Tantra and the 4 Paths of Yoga

Tantra is often translated as ‘to weave’ and so weaves together many different techniques from the various yoga’s (indeed Tantra was a major influence on many of the yoga’s we often hear referred to these days, such as, Kriya Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Hatha Yoga, and Kundalini Yoga).

Tantric Buddhism

Questioning the masculine and feminine in Tantra

The use of the terms masculine and feminine in relation to principles and energy has always been a bone of contention for me. How can energy be gendered? Is this not merely a construct; a way of designating a patriarchal and heteronormative dominant thinking pattern around the union?

Tantra Yoga (and the three bodies)

Tantra has been defined as the energetic approach to the spiritual path. Yoga, in it’s truest sense, is the science of meditation. Tantra Yoga then is the practice around our internal energies to bring about liberation.

Tantra and the courage to walk alone

Traditional Indian Kundalini Tantra Yoga is the art of letting go. Tantra is the science or system that allows us to do that through practical philosophies and techniques to connect us to consciousness (called Kundalini Shakti). Here we don’t try and change the world; we change ourselves by recognising that the system, Tantra, is us.

I AM GITA

The Bhagavad Gita recognises the two key aspects of doubt and faith. This aligns well to neo-tantra stance that everything is an experiment. When we divorce dogma and a fixedness from our spiritual practices, and introduce the element of questioning and experimenting, spirituality starts to speak to me more fully. This is when we have the potential to perform akarma, rather than karma.