"Yoni" is the Sanskrit word for the female genitalia, describing not only the anatomy but also encompassing the energetic and spiritual dimensions. While a yoni massage offers women the opportunity to enhance their sexuality, Michaela Riedl shows that the effects of this practice are much more profound and have ramifications affecting every area of life. Long held inhibitions in the West about sexuality and the shame and guilt associated with the sexual zones of the body have created deep-seated barriers that prevent individuals from fully expressing themselves. The practices provided in Yoni Massageare designed to allow women to overcome these barriers and reconnect to their innermost core and deepest feminine nature. Yoni massage is not simply a hands-on technique but involves the conscious direction of energy throughout the body through deep breathing and visualization. It provides women the ability to cleanse and energetically stimulate the chakras as well as achieve emotional healing by releasing the traumatic pain that often becomes seated in the yoni. The author explains that the relegation of this important spiritual and energetic center to a "private part" hinders the process of enlightenment. Once women are able to be in touch with their yoni energy, their connection to the entire web of life is restored to its rightful place.
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"Yoni massage offers women the opportunity to enhance their sexuality and is actually a long-held practice. . . . new age and health collections will find it intriguing." * The Midwest Book Review, June 2009 *
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Inner Traditions Bear and Company
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 151 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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978-1-59477-274-0 (9781594772740)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Michaela Riedl studied tantric massage at the Diamond Lotus Institute in Berlin and then refined the yoni and lingam massage techniques developed by Annie Sprinkle and Joseph Kramer, founder of the Erospirit Research Institute in California. She directs the AnandaWave Massage Center in Cologne, Germany, which offers workshops in tantric massage as well as seminars and counseling for experiencing sexuality in a healing way.
PREFACE
Introduction
1 Female Sexuality
EXPLORING THE YONI
Touching the Labia
Touching the Clitoris
Massaging the Goddess Spot
Exercise for the Muscles of the Pelvic Floor
Massaging the Uterus
Entering into Energetic Contact with the Uterus
Entering into Energetic Contact with the Ovaries
GENDER SIMILARITIES IN ANATOMY AND SEXUALITY
MOON TIME--THE FEMALE CYCLE
Encountering Menstruation
THE FEMALE ORGASM
Exercises to Increase Desire
Exercises with the Yoni Egg The Self-Love Ritual
2 Energetic and Spiritual Basics
YIN AND YANG
Becoming Conscious of the Energy Cycle in the Body
Becoming Aware of the Flow of Energy in the Yoni
THE CHAKRAS
Cleaning and Energetically Stimulating the Chakras
BREATHING AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Preparatory Breathing Exercises
Deep Pelvic Breathing
Chest Breathing
Upper Chest or Collarbone Breathing
Combined Breathing
Alternate-Nostril Breathing
The Tantric Breath of Fire
BREATHING DURING YONI MASSAGE
Breathing in the Microcosmic Orbit
Experiencing the Big Draw
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF TANTRA
3 The Yoni Massage
THE REFLEXOLOGY ZONES OF THE YONI
THE YONI MASSAGE--PHASE BY PHASE
Phase 1: Honoring the Shakti
Phase 2: The Preparatory Full-Body Massage
Phase 3: Awakening Desire
Phase 4: Opening the Yoni Flower
Phase 5: Stimulating the Pearl
Phase 6: Entering the Temple
Phase 7: Stimulating the Goddess Spot
Phase 8: The Finale
Phase 9: Saying Farewell
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
Appendix Experience Reports
The Origin and History of Yoni Massage
Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
