Elsbeth & Freddy Zental of TantraNova.com

Women, Sex and Evolution

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It’s said that the feminine is rising. While having developed their 'masculine' capacities over the past 50 years since the onset of the women’s movement, women are re-connecting with their 'feminine' essence. However, women are often still socialized to be ashamed of their sexuality. So what can a woman do to fully balance her whole being? What is her role in the planet’s conscious evolution of the sexual-spiritual integrated human?

Deborah Sundahl points out in her book, Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot, “Society considers it ‘not okay’ for women to be sexual in their own right. Despite a national media that talks about every conceivable aspect of sex, most American woman over the age of forty were raised with the belief that ‘good girls are not sexual.’ Younger women, raised with the influence of cable TV’s new explicitness… have taken the notion of ‘bad girl’ and made a public display of it, yet still the legacy of the good girl lingers, and it inhibits most women’s ability to let go and enjoy.”

How can the 21st Century woman reclaim and embrace her sexual self, discovering its extraordinary power, while being integrated in her feminine and masculine nature. Here are some tips to get started:

1.    Become the witness to your beliefs

No change can happen without awareness, so looking at your long held beliefs is an important first step to reclaiming your sexuality. Begin to witness the unconscious negative beliefs you hold, whether it be from childhood, religion, media, or etc. Notice that many of these beliefs were passed down generation to generation for millennia. You can choose to create new, supportive beliefs about yourself, your body, and your sexuality.

What separates us from the beasts is our ability to be self-reflective or aware of our own existence, what we call “the witness state of mind.” This uniquely human capacity allows us to rise above the biological miracle of ourselves and recognize that we are at choice in how we live, feel, and act, including our sexual beingness.

2.    Embrace passion and desire

All of us have a current of sexual life force energy – also referred to as “chi” – running through our bodies at all times. In The Multi-Orgasmic Woman, Mantak Chia & Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD explain:

“Desire is a rich and potent part of our human experience… To be passionate is to be full of chi. The English words ‘desire’ or ‘passion’ connote a feeling of yearning and fervor that includes sex, but they also reflect our strongest feelings about life. When we are passionate about anything – our family, our work, our spirituality, an important social cause – we are investing our chi in this experience. Our passion is what moves us to action and ultimately is what gives us joy. We are passionate about the things that matter most to us.”

To embrace this energy is to embrace life itself. As we learn to honor our sexuality, we also can draw on that sexual energy to enrich our lives as a whole. By learning to embrace passion and desire, we can bring more fulfillment and joy into our entire lives.

3.    Know your “parts”

Many women expect their partner to know how to please them without knowing for themselves! Knowing yourself and your anatomy is an important step towards embracing your sexuality.

Female sexual anatomy has been a bit of a mystery throughout history, especially in terms of how women experience pleasure and orgasm. For example, it is widely accepted that the clitoris is an external organ only. In Eve’s Secrets, Josephine Lowndes Sevely examines this history and reveals “…the female clitoris has deeper structures under the skin. These deeper structures are the organ’s two legs like parts that run along the lower part of the pubic bones at either side of the lower vagina between the inner thighs.”

The G-Spot is another area of the female body that is still the source of some confusion. In Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot, Deborah Sundahl explains, “The G-Spot is defined as both the prostate and a network of erectile tissue similar to that found in a male penis.” She goes on to say, “The G-spot, not the clitoris, is center stage as the area of a woman’s genitals in which she can experience the greatest and most diverse amount of erotic pleasure.”

In addition to the above resources, experimenting with yourself to see what feels good is another great way to get to know your “parts!”

4.    Exercise your love muscle

The pubococcygeus muscle, or the “PC” muscle, is the muscle group that makes up and supports the pelvic floor of the body. Mantak Chia and Maneewan Chia explain in Healing Love Through the Tao: Cultivating Female Sexual Energy, “…With the exception of sexual intercourse, few exercises strengthen the crucial pelvic muscles. Pelvic exercises do exist which can increase CHI in these areas, thereby greatly strengthening the reproductive organs and the complex network of tendons surrounding them.”

In both men and women, the PC muscle serves important functions in supporting the inner organs including preventing incontinence, maintaining reproductive health, enhancing pleasurable sexual experiences, and increasing aliveness for the woman.

Make it a daily habit to exercise your love muscle and learn to coordinate it with your inhale and exhale. If you’d like to be guided through this practice get our Foundational Practices CD.

5.    Transform desire into rocket fuel

Once you’ve connected to and embraced your sexuality, learn to use this energy to fuel all parts of your life. In The Multi-Orgasmic Woman, Mantak Chia & Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD lay out many healing techniques and meditation and breathing practices that can help draw your precious energy up through your body instead of losing it through menstruation or intercourse. These techniques include becoming aware of the “Microcosmic Orbit” which is a “basic energetic pathway of the body…. “When you circulate sexual energy through the Microcosmic Orbit, you transform your desire into your energetic ‘rocket fuel’ and enhance your vitality.”

Other techniques can be found in our book, Sexual Enlightenment. These practices include an array of solo and partner exercises such as Yin Yang: Balancing Feminine and Masculine Energy and Heart-to-Heart connection: Partner Spooning.

This is an exciting time for women to honor and hone their feminine essence and play an instrumental part in shifting the planet’s evolution towards balancing the feminine and masculine in all spheres of life.

Sexual Enlightenment - The Prologue

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It was the summer of 1969. Freddy, an African-American in his early teens, was sprawled across the deck of the family houseboat in Sausalito, California, the sun beating against his dark skin as he idly discussed the interwoven notions of love, sex, and the sacred with family and friends. He was delighted as somebody began playing the drums at a distance as he indulged in another warm grape, smiling with pleasure. It was the Summer of Love, and he felt safe and passionate.

Meanwhile, across the world in Germany, a young woman sat nervously in a utilitarian doctor’s office waiting for the gynecologist’s explanation of why her first intercourse had been so excruciatingly painful. As a young child she had enjoyed a sense of freedom in her body while often frolicking completely nude in the hot, German summers with her nine siblings; that feeling of freedom changed drastically when she entered puberty. Elsbeth had nobody to ask about why her first act of intercourse had hurt so much. Conversations about sex beyond the basics or how babies were made were not at all customary in her household. When she was sixteen, her father had called her a whore for wearing makeup after she returned one evening from a ballroom dance class with her first boyfriend.

The gynecologist interrupted her thoughts with his determination that a small medical procedure was needed to ease Elsbeth’s pain, and he completed it that day in the office.

For his part, eight-year-old Freddy’s life was changing as he went to live with his dad and new white stepmom, while his three siblings stayed with his birth mother after their parent’s separation. He always felt loved by his father, a psychiatrist and student of Tantra, and was often surrounded by a supportive and open-minded community of family friends.

One day, Freddy, by now in his mid-teens, set on the home boat in a circle comprised of a blend of Tantric-curious individuals who had attended his father’s workshops, as well as friends, colleagues, and his father and stepmother. When a silence briefly passed over the group, Freddy took the opportunity to ask his Dad some questions about things that had happened during his recent first sexual experience. His father and some of the group members freely advised and educated him without inhibitions.

