A Woman's Guide to Tantra Yoga

Some people, no matter what you give them, still want the moon.
— Denise Levertov

It is as if you have been lost in a forest, finding your way home only by vague feelings, memories, and landmarks along the way.

We must embrace life in all of its struggle and pain, and through this profound acceptance we will find peace and experience freedom from the bondage of self-imposed limitation.

It is a daily alchemy, turning the dross of my mind’s wanderings into the golden treasure of spiritual realization.

Tantra teaches us to embrace life, to strive to see the Creator in everything within and around us.

Knowing your natural inclinations can help you design your spiritual practices in a way that will assist rather than oppose you during this time.

Your body changes with the cycles of the moon; so should your practices.

Psychological stresses arise from society’s double messages: a homemaker feels pressured to have a career; a working mother feels pressured to spend more time with her children; a single woman is pressured to marry; the childless are pressured by time running out; the young mother worries about missing work and falling behind.

The stresses that women experience are different from those of men. Women must cope with radical bodily changes — menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause.

A woman’s life is not static. It changes with every moon, every season, and those changes are profound.