Tantra Tips

Video Tantra Tip #1: Relax and Balance Yourself

2007-07-22T10:38:00.000-07:00

Relax and Balance Yourself:
Alternate Nostril Breathing

Slow, deep,
alternate nostril breathing
improves mental,
sexual,
and physical performance.

For a More Centered Mind
Greater Longevity & Endurance
Easy Meditation
Hightened Awareness and effortless control
During meditation, work, sport, and sex

3 to 5 minutes is enough, but you can do more, gently.

Do it when you wake.
Do it before you sleep.
Do it before you meditate or
before you might make love.

You will sleep better,
think more clearly,
last longer in bed, effortlessly,
and enjoy the effortless flow of pleasure and subtle energy
that comes from clear meridians and smooth, slow, deep breathing.

It's great for men
great for women
great for children and teens.

Breathe smoothly, deeply, and slowly, and smile!

Tao Semko, Instructor
www.UmaaTantra.com

Bliss arises spontaneously

2007-03-29T13:37:00.000-07:00

"The function of Tantra and Aghora is to put the goverment of mind,
senses, and body into the proper order to avoid misery. Life minus
misery for a prolonged period produces satisfaction, which yields
happiness; and when happiness is increased beyond all conceivable
limits and is sustained it becomes bliss, what the Vedas call ananda.
Sadhana is a means to this end. When Kundalini awakens, if body, mind
and spirit are in good working order bliss is certain.

Bliss is not something you have to create, or accumulate; it arises
spontaneously."

--Dr. Robert Svoboda, recalling the words of his teacher, in his book
Kundalini, second book of the Aghora trilogy

Tantra Without Technique

2006-05-28T11:29:00.001-07:00

As Tantric yogis, we teach ourselves to do amazing things with our bodies.
We explore how our bodies work first through solitary practice and then in
society.

But anyone can experience lovemaking and all of life more deeply, even
without the deep training of authentic tantric yoga. Here's how:

At east once in your life, decide to just *feel* everything as you make
love. Ignore techinique, position, orgasm, showing off, and the like.
Close your eyes and relax them, slow way down, and feel everything.
Everything. The air on your skin, the sound vibrations in the air.

Slow dawn, down, way down, and become aware of how your bodies feel,
all over again. Explore by touch, not mental image. Forget everything
you think you know, and just slow down.

Slow down. It's that simple.

Relax, slow down. Slow way down. Slow your movements enough to feel
every hair, every pore, every glorious impression and perfect moment.
Touch so slow you're barely moving. It's not teasing. It's just
feeling. Feeling and responding.

Feel every sensitive membrane and patch of skin. When you slow down
like this you feel things you've never noticed before.

Slow Way Down. Barellly move.

Slow your breathing down, too. Breathe down all the way into your
toes. Breathe smoothly. Enjoy the oxygen. Breathe slower and deeper
than you have since you were a baby.

So slow you're almost not moving. Remember the first attraction - and
the first love - you ever felt for your partner, and feel them warming
you all over again. ince you're moving slowly, you'll find those
feelings will amplify.

Feel every hair on your body stand on end as the warmth and desire
builds... Feel each pore breathe that desire and love in and out as
your touch awakens it.

Feel all the parts of your body that you may not have thought as
sexual. They they come to life too, and become brand new erogenous
zones.

Disappear into the slow, slow, slow, awareness -- of each other's
liquid bodies...

Prolong your inhalation and exhalation, smoothing out your excitement
or nervousness into long, langorous breaths... Slow down even more...

Explore by feeling, without thought, without time, notice your body
and sensation interacting with your partner's touch, and notice your
partner's skin, electricity, and breath as they react to your
touching, to your feelings.

Technique is only one way. Awareness, sensation, love, laughter,
attraction can be spontaneous if you both relax enough...

Sex is more than than you think. So stop thinking. Try breathing.
Try feeling... Try slowing down. Try enjoying. With emphasis on the
"joy."

Smile, breathe, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko

Very special circumstances...

2006-03-10T17:56:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share, with gratitude, an extremely powerful email we got
from Canada last month when I asked for reader feedback. I've removed
her last name only to respect her privacy. I want to thank her for
opening her life and heart in an effort to help others... It begins:

Dear Tao Semko,

In regard to your request for my opinion on the biggest benefit your
tips etc. have given me. �First of all I will explain my situation so
you can get a better perspective and may help others who are in the
same boat as I..

