by Staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Tantra
Understanding and Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction in Men Through Tantra
Sexual dysfunction is an issue many men face at some point in their lives. Whether it is erectile function problems, early ejaculation, or loss of libido, these conditions are not only frustrating but can adversely affect self-esteem, relationships, and well-being. While these problems can be difficult to deal with, they don’t need to be permanent.
At Waves Tantra, we believe that sexual dysfunction is a holistic issue and that in order to help men regain confidence and connection, it is essential to look at the body, mind, and spirit as an integral whole. Tantric tools offer a way to improve sexual health, emotional intimacy, and self-awareness in a way that is more lasting than the quick-fix approach of pharmaceutical drugs. In the following sections, we will discuss the ways in which Tantra can help men to regain confidence and connection in their intimate lives.
What Is Sexual Dysfunction?
Sexual dysfunction is a recurring problem with a person’s sexual response that causes difficulty or pain, or prevents the person from engaging in sexual activity. For men, this can manifest as:
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED): Difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection.
- Premature Ejaculation (PE): Reaching climax too quickly, often with feelings of frustration or shame.
- Low Libido: Reduced sexual desire, caused either by physical, emotional, or relational issues.
Sexual problems can have multiple causes, ranging from stress and anxiety to underlying medical conditions or unresolved emotional traumas. Whatever the reason, know that these problems are treatable—and that the first step to healing is acknowledgment, and the second is intention.
How Tantra Addresses Sexual Dysfunction in Men
While pharmaceutical and other approaches that alleviate physical symptoms can be helpful, they fail to address the root of sexual dysfunction. Tantra, on the other hand, has the power to both heal and transform. Through increasing awareness, channeling energy, and creating emotional balance, Tantra helps move closer to the ultimate goal of realizing our inherent divinity.
Energy Awareness
Tantra teaches that sexual energy is one of the most vital and dynamic energies within you. However, its intensity can lead to anxiety, burnout, and erectile failure when not managed properly. The secret is to learn how to effectively redirect and circulate this energy. Men who do this often feel more comfortable and composed in their sexual lives.
Breathwork
Breathing is fundamental in Tantra. Deep, slow breaths calm the central nervous system, reduce stress levels, and help delay and control ejaculation. Breathing techniques also induce relaxation and allow men to be fully present with their feelings during the sexual experience.
Mind-Body Connection
Tantra’s focus on being in the body transforms the experience of sexuality by encouraging partners to drop out of their heads and into their bodies. This entails letting go of distractions caused by incessant mental commentary, self-judgment, and performance anxiety, and attuning to sensations and feelings in the present moment.
Healing Emotional Blockages
Unresolved trauma or emotional conflict can manifest physically, including as sexual dysfunction. Tantra creates a safe, supportive space where men can confront and release these blockages, moving toward self-acceptance and emotional healing.
Benefits of Tantra for Sexual Health
Through its holistic approach, Tantra can help men become better lovers, husbands, and leaders in all areas of life. Tantra offers benefits in the bedroom and a fuller experience of the world:
- Enhanced Sexual Function: Energy control and meditation techniques enable men to last longer and perform better.
- Decreased Stress and Anxiety: Breathwork and meditation offer relief from mental burdens that often contribute to dysfunction.
- Increased Empathic Connection: Tantra encourages vulnerability, enabling deeper connection with partners and greater empathy.
- Increased Confidence: Awareness of energy and understanding of self make things easier, building lasting confidence.
What to Expect from Waves Tantra Sessions
At Waves Tantra, we recognize that sexual health issues can be difficult to discuss and address. We offer a confidential and non-judgmental space for learning and development.
Personalized Approach
Each session is tailored to individual needs. Whether addressing porn addiction or a loss of sexual desire, sessions focus on breaking cycles and fostering emotional connection with partners.
Practical Techniques
Sessions may include breathwork, guided meditation, or energy alignment exercises that are easy to integrate into daily life. These tools empower men to take charge of their sexual health.
