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Sex Actualization NeoTantra Practice Group
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"A tremendous change is happening on the planet.
I have a feeling we are ready, at long last, to truly love." Dawn Cartwright
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Shiva + Parvati : Love and Attraction
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Open Class
When we think of love we often idealize a straight upward arrow, even though we know love has twists and turns. And, even though those twists and turns can feel devastating at times, we know they make us stronger, better at loving. The twists and turns teach us to listen more, to be more aware, and in that process, become more appreciative of love. Love makes us - more - and in this way, love grows.
Attraction is different. In the early days and years of relating, attraction truly is a straight upward arrow. In fact, we're sometimes astonished by the intensity we feel. It's as if we are passengers on a rocket ship to nirvana - until the day the attraction opens our heart and love enters. Then, the twists and turns that remake us take over - and attraction grows and deepens.
When Shiva and Parvati were birthed from the mouth of Brahma, they were already there. In nirvana. They were merged and united and one. They were in bliss. Brahma separated them, creating love and attraction and the entire world of form.
Now separated, Shiva resides at the crown of the human body, Parvati at the root. Our whole life is their journey back together again. Back to nirvana.
According to Sri Vidya Tantra Guru and visionary, Guruji Amritananda, this path moves from the root, up to the heart, up to the brow, down to the belly, then to the crown. The twists and turns of love and attraction.
In this new series, we'll explore the path of love and attraction following this Sri Vidya map. The practices we'll experience are NeoTantra practices (modern day relationship, sexuality and intimacy techniques) infused with the stories and wisdom of the Classical Sri Vidya Tantra tradition.
We'll continue the exploration tonight, February 13th. THIS week is the LAST week to join the NEW Sex Actualization series! Sign me up!
Sex Actualization . Tantra Practice Group . Schedule
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Week 1 . February 6th . Shiva + Parvati : Love and Attraction
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Week 2 . February 13th . Sex Anatomy 101 : Love and Lust
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Week 3 . February 20th . 🔥 + 💗 : Lovemaking Practices
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Week 4 . February 27th . Stop Stopping Yourself : The Nature of Our Limitations
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Week 5 . March 5th . Super Merged : And How to Get There
- No Class March 12th
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Week 6 . March 19th . The Air That He Breathes : Experiential Live Music Serenade w/ Ariana Hall
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Week 7 . March 26th . The Universe Quaked with Delight + After Party @ Double Zero
THIS week is the LAST week to join the NEW Sex Actualization series! Sign me up!
How To Prepare . Please arrive between 6:00 pm and 6:15 pm if possible. Enter the space silently and find your place in the circle.
What To Bring . A pillow and a blanket or sheepskin to sit and lie down on, drinking water and a notebook or journal. Plan your day and commute so that you are able to arrive early to allow plenty of time to find parking. What would make it possible for you to arrive and be in the space by 6:00 pm? 6:15 pm latest? Please enter in silence and remain in silence if you arrive after 6:15 pm.
In this newsletter, you'll find Tips For Getting the Most Out of Class Each Week, Something I'd Like To Introduce You To, this week's Home Practice, information on How To Make Up Last Week's Session if you missed it, an invitation to our Endless Love and Sex Actualization Facebook Groups, my SUPER AMAZING NeoTantra Chill Spotify Playlist, some Q & A from all of you, the Sex Actualization Video Teleclass and more.
Love, Dawn
Chandra Bindu Tantra Institute
www.chandrabindutantrainstitute.com
310.592.1293
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“As Shiva and Parvati thumped their feet on the mountain side, their eyes locked in love, their limbs moving in dramatic, rhythmic, mythic movements, the universe quaked with delight, the earth shuddered in pleasure, and all the ripe fruit fell off from the trees and seeded the earth again.”
Kamala K. Kapur
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Tips for Getting the Most Out of Class . . .
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Sex Actualization NeoTantra Practice Group
Some tried and true tips for getting the most out of the Sex Actualization NeoTantra Practice Group . . .
• Give yourself 15 minutes extra for your commute. If it takes you 30 minutes to get to Santa Monica, leave your office by 5:15 pm to arrive and find parking by 6:00 pm.
• When you do arrive and find parking, take 2 minutes, sit in your car and make a transition. Let go of the work day and traffic. Turn off your cell phone - don't just mute it - turn it off. Begin to bring your focus to you, your sexuality and your sexual journey. Start class inside yourself before you even get out of the car.
• Pause again at the door. Take off your shoes and place them in your backpack or purse. Enter the space consciously. In silence.
• If you're early and feel up to it, we'd be thrilled to get some help preparing the space, 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm. Check-in with one of the assistants and let them know you're available.
• Enter the space silently and take your space in the circle. Give yourself time to land.
• Notice if you're always sitting in the same place each week, or if you've decided you need back support and always sit near the wall - be open to something new.
• Modify the practices in any way that makes it possible for you to participate more fully. If you have a boundary or injury that needs extra care, please take time to create the best situation possible for yourself and your partners.