Later that day a package was sitting on the dining room table. “Son, I want you to read this,” his father said warmly. Freddy unwrapped his first book about sacred sexuality, and after graciously thanking his father, retreated to his bedroom to read and learn more.

Back in Germany, days after the gynecological procedure, Elsbeth’s boyfriend announced his intention to leave the relationship. Heartbroken, she went home, where she found her father sitting at the kitchen table, a letter in his hands, his face livid.

“What have you done?” he shouted, and she realized in that moment the letter was the bill from the gynecologist. Her father now knew what she had been up to. After being subjected to a harsh reprimand and lecture, Elsbeth retreated to her bedroom feeling alone and dejected, as if the world had turned against her.

Thirty years later Elsbeth, now a US citizen residing in Chicago, had developed into a successful management consultant who traveled the world. One evening, while on assignment for a multinational power company in Europe, she went back to her corporate apartment and paused for a moment, resting her head against the inside of the apartment door, keys still in the lock. She shut her eyes and breathed deeply. This moment of reflection brought back the deep despair she felt over a relationship with a married man she could not free herself from. She scanned her apartment, heart heavy. She felt trapped in a cycle of attraction to unavailable men and lacked hope of ever finding fulfillment and sustaining love.

Confronted with the futility of her love situation, she went to a Buddhist meditation retreat at Plum Village in the south of France. Ten days in silent meditation had her face her feelings, actions, and illusions. It was excruciating! Yet those days helped her to connect with her spirit and turn around her life.

In her soul searching, Elsbeth immersed herself in the study of the ancient practice of Tantra that opened her up to her sexual-spiritual Self. Deep healing and clearing allowed her to see her unconscious programming around love and intimacy. She came to experience deeper trust in herself and see that she no longer needed to look for love outside—she had discovered love within as a state of being.

To Freddy, Chicago was a new city bustling with possibilities and potential. He had led a life of moving between corporate jobs and relationships with ease during the previous two decades when living in San Francisco. His true passion lay in creative pursuits, but fear of a loss of stability drove him to stay in unfulfilling professional situations and pursue the performing arts only as a hobby. Everything had been shaken up by this move to Chicago looking for newness, diversion, and a new direction for his life. Faced with the opportunity of creating anew, Freddy found room to breathe and to reconnect with his creative self. He grinned, imagining again the standup comedian’s stage that had once been so familiar to him from his early days in San Francisco and the Djembe drumming that used to delight his spirit.

A desire for deeper self-expression and authentically sharing his gift brought resolve to bringing focus to his life. How to channel creativity and pleasure became a pursuit inspired by his tantric practice and ongoing learning.

Then he met a woman. He didn’t know much about her yet, just what her profile on a tantric dating website had detailed and what small stories they had traded over a week of e-mail contact. Standing on her doorstep, he composed himself, feeling good about meeting this woman he wanted to know more about.

She had learned from his profile that he had grown up in a tantric household, an interesting life detail that immediately had caught her attention and curiosity. Smoothing her hands over her dress once more, she felt a flutter of pleasant anticipation when the doorbell rang.

As Freddy looked up the steps and Elsbeth looked back at him, they sensed that this encounter had the potential for a new future for the two of them. That night they shared wine and food, laughter and conversation, hopes and aspirations, and tantric connection. Indeed this budding relationship was born of a desire to create love versus unconsciously falling into it and bringing forth a higher purpose together beyond playing out the romantic drama.

This was the beginning of discovering joint purpose and direction in their personal and professional lives. A few months into the relationship, they birthed TantraNova, their transformational company. Integrating sex, love, and consciousness had opened a door to wholeness within each of them and in their relationship. They have come to coin this evolved state of being sexual enlightenment. How to share this opportunity to heal, transform, and consciously create fulfillment in life and relationships became their inquiry and mission for years to come.

After leading hundreds of workshops and assisting thousands of couples and singles since that first auspicious rendezvous, Elsbeth and Freddy are sharing with you in this book how you can also enter the world of sexual enlightenment and travel the road of creative joy and sexual, emotional, and spiritual wholeness.

Enjoy the journey!

Here you can learn more about sexual enlightenment!

The Extinction of the Male! Really?

2014-04-04T08:02:00.002-05:00

In a recent conversation a scientist friend of ours mentioned that researchers have indicated the extinction of the male within a thousand years or so. This had our heads churning. What would need to change in order to divert the reality of such a prognosis? Here is what we came up with:

For centuries masculine energy has been dominating the planet as feminine energy has been suppressed. Modern men are heralded for their sexual prowess and conquests from an early age; when a teenage boy experiences sex for the first time, he may tell his father, who will reaffirm the boy’s virility by congratulating him and giving him condoms—a tacit approval of what he’s done and an implication that the boy is on his path to manhood.

On the other hand, when a teenage girl has sex for the first time, often she will keep it secret out of shame or embarrassment. She most likely will not go to her mother for fear of disapproval and being considered impure or no longer marriage material. In some parts of the world, she may be called a whore, outcast from her family or community, or even stoned to death.
Masculine and feminine energy—like testosterone and estrogen—exists in all people, regardless of gender, and the balance between the two is what leads to harmony amongst each other and throughout the world.

A shift of consciousness is happening now as the feminine is rising. Women are re-connecting with their feminine essence while having developed their masculine capacities over the past 50 years since the onset of the women’s movement.

The call for the 21st century male is to come into balance of his masculine or yang side with his feminine or yin side. Masculine essence has many gifts to offer, such as clarity and decisiveness, as pointed out in The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida. However, when it is not balanced by the feminine, it can lead to violence and war, greed, and extreme individualism and competition.

How is the male to achieve this feminine-masculine balance?

To start, learn to cultivate the “observer mind.” Most of us spend our life consumed by the constant chatter in our mind. However, as human beings, we have the ability to be self-reflective or aware of our own existence, which allows us to rise above the biological miracle of ourselves and recognize that we are at choice in how we live, feel, think and act.
Then begin to practice the conscious use of sexual life force energy. Charles and Caroline Muir point out in Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving, “From the time a boy enters puberty… he’s pretty much controlled by sex.” When a man can learn to observe and channel his sexual life force energy into his heart, a transformation takes place. The Muir’s continue, “One of the greatest areas of misinformation concerns the purpose of sex, its goal. Most westerners, especially men, believe that the whole point of sex is ejaculation… For Tantricas, on the other hand, the purpose of sex is the conscious creation of harmony and physical well–being, the buildup of sexual energy, and the transcendence to spiritual levels of consciousness.”
Open the heart. In Tantric Secrets for Men, Kerry and Diane Riley write, “One of the most powerful ways you can [awaken your beloved’s sexual energy] is through the heart, by opening more to intimacy. However, to be a real man you are not supposed to show too much intimacy.” Men have generally been socialized to suppress their feelings and not talk about them. The challenge for the 21st century male is to move beyond these societal beliefs and learn to connect emotionally with himself and others. True intimacy develops when sex no longer becomes about the end goal, but rather about the energy and connection shared during the act. Women especially need to feel a heart connection so that they can open up more fully sexually.
Train your pelvic floor muscles. In Sacred Sexuality, Michael Mirdad refers to the term in-jaculation involving a “two-step process of separating the orgasm from the ejaculation and drawing the energy from this orgasm inwards and upwards along the spine.” This process begins by training the pelvic floor muscle regularly through squeezing and releasing coordinated the breath. Over time, a man can use his trained pelvic floor muscles during solo or partner love making to draw the aroused energy up into his heart center and beyond. This, of course, requires much practice and discipline and does not happen overnight. However, with proper training and guidance, a man can learn to master his ejaculatory impulse and enjoy extended pleasure and intimacy.
Improve your health. In addition to experiencing greater bliss and prolonged pleasure the channeling of non-aroused and aroused energy for the male is highly beneficial for a man’s health. When a man ejaculates, he loses precious life force energy and feels depleted, perhaps falling asleep immediately afterwards. If he can learn to direct and circulate his sexual life force energy upwards into his heart and Third Eye, he can then re-direct this energy in all parts of his life, leading to more vitality, creativity, and aliveness in whatever he does. Physically, men who have made this practice part of their life report greater aliveness, increased energy at work, more focused workouts, and are able to maintain their sex drive later in life. Furthermore, this practice helps keep reproductive organs healthy and supports healing of conditions of ED including post-prostate surgery recovery.