Supportive Space
Waves Tantra provides a safe environment where men can explore challenges and discover new ways to heal and grow.
Practical Tips to Get Started
You can begin improving your sexual health right now, even before attending a Tantra session.
- Breathe Slowly and Deeply: Spend a few minutes daily focusing on slow, deep breathing to calm your body and mind.
- Reconnect with Your Body: Use mindfulness practices such as yoga or meditation to stay connected to your physical and emotional states.
- Energy Awareness: Visualize your sexual energy moving throughout your body, rather than being concentrated in one place.
Regain Your Confidence
Sexual dysfunction can be an incredibly isolating experience, but it doesn’t have to define your sexual life. A tantric, holistic, and compassionate approach to sexual healing can help men find the confidence, connection, and pleasure they desire.
Waves Tantra is here to support you. Do you want to heal your sexual self and enhance your intimacy with yourself and your partner? Contact Waves Tantra today and start your healing and empowering journey.
Located in scenic Sausalito, just a short distance from San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mill Valley, Tiburon, and the wine regions of Sonoma and Napa. If you’re outside the Bay Area, Zoom sessions are available.
by Staff | Dec 11, 2024 | Tantra, Tantra for Couples
Why You Should Give Tantra for Couples a Try!
Not everyone is comfortable discussing sex. In American culture, sensuality is not something that most people talk about openly, if at all. Our society has stifled our exploration and discussion of sex and associated it with shame, taboo, and guilt. The hidden nature of the subject has made it difficult for people to find guidance and education related to it. Tantra for couples helps to lift the veil of secrecy and forge meaningful connections in your relationship.
Regardless of how long you have been together as a couple, Tantra focuses on opening up lines of communication and connecting, or perhaps reconnecting, with others on a sexual level. The goal of Tantra is to experience a deeper sense of joy, fulfillment, and satisfaction sexually, which transcends into all aspects of your relationship.
The Gifts of Tantra
By practicing Tantra, you can develop skills that help to:
- Find a deeper consciousness with your partner
- Overcome limitations to sensuality and connect, or reconnect, with your partner
- Overcome mental, physical, and emotional gaps that prevent you from connecting fully with one another
- Learn to both receive and give
- Reconnect and reignite love by finding your sensuality
What is Involved in the Practice of Couple’s Tantra
There are many ways that Tantra can help you reconnect with your partner to form a greater and more meaningful bond. These ways include:
Couples Coaching
Most people are not given a handbook on intimacy and are forced to muddle through it alone. Couples Tantra coaching guides you by enhancing your ability to communicate your needs and wants. Coaching is only verbal communication, but it can grow into a somatic, body-oriented session if desired.
Private Tantra Coaching
Waves Tantra provides a private space where you can open up to one another sensually. It can also be accompanied by guidance and the introduction of techniques that help to enhance your experience of Tantric Sensuality.
Private Tantric Massage Lessons
Lingam and Yoni massage are an important component of the Tantric practice. Setting up a private massage lesson can help to enhance your sensuality and ignite and enhance your experience.
Tantric Intensive
Sometimes, sessions can last a day or perhaps an entire weekend. These sessions can be in your own home, or you can schedule them while on vacation. Often, the sessions are combined with individual counseling and coaching to provide the guidance necessary on all levels of the practice.
Due to the shame and guilt that is often associated with sex in our culture, many people don’t have the knowledge, skill, or guidance that will help them connect, or perhaps reconnect, with their partner. Tantra is a practice that has been around for centuries and it helps people focus their energies for a more natural flow to enhance their sensuality. If you would like to find a deeper and more meaningful connection with your partner, couples Tantra might be the answer. Waves Tantra is a safe space to explore and heighten your sensuality and bring you closer together as a couple for a happier and more fulfilling love and life.
