The Art of Making Sex Sacred: Techniques for Intimate Relationships

by Khalsa, Guru Terath Kaur, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780965552318
• ISBN10: 0965552314
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Yogi Ji Pr

Summary

Seekers of ecstatic experience will find powerful yogic techniques in this book for gaining self-awareness, rejuvenating one's sexual health, and for harmonizing the male/female polarities. Included are meditations, Venus Kriyas for couples and Kundalini Yoga exercises for rebuilding intimacy and experiencing blissful lovemaking. There is even a chapter describing special foods and recipes designed to enhance the experience of sex. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Guru Terath Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D. in psychotherapy and counseling, is a Kundalini Yoga instructor and has been a student of Yogi Bhajan for almost 30 years. She leads workshops in Sacred Sexuality, Meditation, and Kundalini Yoga. Yogi Bhajan is Director of Spiritual Education for the 3HO Foundation. He has taught Kundalini Yoga and Humanology in the West since 1969 and is the author of The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, and The Mind: Its Projections and Multiple Facets, and many manuals on yoga and the psychology of the mind.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(3)
The Power of Attraction
Spermatozoa and egg	3	(1)
Nurturers and conquerors	4	(1)
Kundalini coil of the beloved	5	(2)
Woman and Man
Polarity	7	(1)
Security	8	(1)
Respect for woman	8	(1)
Spirit and relationship	9	(1)
The moon centers	10	(4)
Celebrating our differences	14	(1)
Meditation for Balancing the Moon Centers	15	(2)
Building Intimacy
Wanting greater intimacy	17	(1)
Claim your power	18	(1)
Positive projection	19	(1)
Foreplay is ``for play''	20	(1)
Setting the scene	20	(1)
Slow it down	21	(1)
Healing and trust	21	(2)
The Journey of Self-Awareness
Meditation and self-esteem	23	(1)
Intimacy with oneself	23	(2)
Loving your body	25	(1)
Meditation notes	26	(1)
Tuning in	27	(1)
Hand mudras	27	(1)
Eye focus	28	(1)
Mantra	28	(1)
Meditation to open the heart center	29	(1)
Deep relaxation	29	(2)
Kundalini Yoga and Sexuality
Exercises for sexuality	31	(1)
Getting started	32	(1)
Breathing techniques	32	(2)
Kundalini yoga postures	34	(3)
Women's Daily Exercises for Beauty, Radiance and Grace	37	(4)
Sexual Nerve Strength Exercises	41	(2)
Chakras and Sexual Energy
The Eight Chakras	43	(5)
Kundalini Yoga to clear the chakras	48	(2)
Energy and the body	50	(1)
Pranic energy	50	(1)
Polarity energies	51	(1)
The Kundalini	52	(1)
Raising the Kundalini	53	(2)
Venus Kriyas for Couples
Venus kriyas	55	(1)
Getting started	56	(1)
Heart Lotus	57	(1)
Life Current Kriya	58	(1)
Washing Windows	59	(1)
Pushing Palms	60	(1)
Sending Prana	61	(1)
Venus Life Nerve Stretches	62	(1)
Venus Lotus	63	(1)
Easy 60-Degree Lean	64	(1)
Double Back-Bend	64	(1)
Double Back-Stretch	65	(1)
Venus Back Rolls	66	(1)
Liver Twist	67	(1)
Shiva-Shakti Pose	68	(1)
Strenuous Crow	69	(1)
One Unit	70	(1)
Venus Triangle	71	(1)
Heart Saver	72	(1)
Kirtan Kriya to Clear the Clouds	73	(1)
Meditation To End An Argument	74	(1)
To Get Rid of Grudges	75	(1)
Meditation For Total Divine Horniness	76	(3)
The Sacred Art of Making Love
Making love a meditation	79	(1)
Getting to know each other	80	(2)
Massage as foreplay	82	(1)
Massage for a woman	82	(1)
Massage for a man	83	(1)
Breath harmony	84	(1)
Intercourse	84	(1)
Mind is the biggest sex organ	85	(1)
Two techniques to help him keep control	86	(1)
Raising the energy up to the higher centers	86	(1)
The G-spot	86	(1)
The sitting position	87	(1)
Taoist locking method	87	(1)
Using sexual energy to heal the body	87	(1)
After the climax	88	(1)
The altar of loving	89	(2)
Appendix A: Sexy Foods
Foods for men	91	(8)
Foods for women	99	(4)
Appendix B: More Yogic Teachings On Sex By Yogi Bhajan
Physical aspects of sex	103	(4)
Meditation for women to neutralize unwanted horniness	107	(1)
Meditation for men to transform horniness	107	(1)
Subtleties of sex	108	(2)
Sex and children	110	(3)
Appendix C: ``She Says, He Says'' -- Sexuality Workshop Notes	113	(6)
Resources	119	(4)
Glossary	123