Love, Sex & Freedom Podcast

Meditation is a practice of bringing presence to noticing patterns without judgment, so we can bring consciousness to our choices and be open to the intuitive guidance of the soul. In this podcast recorded at the 2021 Bali Living Tantra Retreat, Chantelle delves into how to clear away the blockage to expressing your authentic truth, through discourse on:  Releasing perfection and choosing yourself...

In relationship when we polarise into either presence OR aliveness we become reliant on another by outsourcing the opposite. This polarised dynamic forms the foundation of co dependent relating, In this podcast recorded at the 2021 Fundamentals of Tantra event, Chantelle Raven provides a taste of embodied meditation, through discourse on:  How to source your own presence and aliveness Understand t...

Tantra differs from other kinds of spirituality because it doesn’t deny duality. In tantra EVERY aspect of the human experience is DIVINE… the pleasure AND the pain. In this podcast recorded at the 2021 Fundamentals of Tantra event, Chantelle Raven provides a taste of embodied meditation, through discourse on:  Embracing divinity in the duality of human experience. Going beyond the narrative of th...

In Embodied meditation all of you is welcome. Sexual energy and emotion are welcome, and we surrender and trust as we breathe energies through the body. In this podcast recorded at the 2021 Fundamentals of Tantra event, Chantelle Raven provides a taste of embodied meditation, through discourse on:  Surrendering with unconditional presence Connecting with masculine and feminine power centres. Breat...

Embodied self enquiry is where we begin to notice the stories of the mind without needing to explain, fix or find a solution. Where we create safety to notice the narratives and feel emotions without making any of it right or wrong. In this podcast recorded at the 2021 Fundamentals of Tantra, Chantelle delves into how to clear away the blockage to expressing your authentic truth, through discourse...

For most of us though, as life experience builds, trauma and conditioning accumulate and become a blockage to our authentic expression. We begin to act and speak in ways that have been deemed acceptable rather than what is authentic. We can begin to flush the debris of trauma and conditioning which has become the block to our expression and begin to rediscover the authentic expression of our heart...

Secure attachment is where we feel so safe in our own being that being close to others is easy. You know you’re in secure attachment when you no longer need someone to be happy, and you no longer need to get away from someone to be happy. In Secure Attachment, we feel so safe in our own being that being close to others is easy. In this podcast recorded at the 2021 Bali Living Tantra Retreat, Chant...

Loving beyond fear is a courageous and devoted practice of feeling deeply into our fears, and creating the safety we need to live with our heart open to the love and freedom that is available to us in the present. In this podcast recorded at the 2021 Bali Living Tantra Retreat, Chantelle Raven explores practices to de-armour the heart and love beyond fear, through discourse on:  Understanding fear...

Our sexual education either comes from religion that promote abstinence and shame, pornography that promotes an over-exaggeration of sexuality and a flesh & friction act, or school that is mechanical at best and tries to avoid talking about sex and intimacy. There is another option – Tantra – an education based on a framework of sacredness, presence healing and mystery. By following the framew...

It's important for male bodies to learn how to navigate life out of their head and from their heart. This can be a challenging and exciting journey, but with willingness every man can become more integrated in the head, heart & balls! By learning to how to use life as an educational platform for growth, then all beings, both male & female bodies can more effectively master their mascu...

Sexuality is the most powerful force on the planet, carrying the power for healing, love and awakening. So when we explore the inner dance of masculine and feminine energies inside ourselves, these naturally overflow into a celebration and devotional worship of your body and the whole human experience.  In this podcast recorded at the Living Tantra Retreat in Bali on May 2021, Aaron delves into re...

A daily practice is the foundation to embodied change, which begins with creating inner safety. Through self-attunement and expression you shift your energy and awareness toward your own needs and can begin setting healthy boundaries. These boundaries then create more safety to be yourself when relating with others.   In this podcast, recorded at the Living Tantra Retreat in Bali in May 2021, Rave...