Our studio in Sausalito, Marin, is conveniently located near San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mill Valley, Tiburon, Sonoma, and Napa County. No matter where you are, we can also connect via Zoom.
by Staff | Dec 4, 2024 | Tantra, Tantra for Women
Tantra – A Practice to Awaken A Woman’s Sensuality
In American culture, women are taught that their sensuality is something to keep under lock and key. There is a taboo around a woman openly exploring sex or discussing it. The secrecy and discretion around talking about one’s sensuality often leaves women with very few resources and information related to the expression and experiences associated with it. Once more, there is a prevailing undertone that can make women feel guilty, unchaste, and shameful about the enjoyment that is a part of the experience itself. Tantra is a practice that has been used for thousands of years to focus the energies of a woman’s sensuality and enhance their love and overall well-being. It is a means to help women open up, focus their energy, and awaken those parts of themselves that are often repressed.
What is Tantra?
Historians say Tantra is between 2000 and 5000 years old, or potentially older, as we continue to discover older civilizations. Tantra involves focusing one’s energy to discover and explore their sensual awareness. It can help to heal past trauma, develop a deeper connection with your partner, and explore your own sensual awareness in a safe and guided space. In essence, Tantra teachings use different modalities to heal your body, mind, and spirit.Tantra affects all aspects of our being/ life. It’s a way to embrace life fully and to not separate spirituality and sexuality. Tantra is also a meditative practice, especially traditional Tantra which focuses on attaining awakening the Kundalini energy and enlightenment.
What are the Benefits of Tantra for Women?
Women are taught to suppress their desires and sensuality. Because sex is usually intertwined with feelings of guilt and shame, it is usually not discussed openly, or at all. The intention of Tantra is to bring the discussion of sex and one’s sensuality out into the open so that a woman can let go of limiting beliefs and energy blocks and fully ignite their empowerment. Tantra can help to:
- Make you feel more genuine and authentic
- Be more in tune with your body
- Allow you to feel free and empowered
- Find joy and fulfillment
- Ignite feelings of awakening
- Find healing from past traumas
- Experience “Energy Orgasms” or “Full Body Orgasms”
- Feel sensuality throughout your body instead of localized
Is Tantra Right For You?
Tantra is not for everyone, and you might be asking whether it is for you. Often women don’t embrace their feminine power because of the indoctrination of chastity in our culture. Tantra is not only about sex, it is a powerful tool used to attain spiritual realization. When you practice Tantra, it can help to transform your entire life by establishing your voice and creating self-assurance and boundaries in all aspects of your life.
The Benefits of Waves Tantra
One of the most important aspects of the practice of Tantra is finding a practitioner with the right qualifications. It is also very critical that you feel at ease with your Tantra guide. Waves Tantra provides a safe space to explore your sensuality in the way that you are most comfortable with. Leela provides individual coaching, breath and energy work, couples coaching, massage, and guidance to find your authentic self. Leela will meet you at your comfort level and design your session to meet your individual needs.
Our culture is not very open to sex or to talk about it. That often leads many women to feelings of shame and guilt related to their sensuality. Tantra is a practice that seeks to help women find empowerment and the self-assuredness to embrace their sensuality in a healthy and spiritual way. If you are looking to heal from past trauma or are ready to deepen your sensual experience, then contact Waves Tantra today to get started. Tantra practice is something that can transform your life and wellness.
Our studio in Sausalito, Marin, is conveniently located near San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mill Valley, Tiburon, Sonoma, and Napa County. No matter where you are, we can also connect via Zoom.
by Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Tantra for Couples
Tantra What is it and What Can it Do For You
Let’s dive into Tantra and what it is. Tantra is a spiritual practice that dates back to ancient India over 5,000 years ago. It connects your inner energies to achieve enlightenment through physical touch, meditation, and breathing exercises that heighten your awareness. When used as a sexual tool, it can help to deepen intimacy and sexuality, heal past sexual trauma, and also lead to an enhanced mind and body connection in all aspects of one’s life.
What is Tantra?
