise back up to the crown of the head to eventually touch the divine.

The first western reference on chakra appears in the book Theosophia Practica, published in 1696. It directly refers to inner force centers and details the shakta theory of 7 main chakra. This is the model that most Westerners are familiar with, mostly because of two translated Indian texts--the Sat-Cakra-Nirupana, and the Padaka-Pancaka, by Sir John Woodroffe.

Many New Age writers have also described one or more Transpersonal chakras above the crown