How would one get into the practice of tantric yoga?

How would one get into the practice of tantric yoga?

If you’ve got lots of money, there are workshops and retreats, which the internet can help you find. If you’re under eighteen though, you might not be able to sign up for some of them.

If you’ve got lots of patience and self discipline, you could buy a book, though many of them may be too theoretical to be very helpful. Youtube has some brief instructional videos and exercises you could watch and follow along with. It’s free and easy, but the quality of instruction may not be as good or consistent as classes.

We’re assuming, since you sent this question to a sex column, that you’re looking into tantric yoga for its sexual benefits. Any yoga class might help you to be more aware of what’s going on in your body. If you can achieve a similar state of concentration toward pleasurable sensations, they may become a lot more pleasurable.

A lot of people associate tantric yoga with delayed orgasms that are intense and long lasting. A very simple way to work toward more intense and controlled orgasms is to stop stimulation when you feel very close to orgasm, wait a few minutes, and then resume. Doing this repeatedly can help you build up to more intense orgasms, show you how much control you have, and teach you to be more aware of other parts of your body when you’re aroused.

Taking slow, deep breaths as you get closer to orgasm gets the rest of your body involved, which usually makes for more intense orgasms. You may be able to achieve what you’re looking for in tantric yoga without it.

Recommendations: Two books about tantric yoga and one book about how couples can learn to have more pleasurable orgasms.