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A meditative experience

Spiritual Tantra

An opportunity to reconnect with yourself through ritual, meditation, conscious breathing, awareness and life force energy. It is not a massage.

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The experience

Becoming present with your own body and awareness

Spiritual Tantra is an opportunity to reconnect with yourself through meditation, conscious breathing, awareness and life force energy.

It is not a massage.

The experience takes place in a carefully prepared, peaceful environment, where the emphasis is on allowing yourself to become present with your own body and awareness.

We begin by settling into the experience, discussing your comfort and boundaries, and allowing time for meditation and conscious breathing.

Rather than trying to control the mind or produce a particular sensation, the invitation is to become aware of what you are experiencing.

If you would like to begin at home, explore 21 Simple Meditations for Beginners and 10 Simple Tantric Breathwork Practices for Beginners, with clear guidance and real sample pages to look inside.

The heart of Spiritual Tantra

Ritual

Rituals are a really big part of Spiritual Tantra. They are a beautiful experience, a way of connecting with yourself and gently beginning to open your energy.

Each ritual creates a moment set apart from everyday life, a time to slow down, breathe and become present. Through ritual, awareness moves out of the busy mind and into the body, the breath and the life force within you.

There is nothing you need to know or do in advance. I guide you through each ritual gently, at your own pace, and everything is talked through with you beforehand.

Touch, and the choice not to

Gentle touch, offered only with your consent

Gentle touch may form part of Spiritual Tantra, with your consent. This can include awareness of the chakras, understood within certain spiritual traditions as energy centres, and gentle hands on energy work.

Someone familiar with Reiki may recognise elements of this approach, although Spiritual Tantra is not simply Reiki under another name.

Touch is used to support awareness and meditation, not to provide muscular massage or sexual stimulation.

You may remain clothed or wear a sarong according to the agreed arrangements and your comfort.

There is no requirement to accept touch.

Nothing needs to be forced or interpreted.

The experience may bring a sense of calm, an awareness of physical sensations, emotion or simply the opportunity to sit quietly with yourself.

The intention is to reconnect with yourself through feeling rather than constantly analysing what you should be experiencing.

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Shiva and Shakti

The Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine: The Dance of Two Energies

Within Tantra, the divine feminine and divine masculine are not simply descriptions of women and men. They are ways of understanding different qualities of existence that can be experienced within us all.

In some Tantric traditions, Shiva represents consciousness, stillness and awareness, while Shakti represents the creative movement of life, energy and expression.

Neither exists as a complete experience without the other. Stillness and movement, awareness and feeling, the witnessing of life and the living of it.

Tantra explores their relationship and their union.

This is part of what makes Tantra so beautiful. It is not about becoming more feminine or more masculine, nor about looking outside ourselves for somebody to complete us.

It is about recognising the different qualities within ourselves, experiencing them and allowing them to come into greater harmony.

Through meditation, conscious breathing and awareness, we begin to explore the relationship between stillness and sensation, between consciousness and the experience of being alive.

You can't create yourself; you already are yourself.

Before and after

Practical things worth knowing

Clothing: You are welcome to wear one of the soft sarongs provided, or your own comfortable clothing that allows you to relax and meditate with ease.
Consent: Consent is ongoing. Touch is always discussed beforehand, you are never required to accept it, and you can change your mind at any point.
Allergies and oils: Oils, essential oils or aromatherapy may be used. Please let me know about any allergies or sensitivities in advance so arrangements can be adapted.
Preparation: There is nothing you need to learn or believe beforehand. Questions about boundaries, touch and what to expect are always welcome.
Where: In person experiences take place in my peaceful private meditation room in Greater Manchester. I can also travel to a suitable location for reasonable travel costs.
Afterwards: Where possible, leave yourself time afterwards to rest or simply be. There is no need to decide immediately what an experience means.

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