The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times, Issue #27, February 2015 | Page 43

Every Day Tantra For Lovers By Laura Amazzone Tantra has become a popular word in spirituality circles and yoga communities these days, but contrary to new age appropriations of tantra. Tantra is not about how to improve your sex life. While there are definitely sexual benefits that come from certain classical tantric practices, tantra is a spiritual path that weaves ritual, philosophy, yoga, science and art. One of the main goals of tantra is the embodied experience of Divine Union within our self – and in all our relationships. Tantra is a yogic path of integration. There are at least 64 traditional schools of Tantra in South Asia making it impossible to reduce it to a simple definition. However, classical definitions of the word refer to the benefits of tantric practices that expand our consciousness