I am trained in the Buddhist Tibetan Tantra lineage, which is a spiritual tradition that celebrates the body and the lived human experience as a pathway to expansiveness, liberation and healing. Tantric practices are rooted in the body. Therefore, sexual practices are an important element of the tantric lineage (in addition to other techniques including meditation, movement, and mantra) for the purpose of mending the places where sexual shame or trauma have impacted our energetic or physical body.

“Tantra” is a term that has gained more mainstream popularity in recent years, particularly in the form of “Neo-Tantra.” The Tantra tradition has spread and grown over time, birthing different lineages under its umbrella that have been influenced by the people and landscapes it has encountered. Tantra also went through a long period of suppression in its history, contributing to common misunderstandings and varied interpretations of what it really is.

While there are many variations and paths represented by the word “Tantra,” my way of incorporating this tradition into the work I do is non-dogmatic, grounded, and lineage-based.