Tantra Yoga Secrets: Eighteen Transformational Lessons to Serenity, Radiance, and Bliss

by Mukunda Stiles

Overview

The practice of Tantra Yoga is considered to be the highest and most rapid path to enlightenment. Master teacher Mukunda Stiles offers 18 lessons in Tantra Yoga, a practice of transformational self-healing in which we can deepen awareness of our bodies, their energy forces, and the connections to the natural world around us and those we love.

While many movements today describe tantra as a sexual practice promising longer and better orgasms, increased stamina, and ecstasy, the real Tantra aims to awaken Kundalini, the dormant potential force in the human personality.

The Tantra tradition includes a vast range of practical teachings leading to the expansion of human consciousness and the liberation of primal energy. By heightening their awareness to this connective energy readers will learn to embrace and develop a higher level of intimacy, the heart of tantra. Stiles explains this intimate and life changing practice with grace, structure, and clarityan easy-to-follow Tantra Yoga workshop in book form.

Tantra Yoga Secrets will empower readers to overcome emotions, gain new knowledge, and live a more fulfilling spiritual lifestyle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578635030
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Mukunda Stiles has been a student of yoga since 1969 and living and teaching in ashrams in both India and America. He has been on the board of directors of several international yoga organizations and has directed residential yoga centers in California, Massachusetts, and most recently the Yoga Therapy Center near Boulder, Colorado. Stiles is the author of Structural Yoga Therapy.

Table of Contents

Devi Puja x

Acknowledgments xii

Introduction xiv

Part I Engaging Your Pranic Energy 1

Lesson 1 The Energy Body and Tantrik Practice 3

The Tantrik Yoga Tradition 3

Seeking Energy with Yoni Mudra 7

Yoni Mudra Practice 9

Dialogue with Mukunda 10

Lesson 2 The Five Elements and Sensuality 17

Elements and Sensual Awareness-Nyasa Puja 18

Return to Your Source-Yoni Mudra 21

Dialogue with Mukunda 24

Lesson 3 Yogic Anatomy and Sacred Space 35

Tantrik and Ayurvedic Theory 37

Chakras in Theory and Experience 39

Creating a Sacred Space-Puja 41

Dialogue with Mukunda 44

Lesson 4 Healing with Prana and Emotional Energy Expression 55

Cultivating the Tantrik Mind 55

Pranic Breathing 58

Feeling the Five Pranas 58

Seeking Prana's Openness 59

Continuous Tantrik Pranayama 60

Dialogue with Mukunda 62

Part II Tools for Tantra 73

Lesson 5 Transforming Sensuality into Prana 75

Signs of Pranayama 76

Fixed Gazing-Tratak 77

Involuting the Chakras through Shambhavi Mudra 79

Dialogue with Mukunda 82

Lesson 6 Tantra Prana Bodywork 87

Theory of Tantra Prana Bodywork 87

Tantrik Bodywork Practice 91

Prana and Divine Mother 94

On Divine Love and Kashmir Shaivism 95

Congratulations! 98

Dialogue with Mukunda 98

Lesson 7 Tools for Tantra 106

Mantras 106

Yantras 108

Tantrasanas 109

Bhadrasana 110

Tarasana 110

Virasana 111

Samasana 111

Swastikasana 112

Padmasana 112

Siddhasana 113

Tantrasana for Partners 113

Mukunda's Tantrik Yoga Practice 115

Dialogue with Mukunda 120

Part III Healing Sexual Wounds 129

Lesson 8 Sexual Health Practices 131

Healing Life and Death 132

Prostate Massage-Ganesh Kriya 133

Breast Massage-Karuna Kriya 136

Self-Breast Massage-Karuna Kriya Variation 139

Dialogue with Mukunda 140

Lesson 9 Tantrik Love and Its Natural Sexual Expression 149

The Search for Love 149

Sexual Integrity-Brahmacharya 152

Finding Your Own Natural Sexual Expression 153

Pelvic-Floor Tone-Mula Bandha 156

Congratulations! 161

Dialogue with Mukunda 161

Lesson 10 The Divine Couple 172

The Union of Shiva and Shakti 174

Communing with the Divine Mother-Devi Puja 176

Dialogue with Mukunda 177

Part IV Spiritual Awakening 189

Lesson 11 Initiation and Spiritual Awakening 191

Finding Your Inner Teacher 194

Two Forms of Initiation 196

Balancing the Fulfillment of Worldliness and Spirituality 200

Dialogue with Mukunda 202

Lesson 12 Signs of Kundalini 222

Eight Categories of Awakening 223

Awakening Your Heart 227

Congratulations! 228

Dialogue with Mukunda 229

Part V Deepening Your Tantrik Practice 239

Lesson 13 From Pranayama to Bandha to Mudra 241

Advanced Pranic Breathing 241

Advanced Root Lock-Mula Bandha to Mula Mudra 243

Yoni and Lingam Puja 247

Enhancing Fertility for Conception 248

Dialogue with Mukunda 249

Lesson 14 The Colorful Paths of Tantrik Yoga 262

Yoga and Tantrik Partner Practices 262

Tantrik Partner Agreement 265

Clarifying Your Personal Path 266

Choosing an Appropriate Partner 268

Preliminary Guidance 270

Tantrik Practice for a Couple 271

Preparation for Lesson 15 273

Dialogue with Mukunda 274

Lesson 15 Devi/Deva Communion 278

Sharing Your Love 279

The Requisite Mind for Devi/Deva Partner Practice 280

Indian and Tibetan Tantra 283

Summary of the Devi/Deva Partner Practice 287

The Secret of Tantrasana Partner Practice 292

Congratulations! 293

Dialogue with Mukunda 294

Part VI Toward Unity and Spiritual Illumination 309

Lesson 16 Tantrik Secrets-Beyond Duality 311

Secrets of Yoni and Lingam Mudras 312

Wrapping Yourself in the Stillness of Eternity-Shiva-Lata-Mudra 313

Opening to the Breath of Love 314

Dialogue with Mukunda 317

Lesson 17 God/dess Consciousness 320

Integrating Yoga and Tantra 320

What Is the True Self? 326

Puja for Devi/Deva Communion 331

Shiva Puja 331

Shakti Puja 332

Shiva-Shakti Dharana 333

Dialogue with Mukunda 333

Lesson 18 Spiritual Illumination 337

What Is Spiritual Illumination? 337

Cultivation of the Infinite 343

Continuing to Deepen Your Sadhana of Love 345

Dialogue with Mukunda 347

Appendix: Attainments for each Tantra Lesson 351

Glossary of Yoga and Tantrik Terms 353

Recommended Tantrik References 362