Tantric yoga exercises. What is Tantra yoga and why? Features of Indian Tantric Yoga

02.11.201927.05.2017

Tantra yoga is the oldest school of self-improvement. The essence of Tantra is that it is able to suppress the energy of desire and direct it to other goals, for example, for healing or spiritual and mental development. Tantra is often presented as a unity of opposite principles, such as man and woman, spiritual and material, rational and irrational.

According to the adepts of Tantra Yoga, it is impossible to separate Yoga from Tantra, because these ancient teachings have common origins and yogic practices without Tantra or tantric practices without Yoga will not be complete.

Tantra yoga is suitable for those people who want to learn to understand their body, release all its potential and get rid of sexual complexes, learn relaxation techniques and expand their own consciousness, overcome the addiction to deeply drive their secret desires.

Today, many yoga centers offer Tantra yoga classes. But all their programs are different, so before you start, first familiarize yourself with the course program.

Style Features

The main idea of tantra is that a person is already perfect, right here and right now, like God. In other words, a person must immediately realize that he is part of a god, and act and think as if he had already become enlightened. In Tantra yoga, the end result - the achievement of the divine - is taken as the starting point, in Tantra it is believed that if a person does not immediately perceive himself as part of the divine, then he cannot be truly devoted to the Higher Power.

Many representatives Western civilization mistakenly take Tantra yoga as a technique that enhances sensuality. Tantra really has a large number of techniques based on sexual energy, but most of the techniques are not related to erotica or sexual intercourse. Tantra yoga covers a much larger part of human nature than just sex. This teaching says that the human body is a temple, teaches you to perceive your true Self, while other yoga techniques, which are based only on the physical aspect, increase the human ego, although they are designed to reduce it.

Love is the main tool in Tantra yoga. It is love that works with the strongest energy in the human body and with its strongest feelings and emotions, with the paramount force of life.

Tantra is based on Buddhist and Hindu methods of self-improvement through the transformation and use of sexual energy. The Tantra Yoga school is based on the most ancient canonical texts, they contain methods of working with the mind and body that are beyond modern morality. At the same time, it is worth knowing that among them there are no universal techniques that would suit absolutely everyone and everyone, you will have to find what you need on your own.

Varieties of Tantric practices

There are three main directions in Tanta: Red Tantra, White Tantra and Black Tantra.

Red Tantra is a practice that reflects sexual reality. In this direction, there are a lot of exercises and meditation, during which sexual contact is provided. Red Tantra is the acceptance of life here and in this moment.

Black Tantra forms skills that allow you to control consciousness and manipulate other people. This Tatntra gives you the opportunity to train your mental strength and quickly accomplish any goal.

White Tantra recognized by all masters as the most valuable and most effective of the three practices. It is directed towards the future upliftment of the human soul. White Tantra classes allow a person to become a master in his own life, to purify his physical and mental essence with the help of special postures and the performance of mantras. White Tantra classes run in pairs and include kriya, pranayama and meditation.

The first public White Tantra classes were held in Los Angeles in 1971 by Yogi Bhajan. Until that moment, this teaching was secret and was transmitted to the student from the teacher. In the 80s of the last century, Bhajan created videos of Tantra classes, thus making White Tantra available to a wide range of people around the world.

Purpose of Tantra Yoga

The Tantra Yoga style is the most effective method find yourself and realize your inner hidden abilities, feel yourself spiritually pure and spiritualized and become worthy of the Divine presence.

This is a special practice that unites the feminine and masculine in you, allows you to overcome all blocks and complexes, as well as the barrier of perception of reality.

Tantric practices will allow you to understand your real "I", gain inner freedom and understand relationships with people close to you. Tantra yoga promotes rejuvenation and healing of all organs human body and harmonize your state of mind.

Hello, friends! Despite the deep sacredness, closeness and even some mysticism of the topic I have chosen, I am very glad that I have the opportunity to show you my vision of such an ancient and such a teaching distorted by modern minds as tantric yoga.

In my previous article on the topic, I tried to state the very essence of the doctrine and its basic concepts. Here we will touch more on the question of which techniques can be called tantric and which are not.

Define the boundaries of the topic

Let me just point out a fundamental thing: tantra yoga is not a tantric massage, sex or something like that. If it is beneficial or convenient for someone to think so, then you can type the phrase “tantric sex” on the Internet and you will find a description of sexual techniques.

