Margot Anand's book,
"The Art of Sexual Ecstasy" was first published in English in
1989. Over a million copies have been sold. I have practiced Tantra with
this book for almost all those years, with different partners, and
alone. Steve and I have been teaching workshops and trainings presenting
the teachings hundreds of times.
The other day as I prepared
the manual for our upcoming Cycle 1 of the Love & Ecstasy training, I
reread for the thousandth time the chapter on "The Ecstatic Response".
One would think that by now I would know this and all the other chapters
by heart, which indeed I do. Yet, to my surprise, there were many new
things I read this time that I had never read before!
As is the
case with every truly great book, the message lies between the lines,
and what we read depends on where we are in our lives when we read it. I
am deeply moved by gratitude to Margot Anand for the insights and
possibilities she has given all of us with her writings.
If you think you already know everything about
Tantra, I encourage you to pick up her book once again and see where the
reading takes you this time!
May your life and loving be
ecstatic!
Much love,
 Lokita
& Steve CarterCo-Directors of
the SkyDancing Tantra Institute
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The 3 Keys to Orgasmic
Power
By Gaia
Bodhi, certified SkyDancing Tantra Teacher (Level 1)
 As an international SkyDancing
Tantra Teacher and a Co-Founder of an Evolutionary Living & Learning
Center
in Central America, life carries me through a wild range of social
conditions
and circumstances. Universally, it appears that as young children, we
are
guided by an evolutionary impulse. We act freely, ecstatically, and  orgasmically.
Filled with curiosity, we want to explore, to deepen and to
broaden our awareness (universe).
A
moment arises, when - in an effort to create social harmony - a parent
or a
teacher tells us to be quiet, to sit still, and not ask questions.
Seeking
love, we loose trust in acting freely. We begin to inhibit our
movements, hold
back our voices, restrict our breath and dumb down our curiosity. Little
by
little, we shrink inside a body armor and a social mask....the ego is
born. We
loose sight and sense of the evolutionary impulses and loose touch with
our
orgasmic power, our spiritual medicine. Our
Orgasmic Power is Spiritual Medicine. Orgasm is an involuntary energetic
event.
It is the full expression of life force energy coursing through us.
Through
sexual orgasm we arrive at a moment of timelessness where thought stops,
and
the ego melts. For just a moment, we die to ourselves and re-awaken to
the
evolutionary impulse. We recognize the erotic truth of who we are - pure
consciousness embodied.The
3 Keys to reclaiming our Orgasmic Power are breath, movement and sound.
When we
re-embrace the primal human impulse, to breathe, to move and to give
voice, we
fuel the fire of transformative life giving sexual energy. We burn
through
social masks and body armoring creating space for life force, Shakti, to
propel
us toward consciousness, Shiva. And,
as we continue to cultivate breath, movement and sound, we open to
deeper
levels of orgasm and touch higher levels of consciousness. Our potential
for
pleasure and awareness expands. We move from orgasm to ecstasy, the
state of
standing outside oneself. From
this expanded perspective breath, movement and sound take on a subtle
internal
dimension. We are inspired to sexuality as meditation. Curiosity
reemerges and
we are guided to recognize and respond to our embodied divinity. This is
the
work of a tantric spiritual practice. So,
Come Alive. Find the Breath, Movement and Sound available in and around
you in
every moment!
Gaia's next
event is
"Awakening Ecstasy: A SkyDancing Tantra Workshop for Women" on June
18-20, 2010
at Westport, CT. Read more here.
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The
Sexual Elements of the SkyDancing Tantra Teachings
by Crystal Dawn Morris, Certified SkyDancing Tantra Teacher (Level 1)
 SkyDancing Tantra teaches you how to free and
expand your sexual
energy so you can awaken your consciousness and deepen your capacity for
intimacy. Sexual energy is the creative life force energy of the
universe and
is responsible for bringing beings into form. It is one of the most
powerful
forces on the planet.
