Soul Sex

by Copeland, Pala

• ISBN13: 9781564146649
• ISBN10: 1564146642
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: New Page Books

Summary

This book shows both beginners and skilled Tantric practitioners how to use Tantric techniques to create a lifelong, loving relationship. Through the authors' mix of ancient Eastern sexual practices and modern Western approaches to communication and intimacy, partners will learn to connect in ways that are respectful, nourishing, and lusty. With illustrations throughout, Soul Sex includes thought-provoking discussions, personal anecdotes, and precise but simple techniques to inspire you to apply them to your daily life. The observations and exercises included are drawn from the authors' own heady partnership and from the hundreds of couples they have had the privilege to teach at their Tantra sacred sex workshops. Pala and Al describe how they teach others and what they actually do to keep their own relationship emotionally rich, sexually passionate, and spiritually evolving. Their purpose in writing this valuable manual is to motivate couples to act together to achieve something rare: passionate relationships in which they can grow together spiritually into old age, creating love year after year. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Pala Copeland and Al Link have been practicing Tantra since 1987

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(11)
Introduction	11	(1)
The 4 Freedoms	12	(1)
What Is Tantra?	13	(4)
Who Should Read This Book?	17	(1)
Benefits of Relationship Tantra	18	(3)
Relationship as Spiritual Practice	21	(16)
How Important Is Your Relationship?	22	(6)
Making Time for Each Other	28	(1)
Keeping Focus on Your Relationship	28	(3)
What Is Spiritual Practice?	31	(5)
Relationship as Sacrament	36	(1)
Creating Love	37	(20)
Recognizing Relationship Fallacies	38	(2)
The Sexy, Spiritual, Long-Term Relationship Model	40	(3)
Qualities of Relationship vs. Characteristics of Partners	43	(1)
Creating a Relationship Vision	44	(3)
Working With Creative Tension	47	(4)
Lovers' Ways	51	(6)
Celebrating the Differences	57	(10)
Higher Logical Level---The Observer/Witness Consciousness	58
Your Lover as a Mirror for Yourself	53	(11)
Calling Each Other on ``Stuff''	64	(3)
Sex and Spirit: Reuniting Heaven and Earth	67	(20)
Sex in History	68	(2)
Pleasure as Healer	70	(1)
Sex and Spirit as One	71	(1)
Sexual Beliefs Questionnaire	72	(15)
Mastery and Surrender In the Art of Love	87	(20)
Control	87	(1)
Surrender	88	(2)
Spiritual Surrender: Work and Play	90	(2)
Letting Go of Results	92	(5)
Exercises	97	(10)
Be Here Now	107	(18)
Getting There vs. Being Here	108	(1)
The Curse of Memory	109	(1)
Learning to Be Here Now	109	(16)
Energy Delights	125	(34)
Starting Out	126	(1)
Grounding	127	(1)
But I Don't Feel Anything	128	(1)
Energy Centers---7 Chakras or Tan Tiens	129	(14)
Energy Exercises With a Partner	143	(4)
Sexual Energy Practices	147	(7)
Balancing Male and Female Energies---Yin and Yang	154	(5)
Ejaculation Mastery and Male Multiple Orgasm	159	(20)
3 Types of Orgasm	160	(2)
Ejaculation Mastery	162	(4)
Going the Distance---It's Your Decision	166	(4)
Masturbation	170	(3)
Help From Your Partner	173	(1)
Some Tips for Loving a Man	173	(3)
Prostate Health	176	(1)
Am I Sure I Want to Do This?	177	(2)
Freeing the Female Orgasm	179	(20)
Permission	180	(11)
Time	191	(1)
Some Tips for Loving a Woman	191	(4)
An Orgasmic Cornucopia	195	(1)
On to the Mystery	196	(3)
Planning and Ritual In Sacred Loving	199	(14)
Planning	199	(1)
Ritual	200	(13)
Erotic, Relaxing, Healing Touch	213	(20)
Massage	216	(9)
Acupressure	225	(5)
Reiki	230	(1)
Mix and Match	231	(2)
Sexual Play	233	(18)
Location	234	(1)
Food and Drink	235	(1)
Erotic Words and Images	236	(1)
Clothing	237	(1)
Scent	238	(1)
Sex Toys	238	(1)
Fantasy	239	(1)
Shake Your Booty	240	(1)
Sounds of Love	241	(1)
Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours	241	(1)
Playful Positions	242	(9)
Soul Sex Simple Summary	251	(2)
Appendix A: References and Resources	253	(18)
Books	253	(11)
Music	264	(1)
Videos	265	(2)
Internet Resources	267	(4)
Appendix B: List of Exercises	271	(4)
Chapter Notes	275	(4)
Index	279	(6)
About the Authors	285