Tantric Sex for Women : A Guide for Lesbian, Bi, Hetero, and Solo Lovers

by Schulte, Christa

• ISBN13: 9780897934459
• ISBN10: 0897934458
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-10
• Publisher: Hunter House

Summary

Using an inclusive, empowering approach, this book explains how every woman — heterosexual, lesbian, bisexual or solo — can add relish to sexual encounters and increase her pleasure through use of tantric methods. In a warm, knowledgeable tone, Christa Schulte explains all the basics of tantric sex, including how to become more body-aware, how to cultivate pleasure using all five senses and how to practice "Tara-tantra," a woman-centered tantric method of her own creation.

Exercises form the heart of the book and cover numerous practical strategies for helping women enhance their sensitivity, remove barriers to fulfilling experiences, and explore the spiritual dimension of their sexuality. Not only does Tantric Sex for Women show its readers how to expand and enhance sexual gratification, it promotes an attitude of remaining open to the many ecstasies of everyday life.

This book contains crucial information for women of every sexual orientation interested in fulfilling their sexual and sensual potential.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
How to Read This Book	5	(2)
The Wisdom of Tantra for Women: Gaining Female Knowledge about Female Desire	7	(16)
Origins of Tantra	10	(2)
What Possibilities for Growth Can Today's Tantra Offer Us Women?	12	(2)
Tara: A Sexual Role Model for Women	14	(5)
Principles of Cultivated, Self-Willed Sexuality	19	(4)
Setting the Stage: Arriving at Home in Your Own Body	23	(28)
What Does Desire Do, and Where?	24	(8)
Orgasm and Ecstasy	32	(3)
The Variety and Diversity of Women's Orgasms	35	(5)
The Wide Space, Range, and Scope of Ecstasy	40	(2)
A Short Lesson on the Chakras	42	(3)
Sexual Self-Love	45	(6)
Enticing Body and Soul into Pleasure: Tuning In, Playing, and Practicing	51	(30)
Smart Ways to Manage Distractions	53	(1)
Appreciating Apathy	54	(1)
Six Keys to the Gates of Physical Pleasure	55	(3)
Magic Pleasure Potions: Aphrodisiacs	58	(3)
Exercise 1: Shaking off the outside world and arriving in your own body	61	(3)
Exercise 2: In the lap of Mother Earth	64	(3)
Exercise 3: Smiling inside	67	(1)
Exercise 4: Camel ride in your own bedroom	68	(2)
Exercise 5: The power of the tigress	70	(2)
Exercise 6: The wild fire-woman's meditation	72	(2)
Exercise 7: The dancing dragon-woman	74	(3)
Exercise 8: Saying good-bye to a young girl's self-limitation	77	(2)
Exercise 9: Five questions about taking sexual responsibility	79	(2)
Fantasies in the Female Subconscious	81	(14)
Exercise 10: A creative trance-journey to your ideal inner beloved	82	(3)
Exercise 11: Erotic date	85	(2)
Exercise 12: Fantastical self-arousal	87	(3)
Exercise 13: Through the ocean's depths with the dolphin-woman	90	(5)
Wild and Tender Games with Yourself	95	(10)
Exercise 14: The art of panting	96	(2)
Exercise 15: Sexual breathing	98	(2)
Exercise 16: Opening the inner flute	100	(2)
Exercise 17: Gladdening the heart	102	(3)
Games and Exercises for Two	105	(36)
Exercise 18: Pulling stress out of her	106	(2)
Exercise 19: Letting yourself be comfortably flattened	108	(2)
Exercise 20: Letting go of feelings	110	(1)
Exercise 21: Lioness, sow, mosquito	111	(3)
Exercise 22: Dance of the she-demons	114	(2)
Exercise 23: Cleaning out your overflowing love nest	116	(1)
Exercise 24: Groaning yoni and laughing belly	117	(2)
Exercise 25: The courage to show yourself	119	(2)
Exercise 26: Letting the being in the female lap speak	121	(1)
Exercise 27: The body-map of love	122	(2)
Exercise 28: Sexual menu	124	(2)
Exercise 29: Body painting from back to front, via the heart	126	(1)
Exercise 30: Dance of the hands	127	(2)
Exercise 31: The chakra wave	129	(4)
Exercise 32: Swinging into a state of melting	133	(2)
Exercise 33: The yab-yum love position	135	(3)
Exercise 34: Submission without its, ands, or buts	138	(3)
Massages That Have What It Takes	141	(16)
Exercise 35: Pressing instead of talking	142	(2)
Exercise 36: Breast massage for the sensual, self-sufficient woman	144	(4)
Exercise 37: Breast massage for the content, comfortable woman	148	(1)
Exercise 38: Gladdening the heart in three-part harmony	149	(3)
Exercise 39: Kundalini massage	152	(5)
Rituals of Transformation	157	(28)
On the Structure of Rituals	158	(4)
Exercise 40: Ritual to awaken the senses	162	(6)
Exercise 41: Rose ritual	168	(4)
Exercise 42: Women's demonstration of two yonis	172	(2)
Exercise 43: Self-love ritual in the presence of another	174	(3)
Exercise 44: Queen game	177	(2)
Exercise 45: Lesbian celebration	179	(6)
Games for the Expansion of Love Energy	185	(34)
Exercise 46: Fire-breathing orgasm	187	(3)
Exercise 47: Rosette-rose massage	190	(7)
Exercise 48: MMM: Magic ``mussel'' massage	197	(11)
Exercise 49: Ecstatic mountaintop experiences	208	(3)
Exercise 50: Waves of rapture	211	(4)
Exercise 51: Sex-magical skills	215	(4)
Pleasure as a Way of Meditation	219	(14)
Exercise 52: Female visions of joy	220	(3)
Exercise 53: Full-moon meditation	223	(3)
Exercise 54: Meditation on love for yourself	226	(7)
Concluding Without Ending	233	(2)
Appendixes	235	(19)
Appendix A. Lesbian Love as a Form of Self-Love	236	(11)
Appendix B. Sexual Energy as a Healing Force	247	(7)
Resources	254	(7)
Index	261