{"id":5638,"date":"2016-03-03T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/?p=5638"},"modified":"2016-03-12T20:22:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T01:22:07","slug":"urban-tantra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omtimes.com\/iom\/2016\/03\/urban-tantra\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Tantra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Urban Tantra<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/t78j3-5d6e1d?from=yiiadmin&#038;skin=108&#038;postId=6123037&#038;download=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;auto=0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aired Thursday, 10 March 2016, 4:00 PM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Urban Tantra as a modern Tantra practice &#8211; inclusive of and appropriate for everyone. We\u2019ll talk about sex, gender, spirituality, the importance of ecstatic experiences, BDSM and why gender and sexual preferences are no longer limited to men and women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>About the Guest Barbara Carrellas<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5639\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/omtimes.com\/iom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Barbara-Carrellas.jpg?resize=170%2C213\" alt=\"Barbara-Carrellas_Eros-Evolution_OMTimes-Radio\" width=\"170\" height=\"213\" \/>Barbara Carrellas is the author of <em>Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century, Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Oh So Much More, and Luxurious Loving<\/em>. She is the founder of Urban Tantra\u00ae\u2014an approach to sacred sexuality that adapts and blends a wide variety of conscious sexuality practices from Tantra to BDSM\u2014and the Urban Tantra\u00ae Professional Training Program\u2014a comprehensive training program in the practice and application of conscious sexuality. Her pioneering Urban Tantra\u00ae workshops were named best in New York City by TimeOut\/New York magazine. Barbara brings a holistic, metaphysical, practical, humorous, entertaining and gender-fluid approach to conscious sexuality and to all her work. Her books, workshops, lectures, and coaching sessions are an eclectic mix of sexual and spiritual practices designed to encourage readers and participants of all sexual preferences and genders to expand their capacity for both pleasure and spiritual fulfillment. Barbara is a graduate of the Coney Island Sideshow School with a double major in snake handling and fire eating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbaracarrellas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.barbaracarrellas.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Tantra Aired Thursday, 10 March 2016, 4:00 PM ET Urban Tantra as a modern Tantra practice &#8211; inclusive of and appropriate for everyone. 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