How was the experience for you? Did you find a deeper connection and understanding of yourself and with others? Was it something that promoted healing physically, mentally and spiritually? Relieving of stress, trauma or somethings that aren’t easy to move on from? How was everyday life and sexual experiences for you afterwards? Does it help bring that sparkle back into your eyes? @Firefly
Deeper connection: absolutely. It is not possible to engage without a deeply intimate connection. And as you discover new areas of yourself and your partner it is hard not to feel deeply connected to them and trust of them.
It was necessary to learn a number of breathing techniques as well as to come to understand the bandhas and how to engage them. With an early partner in this exploration, we used to spend a lot of time in intense eye contact while practicing breath control, mirroring and synchronizing. We would sync our breath with movements or deliberately detach our breath and movement, but always in a sort of hyper aware state.
Recovering from trauma is a long and complicated process, and I'm not sure it is possible to do alone. But I found that certainly meditation and mindfulness in many ways has certainly safe-guarded me, and my own knowledge of myself gained through tantra have made my current sexual life very satisfying.
Thank you for putting so much effort into your response, I really do appreciate it. That’s a shame it got deleted, what was the reply originally or did you cover it all in your other responses?
I have been intrigued in this for a while as I was hoping I could learn to better understand myself as well as another I share myself with, maybe in hopes to develop a better connection both physically and mentally or just better life in general regardless of sex and arousal. Maybe even relieving the slight feeling of emptiness inside.