My husband and partner is a quadrapalegic due to a truck accident 3
years ago. So as far as a sex life is concerned, there isn't any, he
is paralyzed from the chest to his feet... �I am 53 years young, I
work out so have a decent physique, So in order to find some sexual
gratification, without being unfaithful to my husband..I went on a
search to see if there was anything out there for one without a
partner..Enter Umaa Tanta..

I wrote to you about 2 years ago asking that question.. and your tips
started coming in..I have followed them faithfully. �But the one huge
benefit was,,Learning so much more about the Female body. I thought i
knew most things, little did i know just how naive i was..

In my entire life i have never experienced an orgasm, clitoral or full
body, following your tips and knowledge was an absolute breakthrough
for me on a personal level... �I have been in your website many times
and if anyone who finds themselves in my situation for whatever
reason, be it thru�a disability or alone, I completely recommend your
website and all that you have to offer.. �I am no one special, I am
just an ordinary woman, wife, mother, and grandmother.

Finding Umaa Tantra and learning what I have, it may sound strange, At
the beginning of all of this I weighed 220 lbs,�used to be 130lbs at
one point in my life...I am now 145lbs.. �I am no expert on weight
loss or gain. But i truly believe for me, being able to release
orgasmicly was a huge factor in my weightloss. when the loss�began , i
started to work out at a local gym..

What a huge difference in my life now..Sex wasn't one of greatest
things�throughout my life, most experiences i have had with sex�left
me hating it most of the time, like i am sure most women feel,
statistcs have proven that, everyone should take lessons in Tantra. I
did, and it has transformed my life..the sad part is, I can't share it
with my husband, so wished i had found you many years ago..

One burning question is:��Why isn't it more available in Canada???
thank god for the internet..As i am shy about even discussing sex
outside the bedroom, I found this way was and is alot easier for me to
explore everything about a womans body and how it functions..I had
always asked myself what the big thing�was about orgasms..never
experiencing one, thought if that is all there is to sex, I must be
missing something.. �Well I was, and am very pleased I found it, But
it isn't all about sex either..Its all about helping the mind, body
and spirit work together as one..

Thank you for asking me to participate in this opinion poll..

Peace, Love , Light and Laughter

Colleen W.

_____________

Dearest Colleen,

If you are reading this, thank you. I still have that email you wrote
two years ago.. I'm sure I speak for all of the readers when I say I
appreciate your bravery in showing how tantrism can help anyone with
the genuine desire to experience the fullness of life and
spirituality, whatever their beginning circumstances.

As you've understood, Tantra begins exactly where you are. Tantrics
are just ordinary people who learn to bravely explore their own human
nature, beginning with the most human of experiences.

Sex is at the very base of our awareness of what it is to be human.
Therefore, tantrics inwardly embrace sexuality as a very real part of
our re-linking with that which is bigger than us all. Tantra is not
all about sex, but Tantra embraces and uses every form of human
experience to bring us closer to our deepest, most universal nature...

Colleen, let me thank you again for your courage -- if you'll send me
your mailing address, allow me to send you several UmaaTantra DVD's...
viewing these materials should help you understand how to share much
more than you think possible with your husband. If you' want
specifics right away, just email or call and I'll explain.

--Tao

_________

That's it for this Q+A. More great letters will follow.

Remember, tantra means experiencing the universal, or divine, within
everthing mundane life offers. If learning Tantra's methods intrigues
you, investigate our products. Look a little deeper at what we offer.
You never know... two years from now it just may be you writing us to
say how your life has changed for the better, just like Colleen did
here today! It's very brave, and we thank you in advance...

Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com

P.S.
A great place to start understanding the Tantric view, from the
privacy of your own bedroom, is right here:
http://www.umaatantra.com/order.html

Did you miss this?

2006-03-10T15:03:00.000-08:00

It seems that this past month the email filters were more brutal than
usual. I received a number of urgent emails about missed issues of
Tantra Tips.

Even though you subscribed to these emails, your email program may be
depriving you of their content. You may not have received them all. If
you could just help me by doing the following simple steps, it may
just keep us "connected."

