Tantric Sex: Making love last [Paperback]

Tantra is an Eastern path of personal development based on a system of yoga in which the union of male and female principles is worshipped. Yet so often in the West, it has been misrepresented as an ultimately hedonistic, orgiastic practice involving complex knots of limbs. Cassandra Lorius's Tantric Sex should finally bring a waiting audience home to their own sensual bodies. The key to tantra is not sex but sensuality at its fullest. Tantra means celebrating the love between two people and keeping it nourished and alive in a variety of ways, which this book explores.

The first half of the guide describes traditional Tantra as it has been practised by different groups in India over thousands of years and how it has been interpreted in the West. The second half of the book leads would-be practitioners with meditations and exercises in the art of sexuality. The fulcrum of the practice is to see your lover as truly divine. Sex thus becomes about worship and celebration, rather than notches in the bed post and comparative orgasms. Lorius herself found that through practising Tantra, she no longer experienced an empty post-coital feeling. Tantra is a journey that involves creating sacred space and a Tantric bed, tuning in to your lover, breathing, meditation and visualisation, eroticizing your body, touching, discovering male and female sacred spots and learning how to extend love-making. Lorius doesn't insist on an inflexible regime but encourages people to select and adapt practices to suit their situation. It's worth pointing out that the basic exercises can be used by single people and all can be used just as easily by heterosexual and same sex couples.

Whether you just want to spice up your relationship or follow Tantra as a spiritual path, Tantric Sex introduces the essentials of this life-enhancing tradition, made so exotic in the West, yet so simple. --Fiona Buckland

The essential guide to using and enhancing Tantric sexual energy. Switch off the mind, awaken all the senses and become aware of your whole body.

Tantra, known as the Tao of Love in China, is an Eastern path to self-development. Within Tantric thought, sexual energy is a key dimension of our bodies vital life force – and it’s an energy which needs to be harmonised if we are to live life happily and fullfil our true potential. The Tantra involves letting your mind go and becoming more expressive through your body – Tantric Sex introduces the essentials of this simple, life enhancing erotic tradition.

Rather than prescribing a set of impractical ‘adventurous’ sexual positions, the Tantra nurtures intimacy, sexual and emotional self-confidence, and the healthy development of sexual energy flow through the whole body.

As the mind and body become harmonised, communication skills, personal creativity and spontaneity will be positively boosted by Tantric sex.

Long term couples can find new, deeper and spiritual ways of expressing their sexuality and the healing of past sexual or emotional hurts will be encouraged too.

Tantric Sex looks at:

The union of male and female principles
• The liberation of repressed sexual energy – how to free your soul to fulfill it’s potential.
• How to tap into our natural fiery energy and discover a great lust for life.
• How to use meditation, visualisation and fantasy to improve sexual and emotional confidence within a couple and in daily life.

Tantra is an Eastern path of personal development based on a system of yoga in which the union of male and female principles is worshipped. It uses the sexual charge within a relationship to transform passion into heightened states of consciousness and create a spiritual bliss. Tantric sex enables us to fulfil our true potential by liberating our sexual energy and freeing ourselves from the limitations of the Self and the ego.

Discover how to switch off the mind, awaken all the senses and become aware of your whole body. By focusing on the fire energy, which rests at the base of the spine, we can tap into new sources of pleasure and develop a greater lust for life and a more vibrant sense of self. Use meditation, visualization and fantasy to dramatically improve sexual and emotional confidence and take your relationship to the highest attainable level.

'The Tantric Sex Book' introduces the essentials of this simple, life-enhancing tradition and teaches you how to find new ways of understanding, expressing and fulfilling your sexuality.

Cassandra Lorius is a homoeopath with 20 years experience, who has worked specifically around areas of sexuality. She has been an ardent follower of Tantra for many years and completed her Tantra training with SkyDancing UK.