Yoga and Sex
by deZengo
There are as many different types of yoga as there are people seeking to connect with the mind | body | spirit. Each path creates an individual practice that can be a life changing event, so there is no WRONG yoga. No matter what path you choose, it is a commitment to change as well as the desire to take responsibility for life – including, but not limited to your health & well being.
By now, most have heard the short definition for yoga, meaning “union” and see the results being used to get it, stay toned, prevent injuries, stimulate organs and glands, regulate body functions, reduce recovery time, reduce stress, increase lunch capacity and health, and enhance sex.
Oh my gosh, did I just say that? Can that be true? And even if it is, dare we talk about it? I take dare and I am going to challenge the rest of you to consider what it means to be human and why our society is so sexually repressed on the one hand – and so completely out of control on the other? Questions are the easy part … the answers lie withIN.
As we honor the male energy, I think it is no accident that if falls in the month of June, the mid-point in our Gregorian Calendar, depicting balance. Even our chakras, which are energy points strategically placed moving up the spine, and eventually above our head denote balance.
The lower three Chakras (Muladhara | Svadhisthana | Manipura) relate to masculine energies – earth, water, fire. In the middle, one more time, Svadhisthana relates to passion, sexuality and creativity.
Part of the “yogic”path is discovering what brings “you” back to OM. When you explore different types of yoga, you learn different techniques for healing, but ultimately they are all designed to all bring you back to “self” discovery. This month, consider that the creativity is thought to originate from the sexual energy we each carry within. Yoga does on a physical level, enhance sexual pleasure, but there is more to Tantra than sex.
Tantra Yoga is the path of ritual and perhaps the most misunderstood of the yogic paths. Some believe Tantra Yoga as sorcery, witchcraft, magic spell or some mysterious formula. Most people perceive Tantra Yoga as sexual. All of these perceptions are far from truth. Tantra is the knowledge concerning Tattva (Truth) and Mantra (mystic syllables). It utilizes rituals to respectfully experience the sacred in everything we do, not specifically just sex, but”sacred” sex is a part of our spiritual journey. It aims to expand our awareness in all states – whether awake or asleep. Tantra Yoga practitioners must have purity, humility, devotion, courage, dedication to his Guru, cosmic love, faithfulness, contentment, dispassion, non-covetousness, and truthfulness. [1]
