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What tantra really means

Tantra was never (mainly) about sex. It is the thousand-year-old art of letting everything be — and these are plain-English answers to the questions it raises, each drawn from a chapter of the book, grouped by theme.

“Do nothing with the body but relax.”Tilopa · Song of Mahamudra

What tantra actually is

Start here. Tantra was never (mainly) about sex — these clear up what it really means, who Tilopa was, and the thousand-year-old song the whole teaching rests on. Read the theme ›

The art of letting go

The core of the practice: what letting go actually means, how it differs from giving up, and the shapes it takes — control, the past, non-attachment, surrender. Read the theme ›

The overthinking mind

For the two-a.m. mind. How to stop overthinking and worrying, step out of the thought-stream, and come back to the present. Read the theme ›

Acceptance & peace

Meeting reality without fighting it. Radical acceptance, the line between acceptance and resignation, and how to make peace with what you can't change. Read the theme ›

The self & the ego

The 'you' you keep defending. What the ego really is, the idea of no-self, emptiness, and how to stop being ruled by what other people think. Read the theme ›

Pain & difficult emotions

Hurting without drowning. The difference between pain and suffering, how to be with difficult feelings, and how to be less reactive. Read the theme ›

Start free — the 7-day letting-go guide

Seven mornings, one tiny practice each — under two minutes a day, distilled from the book. The gentlest way in.

No spam — one quiet practice a week, leave any time. Privacy.

Read the book

Tantra Is Not What You Think — the whole art of letting everything be. Twelve short chapters and a 30-day starter — out now on Amazon in Kindle & paperback.

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