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Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century (Revised)

✍️ Carrellas, Barbara
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📚 ABOUT THE BOOK

Discover profound intimacy and pleasure in a modern, sacred context.

Barbara Carrellas reimagines ancient Tantric practices for the contemporary world, blending spiritual depth with practical erotic exploration. This revised edition provides a wealth of techniques for expanding orgasmic experiences, fostering deeper connection, and embracing pleasure in all its forms. It thoughtfully addresses diverse identities, including multi-partner dynamics, BDSM intersections, and practices for asexual, aromantic, trans, and gender nonconforming individuals, making sacred sexuality accessible to every seeker of elevated intimacy.

Key themes
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🏛 Ten Speed Press 📅 2017 📖 320 pages 🌐 en 📐 Paperback ISBN: 9780399579684
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Carrellas has crafted an essential guide for contemporary sacred sexuality. Its strength lies in its radical inclusivity and practical techniques, genuinely expanding one's understanding of pleasure and connection. Those seeking a purely traditional, unadapted Tantric path might find it too modern. Yet, as a bridge between ancient wisdom and 21st-century desires, it stands as a landmark, empowering seekers across the spectrum of identity.

📝 Description: Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century (Revised)

If you think sexual and spiritual bliss can't be found in today's fast-paced world, you haven't experienced Urban Tantra. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Urban Tantra, acclaimed sex educator Barbara Carrellas radically updates the ancient practice of Tantra for modern sexual explorers desiring to discover new frontiers. With a juicy mix of erotic how-to and heart-centered spiritual wisdom, this updated edition includes a brand-new introduction, up-to-date references and resources, a new take on the possibilities and responsibilities of Tantra in today's world, plus new and cutting-edge information to reach an expanded community--added information on multi-partner play, more intersections for Tantra and BDSM, practices for asexuals and aromantics, expanded practices for trans and gender nonconforming people, and more. With more than one hundred easy-to-follow techniques for expanded orgasmic states and solo and partner play (as well as more adventurous practices), this in-depth guide reveals the delicious worlds of ecstasy available to all, no matter one's gender, sexual preference, or erotic tastes. Urban Tantra expands the notions of pleasure and opens new heights of intimacy and sexual fulfillment.

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If you're seeking to infuse your intimate life with spiritual meaning, explore new dimensions of pleasure, or simply broaden your understanding of sacred sexuality, this book is for you. It welcomes all, regardless of orientation, gender, or relationship structure, offering a path to deeper…

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❓ Frequently asked questions

Absolutely not. The revised edition intentionally expands its scope to include practices and insights relevant to multi-partner arrangements, queer individuals, and gender nonconforming people, celebrating diversity in desire.
Yes, the book explores the dynamic intersections between Tantric principles and BDSM, offering guidance for those interested in integrating elements of power play and consensual exploration into their sacred sexuality.

📖 Who should read this

If you're seeking to infuse your intimate life with spiritual meaning, explore new dimensions of pleasure, or simply broaden your understanding of sacred sexuality, this book is for you. It welcomes all, regardless of orientation, gender, or relationship structure, offering a path to deeper connection.

🎯 Key themes and symbolism

Modern Sacred Sexuality

Carrellas skillfully translates the timeless wisdom of Tantra into a relevant framework for 21st-century life. She demonstrates how spiritual principles can be interwoven with erotic experience, allowing for profound bliss and connection even amidst our fast-paced existence, reframing sex as a path to enlightenment.

Inclusive Erotic Exploration

This edition champions an expansive view of pleasure, actively incorporating practices and perspectives for a broad spectrum of individuals. It offers guidance for multi-partner relationships, explores the synergy with BDSM, and provides specific insights tailored for asexual, aromantic, trans, and gender nonconforming persons, ensuring universal accessibility.

Expanded States of Pleasure

The book serves as a practical guide to unlocking deeper, more sustained orgasmic experiences. Through over a hundred techniques for solo and partner play, it encourages readers to move beyond conventional understandings of climax, cultivating heightened sensitivity and extended states of ecstatic union, both physical and spiritual.

💬 Quotes from the book

«True ecstasy isn't merely a physical sensation; it's a doorway to a boundless self, a union of body, heart, and spirit.»

«Your unique desires, your gender, your chosen partners—all are sacred channels for exploring profound connection and unlocking your deepest joy.»

📜 Historical context

Tantra originates from ancient Indian and Tibetan traditions, a spiritual path emphasizing energy, ritual, and the integration of the material with the divine. Carrellas skillfully recontextualizes these esoteric teachings, stripping away dogma to present a practical, non-dogmatic application of Tantric principles for modern Western practitioners, focusing on sexual and spiritual liberation.

📚 Glossary

Tantra
Sacred Sexuality
Multi-Partner Play

📔 Questions to reflect on

  1. How can I consciously transform my intimate moments into opportunities for spiritual growth and deeper presence?
  2. What assumptions do I hold about pleasure, and how might exploring diverse practices expand my personal definitions of ecstasy?
  3. Consider a recent intimate experience: where did I feel most connected, and how might I cultivate more of that sensation in the future?

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