Please "whitelist" our email address, info@umaatantra.com, by adding
it to your email program's address book, and by creating a special
folder named " UmaaTantra.com " just for our correspondence. I'm told
that AOL users even have a special "whitelist" function they can use
that instantly classifies hot broadcasts like Tantra Tips as "rush
delivery" while continuing to screen out the "riff-raff".

If you missed the previus announcements, hopefully this "sanitized
message" will reach you:

We've posted a full schedule of upcoming South Florida Workshops here,
including one with the legendary Dr. Glenn Morris:
http://www.umaatantra.com/events_calendar.html

Don't forget to whitelist us, and then keep your eyes peeled:
re-broadcasts of last month's Free Tips are headed your way,
along with new ones...

Smile, Breath Right, and Keep Your Tongue up! Tao Semko of
www.umaatantra.com

P.S.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day for "early bird" discounts on
the Mantra Secrets Workshop on the 18th:
http://www.UmaaTantra.com/mantra.html

Everyday samadhi?

2006-02-18T23:19:00.000-08:00

The goal of yogic practice is the absorption called samadhi. Yoga
means union, and samadhi means, literally, "to place together".. Real
yoga begins with samadhi. Postures, breathing, concentration,
meditation, ritual, or tantric lovemaking -- these are just means to
an end. But what if I told you that you already experience samadhi
hundreds of times a day? Confused? Here's a great explanation from
Dr. David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri):

"Lesser and Greater Samadhi

We are all pursuing samadhi or absorption in one form or another.
There are not only the higher yogic Samadhis but ordinary Samadhis.

We are only happy when we are so engrossed in something that we forget
ourselves because the separate self is sorrow. Samadhis are peak
experiences in which we become lost in the object of our perception.

Being inspired, enwrapped in music, engrossed in a movie, or lost in a
sexual experience are all lesser Samadhis.

Yoga teaches that there are five different levels of consciousness
(Chitta):

1) deluded (mudha)

2) distracted (kshipta)

3) imaginative (vishipta)

4) focused or one-pointed (ekagra)

5) calmed (nirodha)

Samadhis exist on all five levels of consciousness, but Yoga as a
spiritual discipline is only concerned with Samadhis of the last two
levels, which are purely Sattvic (spiritual) in nature.

These are arrived at through the development of our higher awareness
and are under the control of our deeper intelligence. They are the
greater or the yogic Samadhis.

Samadhis of the one-pointed mind involve the use of an idea or
support, from contemplating an object in nature to reflecting on the
nature of ultimate Reality. They are focused on a particular object
that may be external or internal.

Here the mind consciously gets concentrated in the object and its
underlying cosmic truth is revealed.

Yogis use this type of Samadhi to unconver the secrets of the cosmos
and the psyche. These are an extension of the methods of Pratyahara,
Dharana, and Dhyana that we have already discussed.

Samadhi of the calmed mind is beyond all objects and thoughts and
involves stilling or silencing our consciousness on all levels. This
type of Samadhi is necessary for transcending the outer world and for
Self-Realization.

Generally one must develop the Samadhis of the one-pointed mind in
order to develop those of the calmed or silent mind.

The lesser or non-yogic Samadhis are transient in nature and cannot
permanently bring peace to the mental field. They occur when the
unpurified mind comes under the temporary domination of one of the
three gunas and through this merges back into its core (Chitta), which
is the level of the gunas.

When one guna prevails there is an absorption in that guna. but in
time the other gunas must assert themselves and the Samadhi comes to
an end. These lesser Samadhis are outside the control of our awareness
and depend upon circumstances.

Such lesser Samadhis are the main cause of mental disturbances because
they breed attachement and cause addiction to them."

--Dr David Frawley (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) in "Ayurveda and the Mind"

See this book on Amazon.com

What is Tantra?

2006-02-15T18:06:00.000-08:00

What is "Tantra?"

Try to blithely define Tantra and you'll quickly make yourself a
liar.

A "tantra" may be a spiritual practice for achieving "expansion to
liberation." (it may be a ritual or meditation)...

A "tantra" may be any practice of material transformation or
spiritual alchemy...

A "tantra" may be a mundane practice of magic, a talisman, or a
totem, used for wealth, power, domination, or protection, or
soothsaying...