The word “tantra” can be translated into “woven together” and signifies the interconnectedness of the spiritual and physical realms. The aim of practicing tantra is to harness the energies of the body. Those energies are typically referred to as “Kundalini”. While tantra is often associated with sexuality, it is much greater than just a physical act. Tantra is a holistic practice that can be incorporated into all aspects of one’s life through the use of breathwork, mindfulness, and meditation.
What are the Benefits of Tantra?
The more one practices tantra, the greater the benefits they can achieve. Practicing tantra can lead to:
- An increased body connection and self-awareness
- A deeper connection and intimacy with your partner
- The potential for spiritual growth and enlightenment
- A heightened sexual experience
What are the Important Aspects of the Tantra Practice?
There are four major components to the practice of tantra: Mindfulness, breathwork, rituals and symbolism, and yin and yang balance. Mindfulness is practicing an awareness that focuses on your emotions, physical sensations, and thoughts that keep you present in your daily life. Breathwork uses controlled breathing exercises to help direct the flow of energy. Rituals and symbolism require that you use sounds, imagery, and gestures to enhance your practice of tantra. Finally, yin and yang help to balance the integration of the feminine energy with the masculine energy to transform them into one.
What are Some Common Misconceptions About Tantra
When people hear the word tantra they often visualize wild sexual activity, when in reality sexual intercourse does not even have to happen for someone to have a tantra experience. Sexual intercourse can enhance a tantra experience, but it is more about staying connected to your own body and mind and expanding your consciousness. Sex is just one of the ways that people can practice tantra, not the only one.
The Other Benefits of Tantra
Tantra is an excellent way of reconnecting with your sensuality and can help you emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. When you achieve tantra using elements of conscious touch, counseling, tantric bodywork, awareness exercises, meditation, and breath exercises, the potentials are endless. Tantra work can help you experience things such as:
- Feeling more authentic
- Being more deeply rooted in your own body
- Feelings of freedom and empowerment
- Experiencing more joy in your daily life
- Awakening your consciousness
- Feeling more connected with your partner and others
- Finding healing from sexual trauma
- Heating sexual tensions from PE and ED
- Experiencing “energy orgasms” and “full body orgasms”
Experiencing sensuality throughout your entire body instead of just located pleasure
Tantra is an excellent way to heal traumas, maintain mindfulness, and reconnect yourself with the energies around you. When you practice tantra, the benefits gained can help to make you feel more alive and find joy in your daily routine. It can also help to heal sexual trauma and connect with your partner and people around you. Let us be your guide to the experience of tantra today and allow it to transform your life and wellbeing.
Located in Marin’s serene Sausalito, my studio is within easy reach of San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mill Valley, Tiburon, Sonoma, and Napa. Virtual sessions via Zoom are also available.
by Staff | Nov 20, 2024 | Tantra, Tantra for Couples
Exploring Multiple Orgasms for Men: A Path to Greater Intimacy and Pleasure
There are a lot of assumptions and misunderstandings about male sexuality, especially relating to pleasure. The concept of multiple orgasms for men is perhaps the most misunderstood and fascinating. Men are believed to be able to orgasm only once, followed by a long period of recovery time—but is this actually accurate?
Wielded by men, Tantra offers a means of dissociating ejaculation from orgasm, which, in turn, allows for multiple orgasms and a more vital, satisfying sexual experience. How exactly does Tantra guide men toward this potential, and what are the far-reaching blessings this teaching bestows upon intimacy, liberated pleasure, and self-consciousness?
Understanding Male Multiple Orgasms
Fable though it might seem—for many men, male multiple orgasms are quite possible. The reason is that orgasm and ejaculation are not the same thing.
In human beings, orgasm is an explosion of sensation—it begins with a wave of electricity that sweeps through the lower spine and the pelvis. At its height, this wave is a peak, a release of sensory intensity and tension. Tantra teaches how to control ejaculation in the moment of orgasm so that a man can “have his cake and eat it to”—he can enjoy the peak sensations of an orgasm without the physical exhaustion that often follows.
