This book opens the way to a new stage of fulfillment and bliss, making the sacred lovemaking techniques of the east available to western readers and extending sensual experience for everyone.
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A Pleasant Guide To Enhancing Sexual Intimacy,
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This review is from: The Art of Sexual Ecstasy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers (Mass Market Paperback)
This book can solve a lot of problems. Couples with failing relationships typically communicate little, have few common activities, and have poor or no sex. Learning Tantra is a fun activity that teaches couples to communicate and trust. Furthermore, Tantra gives couples a common activity that makes them feel special. They develop intimacy that their friends do not have.Tantra encourages fitness. No one need be musclebound to enjoy Tantra, but fitness makes Tantra more pleasurable. At the same time some Tantric exercises are quite physically undemanding. Unfit individuals can enjoy Tantra also. The book is well-written and well-illustrated, and discusses many of Ms. Anand's experiences. It discusses Tantric sexual techniques, but does not discuss Tantric history and mythology in detail. Ms. Anand's book first asks the reader to examine their own sexuality in terms of Tantric principles. Two chapters discuss opening lines of communication and trust between partners, and developing skills for enhancing intimacy. The chapter "Opening The Inner Flute" is necessarily technical. This chapter discusses the Tantric and Taoist principle of the "chakras" (energy centers) which permit "mental orgasm". Mental orgasm is non-ejaculatory, encompasses the entire body, and is superior to a genital orgasm. The chapter includes exercises to help partners begin to experience their chakras. Ms. Anand next discusses "self-pleasuring" (foreplay) as a technique for breaking through individual sexual inhibitions and for building a couple's sexual intimacy and trust. Another chapter discusses role-playing games that allow couples to communicate in a non-threatening manner. The book does *not* mention using safewords, an omission that might cause discomfort while couples are learning Tantric positions. The remainder of the book progressively develops Tantric sexual techniques and positions that individuals and couples can experience and enjoy. These sections are clearly written and illustrated, and offer suggestions to accommodate different body shapes, weight, and other comfort concerns. The book's Appendix discusses Safe Sex. This well-written discussion suggests different techniques for new partners and for long-term partners, a sensitive and sensible approach.
74 of 79 people found the following review helpful:
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Great for couples, not so for singles.,
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This review is from: The Art of Sexual Ecstasy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers (Mass Market Paperback)
I am a single woman who is eager to expand my practice and understanding of orgasm. I find this book very important in its spirituality and approach. However, it seems that the progress and education described in this book is best, and just about only, achieved by couples, despite occasional remarks by the author to dispel this notion. Sadly, I'll have to leave this on the shelf until there is someone to explore with.
68 of 73 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful wedding gift.,
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This review is from: The Art of Sexual Ecstasy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers (Mass Market Paperback)
I've given this book as a shower gift or wedding present many times, and the couples always get me aside and tell me how grateful they were for the book. The Art of Sexual Ecstasy is beautifully and elegantly written that you never have that embarrased feeling when sharing it becuase it reads nearly like peotry. The illustrations are lovely and tasteful, and the spiritual aspects are insighful and rich. I found the book to be personally inspirering as well. Thanks :-)
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The first time I discovered ecstasy without a partner was in 1978, during an experiment in sensory deprivation that was part of a psychological research project. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inverted breathing, streaming reflex, pelvic curl, implosive orgasm, bonding relaxation, inner lover, exhaling together, pelvic rocking, genital release, blended orgasm, vaginal channel, peak sexual experience, withholding ejaculation, orgasmic energy, genital muscles, body armoring, genital orgasm, perineum point, light spiraling, orgasmic sensations, sex center, orgasmic potential, ecstatic response, receiving partner, erotic touching Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Sex, Heart Salutation, Melting Hug, Inner Lover, Inner Woman, Sexual Breathing, Opening Lotus, Soul Gazing, Streaming Process, Yin-Yang Game, Anal Healing Massage, Practice Begin, Basic Stance, Healing the Yoni, Inner Smile, Riding the Tiger Alone, Sensory Awakening Ritual, Healing the Vajra, Self-Pleasuring Ritual, Sexual Bonding, Sexual Dialogue, Practice Sit, Valley Orgasm, Wilhelm Reich, Alexander Lowen New!
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The first time I discovered ecstasy without a partner was in 1978, during an experiment in sensory deprivation that was part of a psychological research project. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inverted breathing, streaming reflex, pelvic curl, implosive orgasm, bonding relaxation, inner lover, exhaling together, pelvic rocking, genital release, blended orgasm, vaginal channel, peak sexual experience, withholding ejaculation, orgasmic energy, genital muscles, body armoring, genital orgasm, perineum point, light spiraling, orgasmic sensations, sex center, orgasmic potential, ecstatic response, receiving partner, erotic touching Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
High Sex, Heart Salutation, Melting Hug, Inner Lover, Inner Woman, Sexual Breathing, Opening Lotus, Soul Gazing, Streaming Process, Yin-Yang Game, Anal Healing Massage, Practice Begin, Basic Stance, Healing the Yoni, Inner Smile, Riding the Tiger Alone, Sensory Awakening Ritual, Healing the Vajra, Self-Pleasuring Ritual, Sexual Bonding, Sexual Dialogue, Practice Sit, Valley Orgasm, Wilhelm Reich, Alexander Lowen New!
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- Sexual Energy and Yoga by Elisabeth Haich on page 38, page 42, and page 170
- The Search for the Beloved: Journeys in Sacred Psychology by Jean Houston on page 48, page 57, and page 116
- Love and Orgasm by Lowen in Front Matter, and page 127
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- Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step by Christian de la Huerta on page 98, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Making Love Better Than Ever: Reaching New Heights of Passion and Pleasure After 40 (Positively Sexual) by Koesling on page 186, and Back Matter
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