"what is Tantra" is another question, so i'm breaking this out into parts. the word means weaving. and it is philosophically a weave of wholeness from duality, of self and other, inner & outer, what may be perceived as maculine/feminine (we worked one year with the idea of reforming those concepts as penetrative/receptive). in practice, Tantra is listening to the body, listening to the inner self, and honoring what you hear. it is willingness to physically and energetically, psychologically, explore, and an openness to the idea that exploration is valuable in itself without other goals. it is breath. we do so so so much with breath. it is witnessing - the body, our feelings, our experiences, our reactions, all those things in each other. it is learning through eros, using eros as a tool for healing, release, transformation, acceptance, engagement, exploration. it can be extremely intense, and it can celebrate that intensity; it can also be extremely gentle.
i realize this is vague. it is hard to put into language, it is SO somatic. information of all kinds stored cellularly in our bodies becomes available to us through applied eros. so much healing. so much raw open volcanic vulnerability (and in those workshops, held in a safe safe space, which is such a huge gift).
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Date: 2022-04-25 06:17 pm (UTC)i realize this is vague. it is hard to put into language, it is SO somatic. information of all kinds stored cellularly in our bodies becomes available to us through applied eros. so much healing. so much raw open volcanic vulnerability (and in those workshops, held in a safe safe space, which is such a huge gift).