If you are a man and reading this article consider avoiding the path towards the extinction of the male by 3014 by applying the above mindset and practices. If you are a woman, consider supporting the man in your life or your male friends and associates in learning the above practices. The benefits will be vast in all of our personal lives and for humanity at large!

To learn more in depth about the practices take a read at Sexual Enlightenment: How to Create Lasting Fulfillment in Life, Love and Intimacy by Dr. Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver.

TantraNova Program Schedule: March-June 2014

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MARCH

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP March 23

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

SONG SOIREE – Loving Your Life March 28

http://www.tantranova.com/calendar-event-page-2?event=34

MASTERY AND CERTIFICATION: Program Intensive March 29-April 4

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/certification-level-i.html

APRIL

UNITY NORTHSHORE: CREATING INTIMACY AND LOVE April 5

http://www.unityns.org/calendar

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP April 6

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP April 9

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine Level II April 12/13

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/workshops-for-women.html

ADVANCED TANTRIC MASSAGE CLASS April19

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

CREATING INTIMACY AND LOVE: Beginner Seminar April 26

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner.html

BODHI SPIRITUAL CENTER: Conversation with the Reverend April 27 and Workshop

http://www.bodhispiritualcenter.org/

MAY

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP May 1

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOPMay 4

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

FULFILLMENT, VITALITY & PLEASURE - FOR COUPLES & SINGLES: Sustaining Masculine Energy and Pleasure May 16-18

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner-intermediate.html

WORKSHOP FOR MEN: The Power of Compassion in the Masculine May 31

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/workshops-for-men.html

JUNE

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP June 1

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP June 3

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

COUPLES RETREAT AT ESALEN, Big Sur, CA June 8-13

http://www.esalen.org/workshop/week-june-8-13/secrets-lasting-intimacy-tantra-couples

WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine Level I June 21/22

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/workshops-for-women.html

CREATING INTIMACY AND LOVE: Beginner Seminar May 28

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner.html

Aspects of Writing with James Kelly - Targeting Your Audience (+playlist)

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TantraNova Workshops, Retreats and Events: March-June 2014

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MARCH

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP March 23

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

SONG SOIREE – Loving Your Life March 28

http://www.tantranova.com/calendar-event-page-2?event=34

MASTERY AND CERTIFICATION: Program Intensive March 29-April 4

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/certification-level-i.html

APRIL

UNITY NORTHSHORE: CREATING INTIMACY AND LOVE April 5

http://www.unityns.org/calendar

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP April 6

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP April 9

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine Level II April 12/13

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/workshops-for-women.html

ADVANCED TANTRIC MASSAGE CLASS April19

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

CREATING INTIMACY AND LOVE: Beginner Seminar April 26

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner.html

BODHI SPIRITUAL CENTER: Conversation with the Reverend April 27 and Workshop

http://www.bodhispiritualcenter.org/

MAY

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP May 1

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOPMay 4

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

FULFILLMENT, VITALITY & PLEASURE - FOR COUPLES & SINGLES: Sustaining Masculine Energy and Pleasure May 16-18

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner-intermediate.html

WORKSHOP FOR MEN: The Power of Compassion in the Masculine May 31

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/workshops-for-men.html

JUNE

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP June 1

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP June 3

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

COUPLES RETREAT AT ESALEN, Big Sur, CA June 8-13

http://www.esalen.org/workshop/week-june-8-13/secrets-lasting-intimacy-tantra-couples

WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine Level I June 21/22

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/workshops-for-women.html

CREATING INTIMACY AND LOVE: Beginner Seminar May 28

http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner.html

How to Face the Arctic Vortex ....

2014-02-03T12:27:00.003-06:00

Sub-zero temperature and arctic vortexes have kept us indoors here in Chicago. Though we habe been fueling our hearts with love energy and imbuing our consciousness with creating new opportunities.

Voila, we now have a book trailer and website to invite you further into the world of Sexual Enlightenment.

A radio book tour has us engaged during the months of January and February in over forty radio shows reaching audiences across the country and around the world. What an opportunity to share the message of Sexual Enlightenment. For your listening enjoyment, here is one episode recorded on the ‘Angels in the Buff’ radio show with host Stephanie Lodge.

We are also so excited to share with you a great book review that we received from Kirkus Review, an industry leader. Take a look at it if you’d like to hear a view from a third party that is known in publishing circles to be notoriously tough.

Looking ahead we want to invite you to join us at one of our retreats in exotic and inspiring parts of the world: Hawaiian Island Cruise in May, Esalen in June and Kripalu for New Years.

All our Chicago workshops, private programs and events are listed on the TantraNova blog page. Browse the offerings, contact us with any questions and join us at one of the opportunities!

Here is to your Enlightenment!

Dr. E and Freddy Z

www.TantraNova.com

Sexual Enlightenment TantraNova Book Trailer

2014-01-22T14:15:00.001-06:00

Learn how to:

Access peace and joy anytime and anywhere

Feel confident, grounded, and vital in yourself

Bring pleasure into your daily life

Draw on your life-giving energy to infuse your wishes

Transformational Gift Giving

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This Season give a transformational gift to yourself, your beloved, an associate, your best friend or a family member. TantraNova offers great ideas for giving – see for yourself and choose:

Great gifts for men, women, couples, singles …

SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT – THE NEWLY RELEASED BOOK

Designed for a wide audience – couples, singles, parents, students and professionals alike – “Sexual Enlightenment” focuses on transforming sexual energy through accessing the creative self, listening to the wisdom of the heart and connecting with the power of the conscious mind. Meuth and Weaver introduce cutting-edge principles and inspiring practices, helping readers find fulfillment in love, life and intimacy.

HOME STUDY COURSE

Learn Tantra in the privacy of your home. This TantraNova Home Study Course is a great way to be introduced to our foundational practices through TantraNova’s Creating Intimacy & Love DVD and the Foundational Practices CD. The Course will also guide you in the more advanced healing rituals for the woman and the man through The Discovery of Sexual-Spiritual Connection DVD.