But, believe me, most of them are not the invention of true tantriks, but of modern psychologists, sexologists and other "ologists", which means they have nothing to do with that classical Tantra.

In the arsenal of tantric yoga, there really are techniques that work with the sexual energy of an adept, but contrary to what the sources are full of, counting on the ignorance and gullibility of citizens, none of these techniques involves direct sexual intercourse with a partner.

On the contrary, sexual energy is saved, accumulated, transformed and used for lofty purposes. The description of these techniques is beyond the scope of this topic, but I must explain to you why sexual intercourse culminating in ejaculation is not a tantric method.

Why not?

Both men and women lose a lot of energy after ejaculation. Men get tired more and this justifies their strong desire to sleep after sex. In this case, the energy leaves through the bottom, which directly contradicts the theory of Tantra, which describes the result of successful practice as the release of a clot of energy through the upper chakra.

Remember the Buddhist monks, who, after a series of ritual actions, have a self-formed hole on the top of their head, where they insert a straw? By this they prove to their guru that they have reached such a level of mastery that they have become able to control their energies and direct them from the bottom up.

And here I draw your attention to the fact that such monks strictly observe celibacy, and it is thanks to him that such a result becomes possible. With the help of various techniques, they establish control over the primitive desires of the body, accumulate a huge amount of potential energy, begin to feel this energy and gain the ability to move it up the nadi channels.

It does not take a genius to understand this, it is enough to understand that Tantra yoga does not deny the existence of sexual energy, but it teaches how to transform and redirect this energy into the channel of spiritual progress.

Available Techniques

Tantra is one of the most ancient teachings, and therefore most of the techniques are either irretrievably lost, or are safely hidden from the unprepared public, or are transmitted orally from teacher to student. Of course, not everything is so bad, and the surviving manuscripts have brought something to our days. Let's take a quick look at some of the best techniques:

Rotation of the prayer wheel.

If you read mine on this subject, you should remember that I see tantra as a twisting of energy, mainly clockwise to enhance spiritual progress, and the methods can be very different.

Even when we offer burning incense to the deity by moving the wand clockwise, we are already practicing tantra. Buddhists spin not just a drum, inside it is a mantra written many thousands of times.

Having the original divine nature of origin and a strong impact on the world around, the rotating mantra cleanses the tantrika and the entire space around from the forces of material nature that prevent progress on the spiritual path.

Reading a mantra on a rosary.

Sorting through the beads one by one vicious circle, we “wind up” pious karma for ourselves, getting rid of the old and negative. The more thoughtful circles we make, the higher we rise above the material world, the closer it becomes to the desired enlightenment.

Chakra work.

Let's start with the fact that in order for the energy to flow freely from the lower chakras to the upper chakras, it is necessary that the chakras are clean, there are no blocks, clamps, there are no psychological reasons their contamination. It can be resentment, shame, fear, etc.

Chakras can be influenced by exercises, meditation, natural stones, fire, but I will highlight here the extraction of the sounds of the Tibetan bowl directly opposite the chakra being worked on. As you can see, here it is also required to make movements in a circle, although they also tap on the bowl.

The vibrations of the Tibetan bowl purify, “crystallize” the surrounding space, and especially that which is in the immediate vicinity. For practice, you need to work with an assistant. You can stand, sit or lie down, and your assistant hold the bowl with your left hand in front of one of your 7 chakras at a distance of 5-10-15 cm, and make sounds from it with the right hand with a pestle.

Walk around the holy place.

Some of you will be surprised, but parikrama is also a kind of tantra. If the intentions of the sadhaka are pure and the faith is strong, then such circles around strong points our planet will bring indescribable benefits in the spiritual sense. Note that such a ritual also takes place in a clockwise direction, and not against it.

Of course, Tantra is much broader than what I have told you today. These examples are only meant to give you the right idea about it. Additionally, I can advise you to read about swara yoga (this is the tantric science of breathing rhythms) and the book “Ancient Tantric Yoga and Kriya Techniques” by Swami Satyananda Saraswati.

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Tantra - what is it?

Tantra is a term that is more or less familiar to every person. Only the lazy have not heard about the appropriate massage technique. Unfortunately, there are many misconceptions associated with this practice. The main one is that tantric exercises inevitably associated with sex. Actually this is not true. Initially, tantra appeared as a symbol of the merging and complementing each other of the two ancient gods. Their union made them stronger and better.

