Certified Tantric Healer and Reiki Master
My studies of western styled "neo-Tantra" ~ Sacred Sexuality, gave me an enhanced understanding of sexual energy and how it works within us to vitalize life experience and create fulfillment through connecting sexually with another. Eros is: the need, or drive, to "connect"—with emphasis on the connecting aspect of the experience. Eros erupts in many forms: through the mind, emotions, sight and in the multitude ways of touching and sensual immersion—activating the energetic reverberation of the first and second chakra centers where it is said erotic energy (kundalini) resides!
I facilitate a spiritual healing process that utilizes this powerful energy as an ally to discover, reveal, release and clear energetic blocks that I call "energy knots" (resulting from sexual trauma and emotional wounding). By enlisting the client's erotic energy, spiritual wisdom guides this Eros to provide a path for the stuck energies to release and flow, become integrated and reassigned to more supportive service within the psyche.
It is important to clear such blocks to energy flow and feel connected with spirit to feel the fullness of being alive and engaged with life. The Emotional Body carries a heavy load that impacts one's day-to-day engagement with others and needs to relax and feel safe. One's Mental Body is often on overwhelm due to the incessant demands of thinking and solving problems and needs a "time-out" from responsibility. The Etheric Body, our connection to spirit and the divine, is often starving for conscious engagement—being limited by the Emotional and Mental bodies overloaded levels of concern and getting precious little time for prayer, introspection, meditation, quiet time with self/God/dess. Tantric Healing provides such a releasing, connecting and clearing —returning one to natural flow of energy and well-being.
Tantric Healing ~ Sacred Intimacy Sessions
Tantric Healing, or Sacred Intimacy, sessions have the intention of providing an opportunity to release energy blocks that limit one's full experience and expression of erotic energy. These blocks, or "energy knots," come from past physical, sexual, emotional abuse, trauma, wounds, judgments and shame. Releasing these knots gains an enormous amount of personal power, confidence and clarity and opens one to greater amounts of pleasure and more profound sensual experiences while feeling integrated wholeness and well-being.
A Tantric Healing session engages the body's energy centers (Chakras) and erotic energy (kundalini) through breathing techniques, movement, visualization, erotic touch, and sound. This is an intuitive process that directs and guides the sensing of energy as it moves, builds, ripens and flows.
My purpose is to create a space where you feel safe and trusting in my adept guidance so the mind, emotions and body can relax and soften the armoring that prevents the knotted energy from "letting go" and releasing.
To assist with this, a sensual full-body massage facilitates emotional-energetic opening and releasing to occur. Energy knots are addressed with gentle, safe, and conscious engagement (see Internal Pelvic Release) —restoring one to greater vitality and well-being.
Tantric Healing, or Sacred Intimacy, is a new concept for many people. Because of this, there are misunderstandings over what these healing sessions are about. Our culture has fear connected to anything involving the sexual body. Also, due to the frequent abuse that shows up in this area of life some are skeptical, wary, and afraid of seeking help with such intimate and vulnerable wounds. Feelings of low self esteem, confusion, or frustration concerning sexual expression and intimacy are sometimes easier to ignore than deal with. It is possible to release blocks to full sexual experience and expression and feel spiritual-sexual integration and wholeness by receiving adept, therapeutic care in Tantric Healing sessions.
Tantric Healing sessions provide a safe and sacred space for women and men to examine and release any blocks to the free flow of dynamic, erotic, creative, sensual, sexual energy.
There is no threat to existing relationships, in fact the opposite is true —one's relationship experiences a deepening and shift into more authenticity, freedom, and joy. Mates thank me for the time their beloved receives healing emotional and energetic wounds—without any attachment or enmeshment between us. To understand more about sexual healing, Sacred Intimacy, and Tantric Healing read my blog post on the subject.
My needs for sexual gratification are not part of the session and my sexual body is not engaged in a Tantric Healing session. The focus is on your needs and desires for wholeness and integration. I “hold space” for your highest good without personal agenda or expectation of reciprocation. You are always at-choice and I frequently “check-in” to presence our activity and ask you to check-in with your truth as our session progresses. There are no surprises or expectations of compliance to anything you are not ready for. The container for a Tantric Healing session is one of: Unconditional Love, Trust, Safety, Presence, Respect, Non-judgment, Openness, and Consciousness.
The Neurobiology of Touch
Part of Attuning to Clients article in Massage & Bodywork magazine
Jan/Feb 2009 by Stephanie Mines
"It is common for massage therapists
to see their clients spontaneously remember trauma in response
to touch. It is equally possible for numinous or otherworldly
experiences to occur. This is because the hypothalamus transforms
the activity of the frontal lobes (awareness) into hormonal messenger
molecules. These then communicate with the endocrine glands,
including the immune system, digestive system, and muscular-skeletal
system. More messenger molecules are then released. When clients
experience attunement coupled with compassion and educated touch
they are poised for a numinous experience that could substantially
enhance their immune function as well as change structure and
movement. If this happens sequentially, lives change."
"The release of tension can never be solely a muscular event.
In order for muscles to come out of contraction the mind must
also let go; with this letting go, memories are unleashed, along
with the fear, anger or horror that initiated the contraction."