GIFT CERTIFICATE - towards a TantraNova workshop or product

To order a gift certificate of any denomination please contact us at tantranova@tantranova.com or 1-773-525-5006. The certificate will be emailed to you for printout so you have the immediacy of gift giving made easy.

Delightful gifts for women …

JADE YONI EGG

The experience speaks for itself: “I love using my Jade Yoni egg! It makes me feel young, alive, turned on and conscious of doing my PC muscle exercises to strengthen my pelvic floor. Since I intend to live a long, vital and healthy life, my yoni egg has become a major part of my practice to sustaining good health. I use it several times a week and hope to increase my use even more!” Kathleen

CRYSTAL WAND

The Crystal Healing Wand can be used solo for self-massage of the Yoni and self-pleasuring. It is also a great supporting tool when receiving from a partner who can use the wand for giving a Yoni and G-Spot massage as well as pleasuring the woman.

Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy and Peaceful Holiday Season,

Elsbeth & Freddy Zental

Rediscovering Your Feminine Self

2013-11-08T16:43:00.003-06:00

The spirit of femininity is generous, graceful, nurturing, supportive, sensitive, intuitive, and oriented towards love and care. Despite all of these wonderful attributes, feminine energy, especially as it pertains to sexuality, has been suppressed, condemned, and vilified on a global scale for thousands of years. It is no wonder, then, that so often we associate shame, fear, and guilt with sex and sexuality. Through reawakening our feminine energy, we can learn to celebrate our femininity in all its forms and bring greater joy and intimacy into our lives and with ourselves.

Reintegrating our spiritual and sexual selves is an important first step in rediscovering our feminine self. Our culture’s separation of these two aspects may be an ill-conceived view and therefore counter to fostering well-being, health, and joy in our bodies, hearts, and spirits. When we bring conscious awareness to the integration of the sexual with the spiritual and the spiritual with the sexual, we return to a sense of wholeness within.

In order to allow healing to occur, we at TantraNova have developed a particular healing practice for the woman that provides her with a rediscovery of her sexual-spiritual connection by teaching her to clear blocks, residual memories, and views that no longer serve her. The word healing is used here in terms of letting go of what keeps her from being fully integrated and whole. She might get in touch with experiences from earlier times in her life that might trigger an emotional process. Energetic blocks, memories, or unpleasant feelings that may have been stored as residual memories on the cellular level of the yoni or vaginal walls may be released so healing can occur and the experience of unity, joy, and harmony within herself can show up.

When Kristy came to TantraNova, she had been afflicted by gynecological complications such as recurring yeast infections for many years, which made intercourse extremely painful. She shared that she felt like a “broken” woman and wanted to explore ways in which she could express her sexual self despite her physical concerns. She entered the TantraNova woman’s healing workshop feeling nervous, uptight, scared to open up, and afraid to trust. When it came to choosing a partner for the homework healing practice, she partnered with a most supportive and attentive man. She experienced him as patient and felt that she could slowly open up and begin to trust.

The most impactful experience of the healing ritual was that for the first time Kristy felt her male partner was simply present with and for her, absent of any agenda of his own or expectations of her. Being in this space of acceptance and presence, she could let go of the guilt and shame connected with her yoni and release her sadness and frustration with the pain she had been experiencing. Following the workshop, Kristy felt a sense of aliveness, an inner groundedness, and a new found confidence she had not had before. To her great surprise, a lot of her physical pelvic pain subsided along with the frequent headaches that had plagued her.

Learn more about the rediscovery of your feminine and more at www.tantranova.com.

About Dr. Elsbeth Meuth
Dr. Elsbeth Meuth is the co-founder and director of the TantraNova Institute in Chicago. She is an internationally renowned workshop leader, relationship and intimacy coach, and a certified Tantra yoga teacher. She is the co-author of Sexual Enlightenment: How to Create Lasting Fulfillment in Life, Love and Intimacy (January 2014) and co-produced with her partner, Freddy Zental Weaver, the bestselling DVD series Creating Intimacy & Love. They were featured on Showtime’s documentary series Sexual Healing and the Emmy award-winning NBC show Starting Over.

TantraNova in California

2013-09-22T17:45:00.000-05:00

Join Dr. E and Freddy Z in California:

Secrets to Lasting Intimacy: Tantra for Couples

Esalen, Big Sur, CA October 20-25

In this workshop, open to couples of any sexual orientation, you will be shown how to expand joy, pleasure, and creativity in your life and your relationship. In a safe, respectful, and joyous environment, you will be introduced to foundational and advanced principles and practices of the “yoga of love,” as developed by the TantraNova approach. Through a step-by-step process that includes meditation, conscious breathing, energy awareness, tantric bodywork, communication exercises, and sexual healing practices for the couple, you will be taught how to unleash your full capacity for intimate connection and bliss, both within yourself and in your relationship.

Sexual Enlightenment: A One-Man Show

Esalen, Big Sur, CA October 23 8pm

Belmont, CA October 26 7pm

Take a truly entertaining and often hilarious journey through Freddy Zental’s life experiences concerning intimacy, sex and love. The show is packed with storytelling, drumming, singing and comedy. All are used in service of demystifying those intimate, personally impacting moments that so often go unexamined or trivialized, like your first exposure to sexual energy, your first orgasm or your first true love.

Silver Linings on the Horizon as Rape Atrocities in India Get Revealed

2013-09-18T23:19:00.000-05:00

“Four men were convicted Tuesday in the rape and murder of a twenty-three year-old woman who was attacked when she boarded a bus in New Delhi last December, bringing a bitter close to a case that tore open the subject of sexual violence in this rapidly changing society.”…The New York Times reports on September 10th.

On August 22nd, a young woman was gang raped in India. The twenty-two year-old photojournalist and her male partner were on assignment in Mumbai trying to get a shot at an abandoned mill compound. A group of five men offered to help; instead, they beat the man and sexually assaulted the woman.

While these horrific acts and the state of male-female relations are saddening and alarming there may be some silver linings on the horizon as these century old atrocities are coming so publicly to light: Frequently, when an evolutionary shift is about to happen, historic unconsciousness reveals itself by the occurrence of breakdowns. We consider breakdowns occurring in the status quo part of the evolutionary shift just as hairline fractures in a building’s foundation will eventually—over a very long time—lead to a structural collapse.

In the same way, we look at the public attention recently given to these rape scandals as an indicator that something is shifting in the collective consciousness. Indian women are waking up and face what is no longer to be tolerated. This is the forbearer of the quantum leap from sexual unconsciousness to sexual consciousness.

In order to produce this evolutionary shift we propose to bring greater awareness and reverence to our life force energy that is sexual in nature. Imagine for a moment: men—young and old—were to learn to bring consciousness to their sexual energy by harnessing and channeling that energy versus being driven by it. Envision just for one second, women connecting with their effervescent sexual radiance as a source of joy and aliveness free of guilt and fear. For all of us a new relationship to sexual energy would arise—individually and collectively.

In turn, these new practices and behaviors will affect the legal, political, familial and relational systems. Let’s create this world that celebrates and embraces the creative life force in us all.

For further practices on how to bring sexual consciousness into our private and public lives see our forthcoming book Sexual Enlightenment: How to Create Lasting Fulfillment in Life, Love and Intimacy.

