“Tantra and Neotantra is a spiritual path of evolution and consciousness.

“Tantra helps us to move and channel our own energy, awakening our consciousness, in order to become more balanced, present and capable of integrating any experience as part of our experience.

Discovering Tantra

This week, Amerai Carrera , tantra facilitator and collaborating therapist of the Centre for Psychology, Coaching and Personal Growth Mensalus , presents Tantra as a path of personal growth that goes beyond sexual practice.

What doors does the art of Tantra open for us?

Tantra is an integral and holistic path that helps us to bring our attention inwards instead of getting lost in what is going on around us.

This interesting practice helps us to move and channel our own energy, awakening consciousness, in order to become more balanced people, present and able to integrate any experience as part of our experience. Tantrics seek happiness, harmony and liberation through daily spiritual practice .

Such meditation practice helps us to find peace and disidentification of the ego, leaving behind old patterns, healing wounds, unblocking the body and freeing the mind from those beliefs that limit us. We use sexuality beyond enjoyment, our own pleasure and the pleasure of others. Sex develops deep facets of affectivity and personality awareness.

Learning the art of transmuting sexual energy requires open-mindedness and breaking with what we have learned or been taught up to now. It is not an easy job, but the reward is certainly worth it.

Is this holistic path only related to sex?

Not really . It is true that most people use this term to refer to sex-related activity, but Tantra goes much further. However, it is true that it is a path of surrender and that, unlike other spiritual paths, it does not renounce sexuality.

What is the role of sexuality in Tantra?

Sexuality is very important in our lives: it is the engine and the source of energy . We can live it as something boring, routine and empty, or we can experience it as something natural, beautiful and creative. From Tantra we consider it as a practice that drives us to evolve and celebrate life in a state of fullness and joy. In short, all this work gives us a greater knowledge of ourselves and brings us greater awareness to live in freedom and grow in love.

So, can we say that Tantra is a tool that facilitates personal growth? Actually, it is much more than a tool. The path of Tantra is a path of unlimited growth, a deep and constant awareness of the here and now. Tantra proposes as a challenge to be the spectator of your daily film and, at the same time, the director of it. With Tantra we understand that the “how” is more important than the “what” of the things we do and live.

Who are your Tantra workshops for?

The Institut Mensalus workshop is aimed at men and women who are in search of greater mental, emotional, energetic and physical balance.

People who want to learn to feel, love, meditate and transmute sexual energy. In our sessions we discover that, in the context of relationships, sexuality and joy are portals for spiritual awakening and for the expression of love. There are many who can ask themselves: “Is that it? Does sex end here? Well, that’s good.

In the workshop we learn the secrets of conscious love that enrich sexuality and relationships , thus offering a response to this void. In short, participants discover the art of Tantra through a journey to the depths of their hearts, feeling and putting more presence in every act of their lives, transforming the sexual act into a constant gesture of love and gratitude.

What would you say to all those people who are reading this interview?

I would ask the same question I ask workshop participants: How much time a day do you have for yourself? How much time a week do you have for your relationship? The answer is a starting point for deciding if it is time to look for new tools to facilitate both connections.

When one begins to invest time and energy in self-discovery and physical, mental, emotional and spiritual self-empowerment, it is when, little by little, one is able to feel and understand what and where true love is . To conclude, I would like to remember that sexual energy is creative energy, it is transforming, healing, liberating and does not have to be only located or focused on the genital area.

If we stop to think, the origin of our existence is born from this wonderful energy. So why is there so little interest or education in learning how to manage and channel it properly? From the art of Tantra we learn, without a doubt, to take advantage of it.