Therefore, it is really more correct to carry out such practices with a partner of the opposite sex. Like yin and yang, they will enrich each other with polar energy, share the best that is in both of them. But for the exercise, sexual intercourse is not the ultimate goal. Of course, if we are talking about two lovers, then the merging of not only the soul, but also the body may well take place.

To master tantra, it is not necessary to attend special seminars; you can achieve what you want at home.

Tantric practices

Ways to exercise can be as follows:

Individual lessons to achieve harmony of the soul.
Pair exercises.
group techniques.

Positive sides:

Positive perception of your body, its knowledge.
Disclosure of internal energy reserves.
Liberation from everything negative.
Appeal to your intangible "I", achieving harmony with the soul.

Exercise at home

Basic Rules:

No extra clothes.

If you feel this is the most convenient for yourself, remove all unnecessary. Nothing should constrain movements, create a boundary between you and the outside world.

Nice atmosphere.

The room for the session should be warm. You can turn on soft pleasant music and light scented candles.

If tantric exercises are performed with a partner, then both of you should be at ease in the presence of each other. Try to get rid of shame and embarrassment.

Exercises:

Proper breathing.

Sit or lie down comfortable posture. Breathe deeply and evenly through your mouth, not in the chest, but in the abdominal way.

Visualization.

Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a pleasant, beautiful place. See yourself without clothes, serene and calm. If you are performing the technique with a partner, let him also be present in an imaginary place. Stay a little in the world of illusions, and then return to reality.

Sit naked in front of a mirror. Take a close look at yourself. But perceive yourself in a global sense: not as a specific person, but as a reflection of gender. Examine all parts of the body, paying tribute to those who deserve it and allowing reasonable criticism where appropriate.
Sing.

Choose the most pleasant word for yourself. Perhaps it will be the name of a loved one. Pronounce it with feeling, stretching the syllables, changing intonation. Enjoy your voice, let it sound at full power or be completely quiet. Just the way you want it right now.

If your partner is nearby, sit opposite each other and touch each other with light stroking movements, giving all your tenderness. Kindness and love.
Unity.

Lie with your partner on your side, hugging each other. The bodies must point in the same direction. Try to repeat each other's posture as much as possible. Lie down like this for a while, slowly inhaling and exhaling, feeling like one whole.

Regular exercise will positive impact both physical and mental health, and harmonizes relationships with a partner if you practice together.

Of course, the child needs the loving touches of his mother - to be hugged, stroked on the head, kissed. And when the child grows up, this the need for loving touches does not disappear anywhere - it acquires an erotic connotation. Our whole body from head to toe is in dire need of loving erotic touches. Without them it becomes weak and ill, without them it languishes like a tree that is watered with a cup of water a week. We have no strength, we are in a bad mood, we don’t want to live, and everything is bad - these are symptoms sensual hunger. We try to "fill" him with food, alcohol, promiscuous sex, drugs, work until the morning, whoever succeeds - but, in fact, no one succeeds. After all, the problem is still not solved - our body continues to scream heart-rendingly: “Feed me!”

How about feeding? How much time should be devoted to this? And what should be done?

My Indian tantra teacher gave the following figures: 45 minutes a day or five and a half hours a week is the required the minimum below which it is dangerous to fall for physical and mental health. At the same time, it is recommended to fill a third of this time with yoga, a third with independent caresses of your body, and a third with sexual caresses from your partner.

I’ll say a few words about each direction of “feeding” my body.

First. About yoga. The biggest misconception: yoga is a way to lose weight, get stretching, flexibility, a strong butt and something else. In fact, yoga is a sexual practice (if explained in Western terms, without the Sanskrit "ananda"). Knowing the pattern of the pose (“asana”), at first we learn to find such a position in it that we can simply be comfortable and relaxed in it. According to Patanjali, asana is the position of the body which comfortable and pleasant". As you master the pose, it becomes more and more convenient, easier and more pleasant to perform it - and gradually we begin to experience pleasure from being in a pose, and then sexual pleasure. To put it quite simply, yoga becomes "masturbation from within". As my tantra teacher said, moving from asana to asana, we begin to experience the strongest sexual pleasure without a real sexual partner.