Clearing Up Those “Blurred Lines”

2013-08-26T08:46:00.000-05:00

"I hate these blurred lines." Robin Thicke certainly gets this point across in his new hit song, appropriately titled, "Blurred Lines." The song has been quite the rage since its July 30th debut and quickly climbed the charts to #1 within its first week.

But once people started dancing, the question eventually popped up, "Hey, what is he talking about?" And thus began the controversy about the lyrics, the video, and what it all means in terms of the relationship between men and women.

There seems to be two major criticisms buzzing around; one, that the song exploits women and, two, that it is "rape-y." While it is hard to deny that the song is exploitative--the uncensored video involves women traipsing around naked while Thicke and his cohorts are fully dressed--the argument that the song is about rape is a gross overreaction.

The "rape-y" argument suggests that the lyric "I know you want it" promotes the notion that "no" really means "yes" in regards to a woman consenting to sex. This is simply not the case. Thicke is very clearly referring to being in a club (or anywhere where men and woman are doing their mating dance) and feeling like he is getting mixed signals--"blurred lines"--from the woman that he is flirting with.

The lyric that follows, "but you're a good girl," conveys a common theme for women's sexuality. A "bad girl" expresses her sexuality and is aggressive about seeking out sexual experiences while a "good girl" abstains from sex to maintain her purity.

Along with its popularity, the song touches on a deeper underlying issue in our culture about the state of our sexual expression. In a few words, it sums up the essence--and dysfunction--of the way men and women are taught about sexuality.

Why can't a woman "want it" and also be a "good girl?" In today's society, both in America and around the world, men are generally heralded for their sexual prowess while women are vilified. For example, when a teenage boy wants to have sex for the first time, he may tell his father who gives him a pat on the back, a condom, and tells him to go have fun. It is a sign that the boy is entering into manhood. On the other hand, when a teenage girl has sex, she will often keep it a secret out of shame and embarrassment. She may be considered to be impure or slutty. So, for a woman, being "good" is clearly to abstain from sex and sexual expression.

Who exactly are the boys supposed to be having sex with if the girls are taught that sex is wrong? Well, those very same girls. Therefore, a girl must be "bad" in order for it to be okay that she is having sex. And thus the struggle - the "Blurred Lines" - begins, leading to a lot of frustration from the male perspective and a lot of guilt and confliction from the female side.

To clear these "blurred lines" we suggest to bring more consciousness and understanding to sexual energy, or "Sexual Life Force Energy" (SLFE). SLFE is the spark of all life; it's how we got here. It's life force in all that is alive--humans, animals, and plants--to procreate and perpetuate existence. It's sex, orgasm, and yes, it is the energy that fuels creating anything and everything from our evening meal to a great piece of art. It then seems absurd that this energy should be anything but celebrated.

Humans have the unique capacity to become aware of and ultimately guide their SLFE. Unlike animals, we are not bound by instinct and being in heat--though we are of the same biological make-up. Rather, we are able to choose how we use our SLFE. The more we can become aware, the more we can see that this energy is available to us not just when we are having sex, but in all we do. It can be used to create whatever we want to bring into our lives such as good health, well-being, fulfilling relationships, endeavors, and careers. Anything that is creative and joyful stems from SLFE.

However, we are not often conscious of this choice. We act on auto pilot and follow our desires and impulses or act out our conditioned stories ("good girl/bad girl") instead of tapping into our creative power. However, with awareness and practice, we can learn to reconnect consciously with our SLFE. Through this understanding, men and women can come into balance within themselves and then with one another.

Here is what will help us to cultivate the true celebration of that sexual life force energy:

• For men, it's learning to sustain that precious energy through breath and energy practices that allows for integrating their sexual with their heart energy. By practicing mastery, frustration will dwindle as the "need" to have sex will be less consuming and avails play, joy and presence.

• For women, reawakening their feminine energy is key to restoring balance and experiencing joy. Through breath and energy work she can start to rekindle the SLFE spark that had been dimmed from early negative messages.

Bringing consciousness to her body, heart and spirit allows her to shift to seeing sexual energy as GOOD and that sex, consciously chosen, is wonderful and enlivening. The guilt and inner conflict will begin to fade.

By taking one moment at a time and bringing awareness to sexual energy as it arises, one can practice enjoying each experience of sexual expression, in whatever form it takes (flirting, hugging, kissing, touching....) without attachment to an end goal. Then the choice to have sex becomes a conscious decision, which ultimately leads to better orgasms and deeper connection with oneself and another.

To learn more about these practices by going to www.TantraNova.com

Summer at TantraNova

2013-08-18T20:31:00.000-05:00

It's high time for an update from TantraNova. We have been having a rich summer including readying our manuscript for going to print with Balboa Press; leading our best ever certification 7-day intensive in early July; entertaining Elsbeth's family from Germany for a week; and getting the Institute upgraded with new windows and a paint job.

Looking ahead we want to let you know that we will be back at Esalen, Big Sur, CA, for a 5-day Couples Retreat October 20-25.

Freddy Zental will present his Sexual Enlightenment show at a private event in Belmont, CA on October 26th. Do join us if you are in the neighborhood!!!

On another note: We'd like to share a phenomenal and inspiring book called "Love Your Body" by Barry Taylor, a friend and colleague of ours. It covers concrete and extremely useful recommendations for our physical and emotional well-being from balancing blood sugar levels to reversing an overstressed adrenal, cleanses and eliminating depression. Take a look. It's worth picking up a copy.

Have you heard that Freddy Zental has created a Song Soiree called "Loving Your Life?" His dream and tireless ambition to become a singer has become true. Take a listen here. Or join us at his October 11 performance at the Institute.

Looking forward to hearing from you and what you are up to,
Elsbeth & Freddy Zental
773-525-5006

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

AUGUST

CREATING INTIMACY & LOVE: Beginner Seminar August 24
TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP August 25

SEPTEMBER

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP September 5
SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT - A One-Man Show September 7 8-9:30pm

FULFILLMENT, VITALITY & PLEASURE: Sustaining Masculine Energy and Pleasure September 13-15
TANTRANOVA THEATRE WORKSHOP: Breakthrough to your Full Self-Expression September 21
TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP September 22

OCTOBER

WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine Level I   October 5/6
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP October 9
SONG SOIREE: LOVING YOUR LIFE October 11
CREATING INTIMACY & LOVE: Beginner Seminar October 12
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP in Chicago's Western Suburbs October 16
TANTRANOVA AT ESALEN, Big Sur, CA: Secrets to Lasting Intimacy: Tantra for Couples October 20-25
SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT - A One-Man Show in Belmont, CA October 26

NOVEMBER

ADVANCED TANTRIC MASSAGE CLASS SERIES November 1/2
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP November 5
SECRETS TO LASTING INTIMACY: Re-awakening Feminine Energy & Joy   November 15-17
TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP November 24

DECEMBER

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP December 4
WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine Level II   December 7/8
CREATING INTIMACY & LOVE: Beginner Seminar December 14
TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP December 15
TANTRANOVA AT KRIPALU Lenox, MA December 29 - January 3   Secrets to Lasting Intimacy: A New Year’s Tantra Retreat for Couples

What does sex have to do with world peace?

