Love is the magnetic connection between opposites, the glue that hold all this together: positive to negative, light to dark, outer to inner, sky to earth, sperm to egg. According to the Tantric story of creation all of existence comes from the Love of Shakti, the divine feminine energy of matter and Shiva, the divine […]
Before our conscious intellect formed, a massive amount of intelligence was already at work. Have you ever learned a skill so thoroughly that you don’t even have to think about it while you’re doing it? That’s “muscle memory”. Your limbic system (the part of the brain that controls muscular activity), has the patterns ingrained, so […]
Ipsalu Tantra is a path of healing–a way to recover from the traumas and emotional scars of a 20th century upbringing. It is spirituality for the 21st century. It heals the “inner child”. The lessons you learned as a child are often locked in your body-consciousness, unavailable to your mental consciousness. Ipsalu Tantra brings those […]
The events of the past couple of months are some of the most profound that ever happened to me. After Level 1 at Stewart Mineral Springs, five carloads of teachers, assistants, and participants left on the one-hour drive to the highest point that vehicles can go on Mt. Shasta. Shakti accompanied me. Somehow, on the […]
The way tantra works is to keep the body and mind active, so it wants to be silent and quiet for a while. Then you sneak in a meditation! The Ipsalu “Formula” gives me an outline for practice–one that I can vary, so there is opportunity for creativity and spontaneity. The formula is “ASATE”, which […]
by Shakti Padmini The ‘bliss’ word appears in any title of a major Ipsalu workshop: Learning to Live in Blis, Bliss in Relationship, Bliss in Divine/Cosmic Union.at …Sounds lovely. But what does it mean? What IS bliss? How do I know I am in bliss? Will I like living in bliss?…Many questions may come to […]
It’s early morning. My alarm goes off, but I still doze…”Don’t get up! You are way too tired today!” says the mind. I get up anyway. It feels good to be up. I want to take a swim in a pool: “Don’t do it!” says the mind “It’s freezing! You are gonna suffer!”. I jump […]
People coming to tantra for the first time generally have a question in their minds: Is it really possible to integrate sexuality and spirituality? Is it really possible to do (or be) both? I certainly had that question, at the outset. Given the way I was brought up, spirituality was up here, and sexuality was […]
Summary What Yoga really is. How it is learned, how it is practiced, and how it is taught, in the words of a highly advanced adept. Contents The Nature of Yoga The Nature of Pranayama The Chakras, Solar Energy, and Surya Namaskar Bliss and Samadhi The Nature of Teaching The Temptations of Teaching Resources Yoga […]