It may be a scripture or treatise enumerating any of the above types
of tantric practice. Most such writings date from 500 AD on to the
present.

A "tantra" may be a strictly oral teaching of either mundane or
spiritual practice. Many of these oral teachings date back several
thousand years, and are reflected by sculpture, pottery, friezes,
paintings, and ritual implements from as far back as 7000BC...

Tantric practice may be highly ornate, with much external ritual
paraphernalia, or it may be completely inside the mind, completely
internalized as a visualization or awareness beginning with a
specific focus.

Some tantra does involve the use of "forbidden" substances - alcohol,
flesh, intoxicants - but these are used within the context of
specific rigorous practices, and should not be taken as excuses for
debauchery.

Some tantra involves the use of mantra (sound resonance) and yantra
(visual resonance), but not all...

Some tantric schools view existence as "duality" ("I and Thou")
others as "non-duality" ("i am that i am"). Some are polytheistic,
and some are monotheistic, some are not theistic at all.

There are tantric teachers (for instance, some teachers of Samaya
Tantra) who will tell you there is no sex in real tantra. There are
tantric teachers who will tell you tantra is only about sex. Neither
group is right.

Most tantra works with "sexual" energy, but this may be on the
macrocosmic level of natural, universal forces of creation and
destruction, or on the interpersonal level of human sexuality
(whether physical sex, or visualized "divine" intercourse), or even
on the microcosmic level of the polar (male/female, solar/lunar,
yang/yin) forces within the individual human body. In the most
powerful practices, tantra may be all of the above...

There are practices developed only in the last 40 years, classified
as "Neo-Tantra", "Modern Tantra" or "New-Age Tantra". Some make
valuable contributiona, in that they can improve physical and
emotional health through loving sexuality, but they lack many of the
higher spiritual benefits of traditional tantric practices, and in
some ways further obscure the power and meaning of these traditional
practices. But Tantra has many millenia of history of this sort of
obscuration -- dilution and syncretism are nothing new.

Any one of the above characterizations of tantra, taken individually,
is only half-truth.

We explore them all intimately in issues of Tantra Tips and in
UmaaTantra's Tantric Inner Circle.

Keep your eyes peeled for more, and smile, breathe right, and keep
your tongue up!

Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com

Happy Valentine's Day!

2006-02-14T18:07:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours from all of us here at
UmaaTantra.com!

We had a wonderful workshop this past weekend, and enjoyed getting to
know and sharing with all of the attendees...

I want to personally send a big thanks to all of our subscribers who
sent us feedback about our programs and free tips these last few
weeks.

We've been quiet this week because we've been re-reading the
responses. We'll be presenting some of those questions, compliments
and criticisms along with our answers in the next few Tantra Tips.

I'll also start listing the names of subscribers who particularly
helped us by offering their insight and opinons. Those individuals
will receive free DVD's/Cd's as thank-you's for contributing to our
understanding of how to better serve our subscribers...

Have a wonderful evening. Send out love tonight, whether with company
or not. Love is not in having, but in experiencing, giving and
receiving, without measure.

Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com

"How to meditate while making love..."

2006-02-01T23:10:00.000-08:00

The same keys that can make real tantric hatha yoga, qi gong, and
seated meditation so powerful can also turn ordinary lovemaking into
tantric practice...

1. Relax, be still for a moment, and deepen and steady your breath,
breathing with your belly (diaphragmic breathing). Be sure to breathe
in through your nose.... Relax...

2. Relax more, and steady and relax your eyes. Whether your eyes are
open or closed, find a still point where they can rest, focused, but
relaxed...

3. Relax, and deepen your breathing some more. Smile, remember for a
moment the joy of your very first truly loving embrace, and allow that
feeling to fill you again. Relax, let the memory go, keep the joy, and
be joyfully aware of yourself with your lover, right now. Relax.
Breath and simply be aware, free from thought of "should" or "could",
and merely aware of what is, this moment, now...

4. Make love as you wish, and now steady your mind like you steadied
your eyes. Find an internal point of awareness, and settle your mind
here, keeping this internal point of tranquility. Don't ask how,
simply let yourself be there. Even as you are aware of your external
arousal, your attraction, keep this point of stillness within you,
within the dynamic movement of your breath, your writhing bodies, and
the electricity of your attraction. (The center of your lower abdomen
- the "hara," or lower dantien - is safe place to abide...)

