Recently, on a conscious sexuality whatsapp group where I have become notorious for my sometimes abrasive and cutting commentary, I received a challenging and critical remark from a fellow tantrika when I dismissed a poorly-researched and fanciful youtube video on kundalini – circulated by someone who has espoused noxious antisemitism and holocaust denialism. The remark […]
This axiom of Eros is an oft-repeated mantra in the neotantrik circles I have orbited for the past decade and a half. Attributed to the philosopher Plato, it lends the pursuit of eroticism a flattering veneer of philosophical respectability and sophistication. Follow your desires, act out your erotic impulses, and transcendental knowledge will surely be […]
Various lineages of neotantra orient themselves by the spiritual patriarch Daniel Odier, promoting a form of dance he called “tandava”. My research* and personal experience suggests that “Odier“ is peddling a colonised distortion of sacred teachings that is causing spiritual and relational harm in ways that are subtle but real and growing as his teachings […]
RECENTLY, MY LOVE ASKED ME WHETHER I DIDN’T PREFER A DIVERSITY OF LOVERS. Photo credit: Christopher Wallis, www.hareesh.org IN THIS POST, I AM ELABORATING ON MY RESPONSE: IN THE PAST, WHEN I HAVE SHARED INTIMACY WITH MORE THAN ONE LOVER CONCURRENTLY, I HAVE FELT AMBIGUOUS ABOUT THIS… ON THE ONE HAND, I DELIGHT IN THE […]
I FEEL SUCH JOY AND GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE SACRED PRACTICES OF TANTRA AND TAOISM WITH SEEKERS. RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS WORK TOGETHER WITH A BEAUTIFUL CONSORT WHOSE COMPASSIONATE WISDOM AND SENSITIVITY HAS LENT THIS YOGA OF DELIGHT EVEN MORE DEPTH AND REACH. THIS IS […]
“I’LL SEE YOU IF IT FLOWS… IF IT EMERGES NATURALLY AND EASILY”… THIS IS ONE OF THE TYPICAL FLAKY REMARKS THAT I HEAR SO OFTEN IN #NEWAGE AND #TANTRA CIRCLES. I FIND IT DEEPLY DISRESPECTFUL WHEN PEOPLE EXPRESS A WISH TO MEET UP FOR IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS BUT THEN DO NOT CHECK OR RESPOND TO MESSAGES […]
RECENTLY, MY #BELOVED REFLECTED TO ME THE NEED TO STEP INTO MY ROLE AS A #GUIDE AND #ELDER. IN NOT OWNING MY #AGE , #KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, I HAVE OFTEN NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THE DIFFERENCE IN CAPACITY BETWEEN MYSELF AND YOUNGER SEEKERS. AS A RESULT, I HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF TO BECOME INFATUATED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF […]
AND RELAXED AFTER A #DELICIOUS EVENING OF GROUP #SENSUAL #TOUCH PLAY AND #SHAKTI FLOW #BLISS #PEACE #QI #QIGONG #PRANAYAMA #KUNDALINI #PRANA #TANTRA
THE TRACES OF RELATIONAL TRAUMA ARE DEEPLY ETCHED INTO MY SOUL. A SUBTLE BUT TERRIFYINGLY FAMILIAR SHIFT IN ENERGY TRIGGERED AN EMBODIED SENSE OF DREAD – HEART RACING, BELLY CONTRACTED, BREATHING SHALLOW, COLD SWEATS – EXISTENTIAL DREAD OF ABANDONMENT AND LOSS WHICH MY RATIONAL MIND IS POWERLESS TO UNRAVEL. OPENING MY HEART TO LOVE HAS […]
SHE SEDUCES ME CEASELESSLY WITH THE WILD KISS OF #WIND, #DAZZLING VISTAS, ROCK-STREWN #MOUNTAINS FRAGRANT #FYNBOS AND THE #HEAVING #BREATH OF THE OCEAN #LOVE #DESIRE #BHAKTI #YOGA #UNION #DEVI #SHAKTI #TANTRA #DEEPECOLOGY #EROS #BLISS #ADORATION #MYSTERY #POETSOFINSTAGRAM #CAPETOWN #HOUTBAY #CHAPMANSPEAK
“AS A RESULT OF THE #TRANSFORMATION OF #CONSCIOUSNESS INTO PRĀṆA AS ITS FIRST EVOLUTE, #PRĀṆA IS THE LORD OF THE #KULA (BODY).” KAULA #SUTRAS, TRANSLATION WILLIAMS AND WALLIS. #TANTRA #VAJRAYANA #LOTUS #BLOSSOMING #HEART #SHAKTI #YOGA #PRANAYAMA #QIGONG #AWAKENING #NONDUALITY
