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"Tantra - Discovering the Power of Pre-Orgasmic Sex" is a common-sense guide on how to utilize sexuality to complement a full-scope system of yoga practices. Practical techniques are provided which enable both couples and solo practitioners to utilize the sexual response to cultivate sexual energy to its highest levels of spiritual manifestation. Finally, here is a no-nonsense book that takes the mystery out of sexuality and its relationship to yoga and the spiritual path. Yogani is the author of two landmark books on the world's most effective spiritual practices: "Advanced Yoga Practices - Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living," a comprehensive user-friendly textbook, and "The Secrets of Wilder," a powerful spiritual novel. The "AYP Enlightenment Series" makes these profound practices available for the first time in a series of concise instruction books. "Tantra" is the third book in the series. The second in the series is "Spinal Breathing Pranayama - Journey to inner Space." The first is "Deep Meditation - Pathway to Personal Freedom."
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Yogani's (the author of this book) writings are path-breaking in the field of YOGA. Tantra is often covered with lot of misconceptions and mostly misused for the wrong purposes. There are many books on tantra but few teach the actual purpose of the science of tantra -- divine unity.
This book lists out the excellent techniques of tantra, things that can be put to practical use and give the best results with minimal effort. The author also does a good job in explaining the science behind tantra, the union of bi-polar energies (shiva and shakti), that happen in the human body towards the road to enlightenment.
It is not only an interesting book to read, but something that is a must for all practitioners interested in the science of tantra. I hightly recommend buying it along with the book "Advanced Yoga Practices" by the same author.
This book lists out the excellent techniques of tantra, things that can be put to practical use and give the best results with minimal effort. The author also does a good job in explaining the science behind tantra, the union of bi-polar energies (shiva and shakti), that happen in the human body towards the road to enlightenment.
It is not only an interesting book to read, but something that is a must for all practitioners interested in the science of tantra. I hightly recommend buying it along with the book "Advanced Yoga Practices" by the same author.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Brilliant book well written, highlights the importance of the harmony and doesn't sell it as a contemporary sex practise a lovely beginning guide much deeper than other similar texts.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
I love this book...
28 Oct 2006
Format:Paperback
Making love this way is such a great way to live. It breaks your addiction to the chemical and hormonal dump which happens with orgasms, while also stimulating prana for increased health and spirituality. This book was written for yogis, yet I think it can be great for anyone!
Sometimes, in the lives of partners, sex can become a hassle. And after that, for a lot of people, their partners can seem like a pain. This brings the intimacy and care back into sex...the way it's supposed to be. It brings the love back into your relationships. This is a great thing for people who care about eachother to look into. I think it should be openly discussed and experimented with between you and your lover...that will really enhance the connection between you two. And if not...at least it's something kind of fun and exciting to explore!
For yogis, this greatly enhances their practices. Without some brahamacharya, which is the preservation of semen, yogic practices do little. But with it, your practices can really take off. The methods described in the book are groundbreaking, for their simplicity as well as their effectiveness.
This is the best of the best for practical tantra. Hands down!
Sometimes, in the lives of partners, sex can become a hassle. And after that, for a lot of people, their partners can seem like a pain. This brings the intimacy and care back into sex...the way it's supposed to be. It brings the love back into your relationships. This is a great thing for people who care about eachother to look into. I think it should be openly discussed and experimented with between you and your lover...that will really enhance the connection between you two. And if not...at least it's something kind of fun and exciting to explore!
For yogis, this greatly enhances their practices. Without some brahamacharya, which is the preservation of semen, yogic practices do little. But with it, your practices can really take off. The methods described in the book are groundbreaking, for their simplicity as well as their effectiveness.
This is the best of the best for practical tantra. Hands down!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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13 Nov 2008
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Firstly, the only kind of tantra about which I am knowledgeable is the Tibetan Buddhist variety, as I am a practitioner of that tradition, which tends to be very conservative.
I have only recently started to study a bit about this kind of tantra, which could probably be more accurately defined as neo-tantra. The basics of it seem pretty harmless, and this book makes clear that it explains sexual practices which will only get you anywhere if used in tandem with "right-handed" yoga practices, i.e. asanas and such. This seems to me like a sober enough approach. The book doesn't make promises, but merely shows a way to incorporating sex into the spiritual path.
Whether or not you are a yogi, I think anyone can benefit from bringing mindfulness into sex. I honestly think all men should learn how to use their breathing and PC muscles to achieve multiple orgasms, lofty purposes or no. The general confusion and pervasive influence of strange characters like Osho makes me less enthusiastic about this particular path and I think I will probably look more deeply into the Qigong approach to this sort of thing. I would recommend this book to the curious, however, as I find it level-headed and informative.