5. love and play and play and love again, relaxed, and steady of mind
and breath, until you can find balance in movement and stillness,
between softness and vigor, between arousal and fullfillment, between
stillness and motion...

6. Become aware of that tranquility within your lover as well...

7. ultimately, remain in the relaxed, joyful, internal tranquil
abiding, regardless of the tempest of your whirling flesh, and let
your mind become clear of conceptual grasping, fantasy, and any
attachment to what you think tantra "should be"... simply feel what
is... all the pleasure and attraction of material existence, but all
of the stillness and tranquility at the heart of it all, it's
innermost nature...

... until you become still within your ecstasy, and come to experience
not just the imperfect, incomplete longing for the union of your
physical bodies, but the union of bliss and emptiness itself... your
own, and that of all sentient beings!

For every student, there is a teacher. Keep in touch and smile,
breathe right, and keep your tongue up!

Your Friend,
Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com

P.S.
It's not too late to Experience Real Tantra For Yourself at Umaa
Tantra's February 11 and 12 "Secrets of Sexual Tantra" Workshop. Learn
to use posture, breath, and attitude to effortlessly become one with
yourself and your lover... You will receive authentic tantric
initiations and experience the postures, states, and feelings of
tantric lovemaking all while remaining comfortably modest and
clothed... Couples and individuals are both welcome.
More info here:
http://www.UmaaTantra.com/tantra_workshop.html

Could we get your opinion?

2006-01-27T18:14:00.000-08:00

Can we get your opinion?

We really want to know if you're getting the information, guidance,
and experiences you're searching for... If you can let us know just
three things, it would mean a lot to us...in fact, so much, that we're
offering you a little tantric bribe in exchange for your opinion --
Just email us at info@umaatantra.com and answer these three questions:

The first one is: What is the biggest benefit our website, email
tips, seminars, or products have given you... Please be specific...

The second is: Of what we've offered you, what have you personally
used, read, viewed, or listened to the least?

The third is: What one burning question would you like us to answer
about tantra, yoga, qi gong, meditation, eastern mysticism, or
sexology? Or what would you like the opportunity to experience?

If there's anything else you'd like us to know, or you'd like to see
more of, please tell us...

The most insightful/helpful answers, criticisms, and success stories
will get free dvd's or cd's. We'll print some of those answers
anonymously for all of our readers' benefit.

Thank you, and remember to smile, breathe right, and keep your
tongue up!
--Tao Semko of UmaaTantra.com

Frank talk on spirituality from Santiago Dobles...

2006-01-25T18:20:00.000-08:00

"Some Tantric traditions say it takes many incarnations to achieve the
highest state of enlightenment. In my honest opinion, I think they do
this to only to maintain the spiritual power structure and to abuse
the teacher-student relationship.

Some Buddhist and Qi Gong Masters have openly admitted that it only
takes 30 to 60 days to achieve Kundalini Awakening and base level
physical Enlightenment. Of course there are many meanings of enlightenment. But
the bright halo around the head, some of the Paranormal chi powers,
and healing of others can be easily learned and achieved within 30
days if you have the right guide (Guru) and the right attitude and
willingness to learn and to drive forward.

Here is the honest truth: You are as beautiful, spiritual, powerful,
blissful and as enlightened as you give yourself permission to be! We
are all Buddhas. Now with this said you must remember The Law of Cause
and Effect, and that with great power comes great responsibility.

Here are a few simple, powerful internal techniques that speed up your
process towards self realization and towards always maintaining your
enlightenment..."

Excerpted from "RAJA YOGA, BUDDHIST & TAOIST MEDITATION SKILLS" in
Chapter Four of Santiago Dobles's "Secrets the Gurus will Never Show
You" http://www.UmaaTantra.com/guru_secrets.html

Smile, Breathe Right and Keep Your Tongue Up!
-- Tao Semko of UmaaTantra.com

P.S.
Only 9 days left to register for the "Secrets of Sexual Tantra"
Workshop before the rates go up 30% or more!...The Seminar is February
11 and 12... just in time for Valentine's... so register now!

http://www.umaatantra.com/tantra_workshop.html

At the workshop, you'll learn practical ways to change your
breathing, awareness, pleasure, lovemaking attitudes, and more, along
with the real sexual poistions used in authentic Kaula rituals, and
why the positions of the Kama Sutra aren't really tantra at all! Once
more, that link is http://www.umaatantra.com/tantra_workshop.html

'Desire and Passion...'