2013-06-27T19:15:00.003-05:00

By Freddy Zental

These are my thoughts: if sexual energy or life force energy is creative and pleasurable by nature and that creativity and pleasure show up in all areas of our lives i.e. where we live, people were around and the work we do and that science tells us that it's all energy...everything, we're just a denser form of it and that when it manifests as sexual energy it creates life supporting existence ...than learning practices that allow us to consistently tap into this life force energy even in its most subtle forms... then we are better people individually and collectively supporting more fully existence.

What is interesting about the manifestation of sexual energy is that when it is present for us we are more loving, intimately connected, receptive also our chemicals change oxytocin is released, endorphins are enhanced we are very present to the moment in a loving life supporting creative way. All of this happens naturally we don't have to learn how to feel this way. Next up is learning how to use this energy in an intelligent life supporting way.

Intimate Tantra Retreats for Couples at Esalen and Kripalu

2013-06-27T11:58:00.004-05:00

Dear Friend -

In our 5-day couples retreats you will be shown how to expand joy, pleasure, and creativity in your life and your relationship. In a safe, respectful, and joyous environment, you will be introduced to foundational and advanced principles and practices of the “yoga of love.”

Join us at the magical retreat place of Esalen, Big Sur, CA on October 20-25:

Esalen is a place of pilgrimage, grounded in a wildly alive environment—the spectacular, unp aralleled, convergence of mountains and water that is the Big Sur coastline. Anchored by the inspiring beauty of Big Sur and an unparalleled intellectual history, Esalen provides a place to explore deeper spiritual possibilities; forge new understandings of self and society; and pioneer new paths for change.

Or join us for New Years at Kripalu Yoga Center in Lenox, MA on December 29 - Jan 3:

Kripalu, located in the Berkshires overlooking a lake and surrounded by crawling meadows and woods, is a place that empowers people to realize their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of yoga. It’s a perfect environment for reconnecting with your beloved and expandi ng your relationship.

Will see you there,
Elsbeth & Freddy Zental
773-525-5006

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The First Step to Sexual Enlightenment: Conscious Breathing

2013-04-29T19:05:00.002-05:00

Excerpt chapter from "Sexual Enlightenment: How to Create Lasting Fulfillment in Life, Love and Intimacy" by Dr. Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver

Breath is the essence of life. From our first moments fresh from the womb until the last sigh of death we are breathing. Most of the time we breathe reflexively without thinking; inhaling and exhaling our way through morning routines, work, train or car rides, exercise, and sleep. Using the breath consciously as a tool is the first step to entering the mindful world of intimacy and love. When we are present with our breath we can reach a place of focus, stillness, and inner peace that allows us to go deeper into ourselves and our experiences. Using conscious breathing practices enables us to calm the incessant chatter of the mind and become a witness to our thoughts, feelings, and sensations. When we are in this place of observing ourselves, we stop being our feelings and instead are aware of and not run by them.

For example, when feeling angry, a common response is to “see red” or “lose your head” and become so angry that it takes over every part of your consciousness. By using conscious breathing in moments like these, you can retain your sense of self and clarity of mind and be aware that you feel angry giving space and distance to the state of feeling instead of being swept away by the feeling itself. It is the difference between: “I AM ANGRY!” and “I feel anger.” In one way the anger is a part of your state of being that it becomes who you are just as you might say, “Hi, I’m George.” Mindfully, through focus and breath, you can separate yourself and become the observer of your feelings so that “I’M ANGRY” is changed to “I am George and I feel angry.” Breath is the key to unlocking the inner worlds of yourself in order to live from a place of peace. It is only from this place of calm and peace that we can sit with ourselves, know ourselves, and then begin to know another.

Lauren is a fresh faced 25-year-old woman just getting her feet wet in the adult world. She is independent, responsible, and motivated. Since high school she has always had a boyfriend and referred to herself as a “serial monogamist.” She described that having a boyfriend gave her the chance to express her loving, nurturing, caring side that was very much a part of her joy. When one relationship fell apart for some reason or another, Lauren was often quick to find someone else to fill that need for feeling love and being loved.

She had left her past relationship feeling disappointed, annoyed, confused, and jaded about love. She described herself as always putting so much into a relationship and the other person but never getting enough back from her partner. She would take the initiative setting up dates, romantic outings, and always gave the best and most thoughtful gifts. She thought of herself as being good at relationships and a great partner, and probably was for many of the men that she dated, but yet Lauren always felt unfulfilled. She often found their faults and very rarely recognized her own feelings, expectations, and behaviors that contributed to the relationship losing its spark or coming to an end. Not one of her partners was able to give her what she gave them and satisfy her need for feeling loved.

Upon moving to Chicago during one of her rare single stretches, Lauren was introduced to TantraNova and started working with conscious breath, energy awareness and the “observer state of mind.” She learned to be present to what is in the moment and develop that non-judgmental observer of her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Lauren started to see that although her partners weren’t perfect, they weren’t all to blame either. She started sharing that she might be looking to others to love and be loved because there was something within herself that felt empty and craved love and attention. In one realization, she made the connection that perhaps it wasn’t her partners who didn’t love her enough, but that she didn’t love, nurture and care for herself enough. She came to notice that she had often lost herself in her love relationships and was so busy showering her partners with love as an avoidance of feeling empty, loneliness and discomfort within herself.

As we mentioned in Chapter one, we use in the TantraNova approach the breath as a guide to come to the present moment. This allows us to become like the “moose walking through the forest” and for the inner observer, watcher or witness of one’s feeling states, emotions, physical sensations and conversations to arise. Without focus and intention the mind goes on automatic chatter making up stories and meaning incessantly. As Eckhart Tolle says "The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral, which always is as it is.”

In the “moose” or witness state one gets to be connected with oneself, tap into stillness and peace – and that’s the space where we find intimacy. We invite you to connect with your “moose” by offering the following practice:

Conscious Breathing Practice

Sit comfortably in a chair or on a cushion on the floor
Close your eyes
Place your right hand on your belly below the navel
Exhale all the air emptying yourself out
Take in a deep breath down into your belly expanding your belly like a big balloon
On the exhalation notice the belly flattening
Take in a deep breath again into the belly extending your belly into your hand
On the exhalation again notice the belly flattening
Continue breathing in this pattern for a total of 10 breaths
Inhaling witness the rising of your belly – exhaling witness the falling of your belly

Upon completion notice how you are feeling and how your body is feeling. Become aware of any sensations and your state of mind at the present moment.

Make it Better ....

2013-03-12T14:36:00.000-05:00

Better Sex? Breathe Deep and Do Your Kegels ....that's the title of an article in "Make it Better" Magazine featuring Freddy Z and Dr E in its April issue.

If you have read any of our emails, newsletters, blog posts or daily Facebook entries you know how much we speak about conscious breath. This article, written by writer, wife and mother Marjie Killeen, makes this crystal clear in mainstream terms how to connect the breath with the pelvic floor and get great results in and outside of the bedroom. Read on at Better Sex? Breathe Deep and Do Your Kegels

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In anticipation of spring here in the Northern hemisphere and particularly in Chicago ...

