Tantra Between the Sheets: The Easy and Fun Guide to Mind-Blowing Sex

by Val Sampson

Overview

Teaching Tantric sex in a fashion that will appeal equally to women, men and couples, Tantra Between the Sheets takes a totally new and unique approach to this 5000 year old tradition. It doesn't concern itself with the deep philisophical background of Tantra; instead it focusses on making Tantric practices simple enough that anyone can learn them and use them to improve their relationship.

Tantra Between the Sheets explains what Tantra is (and isn't). It tells of the importance of energy flow through the body and tours the body's anatomy from a Tantric perspective. Along the way, exercises invite the read to learn by experience, including one exercise that shows how to use energy flow to experience an orgasm fully clothed and without genital stimulation.

Next the book shows how to discover the full sexual attractiveness of the opposite sex-regardless of age or appearance. It helps each gender better understand their own needs, develope their unique talents and share these with the opposite sex. Then it shows couples how to bring it all together so they can use their new talents to set the mood, raising the level of excitment and experiencing the most fulfilling sex ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781569753521
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	07/16/2003
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Val Sampson is a journalist who writes for a variety of national UK newspapers and magazines including The Times and Good Housekeeping. She began writting about Tantra for a short article because she thought it sounded like a sexy, fun subject that would spice up dinner-party conversation and impress a few friends. But the more she learned about Tantra, the more impressed she was with its ability to transform poeple's sex life and personal relationships. She ended up spending a year researching the subject and interviewing dozens of people for this book.

Editorial Reviews

Tantra refers to Eastern approaches for extending sexual unity and bonding between couples, prolonging sexual experiences, and enhancing connection with "the Sacred." Typically, tantra books contain many exercises for moving sexual energy throughout the body, delaying/enhancing orgasm (often misleadingly stating that semen loss depletes men), and working with the chakras (body energy centers)-plus sometimes ecstatic claims about changing your life. A Canadian couple, Copeland and Link have practiced Tantra since 1987 and run Tantra workshops since 1997. Their book concentrates on heterosexual relationships and making sexuality a focus in one's partnership. Helpful drawings and charming photos of "real-body" people, plus an excellent annotated bibliography, substantially support the text. Not a key purchase but definitely worth considering. British journalist Sampson attended a Tantra workshop on assignment, hoping to write a light piece about its supposedly sex-obsessed followers. Yet she came out a believer and did research and interviewed other workshop alumni for this book. Easy to read, with more modest claims and a more Western perspective than Soul Sex, it notes use by homosexual couples and devotes a whole chapter to singles. However, Sampson provides no references for intriguing statements like "studies have shown that men who help around the house have sex with their partners more often than those who don't" and a scantier bibliography. Sadly, the lovely photos of perfect-body individuals (no couples) do nothing to explain the intricacies of energy centers, exercises, and techniques. Not recommended; better basics for a Tantric sex collection in public and academic libraries include Margo Anand's encyclopedic The Art of Sexual Ecstasy, Mantak Chia and Douglas Abrams Arava's The Multi-Orgasmic Man, Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks's small but unique Breathing Ecstasy, and William Schindler's Gay Tantra.-Martha Cornog, Philadelphia Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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