By using the 3 Keys of Orgasmic Power - breath, sound, and
movement along with present moment
awareness you can begin to enhance your sexual energy. In order to fully
access
your sexual energy it is important to release blocked energy held in the
body.
This can be done by receiving pelvic healing sessions regularly. In
these
sessions you work with a partner and explore the external and internal
pelvic
anatomy. Using conscious touch, communication, and the 3 Keys, armoring
in the
body is released. This opens you up to new levels of awareness and
sensitivity
and greatly enhances your sexual energy and ability to connect and be
more
ecstatic in every moment. SkyDancing Tantra also
focuses on expanding your sexual energy through practicing the
Multi-Orgasmic
Response. There are three steps that support the MORe - the Streaming Reflex
which accesses sexual energy, independent of the sex act; the Ecstatic Response
which is learning to stay relaxed in high states of arousal and Riding
the Wave
of Bliss which involves circulating energy, expanding
consciousness and merging
with the Divine. This can be done through self-pleasuring and/or as a
ritual
with a partner. These practices are described in detail in Margot
Anand's book,
The Art of Sexual Ecstasy.
"On the path of
sexual magic, each step can be a joy, each exercise can be an adventure
in
ecstasy," says Margot Anand in her book, The Art of Sexual Magic.
In it she covers more specific information on how to support your
partner in
being multi-orgasmic with hands-on techniques. She also describes how
you can to learn Sexual Magic.
SkyDancing Tantra
celebrates the beauty and power of our sexual energy to bring us
pleasure,
connection and to awaken our Divinity. How often are you using these
practices
in your life? It is one thing to attend a workshop and another to live
Tantra
every day. I invite you to find ways to weave at least a few of these
practices
into your daily life. Crystal Dawn's next event is "Awakening the Ecstatic Body 3: From
Sexual Union to Spiritual
Communion" on Aug 28-29, 2010 held at Sedona, AZ. Read more here. |
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Upcoming USA Events
*NEW!*
An Evening of SkyDancing Tantra
with Steve & Lokita
Carter ~ June 9th at New York Open Center, NYC ~
June 14th at Hartford, CT Awakening Ecstasy: SkyDancing
Tantra for Women with Gaia Bodhi ~ Jun 18-20 at Westport, CT
Timeless Loving: An Intro to
SkyDancing Tantra with Steve & Lokita Carter ~ Jul 2-4 at
Harbin Hot Springs, Nth CA Timeless Loving: An Intro to
SkyDancing
Tantra with Steve & Lokita Carter ~ Jul 16-18 at Breitenbush
Hot Sprgs, Detroit, OR The Wave of Bliss: An Advanced
SkyDancing Tantra Workshopwith Steve & Lokita Carter ~ Jul
30-Aug 1 at Harbin Hot Springs,
Nth CA Love & Ecstasy Training Cycle 2:
Love & Orgasm with Steve & Lokita Carter ~ Aug 6-13 at
Harbin Hot Springs, Nth CA Cycle 3: Oct 22-28 Love & Ecstasy Training Cycle 5
with Jelle Bode and Steve & Lokita Carter ~ Aug 20-27 at Harbin Hot
Springs, Nth CA
Awakening the Ecstatic Body 3: From Sexual Union to
Spiritual Communion with Crystal Dawn Morris ~ Aug 28-29 at
Sedona, AZ The Wave of Bliss: An Advanced
SkyDancing Tantra Workshopwith Steve & Lokita Carter ~ Oct
1-3 at Westport, CT A Tantric
Pilgrimage to Bhutan with Steve & Lokita Carter ~ Apr 25-May
11, 2011 Contact &
Calendar
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A Teaching from Margot Anand
 "The idea of
containing orgasmic energy may seem strange to you. You may
have felt whenever you were very aroused sexually that you immediately
wanted
to do something about it. This tendency follows the cultural norm
of
sexual arousal followed by orgasmic release.
But sexual arousal
is a form of
energy, and energy can take many forms. By transforming sexual energy
and
experiencing it independent of the genital context, you can create a
regenerative orgasm of the whole body."
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