THE LOVER WITHIN: Opening to Energy in Sexual Practice [Paperback]

Julie Henderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1999

A pioneering and revolutionary work on emotion, intimacy and sexuality. Seventy six practical exercises (alone or with a partner) to explore your erotic, emotional, and physical energies and increase the sensitivity, intensity, and joy of awareness in your relationship to self and others. The Lover Within raises sexuality to another level.

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About the Author

Julie Henderson, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist living in Napa County, California, drawing on both Western and Oriental traditions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc.; Updated edition (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581770170
• ISBN-13: 978-1581770179
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OK, I'm sold..., April 18, 2000

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Birrell Walsh (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE LOVER WITHIN: Opening to Energy in Sexual Practice (Paperback)

I read this book with a skeptical eye. After all, so many people talk about "energy" but don't teach anything useful.

Henderson seems to be the exception. Her very clear exercises teach about energy, how it interacts with the body, how it defines our boundaries, and how it permits us to merge with others or to maintain a space of our own.

The book was so good I sought her out. I learned genuinely useful and compassionate energy work from her, and each lesson made me realize how much of her knowledge she has put in this book. This is American Tantra, taught by a woman who knows it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Source of Wise Kindness and Kind Wisdom, November 13, 2004

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Pavlina von Metzler (Munich, Germany) - See all my reviews
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It is worthwhile to read *The Lover Within.* It is even more worthwhile to try one, two... or even all 76 practical exercises. Dr. Hendersons' kind guidance will lead you from one to the next refining and ripening of energetic experience...

The beauty of Julie Henderson's language and her unusual way of expressing herself take the reader gently on the path of exploring the powerful exercises she describes. The abundant reminders of what to pay attention to and how, and the sure touch of Dr. Henderson personal experiences tempt you to try out what she is writing about.

*The Lover Within* calls for rereading, unexpectedly, as your experience ripens. Each time, each approach, is surprising and new - a rediscovery as much as a rereading.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars manual for working with sexual energy, April 27, 2006

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This review is from: THE LOVER WITHIN: Opening to Energy in Sexual Practice (Paperback)

This book is an excellent how-to manual for working with your sexual energy. It might alter both how you think about love and sex and what you do in intimate practice. The focus is on neither manipulative technique nor personal history but on the process of energy itself. It provides exercises to be experienced alone or with a partner and offers instruction on how to move, collect, heighten, and share energy.