Tantric Yoga

Yoga originated in ancient India. The concept is centuries old. Yoga originated as a set of some spiritual practices in east but now west has even adopted yoga as a form of exercise and a mediation tool. Yoga has a number of forms and most them are existent in today’s world, whatever the form we talk about the main aim is same i.e. to work for the whole human being. Yoga works simultaneously for the human body, mind and spirit. Main branches of yoga include bikram yoga, hatha yoga, iyengar yoga, raja yoga, tantric yoga and Ashtanga yoga. Different people practice any one form of yoga or a combination of forms to meet their health goals. Tantric yoga like all other forms of the yoga focuses on the relaxation, comfort and health element of the practitioner.

In west there exist a misconception about tantric yoga that it is just about sex. Sex is not doubt a part of this form of yoga but tantric is not just about sex. Now the question arise that exactly what is tantric yoga?

Tantric yoga exists in today’s world with a number of modifications. This form of yoga is about directing the energies of the human body (especially spine) in the direction to aid in providing a happiness and comfort to the person.

Thus tantric yoga uses the sexual energy in a very positive manner. There are a number of tantric yoga positions and tantric yoga exercises that one can practice. Tantric yoga could be learned from an instructor or even a person can use yoga DVDs to learn this yoga. Help could be taken from tantric yoga videos and tantric yoga photos. These pictures and videos can help the practitioner to get a better understanding of the tantric yoga positions. Besides purchasing yoga DVDs from the market one can use internet to find this stuff.

Tantric yoga can be learned alone or with a partner too. It depends on a person’s personal choice that if he wants to enjoy a good bonding experience with his partner or he just want to do the exercise for his own sexual or mental well being.

Tantric yoga positions used in training duration are mostly female superior. It is recommended that tantric yoga should be practiced either in the morning or in the evening. If the tantric yoga exercises are done regularly and in a proper sequence they provide a number of health benefits to the practitioner like:-

1. Improves The Sexual Abilities Of The Person.
2. Strengthen Muscles And Resolves Problems Of The Anal And Genital Areas.
3. Improves The Functioning Of The Respiratory System And Increase Immunity Of A Person Against Infection

One of the most well known modifications of Tantric is named as Karezza. Karezza involves long intercourses but the aim is to do them without ejaculation. When someone practices it he will find that even that could be a source of pleasure. There are different types of tantric yoga one of the most practiced type is tantric kriya yoga. As tantric yoga is interesting and easy to learn so people with some experience can do a certification and then start their own teaching practice.

Majority of the times nude yoga is related to Tantric yoga. Reason could be that Tantric yoga can be performed without clothes as it focuses on the sexual nature of person. However it is not necessary to perform the sexual act in tantric yoga.