Tantric Freedom

Yesterday I dropped across a boy in the woods. His mother was walking a couple of meters in front of him, talking to her friend. The boy must have been about twelve or thirteen years old. Old enough to know that certain behavior is not appropriate anymore.

But at that moment he wasn’t restricted by these norms. He was moving around, uncontrolled, open, free. His arms cutting through the warm air, sounds escaping his mouth in a sort of gibberish language. It was beautiful.

And then, all of a sudden, he spotted me. He was visibly shocked, looking at me with an embarrassed glow, apologizing for his behavior with the look in his eyes. I was smiling at him - my eyes were shining and softly I whispered “I welcome you”. And we both continued our journey.

This experience reminded me of a moment in my own life, over a year ago. I was about to host a Tantric workshop at a festival. I was preparing myself, sinking into the moment. Music was playing, beautiful music by Armand Amar. And before I knew it I started moving, touched by the encouraging waves of the song. I moved freely, no fixed forms, no public, nothing to gain, nothing to lose. Unaware of the fact that my partner was recording it. At that moment everything was merging...the body, the breath, the soundwaves, the atmosphere of the festival, the energy of the summer.

A moment of total freedom.

So, Tantra is about freedom and about being intimate with life. Freedom to let the energy of each moment’s experience flow through, without the obstruction of mental concepts.

Can you remember when you were totally free? When you surrendered to the totality of your experience? What is it like for you to let go of control?

And now you might think: “well yeah, this dance you show here is one thing, but what if I feel angry, sad or in pain? If I show that, people will be upset or will leave me; I better control my anger”. 

And yes, that’s why we also work with emotions in Tantra; how to take full responsibility for our emotions and how we can be with the raw and powerful energy of our emotions. But in essence, every manifestation is pure energy without labels of right or wrong. If we suppress and control this pure flow of energy, it can come to life in a distorted way.

So let’s try to free ourselves and perhaps start with freeing our bodies by moving, breathing and making sounds. 

I welcome you in one of my Tantric sessions🔥❤️