Tantra Articles + Videos

Tips for Staying Present in Your Body During Sex

August 12, 2022 No Comments

Being present in your body is the #1 key to tantric intimacy… Presence must be cultivated and practised in every area of life! When we become present to our sensory experience, we become present in our bodies and are momentarily freed from our habitual thought patterns and …

Welcome To Lineage-Based Sexual Tantra

April 15, 2022 No Comments

Most of the sexual Tantra we are exposed to here in the West falls under the umbrella of “Neo Tantra”, which is an adaptation and in some cases, appropriation of traditional Tantric practices, usually from the Hindu tradition. Traditionally, sexual tantric practices have been kept ...

The Healing Power of Tantric Dance!

April 12, 2022 No Comments

The 5 Elements of Tantric Dance are a fun, playful, and sensually enriching method for enriching the elemental energies in your body, relaxing your nervous system, and boosting your immune system through JOY! Each of the elements has a corresponding movement pattern that helps balance ...

Holistic Healing with Tantra!

April 5, 2022 2 Comments

Tibetan 5 Element Tantra is a form of energy medicine that is rooted in the Tibetan 5 Element Teachings from the Tibetan Buddhist and Bon Traditions. The Tibetan 5 Element Teachings are over 17,000 years old, and have been used to cultivate balance and enrichment ...

What are the Tibetan 5 Elements?

April 2, 2022 No Comments

The Tibetan Five Element Tantric Teachings are ancient shamanistic practices from the Tibetan and Bon traditions, designed to balance, enrich, and heal the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual body- from the inside out. These teachings were transmitted to our Lama (Lama Tashi Dundrup) by Kalu ...

How To Meditate With Ease and Efficacy!

March 4, 2022 2 Comments

How does one actually meditate? Grab some coffee and enjoy as our Founder @deviwarderickson discusses how you can meditate with ease! Devi has been practicing Eastern-based mindfulness practices since 1998 and Tibetan 5 Element Tantra since 2008. In the video below, Devi explains how to ...

Activating The Vagus Nerve with Yogic Breathing

January 28, 2022 No Comments

“The Ocean Breath” is a yogic breathing method created by Carla Tara and transmitted to Devi Ward Erickson in 2009. This yogic breathing method activates the ventral vagal pathway by incorporating the 5 ventral vagal “cues”, which are: Deep Breathing Relaxed facial features Soothing sounds in the inner ear ...

Ask A Sexologist! Erectile Issues, Making Time For Tantra, and Gspot Vibrator Scams!

October 29, 2021 No Comments

Join Devi Ward Erickson and her panel of certified sexperts for the final episode of 2021! Devi and her crew answer listener’s questions about: Keeping and maintaining an erection with new partners How to find time to practice Tantra The reality of wet dreams ...

Cultivating Conscious C**k with Kristopher Lovestone!

October 22, 2021 No Comments

There are many articles written about “toxic masculinity”, but how does “healthy masculinity” show up? And in a culture rooted in largely toxic values with very little pleasure and connection-based sex education available, how do cisgender men learn how to be healthy, loving, compassionate, and ...

Queering Tantra with TK

October 15, 2021 No Comments

How do you integrate the practice of Tantra without absorbing potentially harmful cis-heteronormative narratives? This episode is for radical anti-assimilationists, those who want to get past the trauma stories of linen pants, and those who know enlightenment doesn’t happen by turning a blind eye to ...

The Journey From Catholic Nun To Tantrika!

October 8, 2021 No Comments

How does one go from being a Catholic Nun to a sexually empowered Tantrika? In this episode of Sex Is Medicine, Devi speaks with Certified Sexologist and Certified Authentic Tantra Practitioner, Laurie McCracken about her extraordinary journey from Catholic Nun, to Body Sex Practitioner, to ...

The Historical Roots of Neo-Tantra

October 1, 2021 No Comments

What are the historical roots of neo-tantra? The way the word “Tantra” is used in Western culture typically conflates this ancient spiritual practice with, as one practitioner describes it, “a hand job with a stick of incense”, or candlelit orgies, or, “hands-free” energy orgasms that ...

What Is Buddhist Tantra with Devi Ward Erickson

September 24, 2021 No Comments

All this time we’ve been together and I’ve never sat down and shared my story of how I came to Tibetan 5 Element Tantra! Join me tonight as I share my understanding of authentic Tantric practice, based upon my 13 years of training in Tibetan ...

Healing The Root Cause of Social Dysfunction with Dr. Ronald Goldman

September 17, 2021 No Comments

Join Devi Ward Erickson and her guest, Dr. Ron Goldman (ronaldgoldmanphd.com) as they explore the origins of our personal pains and social dysfunction. Understanding the root cause of our individual and societal issues can help us experience more kindness and compassion for ourselves and others, ...

Healing Through Relationships

September 10, 2021 No Comments

Relationships can often bring up our deepest and most challenging wounds. Because of cultural “norms” polyamorous and ethically non-monogamous relationships can bring even more challenges to navigate. So how and where can we learn to “ride the waves” of relationship and transform those potential breakdowns ...