Playful tantra shows you that tantra and tantric sexuality can be playful, easy and life embracing. It doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated to enjoy life!
The core of tantra is actually love - and it starts with you! A tantric mantra could be "I love my self, I love my life, I love my body.” It’s about you starting to realize that you create your life. You can go from feeling like a victim, that life is happening to you, to a state where you dance with life.
Exploring tantra can simply mean that you wake up, meaning that you start a journey of self love, where you start to sense that you are LOVE. That’s one of the reasons why I call my self a love warrior - it stems from my awareness that I am love, and don’t have to crave it from others.
When I started to be love, to appreciate myself, I also started to be able to receive love from others - and give love to others. In theory it’s that simple.
And how does this awakening usually happen? Through your body and your senses. Your senses are always in the present moment, life happens in the present moment, but we tend to forget that, and trust our minds, rather than our bodies.
That’s why tantra can be a way of life. It can become your door into love. And I want to show how amazingly simple tantra and a tantric lifestyle can be.
Essentially tantra is about experiencing life in the present moment. Now! Being mindful about your sensations and be less occupied by the thoughts in your head. Often our minds are filled with thoughts about what has happened or what might happen in the future, and then we risk missing out on being present when life happens.
Why tantra?
Tantra can help you become more present. Tantra can help you to really experience life, and help you to let go of some of your thoughts. Are you aware that your senses always experiences things in the now? You see, hear, sense, smell and taste - and all that are instantaneous experiences.
After nearly 20 years of tantra and inner “work”, when I reflect on what tantra is I see the foundation as breath, sounds, movements, presence and awareness. You breathe in the now, you make sounds in the now, you move in the now, you are present and at the same time you have an ability to be aware of all this magic! And you feel pleasure in the now!
There are several tantra schools in the world with different approaches to tantra. Some have a strong connection to yoga, others to meditation; some are focused on fast spiritual development, using sexuality as a tool.
A doorway to a tantric life
I offer an opportunity to approach tantra, presence and pleasure with simplicity. You can see playful tantra as a doorway into a tantric life. And I meet both beginners and people who already have experienced tantra.
Tantra might become a way of life, but doesn’t have to. Many believe that tantra is just about sexuality, but tantra is way much broader than that. In playful tantra we are focusing sensuality and a path to enjoy yourself, your body and meeting others from a space of self-love and awareness.
Benefits with tantra
How is your sex life today? Is it focused on ejaculating and orgasm? Are you aiming to score? And does it happen that you forget to enjoy the touch you get or give, the journey itself? How often do you give yourself time to sense a soft hand caressing your body? How often are you aware of your breathing? How often do you allow yourself to make sounds of pleasure? How often do you allow your feelings and emotions to be present when you make love? Do you allow yourself to sense other feelings than horniness? Can you be angry, sad, afraid or happy when touching yourself or another person?
There are no goals in tantra. As I see it, neither are there any demands. It’s a possibility to, eventually, train your ability to feel pleasure, without focus on clitoral orgasm or ejaculation. There are possibilities to strengthen your sexuality, to sense it even more, while sometimes choosing not to ejaculate.
You can experience something new, something different, when you allow your pleasure to rise, to build your energy, and discover what happens to your horniness and ability to feel pleasure – when you avoid cumming.
Is it possible for you to enjoy the meeting, the touch, and the eye contact and to sometimes breathe together.
Imagine that you have the capacity to experience more subtle delight, imagine that you get aroused by someone caressing your finger, because you now have the capacity to enjoy the meeting in itself, instead of focusing a goal.
When you are more used to tantra, when you allow yourself to be more playful, tantra can contribute to you experiencing that sex also can have a spiritual dimension. You may sense that you are a part of something bigger than you, that your enjoyment reaches outside your body. You can experience that sex is a highway to the divine. For some, this possibility is what pulls them towards tantra. You can see this spiritual contact as a bonus, when it happens to you.
Playful tantra shows you that tantra can be simple and fun. My experience is that playfulness, happiness and curiosity are important tools to meet the depths inside you. If you explore tantra with that mindset, there is a possibility that you feel freer to be you than before.
For me personally, tantra, has transformed my life. Today I sense my energy, I live in totality and I feel very grounded – and of course I have a sex life I couldn’t even imagine 20 years ago.
Playful tantra workshops and courses
In the Playful tantra workshops and courses, we offer a lot of exercises, aiming to allow you to be in the moment, with all your senses. We do tantric meditations and working with touch, breathing and movement. We create a safe space where you have the opportunity to be more aware of your body and your senses. To us it’s crucial that everything that happens is within your boundaries and with consent. We dance, we share, and we talk about tantra and the playful attitude.