Charles Muir

With the sexual revolution on the wane and the realities of our time driving sex back into seclusion, with the fear of AIDS, and with many couples too tired to connect as a result of double careers and parenting, making love has taken a back seat in our lives. Tantric sex is a revitalizing experience and an affirmation of our monogamous choice. This unprecendented book familiarizes the reader with physical, spiritual, and emotional methods of achieving ecstasy in lovemaking.

Based on Charles and Caroline Muir's popular semnars, this provocative and timely material offers modern couples ancient Tantric secrets for deepening relationships, intimacy, and pasion. With easy-to-follow exercises, the Muirs share their proven means for opening individuals up to transformational lovemaking and spiritual union.

Charles Muir has been a student of yoga since 1965 and was trained as a teacher by popular television yogi Richard Hittleman in 1967. He has also studied with Swamis Satchidananda, Premananda, Vishnudevananda, Satyananda, Madhavanands, Ma Yoga Bhakti, and Yogis Bajan, Majumdar, Bua, and Mishra.

From 1969 through 1974 he codirected the Hittleman Yoga Schools in New York and New Jersey. During this period he was twice given awaards by Mayors Lindsay and Beame for his 'efforts to advance the spiritual and physical values of yoga for the benefits of all citizens.'

In 1974 he moved to Northern California where he directed the Hittleman Yoga Schools until 1978, when he bagan the Source Schools of Yoga with programs throughout California. He has appeared on national television as a tantric sex expert.

Caroline Graham-Muir is senior vice-president of Hawaiian Goddess Inc. She has practiced yoga and metaphysics for twenty years and has worked professionally as a massage and healing therapist and yoga teacher. She conducts relationship support groups for women and teaches Tantra from a woman's point of view, sharing her knowledge and the personal wisdom she has gained from her own journey toward spiritual and sexual wholeness.

Together the Muirs run Source Yoga and tantra Seminars, headquartered in Kahului, Hawaii. Their seminars are also available on audio and video cassettes.

'Charles Muir...(invites) us to take a quantum leap of consciousness with him and enter the coming age. Whatever effort it might take...it's worth the leap!'-Yoga Journal

'The Muirs courageously bring to public attention the importance of free flowing sexual energy for mental asnd physical well-being-a relatinship that much of modern psychology has overlooked. Their sacred spot healing work could be one of the breakthrough healing techniques we've been looking for-a powerful shortcut that involves great pleasure.'-Janna Fineberg, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist

'Finally! A book that teaches ancient tantra sexual lovemaking techniques and concepts in a modern context! Thanks to this clear teaching of Conscious Loving, our seventeen-year marriage has been sexually reborn.'-Lee Wyker, Medical Clinic Manager Jerry Wyker, M.d., Emergency Physician

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Tantra for couples
One Happly ever after-A look at love in our times, the promises that personal independence and growth offer, the disappointment when the honeymoon is over. What happens to passion? What do men want from women? What do women want from men? Are their differences resolvable?
Two The tantric way-An examination of tantra's age-old system of loving; the science of the 'subtle body'; the sexual/spiritual connection; the importance of focusing the mind, of becoming a conscious practitioner.
Three Tantric harmony-The role of harmony in partnership; balancing yin and yang; the nurturing meditation; breathing techniques to restore balance; the couple as a team.
Four Tantric communication-Learning the conscious language of love; the master archer; three steps to restoring harmony; gifts of love.
Five Tantric healing-Sex in the age of darkness; overcoming sexual preconceptions; healing psycho-sexual wounds; partners as healers.
Part II Sexual pleasure: Achieving the ecstatic in love
Six Awakening the goddess-The sleeping goddess; dawn of a New Age; discovering the pleasure poles and awakening the sacred spot; releasing the nectar of the Goddess.
Seven Preserving the yang element-How to enjoy orgasm without ejaculating; the secret of extended lovemaking; benefits of ejaculatory control; exercises for developing control.
Eight The dance of love-A joyful combination of kisses and touches and 1001 movements.
Nine Sexual secrets-Secrets of the oral arts; strengthening the love muscle; ways to achieve more powerful orgasms; other secrets of tantric lovemaking.
Ten Exotic sexual techniques-A menu of exotic practices for achieving physical delight.
Remembrances: Putting it into practice
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