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Tantra

How I used being on a Benefit to find my Power

July 2, 2020 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Here in New Zealand, we have a comprehensive social welfare state, designed to support citizens when life gets tough. When I left my son’s father in late 2010, I became a single parent. And I was determined that I wouldn’t go on the Sole Parent Benefit, and that instead, my fledging business would be …

Category: Tantra, Yoga

What’s with Tantra and Sex?

May 26, 2020 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

There it was, in black and white, blazoned across the Google search results, Tantra and sex, everywhere: “Tantra worship has flourished in popularity in the Western World, establishing a reinterpretation of Hindu and Buddhist practices. This new, modern practice is often referred to as Neotantra. As time progressed, some of the ancient outdated teachings of tantra have been readopted …

Category: Tantra, The Best of Kara-Leah, YogaTag: sex, tantra

Awakening – what is it?

May 20, 2020 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

There’s a lot of terms that get thrown around all the time in spiritual circles… yet often there’s no examination of what we’re referring to by those terms.  To that end, I’d like to start a new series focusing on The Basics of Tantrik Teachings, and in particularly focusing on explaining words. (Happy to take …

Category: Kundalini, Tantra, YogaTag: awakening, kundalini awakening, tantra

What’s the Difference between Yoga and Tantra?

September 9, 2019 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

Before I share, from my own direct experience, on this question, it’s useful to examine the question itself – which is a question people often ask me. The question assumes that there IS a difference between Yoga and Tantra, as if they are two separate things – like a chair and a cup. However as …

Category: Tantra, YogaTag: ritual, tantra, yoga

Conversations with Kara-Leah • Shambhavi Sarasvati on Direct Realization Tantra

September 3, 2019 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

Shambhavi is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula. Her principle training is in the direct realization traditions of Trika Shaivism (a.k.a. Kashmir Shaivism or Shaiva Tantra) and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. I first came across Shambhavi when I read her wonderful book, The Play of Awakening: Adventures in Direct Realization Tantra. I too follow …

Category: TantraTag: direct realization, Shambhavi Sarasvati, tantra

Upāya • The Skillful Means to Liberation

August 19, 2019 //  by Kara-Leah Grant

Recently, I immersed myself in more of Christopher Wallis’ amazing book Tantra Illuminated. He was discussing Upāya, the three skilful means to liberation. The first is Śāmbhava-upāya, which is the Divine Means. It is the most subtle way to interact with reality on the road to liberation and is engaged through the spirit and intuition. …

Category: Tantra, YogaTag: Liberation, tantra, Training, Upaya

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