• Unless you're already involved with someone in the class, I suggest you consider not dating anyone in class - until the series is over. The virtues of this one tip alone are infinite.
• Ask questions. (I love questions.)
• Make requests. (I love requests.)
• Send music suggestions. (I love music suggestions.)
• Treat yourself and every member of the group as someone precious - I can promise you, each one of you is.
• At the end of class, take a moment to fully savor all you have experienced and received.
• We'd be thrilled to receive so support cleaning up the space, 8:30 - 8:50 pm. Check-in with one of the assistants and let them know you're available.
• Be sure to collect all your belongings and be out the door no later than 8:50 pm.
• No woman leaves on her own. Please, men and couples, offer your arm to the single women in the class. Walk her to her car, offer to carry her things if you feel to. See her off safely into the night.
• Allow 5-10 minutes each day for your home practice.
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Home Practice . Love and Attraction
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Sex Actualization NeoTantra Practice Group
In the early days and years of relating, attraction truly is a straight upward arrow. In fact, we're sometimes astonished by the intensity we feel. It's as if we are passengers on a rocket ship to nirvana - until the day the attraction opens our heart and love enters. Then, the twists and turns that remake us take over - and attraction grows and deepens.
Love and Attraction Practice
Create a time and a space where you will not be disturbed. Gather pillows, bolsters and blankets, turn off electronics, turn on rhythmic music - then tune in to your own sense of adventure and discovery.
When you feel ready to begin, sit comfortably on a meditation cushion, bolster, or firm pillow. If your hips and legs are tight, place a small pillow or rolled blanket under each knee for support. Settle in and relax 2-3 minutes.
Then, place your hands on your knees. Sink into your body. First, we'll wake up the spine, the love-and-attraction-super-highway. Arch and curl your spine, starting with subtle movements, then gradually increase the amplitude of the curve until you are arching and curling at full range of motion. Allow the muscles along your spine to open and becoming fluid, enhancing the erotic communication channels between the genitals, the heart and the brain. Continue like this 3-5 minutes.
Bring your awareness to your breathing. Relax your side ribs, allow the breath to flow in easily. Feel your lungs expand effortlessly. You are filled with breath. You exhale completely with ease. Continue 2-3 minutes.
Next, drop your attention to the lower half of your body. Feel all the places where your body is touching the cushion and the floor. Notice how your physical relationship with the ground is making your breathing and your movements more energized and more powerful. Let go of any tension in the neck, shoulders, chest and face. Your lips are soft and kissable.
Now, notice your pelvic floor; the muscles that support your pelvis and genitals. Start off by contracting those muscles and all the muscles in your body on the inhale. Then, relax those muscles and all your muscles on the exhale. Feel the isometric intensity and embrace it. Keep the breathing relaxed, spacious and steady. Continue 2-3 minutes.
Then, let go of tensing up the whole body and begin to isolate the inner pelvic floor muscles only. Contract only the anus, perineum, base of the penis, vaginal walls, etc. Relax the rest of your body while upright and open in your posture. As you inhale, contract the pelvic floor muscles. When you exhale, relax your pelvic floor muscles, relax them completely. Continue 2-3 minutes.
Notice what is happening? What are some of the sensations you are feeling? What's your mood? Where are your thoughts?
Now, experiment with contracting the pelvic floor muscles from "bottom" to "top." Men will begin the contraction at the base of the penis and imagine it's possible to contract those muscles all the way to the tip of the penis. Women will contract the pelvic floor muscles starting at the opening of the vagina, all the way up to the womb. When you exhale, release the contraction in the reverse. Men will release the tension from the tip of the penis, down to the root. Women will release the tension from the womb down to the opening of the vagina. Continue 3-5 minutes.
The reflexology of the penis and the vagina are complimentary. The kidney meridian is connected to the base of the penis in men and the opening of the vagina in women. The kidney meridian governs libido and our feelings of attraction. The heart meridian is connected to the tip of the penis and the deep vagina near the womb. The heart meridian governs feelings of love. In this practice you are uniting the two. Love and attraction, love and lust.
When you are ready, slowly transition out of the practice. Let go of the contractions. Lie down and receive the effects of your practice. Rest 10-15 minutes. Bring your attention inside.
Enjoy your practice!
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I'd Like To Introduce You To . . . The Art of Sexual Ecstasy
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Suggested Reading
For those of you who, like me, enjoy exploring NeoTantra and other related subjects through the perspectives of brilliant minds . . .
The Art of Sexual Ecstasy: The Path of Sacred Sexuality
by Margot Anand
"This landmark book on human sexuality makes the sacred lovemaking techniques of the East fully comprehensible to Western readers. Elegantly illustrated, it helps the reader acquire new attitudes and broaden his or her range of experience, to revitalize and strengthen relationships.
The Art of Sexual Ecstasy opens the way to a new stage of fulfillment and bliss, making the sacred lovemaking techniques of the east available to western readers and extending sensual experience for everyone."
