When people hear the word Tantra, it often gets flattened into a single image of people meditating and doing different erotic tantric practises. But Tantra is a living tradition with many faces, each carrying a different doorway into truth. Some persons have thought it wise to try and dissect Ta...

John Woodroffe was the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and one of the British Empire’s top legal minds in India. Under the pseudonym Arthur Avalon, he became the first Western scholar to rigorously translate and practice the original Tantric texts offering the English-speaking world its ...

The Goddess Essence Series is a four-part journey into the heart of what it means to live in a female body as a fully realized, divinely designed template of feminine intelligence. Created by Ma Ananda Sarita and taught internationally by the Tantra Essence team, this series was built from decade...

Ganesh is often called the remover of obstacles. But what that really means is he clears what’s false. He blocks what isn’t rooted, and he delays what isn’t ready. His presence demands integrity. When he shows up, it's to hold you accountable to what you say you want. In every tradition that hon...

You might think sacred sexuality is just sex with a sprinkle of spirituality. But in reality, it’s a full-blown invitation to transform the way you connect with yourself and others. It’s about bringing every part of you, body, mind, emotions, and soul, into the bedroom (or wherever you choose) an...

Teaching Tantra in my homeland of Czechia has been one of the deepest joys of my journey so far. Although I haven’t lived here since I was eight years old, when my mother moved us to Ireland in hopes of a better life, every time I returned, I felt it in my bones: this is my true home. Even before...

To the casual visitor, Khajuraho is a collection of ancient temples adorned with erotic sculptures. But to anyone who has studied the roots of Tantra, Khajuraho is a sacred space to connect with and experience the origins of Tantra. Built during the 9th to 11th centuries by the Chandela dynasty,...

When we hear “sexual retreat,” our minds often go straight to the extremes. Orgies. Threesomes. Naked people lounging in hot tubs. Loud, uninhibited moans echoing from candlelit rooms. A constant loop of pleasure, play, and multiple orgasms. For many, this is the image: wild, boundaryless, hed...

Tantra began in early medieval India, around the 6th century CE, in regions like Kashmir, Bengal, and Assam. It came from yogis, yoginīs, and renunciates who rejected the authority of caste and scripture. Key figures like Matsyendranath, founder of the Nātha lineage, and Lakshminkara, an 8th-cen...

Here at Tantra Essence, we offer short-format Tantra workshops year-round in Bali and the Czech Republic. Each one is focused on a clear, practical theme like abundance and money blocks, the basics of Tantra or chakra integration. These are intensive, in-person experiences that last 1 to 4 days, ...