Nyasa is a Sanskrit word which translates as “placing,” “applying,” or “touching.” But it is much more. Nyasa is the conscious act of touching or placing the fingers or hands on sacred, sensitive, or medicinally active points of the body. In hindu tantric meditations and pujas, the practitioner lays his hands on himself in each…
Dear Reader, Think of the last time you let yourself get really steamed about something insignificant… Maybe your spouse left the toilet seat up again. Maybe in her zeal to clean, your roommate threw out a newspaper or magazine you wanted… and that one little thing just stuck in your craw for the rest of…
Dear Reader, What is “Tantra?” Try to blithely define Tantra and you’ll quickly make yourself a liar. A “tantra” may be a spiritual practice for achieving “expansion to liberation.” (it may be a ritual or meditation)… A “tantra” may be any practice of material transformation or spiritual alchemy… A “tantra” may be a mundane practice…
Tantra is an ancient esoteric science of transformation, leading to self-realization and enlightenment. It uses both quiet contempative awareness and dramatic internal and external visualizations, rituals,and iconography to bring about physiological and spiritual changes in the brain and body of the practitioner. The highest practices of Tantra are almost completely internal.Tantric rituals serve as symbolic…
When the body and mind are tense, awareness is diminished. Your external senses are less perceptive, and you are less able to turn inwards (pratyahara). Tantra seeks to expand (“tanotti“) both sensory and internal awareness to achieve liberation (“trayotti“). Try an experiment. Shake your right arm out – loosen up the muscles. Then take your…