Second. About independent caresses of your body. Yes, we are talking about masturbation, but not only. These are the most varied touching yourself, to the entire surface of your body. Yes, there is a technique - I'll tell you later, stay tuned.

Third. About sexual caresses from a real partner. This article is devoted to the third one. So…

Tantra says that our body needs 6 types of touch: touch with fingers, lips, whole body, look, word and thought. And there are specific techniques (I will tell them using the example of a woman):

Touch your man's face like clay under your fingers, from which you can fashion the most beautiful face in the world. Sculpt it, somewhere gently and gently touching it only with your fingertips, somewhere slightly pressing with your palm, and somewhere putting your fingers and making such movements, as if giving something a shape. Practice doing a variety of movements - as if you are sculpting, shaping, shaping something. The purpose of this technique is to saturate the whole body of the partner with the touch of the hands. At first, you are limited only to the face (first you need to get used to this caress yourself and teach your partner). After the face next step mastering the exercise, connect the neck and shoulders. Then add the hands. And then you work on the whole body. Thus, this technique and all subsequent ones are learned in 4 stages.
Take your partner's hand and kiss each finger, both sides of the palm. Kiss in different ways: long, short, barely touching your lips, dry, wet, touching your tongue. You can diversify the technique as follows: try to spread pieces of your favorite fruits on the partner’s body and collect them with your lips. Of course, picking up a piece of fruit, you can and should diversify even this simple matter: somewhere you can touch your lips and tongue, somewhere you can lightly bite the skin with your teeth (slightly!), somewhere you can roll a grape over your partner’s skin with your tongue, somewhere then you can crush a small piece of soft fruit (for example, a banana) with your tongue, and then eat the fruit pulp directly from the surface of the partner’s skin. If you sometimes travel to hot countries during the mango season, do not miss the opportunity to use this wonderful fruit at least once in your love game. Peel the mango from the skin, take the pulp in your hand and, squeezing streams of juice on the body of your partner, immediately lick them off. It is good to complement the fruit game with kisses - pieces of fruit collected by lips can be passed to each other in a kiss, or you can just enjoy each other's sweet lips. The purpose of this technique is to saturate the entire body of the partner with the touch of the lips.
Whole body touch. In the process of sexual intercourse, change position 3-4 times, trying to touch your partner as much as possible big amount a wide variety of zones. Hugging and "weaving arms and legs" help to implement this technique. A woman can also realize a “touch with the whole body” through such a caress: a man lies down, and a woman leans over him and moves so that her nipples describe circles and eights over his body. In this case, it is necessary to alternate touches: somewhere they are completely superficial, and somewhere the entire surface of the female breast is pressed against the body of a man. Having mastered the technique at this stage, you can proceed to the next one: connect your stomach to your movement, you will get such an ironing of the man’s body with your body (chest and stomach).
Turn on soft lighting. Get naked. Position yourself with your partner so that you can see his body and he can see your gaze. Find something beautiful in your partner's body and fix your eyes on this place for at least a minute. At this moment your eyes will express a very pleasant and very the body needs your partner's admiration. Some women have such a problem: they don’t have the ability to express admiration and inspiration with their eyes. Then you need to practice beforehand. More often, together with someone, look at something beautiful (flowers, beautiful sunsets, works of art) - and try to convey your emotions in your eyes. For some women, this exercise will work out well during shopping with the transfer of emotions from a new handbag)). A little practice and you'll be fine. No wonder the eyes are the window to the soul. During practice with your man, pay special attention to the penis - your man will simply melt with happiness when he sees admiration, joy, inspiration and excitement in your gaze directed at his manhood.
This technique is a continuation of the previous one. Having learned to notice the beautiful in the body of your man and express your feelings with your eyes, learn to express the same in a word. Yes, it won't be easy. It is important not to slip into vulgar (common rude) or children's vocabulary (“pussy-ass”). To catch the right mood, read " Song of Songs of Solomon". Although the text is religious, it is written just erotic language which you have to master. I advise you to practice beforehand with your partner. Write a few phrases and discuss whether he likes it or not, ask him to suggest how it could sound so that he likes it.
To implement this technique, it is important to have some religious consciousness. If you accept that the universe has divine origin, imagine it male hypostasis. Let this image embody all the features your ideal masculinity. Practice requires next workout: in ordinary life, when communicating with your man, imagine that this image is behind him, as if you see it through your man. This can be compared to how we look at a natural landscape through a window (through glass). The landscape is the same image, the male hypostasis of the divine principle of the universe, and the glass is your man. During sex, imagine how this image merged with your man, became him.

