By Julie Avena
Meditation practices can help you have better orgasms, according to Ashland based Tantric Educator and Intimacy Coach Julie Avena. Engaging in breathing exercises, visualizations and meditation can assist lovers in experiencing more pleasure and connection behind the bedroom door. A private one-on-one "Sacred Love and Intimacy Training" combines yoga, breathing exercises, health coaching and spiritual counseling to help students create their own solo Tantric Meditation practice.
"Many people associate 'Tantra' with exotic sexual rites, but really it is a spiritual path," says Avena, who has been coaching couples and individuals on sacred sexuality in the Rogue Valley. "The word 'Tantra' literally means 'the great weaving' in the ancient language of Sanscrit. In my teachings, Tantra is a weaving our sexual energy with conscious breath work, energy awareness and spiritual presence. The practices help open our hearts to more love and pleasure."
Although many traditional spiritual practices suggest one cut out sensual awareness in order to create a clear unadulterated mind, Avena's teachings suggest otherwise. "In Tantra we enthusiastically engage in the senses. Sexual energy is probably the most potent force of creation if it is connected to spiritual love. When you consciously breathe the energy of the orgasm into your brain, you can have a transcendental experience."
Avena first participated in Tantric Meditation when she was 20 years old. "I was at a point in my life when I was seeking deep healing for my sexual wounds of the past. Suddenly I found myself in a month long intensive studying Tantra. When I experienced a full body orgasm simply by breathing and meditating by myself, I knew I had to share this work with others."
Over the next decade Avena trained to be an herbalist and nutritionist, developing a clinical practice focused on reproductive health care. "A healthy body is essential for a Tantric lifestyle. One cannot move sexual energy through the body and have a spiritual experience without being free of blocks and resistances physically, mentally or emotionally." In the Sacred Love and Intimacy Training she integrates practices for Body, Mind and Spirit.
The program is intended for men, women and couples to create tangible stepping stones for sexual healing, spiritual transformation and integration of the modern western Tantric Arts. The training is educational in nature, where student and teacher can eventually engage in interactive tantric meditation exercises and deeply transformative healing sessions. Students will most often leave each meeting with exercises to practice in the privacy of their own home.
"I have people from all walks of life enter the program. Many are single and are simply curious, some want to heal their sexuality, others are in a relationship and desire more intimacy and connection with their beloved." No previous experience with meditation is necessary. "These practices come naturally to just about anyone. If you can breathe, then you can learn how to be Tantric."
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| Julie Avena is a Tantric Educator, Clinical Herbalist & Nutritionist, Shamanic Energy Healer and Spiritual Intuitive with a passion for Sacred Sexuality. She maintains a private practice in Ashland, Oregon, working with people all over the world offering coaching sessions and tantra training over the phone and internet. Visit her website @ http://www.ShaktiBliss.com for FREE podcasts, articles, an "Ask Miss Bliss" tantric advice column, and special offers through her email newsletter. |
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