The Role of Energy
Tantra sees sexual energy as a powerful life force that can be captured and circulated. Rather than wasting this energy in ejaculation, men can learn to hold back, practicing multiple small releases for the same wave of pleasure and sharing this intense energy with themselves and their partner.
Misconceptions About Male Sexuality
The notion that men can’t make love again for a while after they’ve ejaculated is a myth—but it’s a myth only if ejaculation occurs. This is because ejaculation essentially releases the energy out of your body with the ejaculate. If orgasm and ejaculation are split apart, the refractory period is bypassed and you don’t lose energy, you increase energy. This also leads to a greater, more expanded orgasmic experience. Also referred to as “a full body orgasm”.
Energy Orgasms are said to have self healing properties while an overindulgence in ejaculation can lead to depletion and exhaustion.
And if a man learns to have energy orgasms, he will be able to stay aroused much longer which leads to a deepened intimacy in his love making with his partner.
Tantra’s Approach to Male Multiple Orgasms
Tantra offers techniques for men to develop multiple orgasms, all of which involve energy awareness, breathwork and true grounding in the body.
Breathwork
Tantra emphasizes a form of conscious breathing: deep, connected, abdominal breathing helps men to become aware and comfortable with their arousal levels and keep a calm center when stimulated. In Tantra we use specific breathing techniques to guide the energy ignited in your pelvis upwards the spine, essentially traveling through your chakras (energy centers) This, in turn also helps to delay ejaculation, ideally until a chosen point in time. Some people actually choose to not ejaculate at all or not all the time, once they discover their ability to have energy orgasms.
Muscle Control
Pelvic floor exercises, particularly Kegel exercises designed to strengthen the pubococcygeus muscles (PC muscles) around the penis, provide a crucial foundation for learning to ejaculate without orgasm.
Developing your PC muscles will give you greater control over your physical responses, enabling you to experience longer burning orgasms and repeated orgasms without ejaculation.
Benefits of Multiple Orgasms for Men
Learning to have multiple orgasms not only makes physical pleasure easier to achieve but also has profound positive effects on emotional intimacy, confidence, and sexual well-being.
- Improved Pleasure: More constant contact and multiple orgasmic waves intensify the pleasure.
- Increased Intimacy: Learning to move and share energy increases emotional and physical intimacy.
- Better Sexual Health: Control over arousal and ejaculation decreases performance anxiety and increases confidence, encouraging a more leisurely and pleasurable sexual life.
Waves Tantra’s Guidance for Men
At Waves Tantra, men are initiated into the possibility of multiple orgasms in a gender-neutral atmosphere free of shame. The sessions with Leela, a certified Tantra therapist, are tailored to each individual based on their needs, intentions and comfort level.
What to Expect
- Patient Techniques: Learn pelvic floor muscle exercises, breath techniques, and energy circulation to assist in reaching multiple climaxes.
- Safe Space: Waves Tantra provides an environment where you can explore sexuality and energy without judgment, fear, or embarrassment.
- Holistic Growth: Sessions focus on both physical techniques and emotional and spiritual growth, helping men become more deeply connected to themselves and their partners.
Practical Tips for Getting Started
If you’re interested in exploring multiple orgasms, here are some tips to help you get started:
- Slow Down: Take it easy, especially in the beginning.
- Listen to Your Body: Pay attention to the signals your body sends and what it needs.
- Breathe Deeply: Slow, deep breaths can calm your mind and help to feel grounded and confident in a state of arousal.
- Pelvic Floor Exercises: Practice Kegel exercises to build the muscles needed for ejaculatory control.
- Mindfulness: Dedicate time to tuning into your body and energy, either through meditation or in solitude.
Make Your Dream a Reality
Multiple orgasms aren’t just mythical for men—they are an achievable reality. When practiced correctly, they can generate profound intimacy, create new flavors of pleasure for both partners, and boost self-awareness.
Waves Tantra is here to assist you in opening up to your full potential and experiencing a deeper connection with yourself and your partner.
Ready to journey into this incredible realm? Book a session to explore the infinite possibilities of Tantra.
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