All of the above practices mirror, i.e. partners equally give them to each other. Thus, your man will see first through you, and then in you the divine feminine. And in the sexual act, not Vasya and Masha will unite, but Shiva and Shakti. Needless to say, the quality of sex and the resulting pleasure will reach a whole new level. The sex that you had before, against the background of the opportunities that have opened up to you, the heights and depths of pleasure, will seem insipid and tasteless.

But how to introduce these miracle practices into your sex life? “Here we lived, we lived, were content with three-minute frictions twice a week - and then let's practice Shiva and Shakti?” Of course, that won't work. Arnold Schwarzenegger will not immediately come out of the frail scumbag. But with due perseverance, it will eventually come out. According to the principle of constant training and increasing loads. Start with what you can currently afford. Women often come to me for an appointment who are so squeezed that out of all of the above, they can afford only one or two minutes of touching their partner’s face. Great start! They start with those two minutes - get used to them, the circle of what is permitted begins to expand, and they can already afford to look at the body of their partner at least a few times instead of forever closed eyes. Great continuation! Having got used to at least sometimes opening their eyes, they can afford to find some nice "piece of the body" of their partner. Great dynamics! If you do not stop, but continue, without jerks and pressure, slowly and gently, doing exactly as much as you can now, then in six months any of the most clamped and notorious Cinderella will turn into a beautiful Princess.

What matters is that these practices shift the focus from the result to the process. The process is so high that partners get involved in it and forget about orgasm. Those. sometimes there is an orgasm, and sometimes it doesn’t reach it - but this doesn’t bother anyone anymore, because. body and soul received their portion of pleasure. And it solves a lot of problems. Yes, many of my clients say that their own obsession with orgasm or their man's obsession with both his orgasm and the orgasm of a woman turn sex into some kind of soulless race, some kind of mechanical action to squeeze out a reflex discharge from oneself and / or each other. Women say: "He just masturbates with my body." It's hurtful, it's disappointing, it robs sex of its soul, it kills intimacy. Tantric techniques are an excellent remedy for this problem. Couples who were on the verge of divorce are very successful in their recovery love relationship and return the former love.

The last question that remains on this topic. And how to persuade your man to these practices? Do not tell him for no reason: "Let's practice tantra for a couple of hours!" You can shy away from such an offer. Of course, you don't have to do this. Just in the evening before bed ask him for a few minutes. For example: " I haven't touched your face in such a long time. Can I remember what it's like? I so want to touch you". A rare man will say: "No, you don't have to." We practiced the first exercise for several minutes - and at this stage it is enough. After some time, just for a few minutes, practice kissing the body, or looking, or say something nice. And things will work out. Gradually, the man himself will get involved and will ask for these raisins himself, becoming more and more involved in tantric practices. The main thing is to start. And then you both won't be able to stop - and you won't want to))

Yoga practices have been known all over the world for a long time, but a special surge of interest in these ancient teachings has been observed in recent decades. This is largely due to the spread modern yoga as a special direction in fitness - simplified and adapted to the needs of a person from Western society. However, there is also a deeper interest in the esoteric Indian teachings. One of the most mysterious and often misunderstood ancient teachings is tantra yoga.

Determination of direction

Like many other religious and philosophical movements, tantric yoga is a conglomeration of numerous ancient traditions, a system of knowledge and concepts that originated about 2 thousand years ago in the territory of present-day Tibet, as well as its surrounding countries - Bhutan, Nepal and India.

This one is used by different religious groups - Buddhists, Hindus and some others. It got its name from the name of the sacred texts - tantras. In the European tradition, this direction is often called Tantrism and is not always perceived in its historical and philosophical context. In an adapted, simplified and updated form, Tantrism became very popular around the world only in the last century, especially in the wake of the American “sexual revolution”.

Features of the current in Hinduism

For Hindus, tantra yoga is a special esoteric secret rites and rituals that are not associated with the main religious direction. They are based on ancient sacred texts - tantras.