The Art of Sexual Ecstasy
And, if you've been attending Sex Actualization or my other classes for sometime and feel up for something far more esoteric and in-depth. I recommend this, a compilation of teachings from my Sri Vidya Tantra Guru . . .
Gifts from the Goddess: Selected Works of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati
by Michael Bowden
"Gifts from the Goddess presents the essential teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati, colloquially known as Guruji. Previously named Dr. N. Prahlada Sastry, Guruji left a prestigious position in India’s missile defense complex to become a spiritual teacher in Hinduism’s millennia-old school of Sri Vidya Tantra. Along the way, he discovered and revived a long-forgotten Goddess temple in a remote Indian jungle, traveled the globe teaching the powerful techniques of Sri Vidya, and attracted tens of thousands of followers worldwide.
At the center of Gifts from the Goddess lie Guruji’s two largest works: his 1994 opus, Understanding Sri Chakra Puja, and his stunning 1979 debut, Dasa Mahavidyas (“The Ten Great Wisdom Goddesses”). Both pieces have been revisited and updated by Guruji, and are presented here for the first time in their entirety. Gifts from the Goddess also includes other pieces of writing and lectures from throughout Guruji’s career. Each reveals his inimitable voice and personality – lively, insightful, inspiring, and often humorous.
Guruji's writing offers beautiful teachings on building and deepening one’s spiritual practice. Discover his lessons on nurturing a relationship with the Divine (and the Universe), understanding the secrets of Tantra and Sri Vidya, incorporating a spiritual attitude into everyday life, and much more."
Gifts from the Goddess: Selected Works of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati
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Make Up Last Week's Class . Private Sessions
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Private Tantra Sessions
If you missed class last week, or if you were there and you'd like to take it deeper, you can do that by scheduling a private session with me. Additional cost applies. I'm available weekdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Skype sessions may also be possible.
Private Sessions
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Facebook . Endless Love & Sex Actualization Groups
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Facebook Tantra Groups
I've set up an Endless Love group for us on Facebook. It is an Open group. It's a place where you can talk about your experiences, ask questions, and get updates on this class. It can be a very dynamic group once a thread is started. I encourage you to check in on the group each week after class - share your impressions, take the process even deeper. You can join the group by sending a request via the link below.
Endless Love Facebook Group
I've also set up a Sex Actualization Tantra Practice Group Facebook Group. This group is also Open and accessible to everyone on Facebook. Check it out!
Sex Actualization Tantra Practice Facebook Group
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Feedback and Q&A
Please send me your questions - what's happening in your life? Thanks to those of you who checked in with me after the class - and - those of you out there in our world-wide community who chimed in.
If you don't see your question here, fear not. All questions submitted will be answered over the coming weeks.
I'll answer these questions in next week's newsletter . . .
Dear Dawn,
My wife and I have been married 3 years and I love her like crazy. My problem is, she only wants to have sex about once a month and I, to be perfectly honest, could definitely have sex every day. We both work in tech, we don't have children, I'm 34 and she's 38. What can I do to increase the amount of sex we're having?
Thanks! Nico
Mar Vista . California
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Dear Dawn,
I've been dating this amazing man for about 6 weeks. He's smart, funny, successful, generous, kind - I mean, I could go on and on about how incredible and reliable this man is. I'd like to start a conversation about safe sex before we get EVEN MORE hot and bothered but I don't want to ruin the vibe. What's the best way to bring up the subject?
Can't wait to read your answer.
Love, Mia
Venice . California
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Hi Dawn,
I've taken your classes before and I know I should have a self-love practice of some kind but I find myself getting really bored at the thought of pleasuring myself or doing anything that requires being peaceful. I'm more into outdoor music concerts and weekend bbq with friends. I'll admit, my mind races all over the place whenever I try to make time for myself on my own. Is there a way to make self-pleasuring more interesting?
Thank you, Sadie
Portland . Oregon
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Sex Actualization . Video Teleclass
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Six 1-Hour Sessions . Theater Quality Film . NOW Available for Download
Thank you to all of you around the world who encouraged me to create a video teleclass highlighting the Sex Actualization . Tantra Practice Group sessions. Filming is complete, editing is underway and episode 1 is now available for download.
In these 1-hour sessions you are guided you through the same Tantric practices, exercises and meditations experienced in the live Sex Actualization classes. All the information, lectures, opening and closing practices are included. It's as if you are here, participating live - and - by purchasing the series for download, you'll have the videos to refer back to and practice over and over, taking the techniques deeper each time.
Sex Actualization . Video Teleclass
Six 1-Hour Videos . Downloadable
$350 series of 6 classes
Purchase & View Now
Sex Actualization . Video Teleclass . Episodes
Session 1 . Sex & Kundalini Energy
Session 2 . Partner Practice & New Beginnings
Session 3 . What is Love?
Session 4 . Sexual Confidence & Generosity
Session 5 . Mutual Orgasm
Session 6 . Sex & Self-Discovery
Chandra Bindu Tantra Institute
www.chandrabindutantrainstitute.com
310.592.1293
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