Tantra Articles + Videos

Using Samaya Substances

March 7, 2025 2 Comments

Some guidelines for being in right relationship with substances Before training in Tibetan 5 Element and Vajrayana Tantra, I was a monk for almost a decade, from 1999-2008. During this time, I largely honored the Brahmacharya vows of self-restraint around substances such as alcohol, …

What are the Tibetan Five Elements?

February 28, 2025 No Comments

The Tibetan Five Elements are defined as Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. Each element has an associated color, shape, and mantric sound which when chanted out loud, activates that elemental energy in your body and your environment. Each element also governs a different “chakra” (energy center) and different functioning of ...

Shamanic Tantra Gardening Tips – Part 2

February 21, 2025 No Comments

Prioritizing Plant Potency! Shamanic Tantra gardening teaches us that when growing food and plants as medicine, every aspect of growth – from seed, to sprout, to seedling, to planting, to harvesting – is significant and can play a major role in successful growing + medicinal ...

Shamanic Tantra Gardening Tips – Part 1

February 14, 2025 No Comments

Fluid Bonding With Your Plants! I’ve been dancing with the shamanic tantra garden Dakinis for over 25 years now. Very early in my earth element studies, I learned about the synergistic relationship between people and plants, particularly the plants we use as food + medicine. ...

Using Food as Medicine ~ Devi’s Tantric Jungle Juice Recipe

January 17, 2025 No Comments

Understanding food as medicine and creating your own delicious home remedies is one of the ways in which we can reclaim our connection to our natural world. The foods and herbs we consume have sentience. Understanding how to be in the right relationship with the ...

Tantra as a Social Justice Movement

January 10, 2025 No Comments

If you are serious about or even interested in Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana Tantra, you should absolutely read Miranda Shaw’s book “Passionate Enlightenment”. Miranda Shaw speaks to the reality that most people translating ancient Tantric scriptures for the past 2 centuries fit into a ...

Healing with Tantric Touch!

November 29, 2024 No Comments

Did you know that each one of your fingers corresponds to one of the 5 elements? You can use each finger to transfer the healing energy of that element to different areas of your body through mindful touch. In essence, you can heal yourself by ...

Authentic Tantra Sexual Yoga

November 22, 2024 1 Comment

In our tradition of Tantra, the word “Tantra” means “to weave”. Specifically, in our lineage of practice, it means “to weave light and sound with form.” Form = body Light = visualization Sound = mantra. But what does this mean on a practical level? ...

Can Female Ejaculation improve your health?

November 7, 2024 No Comments

It is a well documented fact that sexual pleasure and orgasms enrich our physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual health. Physiologically, orgasms are known to boost the immune system, enhance productivity, increase social skills, and are a veritable “fountain of youth and beauty” for men ...

Sexual Shamanism in the Tantric Tradition

November 1, 2024 No Comments

Sexual Shamanism in the Tibetan Tantric tradition is rich with imagery which symbolizes the inherent unity of “masculine” and “feminine” universal energies. In the Tibetan Tantric tradition the “feminine” is recognized as all that which is tangible and accessible through our 5 senses; sight, sound, ...

The Evolution of Authentic Tantra®

October 9, 2024 No Comments

We would like to inform you of changes that have been a year in the making regarding the brand name of “Authentic Tantra®”. For context, the brand Authentic Tantra® was formed in 2011 as a vehicle for transmitting the lineage-based, sexual and non-sexual teachings of ...

Holding space for your partner

October 4, 2024 No Comments

How do you “hold space” for your partner when they are moving through BIG FEELS? Holding space is an essential part of the tantric healing process for couples. Holding space essentially means providing an open hearted, non-judgmental, loving and safe space for the expression ...

What Is Tantric Edging?

September 20, 2024 No Comments

This past week we shared a video answering a question about expanding clitoral orgasms (for those of us who have them), and our recommended “therapy” included the practice of “tantric edging”. But what is Tantric Edging and what makes it Tantric? “Edging” refers ...

Tibetan Five Element Tantra HEALS from the inside-out!

August 23, 2024 No Comments

Everything we experience in this physical reality is comprised of one or more of the 5 elements – earth, water, fire, air, and space/ether. (The 5 Elements that make up Tibetan Five Element Tantra). Our bodies, our clothes, our food, our homes, our computers, our ...

Semen Retention And How It Will Change Your Life

July 26, 2024 42 Comments

What is Semen Retention? Semen Retention as taught by Authentic Tantra Practitioners, is the practice of separating orgasm from ejaculation. Ancient philosophies and medical practices from Asia and India have long claimed that semen retention leads to better health and longer life. Semen, which is ...