2006-01-24T12:23:00.000-08:00

'Moralists talk about controlling, reducing, destroying desires and
passions, while fanatics take action by destroying the impassioned, but
no one can go through life without feeling the devouring substance of
desire and passion. Why do these jolts cause us so much suffering?
Why, after living through them, do we often return to the state of
hibernation? Why do we agree to pay the exhorbitant price that
society demands of the impassioned? Is there not a fundamental error
in the way we orient our lives? Why does our ideal not correspond
with our deep intuitive knowledge? Why do we accept that wonder and
marvel should no longer be fundamental qualities of our lives?'

-- From Desire: The Tantric Path to Awakening, by Daniel Odier.
To read more about this book, feel free to follow this link to Amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/b6vyq

Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko of www.umaatantra.com

P.S.
Experience real tantra for yourself this February 11 and 12th!
http://www.umaatantra.com/tantra_workshop.html

'Siddhis and Self-Realization...'

2006-01-16T10:25:00.000-08:00

THE STATE WE CALL REALIZATION IS SIMPLY being oneself, not knowing
anything or becoming anything. If one has realized, he is That which
alone is, and which alone has always been. He cannot describe that
state. He can only be That. Of course we loosely talk of
Self-realization for want of a better term.

That which is, is peace. All that we need do is to keep quiet. Peace
is our real nature. We spoil it. What is required is that we cease to
spoil it. For instance, there is space in a hall (room). We are not
going to create space anew. We fill up the place with various
articles. If we want space, all that we need do is to remove all those
articles and we get space. Similarly, if we remove all the rubbish
from the mind the peace will become manifest. That which is
obstructing the peace must be removed. Peace is the only Reality.

--Ramana Maharshi, on Self-Realization. Self-Realization is greater
than all siddhis (manifested supernormal abilities/ miracles) produced
through transformation or devotion, and more important than any
intellectual grasp of Ramana Maharishi's Advaita Vedanta philosophy.

Smile, Breathe Right, and Keep Your Tongue Up... Then answer the
questions, "From where did this breath arise? Where does hang?
and where wil it go?" This is the direct method!
Tao Semko of http://www.UmaaTantra.com

Early Bird Discounts Expire at Midnight! Save 28% or more!

2006-01-15T06:27:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that the Early Bird Discount for the February "Secrets
of Tantra" Workshop expires tonight, Sunday the 15th, at midnight. If
you want 28% to 30% off the registration fee, and you still haven't
registered, go on over to
http://www.umaatantra.com/tantra_workshop.html and do so now!

We have confirmed the exact times and location of the seminar, and
they are now listed on that page... Once again, to see all the
details, go on over to http://www.umaatantra.com/tantra_workshop.html

You may email questions about the seminar to info@umaatantra.com or
call us at 305-604-5988.

Smile, Breathe Right, and Keep Your Tongue Up!
Tao Semko of UmaaTantra.com

P.S.
Keep your eyes peeled... this week's tantra tip comes out later
today...

'Higher vs. Lower Tantra, part 2'

2006-01-12T18:28:00.000-08:00

Higher Tantra is made up of the practices which re-link you directly
with the divine - the divine within you, the divine within the
manifested universe, and finally the ineffable Absolute.

Higher Tantra involves the use of the "higher" bodies: (bliss body,
wisdom body, and causal body in Hindu Tantra, or in tibetan tantra, the
bliss body and primordial body).

Some common (and frequently misunderstood) examples are Golden Body
visualizations; Yidam practice in Tibetan Tantra; meditations on Sri
Yantra in Hinduism; meditations on emptiness in Chan, Zen, and
Dzogchen;
skygazing; the Mahavidya yogas in Saktiism; meditations on the Sacred
Heart in Catholicism; or hridaya in Kasmir Saivism; on the Sephiroth in
Cabbalah; and the Mother Tantra in Tibetan Bon.

Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com

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Lower vs. Higher Tantra, part 1

2006-01-11T15:38:00.000-08:00

Lower tantra: Transformative practices which integrate your physical
and energetic bodies. These include hatha yoga, "tantric sex," kriya
yoga, laya yoga, tibetan trul khor, taoist and buddhist qigong, and
more.

Each of those practices includes relaxed controlled breathing,
postures, physical sensitivity practices, internal muscle
contractions,
sexual techniques, mental and emotional attitudes, and awareness of
the
subtle anatomy (energy centers, channels, and vital breath). They are
designed to increase your awareness of your subtle energy body, to
teach you to manipulate, balance, and amplify the subtle energy in the
body, and to safely "arouse kundalini sakti."

Skeptical? In biological terms, you are learning to...

(for the rest of this tantra tip, follow this link):
http://umaatantra.com/what_is_lower_tantra.html

'Secrets of Tibetan Phowa....'

2006-01-10T18:39:00.000-08:00

Phowa (pronounced po-wa) is a Tibetan Tantric meditation that can give
you Realization (i.e. "Enlightenment"). It is translated as
"transference of consciousness"... Tibetan tantrics use variations of
Phowa everyday.

Here's one very powerful version for you to try. Like most tantric
meditations, it works best if you use your 5 sense senses together with
your imagination:

(Note: Always get your physician's All-Clear before begining any
regime of exercize, deep breathing, or using powerful meditation techniques
like this one!)

Sit upright and relaxed in any seated meditation posture, breathing
deeply and evenly with your abdomen. Close your eyes if you need to.
Touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth.

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Using imagination and your senses, feel your body dissolve and replace
it from above with a radiant, beautifully glowing "divine" body.
Inhabit that radiant body and remain with that feeling for a few moments.

Now dissolve the "divine" body and replace it from above with a larger,
even more radiant body made of pure light. Repeat this step 3 or 7 or
9 times, experiencing your awareness of each radiant body before you
dissolve it.

Lastly, again generate a radiant, divine body from above, perhaps even
larger this time. Remain within it and experience the radiance for a
few moments, then dissolve it. What remains?

Experience this Reality without form.... (Where are You? Who are you?
Are you the physical body? Are you any of the Divine Bodies? Or are
you really that which remains - primordial consciousness, that which
permeates even empty space, the Absolute, the universal. Hindu sages
call this Atman -- the "Self." Buddhist sages call it An-atman --
"No-self." The difference is just semantics. Both speak of the same
primordial nature...)

Now, remaining in the awareness that you are that, come back to the
visceral experience of your physical body, firmly planted in physical
reality. Your real self nature can be experienced here, too, in
everyday existance, because It permeates all things.

Repeat the meditation as often as you like, to remind you of your own
real Nature.

Precautions:

Remember, get a medical checkup before you make any life change,
including beginning meditation. If you ever feel unwell while using
tantric visualizations, stop and contact your physician to determine if
there is an underlying health issue. If your doctor gives you a clear
bill of health, contact a realized, experienced meditation teacher for
pointers. We're only an email away...

If you feel a little lightheaded or spacey, but your doctor says you're
in good health, you can always stop and ground yourself for a bit, by
walking, or massaging your glutes, your feet, or the nerve endings in
your sacrum, or simply visualizing yourself as a tree and breathing
through roots extending deeply into the ground... if the feeling
persists, call your physician just to be sure...

P.S.

Having trouble with the meditation? Don't worry about doing everything
perfectly. Trust instinct, just let go and try it a few times with no
thinking... just feel and visualize. Then, if you still have
trouble...
email me at info@umaatantra.com with the specifics... I'll post
solutions for you in an email later this week...

P.S. #2

For a real treat, learn to do the above exercise while making love with
your lover! This is real tantra! Learn this and much more at our
Seminar this February 11th and 12th:
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2006-01-10T18:35:00.000-08:00

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Smile, breath right, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko of UmaaTantra.com

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P.S. #2
Don't forget to read today's Tantra Tip... we reveal
one of the most secret Tibetan Tantric Meditation
Techniques for you...

'Tantric Orgasm... Mystery, Myth, Misnomer?'

