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Aromatherapy is simply an alternative form of medicine to the mainstream medicine practice. In aromatherapy, essential oils are used to bring about the desired effects. Aromatherapy massage also incorporates the use of essential oils rubbed on the body to produce a number of effects. The massage usually has a relaxing feeling and relives stress. It also helps to reduce muscle tension thereby increasing the body’s circulation.

Aromatherapy massage oil that is used is usually an essential oil that is added to the base oil to produce the desired therapeutic effects. The essential oils used in this form of massage can enter the body in 2 ways. One way is by going through the skin during the massage process. Once absorbed, they enter the bloodstream and travel to the different parts of the body. The other way is through the nose when they are inhaled during the massage process. It can thus be said that aromatherapy combines the benefits of an average massage with the benefits of the aromatherapy massage oils.

Aromatherapy Massage

The use of the essential oils by aromatherapists and therapists is not new and most of them when recommending stress-relieving therapies, point out to their clients the benefits of an aromatherapy massage. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are a woman that dreams of a man who will worship you — who will feed you strawberries as you lie naked on satin sheets and massage your skin with scented oil as he dusts a feather up and down your body, then read on. If you are a man who wants to deepen your sexual pleasure and improve your love relationship (which includes having more sex) then tantric sex might be for you.

What is it?

The word tantra means a tool for expansion. The heart of tantric sex is learning to see your lover as truly divine and holy. During lovemaking the five senses are engaged and an intimate connection is created between lovers using breath, meditation, and body positions. The tantric sexual experience engages the body as a whole instead of focussing exclusively on exciting the genitals in order to achieve orgasm. Not that orgasm is left out of tantric sex—many participants describe the orgasms they experience, after connecting in such an intimate way with their partner, as bliss. In fact tantra teaches that harnessing one’s desire and using the energy of sexual arousal can lead to self-realization and enlightenment. Sex as a path to enlightenment—certainly sounds better than fasting and selling your worldly possessions!

There is openness, a revealing of oneself within tantric sex, which can feel a little threatening if you’ve been raised with the idea that sex is a physical activity with a goal in mind. So it may work best if the ideas and exercises are introduced slowly, with a sense of excitement and anticipation that are sure to peak your partner’s curiosity. There are some common elements — for instance one central tantric ritual includes these five items, alcohol, meat, fish, kidney beans and ritual intercourse. Aside from the kidney beans that doesn’t sound much different than our western view of a date, so how hard could it be to incorporate these erotic foreign practices into your usual bedroom routine? Not hard at all, here’s where to start.

• Create a “love space” that is comfortable, playful and relaxed. Clean the room of miscellaneous clutter. Decorate with fabrics, pictures, candles, flowers, stones, or anything else that creates a sensual space. Music sets the mood so find some in advance that you both like. Scent the room with essential oils like ylang-ylang, rose, jasmine or other erotic aromas. Make sure your bed is inviting with many pillows to assist in various love positions.

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Tantric massage is basically no different from other forms of massage therapies. With tantric massage however, there is the belief that if one is happy sexually and is in a relaxed state, then the overall health benefits will be experienced. It is believed that one can achieve personal growth and development by way of pleasurable experience. Tantric yoga is originally behind the tantric massage. However, due to practice by the ignorant and the unenlightened, it has led to abuses and some degraded forms of tantric yoga and eventually tantric massage have developed.

Tantric Massage

Tantric yoga is meant to help one attain to spiritual strength, draw inspiration and attain wisdom and eternal bliss. While it is true that tantra yoga may bring about heightened sexual feelings, this is not the main aim of the yoga practice. Such effects are usually seen as bonuses to the whole tantra yoga experience.

To start with, when practicing tantra yoga or undergoing tantric massage, the manhood is referred to as Lingam, which means the wand of light while the woman’s parts are referred to as Yoni, which means the sacred space. The use of those words is seen as part of the whole massage or yoga practice. Read the rest of this entry »