Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-first Century

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Barbara is a certified sexologist (ASC, American College of Sexologists) and a member of AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists).

Barbara Carrellas is my favorite sex educator on the planet. She’s classy, sassy and wise with vast sexual experience. In Luxurious Loving, Barbara graciously shares her expertise in the most delightful ways. I’m crazy about this book: It’s full of superb information; it’s great fun and it’s sexy, sexy, sexy. Guaranteed to enhance absolutely anyone’s sex life.” — Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. author of Planet Orgasm Ask before you buy. First, ask her if she’s interested in sex toys at all. Have a conversation. She might be a Dildo Diane, or a Vibe Veronica. She might require connection and be interested in teledildonics. Find out what appeals to her.There’s a refrain from the marriage counseling community that basically encourages people to start the process of sex and hope their desire ramps up to meet the occasion. You can start touching yourself gently, drawing your awareness to your corporeal self. You can tease yourself. You know what works for your body, what turns you on, what stokes your flame right now. The more Barbara explored sex and consciousness, the more she saw the possibilities for healing and expanded consciousness in all forms of “sacred” practices, including Tantra, Tao, Quodoushka, Reiki, breathwork, metaphysics, performance, ritual, herbal medicine, bodywork, erotic massage, commercial sex work and BDSM. Her books and her workshops are an eclectic mix of sexual and spiritual practices designed to encourage readers and participants of all sexual preferences and genders to expand their capacity for both pleasure and spiritual fulfillment. is a program of self love and self discovery that supports you in finding your unique gift, developing your distinctive talents, and following your greatest passions. How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous!

This option is helpful to those who are sexually inexperienced, have disabilities, in transition, suffering from a mental or physical issue such as anxiety, sex abuse or trauma, Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Premature / Rapid Ejaculation, sexual confusion, social or religious persecution, and more. Additionally, I have over a decade of Neo-Tantra training and I taught Neo-Tantra for six years, completed four years of intensive training on a Shamanic path with the Deer Tribe, have a decade of studying Taoism with Barry Spendlove of Healing Tao Britain and Minke De Vos, author of Feminine Treasures and a decade working with plant medicines. Barbara Carrellas is the founder of the Urban Tantra ® Professional Training Program. She is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century, Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide to Sex, Relationships and Oh So Much More, and Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and Pleasure. Barbara’s pioneering Urban Tantra ® workshops were named best in New York City by TimeOut/New York magazine. She was awarded a 2016 Sexual Freedom Award for Lifetime Achievement.We did the first training in New York and it was great. We had professionals from five different countries, and it meant finding parts of practice we had in common, but also ways to bridge cultural differences amongst ourselves and with clients. I developed the program for empowerment. I want colleagues. I want creative, flexible, evolving sex educators on the planet. They’re already out there, but this my nefarious plot to create more. When I developed it I thought of it as a mastery program instead of a certification program. I’m not interested in certifiying people to do things my way. I’m interested in creating a program where people leave feeling that whatever arises in their work they can think in a way that will let them come up with the practice, the solution, the program, the workshop, whatever they need. I operate on mutual respect, which is a key quality for developing healthy relationships. Confidentiality is assured. Barbara Carrellas is an author, sex educator, and theater artist. Her pioneering Urban Tantra® workshops were named best in New York City by TimeOut/New York magazine. She is also the cofounder of Erotic Awakening, a groundbreaking series of workshops that toured the United States and Australia. Barbara has been featured in several episodes of HBO’s Real Sex. She is also the author of Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and Pleasure, numerous articles and essays, and an audio series, The Pleasure Principle. Barbara lives in New York City with her partner, trailblazing gender theory author Kate Bornstein. is a supportive association of like-mind creative professionals. Mutual support is a foundational principle of our program. When you graduate, you become a member of this community and can offer and ask for support in any and all areas of work and life.

How to give your client/student what s/he wants and needs without compromising the integrity of your process. We promote and practice safer sex. While each individual’s safer sex practices and protocols may vary in private practice, all graduates are trained in and knowledgeable about safer sex. All UTPTP events and workshops follow safer sex protocols. What I appreciate about Barbara’s work is more what I appreciate about her as a person than her particular curriculum. It’s her generosity and interest in engaging a range of sexuality professionals. It’s her ability to see connections where many of us don’t, and encourage us to see them in ways that help us learn to do more, and do it better. She’s also funny, without ever being mean or narrow minded, and a great presenter, two rare qualities in any teacher. When I heard that Barbara was doing a training for professionals in San Francisco I wanted to know more. Neither of us had much time, and this interview took place just before Passover, so here are four questions on Urban Tantra ®.How to give your client/student what s/he/they want and need without compromising the integrity of your process. It’s designed for anyone working with sex and sexuality. You could be a massage provider, a sex therapist, a yoga instructor, you could be a sex worker. You could be any of those things or more. The training is for people who already have a basic confidence in their work or in the work they want to be doing, but they are yearning for something more. Everybody who comes to the course, comes with a struggle or issue where they want to get better at.