I have only recently started to study a bit about this kind of tantra, which could probably be more accurately defined as neo-tantra. The basics of it seem pretty harmless, and this book makes clear that it explains sexual practices which will only get you anywhere if used in tandem with "right-handed" yoga practices, i.e. asanas and such. This seems to me like a sober enough approach. The book doesn't make promises, but merely shows a way to incorporating sex into the spiritual path.
Whether or not you are a yogi, I think anyone can benefit from bringing mindfulness into sex. I honestly think all men should learn how to use their breathing and PC muscles to achieve multiple orgasms, lofty purposes or no. The general confusion and pervasive influence of strange characters like Osho makes me less enthusiastic about this particular path and I think I will probably look more deeply into the Qigong approach to this sort of thing. I would recommend this book to the curious, however, as I find it level-headed and informative.
86 of 107 people found the following review helpful
What Tantra is not.
22 May 2007
Format:Paperback
While I am sure that a book such as this is helpful to customers wanting to have a more satisfactory sex life and may be very inspirational on many levels, there is nothing 'Tantric' about it from the point of view of the Indian Tantric tradition. I am a Sanskrit scholar who focuses on the Tantric tradition. The very word 'Tantra' refers to a vast corpus of sacred ritually-oriented texts that governed the spiritual practices of a given sect's initiates. The texts themselves are called 'Tantras' (i.e. containing ritually oriented practices that "expand" awareness). I am aware of every single Tantra that has been translated into a Western language (About 5% of the corpus has been translated, which doesn't mean that they're understood) from their original Sanskrit.
I have not seen that a single one of these sexually-oriented 'tantra' (modern) books that cites from a single actual Tantra. This is because there is nothing to cite, with one exception that doesn't inform this modern tantra-sex thing anyway: the 29th chapter of the 'Tantraloka' (see below).
The idea that the Tantras are focused on heightened intimacy and sexual pleasure has been completely fabricated. There IS a focus on experiencing the divine in all human activities; interestingly, the great Tantric sage Abhinavagupta urges sex only with people that are found to be wholly un-attractive as to dispel the illusion that they are not also a perfect beautiful expression of the Divine. This kind of sex is engaged in a wholly ritual setting, as depicted in chapter 29 (the 'kula yaga' chapter) of Abhinava's famous 'Light on Tantra.' (Tantra Loka). Otherwise the Tantra Loka is focused on the means to awakening to the heart of Universal Consciousness (Shiva) through spiritual disciplines. These include sacred initiation and aligning subtle body energies with the Divine through yoga and visualization. NONE of these practices, with the very very minor exception of the above named ritual (the kula yaga), have a sexual component.
Also, the Kama Sutra is absolutely NOT a Tantra, nor is it in anyway related to any Tantric sect or lineage. It is a 'shastra,' a treatise on attaining perfect sexual fullfillment written mainly for the medieval wealthy elite. It is categorized with other 'shastras' that teach various arts, such as the 'artha shastra,' the treatise on how to attain power, the 'dharma shastra,' a treatise on ethical laws and precepts, and the 'kama shastra,' the treatise that focuses on attaining sexual pleasure. Its core text is, of course, the Kama Sutra (the 'Aphorisms on Pleasure.').
-Christopher Tompkins, M.A. Comparative Religion, M.A. Sanskrit, PhD Candidate
I have not seen that a single one of these sexually-oriented 'tantra' (modern) books that cites from a single actual Tantra. This is because there is nothing to cite, with one exception that doesn't inform this modern tantra-sex thing anyway: the 29th chapter of the 'Tantraloka' (see below).
The idea that the Tantras are focused on heightened intimacy and sexual pleasure has been completely fabricated. There IS a focus on experiencing the divine in all human activities; interestingly, the great Tantric sage Abhinavagupta urges sex only with people that are found to be wholly un-attractive as to dispel the illusion that they are not also a perfect beautiful expression of the Divine. This kind of sex is engaged in a wholly ritual setting, as depicted in chapter 29 (the 'kula yaga' chapter) of Abhinava's famous 'Light on Tantra.' (Tantra Loka). Otherwise the Tantra Loka is focused on the means to awakening to the heart of Universal Consciousness (Shiva) through spiritual disciplines. These include sacred initiation and aligning subtle body energies with the Divine through yoga and visualization. NONE of these practices, with the very very minor exception of the above named ritual (the kula yaga), have a sexual component.
Also, the Kama Sutra is absolutely NOT a Tantra, nor is it in anyway related to any Tantric sect or lineage. It is a 'shastra,' a treatise on attaining perfect sexual fullfillment written mainly for the medieval wealthy elite. It is categorized with other 'shastras' that teach various arts, such as the 'artha shastra,' the treatise on how to attain power, the 'dharma shastra,' a treatise on ethical laws and precepts, and the 'kama shastra,' the treatise that focuses on attaining sexual pleasure. Its core text is, of course, the Kama Sutra (the 'Aphorisms on Pleasure.').
-Christopher Tompkins, M.A. Comparative Religion, M.A. Sanskrit, PhD Candidate
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