From sex to transformation, East meets West in the search for personal and spiritual fulfillment.

According to Hindu mythology, the sexual and spiritual union of Shiva with Shakti gave birth to the universe. The god Shiva is seen as the embodiment of pure consciousness and his consort, the goddess Shakti, as the embodiment of pure energy. Together they represent human existence in an erotic act of love that is a unifying, balancing, creative force.

In the West today, many people are adopting the perspective of sacred sexuality as a catalyst for transforming intimate relationships. Tantra, a branch of yoga and spiritual philosophy, stands in contrast to most schools of yoga, which ask you to renounce aspects of life that might be a distraction to spiritual development. (Dietary restrictions, celibacy and vows of poverty, for example, are common practices.) Tantra, on the other hand, asks that when you eat, make love or drink wine, you do so consciously, with presence, awareness and non-attachment. Thus, making love becomes a conscious sensual meditation...