This trend in Hinduism has its own characteristics that distinguish it and characterize it in a special way. The schools of this direction are dominated by representatives of the lower castes, as well as people from numerous heterogeneous tribes of non-Aryan origin. Most of the basic rituals, ceremonies and services have nothing to do with the Brahminist traditions and the norms and orders adopted there. The tantric yoga practiced here is associated with the cult of the goddess Shakti, who personifies the sexual energy principle. Most of the rituals have deep esoteric roots and are distinguished by the widest use of techniques and yogic practices.

It is impossible to detect asceticism in this direction, on the contrary, self-knowledge here is based on the release of energies hidden inside a person, especially those associated with the sexual principle. For this, secret mystical rites are practiced, directly related to sex as a way to release hidden energy. Orgasm is equated with the esoteric liberation of the spirit from the body shell and the frailty of being.

In this direction, much attention is paid to the body as a repository of the spirit, therefore, since ancient times, the sages have been looking for a way to extend the life of the body. To do this, they used not only a variety of life elixirs, which is very typical for the Western medieval religious tradition, but also developed special rites and rituals, often associated with sexual activity.

The adherents of the current themselves refer to their faith as the most ancient universal religion, which originated in time immemorial from the cult of universal worship of the Mother. There is a division of tantrists into "left" and "right". With a certain degree of simplification, one can characterize the “right” supporters of the doctrine as traditionalists, and the “left” as experimenters. In the latter direction, the strangest and most mysterious rites and ritual actions from the point of view of modern Western man exist and are practiced.

The specifics of the direction in Buddhism

Tantric yoga in the Buddhist tradition, it is especially common in Tibet, where part of the beliefs and knowledge came from India. Here, all local deities sit on a lotus flower, which is considered to be a symbol of the feminine, a symbol of ideal perfection. This symbol also came from India, combined with the local female symbol - a special bell. The designation of the masculine principle is a special wand.

The practice of Tantrism in Tibet consists of the following points:

Identification of oneself with the divine principle by contemplating the image of God.
The use of mudras - a series of specific fixed gestures - also comes from India.
Reading special spells or prayers - mantras.

This direction in the Buddhist tradition of Tibet has four classes:

1. Kriya - action. Here, perfection is achieved through special rituals.

2. Charya - fulfillment. It is characterized by the use of both ritual actions and meditations.

3. Yoga - based on meditation.

4. Anuttara yoga is the highest yoga, aimed at realizing the unity of the beginnings of the opposite direction.

The connection between this type of yoga and sex

For most uninitiated people, tantra yoga is associated with a special kind of sex. This is a very simplified, even primitive understanding of the practice of this direction. There is practically nothing carnal in sexual contact here. For Tantrics, sexual contact is the highest manifestation of the divine principle, when at the moment of orgasm something is born that believing Europeans would call "a spark of God." In these seconds, the partners not only merge together, but also feel like a part of the general system of the universe, that is, they come into direct contact with the universal Mind.

Tantric yoga, for all the ambiguity of its rituals for us, has nothing to do with the unbridled sexual orgies attributed to it. It must be remembered that this trend is focused on achieving higher enlightenment, and not on satisfying base needs.

Understanding Tantrism in Modern Western Society

Due to its peculiarities, tantra yoga has always attracted people who, as they say, were "out of touch". Based on knowledge of medieval religious cults that practiced sex among members of the community as one of the types of religious rites, they approached this type of yoga as a set of postures and peculiar exercises to prolong sex and get maximum pleasure. Despite the fact that tantric yoga does not reject the pleasure of sexual intercourse, it is still focused more on spiritual orgasm than on bodily. In some modern yoga schools, Tantrism is taught too simplistic, relying only on the bodily, physical side of the process.

This direction attracts many people with its mystery and mystery. Since this religious and mystical teaching has always been the lot of closed groups, it was extremely difficult for outsiders to penetrate them, almost impossible. Modern teaching in Western countries is more open and accepts everyone. If we ignore the very primitive interpretation of this type of yoga, then in the West you can find schools where it is taught, albeit in a simplified and carefully adapted acceptable form for the European tradition, but still without distorting its basic meaning and practices, rituals.

These schools include the establishments opened by the British singer Sting and his wife Trudy Styler. This married couple itself can serve as an illustration of the benefits of Tantrism. Beautiful appearance for their age, intense personal life, psychological balance, healthy beautiful body, four children and an active life position - this is a clear example of what an ancient and mysterious practice can give a modern Westerner with a reasonable approach to it and the correct interpretation of ancient rites and mystical rituals.