Mainstream sexual education often focuses on chasing the end goal, and the ‘release’ of orgasm. During orgasm there is a high level of exchange in life force energy and emotion, with women often becoming receptor of men’s emotions and energy. The enabling of continence using tantric tools during lovemaking, means that ejaculation is not the end of the goal, instead it allows energy to move through...

Therapy, yoga, and shamanism are all healing modalities that offer tools and practices more anchored in the masculine energy.  Whilst the tradition of Tantra offers elements of these other modalities, it differs in that it’s approach to healing is to balance masculine energy with feminine energy. This holistic approach brings aliveness to descending into the human experience to birth an embodied a...

Pain and pleasure are part of the flow of life. It's part of this reality, part of this life. Is suffering unavoidable? Yes! Suffering is not created by pain or lack of pleasure; it is created by our resistance to pain and attachment to pleasure. When we truly allow ourselves to feel everything and open in surrender, we find universal Source energy, love, acceptance, peace, and even ecstasy....

The difference between spiritual perfectionism and spiritual maturity is a letting go of attachment to "having it all together" and being perfectly happy, and an understanding that "darker emotions" (anger, fear, sadness) aren’t bad but are a part of the human experience to be embraced. Through daily practice, emotional continence is possible, where you can hold space for yours...

People get triggered by each other or situations all the time, but it’s the way we react (or respond) to people and situations when triggers arise that matters. The key is to stay with the uncomfortable sensations that the trigger brings up, rather than to attack or blame another, run from the situation, or completely shut down and stay silent. To do this requires us staying in our bodies, and giv...

Tantra was introduced 5,000 years ago as a practice of embodied meditation that incorporated touch, sound, awareness, pleasure, intuition, and lovemaking as a healing modality. Tantra is the art of being totally present to whatever arises in life and embracing it all. Living tantra means living an authentic life, where we allow ourselves to be in our bodies, not in our heads, and to surrender to l...

Beautiful and meaningful outer relationships begin by turning inward and meeting all parts of ourselves in an authentic way. This is essentially the journey of Inner Marriage, where we explore and unite our inner masculine and feminine energies into wholeness. By doing so we take the focus away from seeking someone outside ourselves to complete us and make vows to become our own inner soul mate. F...

When love depends on another or external circumstances, our worthiness becomes continuously dictated by validation from the outside world, and it becomes difficult to set healthy boundaries. Through attunement to our inner world and consciously treating ourselves with the love and respect we seek, we set the foundations for embodied change in our outside world. Essentially we teach others how to t...

Outside the constrained sexual education of religion (abstinence and shame-based) or pornography (over-expressed & image-based), exists an education on sexuality and lovemaking that brings in the sacredness and honors the incredible act of sex that creates new life on the planet - Tantra.   In this juicy episode, Chantelle Raven dives into the ancient secrets of Tantric lovemaking as a sacred...

The foundation of self-worth is a deep attunement to oneself.  What naturally births from this inner-attunement is the ability to ask for what you need in relationships with others, without being demanding, blaming, or having attachment to the outcome. When you are in tune with what you need and are consciously practicing honoring and meeting your own emotional, physical and sexual needs, your req...

Every human has both masculine and feminine energies within them. When these energies are unbalanced, it can lead to either burnout and disconnection, or being overly emotional and attached.  This then ripples into all areas of life – from relationships, to work, to how you feel about yourself.  In this episode, Chantelle shares... What is unhealthy masculine and unhealthy feminine energies How do...

There are two main unhealthy relationship patterns that present in most couples. Typically we can switch between the two unhealthy patterns, until we learn the lessons to come into healthy (secure) dynamics. Which of these shows up in your relationships?    1. Anxious attachment (shadow: love addict): Can be needy, fearful or clingy, and depend heavily on their partner. Forces connection.    2. Av...

When you have a solid inner-union, you're an apricot, and not an oyster. What do I mean by that? Most women have this slippery center, that's very fragile, but she acts tough on the outside. She's got a hard shell... An apricot is the complete opposite. Inside she is strong and solid; she's got her practice, she knows she can look after herself, her masculine is discerning, awa...