Elsbeth and Freddy Zental
773-525-5006

Upcoming TantraNova Workshops and Programs

MARCH

SECRETS TO LASTING INTIMACY: Re-awakening Feminine Energy March 15-17

WORKSHOP FOR MEN: THE POWER OF COMPASSION IN THE MASCULINE March 23

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP March 24

SEUAL ENLIGHTENMENTA One-Man Show March 30 8-9:30pm

APRIL

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP April 4
ADVANCED TANTRIC MASSAGE CLASS SERIES April 14

WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Feminine Essence: Level II April 6/7

CREATING INTIMACY & LOVE: Beginner Seminar April 27

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP April 28

MAY

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP May 7

BREAKTHROUGH TO YOUR FULL SELF-EXPRESSION: TantraNova Theatre Workshop May 11

FULFILLMENT, VITALITY & PLEASURE: Sustaining Masculine Energy May 17-19

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP May 26

Preparing for Valentine: The Holiday of Love

2013-01-26T11:55:00.001-06:00

February is upon us and Valentine's is around the corner. We have prepared for you an array of opportunities to celebrate this Holiday of Love: Workshops, retreats and products that surely will delight you no matter if you are single or in relationship. They are also great as a Valentine gift to a beloved, one's spouse, a potential date or a friend.

Take a look, browse and choose ....

Happy Valentine's to you!

Valentine's Products

For learning Tantra at home:

Creating Intimacy & Love DVDs

For your favorite woman friend:

The Yoni Egg or The Crystal Wand

Valentine's Workshops and Retreats

February 3

TantraNova at Infinity Foundation, Highland Park, IL

Tantra Secrets to Lasting Intimacy - For Couples and Singles

February 6

TantraNova Introductory Workshop at the Institute

February 9

TantraNova at Bodhi Spiritual Center, Chicago

Sacred Intimacy Workshop for Couples & Singles of any sexual or gender orientation

February 10-15

Valentine's Retreat at Esalen, Big Sure, CA - Tantra for Couples

February 23

Creating Intimacy & Love: For Couples & Singles, at the Institute

February 24

Tantric Massage Workshop for Couples & Singles, at the Institute

Summer 2013 Empowerment Camp for Teens

2013-01-15T08:40:00.000-06:00

We are thrilled to announce our Summer 2013 Empowerment Camp for Teens. If you have a teenager at the ages 12-14 or 15-18 and live in the Chicagoland area, then you may want to consider this summer program for him or her.

The objective of the program is for teens to learn to create authentic self-expression and leadership in their life, experience peace and love within themselves and build enjoyable relationships with others.

To Teens 12-14 years old:

The BringForth Youth Program is a fun and interactive way to explore the different twists and turns of the roller coaster and learn skills to help you enjoy the ride! Meditation and breathing exercises used in the program will let you relax and feel good in your body and mind. You will use them again throughout your life to help you when you get ready for a big test, dealing with disappointing news, or going on a first date. In the workshop, you will play games, act out role plays, listen to music, make your own collage, and make new friends.

The camp will let you discover and share your own unique passions and interests that make you who you are! Knowing who you are and how you feel is an important step to how you interact with friends, parents, and teachers. Teen life can be challenging, but through BringForthYouth's summer camp you can discover your own strengths that will allow you to enjoy each moment and have as much fun as possible! More at 2013 Summer Empowerment Camp for Ages 12-14"

To Teens 15-18 years old:

In this youth program you can explore and focus your ambitions and talents. You will have the chance to make meaningful connections with others through partner and group exercises and guided discussion. The skills learned through the BringForthYouth program can become important tools to help with challenges, stress, relationships, and problem solving. The program aims to empower teens to unlock the potential of who they wish to be and help them start to create their vision.

"Raging Hormones" is a term that many adults use to describe the teenage reaction to feelings of anger, depression, and sexual feelings. The term can sound like the hormones and feelings are out of control and take over your body during your teenage years. But you can as a teen learn to manage your reaction to the changes in your mind and body. This summer camp can help give you empowerment and mastery of choice and freedom over body, mind, and emotions. Learn to tap into your own being and get a sense of who you are and where you want to go because you have the power to do so. More at "2013 Summer Empowerment & Leadership Program for Teens Ages 15-18"

Looking forward to hearing from you and your teenage child!

Elsbeth & Freddy Zental

BringForthYouth

773-525-5006

www.BringForthYouth.com

info@bringforthyouth.com

2013-01-07T14:16:00.001-06:00

Freddy Zental and I returned from a most enchanting and inspiring workshop retreat that we lead at Kripalu Yoga Retreat Center in Western Massachusetts over the New Year's holiday. A dream come true working with over 50 participants, couples and singles. We felt like on a beautiful smooth ride through the exploration into deeper intimate connection with oneself and partner through foundational TantraNova principles and practices.

Overlooking the lake and snowy hills from the veranda of Kripalu's main building that used to be a Jesuit monastery in one of its former lifetimes was a treat in itself. A destination worth traveling to if you are so inclined.

Entering 2013 you may be considering a renewal in your relationship, creating a new relationship or opening deeper avenues in the relationship with yourself, then this may be a great moment to explore the different offerings we have at TantraNova to be supported in your pursuit. And not to forget - Valentine's is around the corner.

For daily inspiration, recommendations and guidance in the realm of love, intimacy and fulfillment go to TantraNova's Facebook page - like us if you haven't done so yet and take further part in the TantraNova community.

With providence,
Elsbeth
773-525-5006
www.TantraNova.com

2013 First Quarter at TantraNova

JANUARY
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
January 8
THEATRE WORKSHOP: BREAKTHROUGH TO YOUR FULL SELF-EXPRESSION
January 12, 2013
VISIONING WORKSHOP 2013
January 13 2:00pm-5:00pm
FULFILLMENT, VITALITY & PLEASURE: Sustaining Masculine Energy & Pleasure
January 18-20

FEBRUARY - Valentine's Month
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
February 6
TANTRANOVA AT ESALEN, BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
February 10-15 Valentine's Retreat for Couples
CREATING INTIMACY & LOVE: Beginner Level For Couples & Singles
February 23
TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP
February 24

MARCH
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
March 4
WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine
March 9/10
SECRETS TO LASTING INTIMACY: Re-awakening Feminine Energy y & Joy
March 15-17
WORKSHOP FOR MEN THE POWER OF COMPASSION IN THE MASCULINE
March 23
SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT - A One-Man Show
March 30 8-9:30pm with reception following the performance

December at TantraNova

2012-12-06T13:43:00.000-06:00

Happy Holiday Season!

We have been reflecting on how we at TantraNova could bring some ease to your busy schedule. This is what we came up with:

Looking for a lovely and thoughtful gift for a beloved, a friend or sibling, remember our DVDs, CDs or the Yoni Egg may make a great present. Peruse our product offerings and see what may suit you—making Holiday shopping very easy!!!
For our friends in Chicago, the Tantric Massage workshop on Dec 16^th may be a welcome opportunity to get a little break from the Holiday hustle and bustle: relax, rejuvenate and connect!
If you’d like some diversion from gift giving and indulging in lots of food, then consider joining Freddy Zental’s signature one-man show “Sexual Enlightenment” on Dec 27th. Come and delight in a hilarious and thought provoking evening!

Last not least we’ll be back at Kripalu Yoga Retreat Center in Western Massachusetts leading a workshop over the New Year’s Holiday. It’s for singles and couples! Don’t want to miss this ….!

