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...

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, ...

Holding a Vajra is like holding lightning in one hand and a diamond in the other. One to shatter illusions and ignorance, the other to endure, brilliant and unscathed. This is the essence of the Vajra, a symbol of enlightenment and indestructible strength in Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana pract...

Most people treat Laxmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, like a good luck charm, light a candle, say a prayer, hope for a payout. That’s not how she works. Laxmi is structure & order. She’s the part of you that knows how to manage what you’ve asked for. She doesn’t just bring abund...

Your body knows things your mind has forgotten. It remembers what it feels like to be fully alive, to move without hesitation, to breathe without holding back, to love without fear. In a world that teaches us to shrink, disconnect, and perform, Tantra offers something radically different. A hom...

Menopause, often viewed with trepidation, is a natural transition that can significantly impact a woman’s sexual experience. Hormonal changes, such as reduced estrogen, can lead to vaginal dryness and discomfort during sexual activities, resulting in painful sex. Like a butterfly emerging from i...