2006-01-05T15:06:00.000-08:00

To jump to our website and get this whole tip,
please use this link:

http://umaatantra.com/tantric_orgasm.html

Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko of UmaaTantra.com

Happy New Year from UmaaTantra.com!

2006-01-01T02:59:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year and all the best in 2006!
From all of us here at UmaaTantra.com

Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up!

The Secret to Freeing Yourself From Limiting Habits - In Bed

2005-12-30T10:39:00.000-08:00

"This weekend I was at a bridal shower where I'd been asked to speak
about the sexual side of tantra. Of course, the ladies were a lot of
fun, and as always, they had some really good questions. I'll share an
answer to one here today.

As I've explained in past issues of Tantra Tips, and as I explained
at the bridal shower, if your breath and energy ("chi" or "prana")
cannot freely circulate in your body as you make love, the pleasure
you can feel is limited. You're cheating yourself of better sex! Your
breath, energy, and mind are all linked, so your capacity for
spiritual bliss is also limited (your ability to experience samadhi
through complete absorption in the love and/or sensuality of
lovemaking, or in anything else for that matter).

So here's the question: How can you learn begin to relax, deepen the
breath, and maintain relaxed awareness while making love if your body
is in the habit of tensing up and panting?

And here's the answer:..."

(For the rest of the story, look here:

http://umaatantra.com/limiting_habits_080904.html

Smile, breathe right, and keep your tongue up!
Tao Semko of www.UmaaTantra.com

'Re-Sensualize and Relax Your Whole Body By Breathing This Way...'

2005-12-26T14:54:00.000-08:00

You can re-sensualize and relax your entire body just by breathing...
a certain way. Follow this link to start feeling better in minutes:

http://www.umaatantra.com/sensual_breathing_102804.html

Smile, Breath Right, and Keep Your Tongue Up!

Happiness in all of your celebrations...

2005-12-25T14:44:00.000-08:00

Best wishes and happiness from all of us at UmaaTantra.com!

In the hustle and chaos of the holiday season, may smiles well up from
within you and reflect from all beings... There is no simpler or more
powerful way to both celebrate and find peace in the chaos.

"When I see a stranger, person, on the street, I smile. If he smiles
back, I smile again. If he does not smile back, I also smile again...
And so, maybe, he also will smile..."
-- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

"Guarding the authenticity of one's being..."

2005-12-24T13:40:00.000-08:00

"Commitment plays a role in Mantra teaching, and especially in the
Tantric discipline, when, having obtained the initial confirmation,
one does not fail in one's commitment to look upon the world as a
divine mansion and upon all beings as gods and goddesses. In the
highest application of commitment one should try to live in such a way
that the unitary experience does not fall to pieces, one never becomes
separated from service and attention, one partakes of spiritual
nourishment, one retains its mystic character, and one guards the
authenticity of one's being."

--Naropa, in his "Naro Chödrug" (the Six Teachings of Naropa).
11th Century C.E.

"Making Love to Liberation..."

2005-12-20T09:52:00.000-08:00

"With his head resting between her thighs, the adept drinks deeply from the Source of Life. Above, the goddess causes his power to grow and transform into Buddha-fields within her mind. Below, the Adept endows each Wave of Wisdom with his means. Each meditating on the transcendental experience of non-duality, the confluence of rivers swells and bursts its banks; there are no limitations anymore."

-- from the Chandamaharosana Tantra, somewhere between the 7th and 12th century C.E.

Note: The excerpt above reflects the non-dual, or contemplative practice of sexual tantra. In this practice, the partners begin with an awareness of the Oneness of all things, and this awareness only intensifies and becomes absolute through the Great Union of lovemaking.

For yogis who have not yet experienced this powerful awareness of oneness, there is also the bhakti, or devotional lovemaking practice, which begins from the feeling of separateness, and through transfiguration of the lover into an aspect of Divinity (Oneness), absolute identification with the lover's divinity leads to the personal experience of Union, or non-duality.

The secret attitudes and methods of this devotional practice are explained in depth in Dinu Roman's "Secrets of Tantra" Seminar DVD's. You can read more about them here:

http://umaatantra.com/tantra_secrets.html

P.S.
There will also be a Seminar here in Miami on February 11th and 12th on the sexual attitudes and practices of authentic Tantrism. Not the watered-down new-age stuff. The real thing.
Watch here for more information.