For your perusal, all upcoming workshops and programs in Chicago, Massachusetts and Northern California are listed below.

Cheers to you!
Elsbeth & Freddy Zental
773-525-5006
www.tantranova.com

DECEMBER

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP at TantraNova
Introductory Workshops Dec 6
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

WORKSHOP FOR MEN
THE POWER OF COMPASSION IN THE MASCULINE
December 8
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/workshops-for-men.html

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP
December 16
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT - A One-Man Show
December 27 8-9:30pm with reception following the performance
http://www.tantranova.com/tantranova-theatre.html

TANTRA YOGA NEW YEAR'S RETREAT: Experience the EcstacyKRIPALU, Western Massachusetts Workshop and Puja
December 30-January 1
http://kripalu.org/program/view/TYRP-121/tantra_yoga_new_years_retreat_and_puja_experience

JANUARY

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP at TantraNova
Introductory Workshops January 8
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

THEATRE WORKSHOP: BREAKTHROUGH TO YOUR FULL SELF-EXPRESSION
January 12, 2013
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/breakthrough-workshop.html

VISIONING WORKSHOP 2013
January 13 2:00pm-5:00pm
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/visioning-workshop-2013.html

FULFILLMENT, VITALITY & PLEASURE: Sustaining Masculine Energy & Pleasure
January 18-20
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner-intermediate.html

FEBRUARY

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP at TantraNova
Introductory Workshops February 6
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

TANTRANOVA AT ESALEN, BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
February 10-15
http://www.esalen.org/workshop/11642

CREATING INTIMACY & LOVE: Beginner Level For Couples & Singles
February 23
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner.html

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP
February 24
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

MARCH

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP at TantraNova
Introductory Workshop March 4
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN
Feminine Essence: Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine
Level I March 9/10
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/workshops-for-women.html

SECRETS TO LASTING INTIMACY: Re-awakening Feminine Energy y & Joy
March 15-17
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner-intermediate.html

WORKSHOP FOR MEN
THE POWER OF COMPASSION IN THE MASCULINE
March 23
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/workshops-for-men.html

Happy Thanksgiving from Elsbeth & Freddy Zental

2012-11-22T21:55:00.000-06:00

Wishing you, our friends in the United States, and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. Sending greetings of appreciation to our friends around the world.

Thanks for sharing with us in bringing greater awareness and the possibility of creating fulfillment in life, love and intimacy to the world.

With love and gratitude,

Elsbeth & Freddy Zental

www.tantranova.com

1-773-525-5006

TantraNova at Esalen: November 2012 & February 2013

2012-09-01T14:42:00.000-05:00

A magical place right above the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur, CA, called Esalen. We invite you to join us there for a 5-day retreat called "Secrets to Lasting Intimacy: Tantra for Couples." We'll be there in November and in February. Choose from the following dates:

November 11-16, 2012
February 10-15, 2013 - Valentines

More about the retreat at TantraNova at Esalen.

On another note: If you are in your fifties or above you may enjoy listening to our most recent radio interview about "Lasting Intimacy & Living Longer" on Aging InfoRadio with Sue Zawacki.

So long,
Elsbeth & Freddy Zental
773-525-5006
www.tantranova.com

P.S. We'd appreciate your support immensely: Increasing the number of "Likes" on TantraNova's Facebook page and of "Followers" on TantraNova's Twitter page helps us with attracting a publisher for our forthcoming book.

If you haven't had the opportunity to "Like" or "Follow" us, please do so by going to TantraNovaFB and TantraNovaTwitter.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

The Dance of Feminine & Masculine

2012-08-26T06:49:00.000-05:00

Last weekend was the Air & Water Show in Chicago. It's Elsbeth speaking: On my walk by Lake Michigan last Sunday I arrived just in time for getting a "front row seat" near Belmont Harbor to watch the acrobatic and exhilarating configurations the Blue Angels were performing.

Focused and channeled energy – in terms of the engineering capacity of the jet planes as well as the pilots who fly them! Masculine energy at its best! Flow and attuned coordination – in terms of flying together superbly as a team! Feminine energy at its best!

I am always in awe when watching this Air Force team. I am reminded of the beauty of the integration and dance of the feminine and masculine, the Yin and the Yang, both within oneself as well as between people.

When I find myself befallen by anger, blame, disappointment, feeling sorry for myself, etc., I remember to return myself to coming into balance of the feminine and masculine by ruminating on the polarities of Yin and Yang such as:

Soft / Strong
Creative / Intentional
Receiving / Giving
Playful / Grounded
Listening / Speaking
Circular / Linear
Sensitive and intuitive / Self-disciplined
ETC.

This brings me back to my peaceful, centered and joyous Self. Go try this practice. It will work for you as well!!!

Enjoy the ruminating!

P.S. Freddy Zental sends his greetings from his motor cycle freedom ride in Wisconsin this weekend.
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UPCOMING TantraNova WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMS

PRIVATE PROGRAMS AND RETREATS
For Couples
For Singles

Be Optimal: INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
August 20 7:00-9:00pm Glenview, IL
http://beoptimal.com/secrets-to-lasting-intimacy/

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS at TantraNova
Introductory Workshops September 6 / October 2 / November 7
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshop-introductions.html

CREATING INTIMACY & LOVE: Beginner Level For Couples & Singles
August 25 / October 20
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner.html

TANTRIC MASSAGE WORKSHOP
August 26 / September 29
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/tantric-massage-workshops.html

WORKSHOP FOR MEN
THE POWER OF COMPASSION IN THE MASCULINE
September 15
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/workshops-for-men.html

CREATION YOGA CLASS with Michelle Fiore
September 20 7-8:30pm
A fusion of traditional posture practice (asana) with elements of Hatha and Tantric Yoga. Please call 773-525-5006 to register.

SEXUAL ENLIGHTENMENT - A One-Man Show
September 30 8-9:30pm with reception following the performance
http://www.tantranova.com/tantranova-theatre.html

WORKSHOP RETREATS FOR COUPLES & SINGLES: Beginner/Intermediate
FULFILLMENT, VITALITY & PLEASURE: Sustaining Masculine Energy & Pleasure
September 21-23
SECRETS TO LASTING INTIMACY: Re-awakening Feminine Energ y & Joy
November 2-4
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/intimacy-workshops-beginner-intermediate.html

WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN
Feminine Essence: Explore the Power of the Divine Feminine
Level I October 6/7
Level II December 1/2
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/workshops-for-women.html

THEATRE WORKSHOP: BREAKTHROUGH TO YOUR FULL SELF-EXPRESSION
January 12, 2013
http://www.tantranova.com/intimacy-tantra-programs/breakthrough-workshop.html

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TantraNova at the WEST COAST of the United States
TANTRANOVA AT ESALEN, BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA
November 11-16
February 10-15
http://webapp.esalen.org/workshops/11450

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TantraNova at the EAST COAST of the United States
TANTRANOVA AT KRIPALU, Western Massachusetts
New Year's Eve - Workshop and Ecstatic Puja
December 30-January 1
http://kripalu.org/program/view/TYRP-121/tantra_yoga_new_years_retreat_and_puja_experience