Tantra Essence, led by Ma Ananda Sarita, hosts resident couples retreats in Bali, Indonesia throughout the year for partners who genuinely care about their relationship and want it to keep growing and deepening. These retreats are for couples who sense there is untapped intimacy between them and ...

I want to begin by introducing Nritya Anurasa, a woman whose path has become an integral part of our Tantra community. Anurasa joined us in 2020, and very quickly her dedication and understanding of Tantra made her a natural teacher within our school. She went on to guide students through Goddess...

As I move through my life, I find myself reflecting on the arc of a life devoted to Tantra, with the recognition that the work now moves through many hearts and hands, far beyond what I alone could ever touch. My name, Ananda Sarita, means river of bliss. And as I look at these teachers, I see h...

When I first met Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, later known as Osho, I was seventeen years old. I was searching for the essence of life and was full of questions I didn’t yet know how to ask. He spoke of Tantra as the most natural path to awakening. Through his eyes, sexuality is sacred, pure life force...

Tantric meditation is the practice of awakening consciousness through the body. It is the art of becoming fully present within your own physical and energetic experience, allowing awareness and life-force to move together as one unified flow. At its essence, Tantra teaches that life itself is sa...

When I was in Ladakh, I heard stories of Naropa and Padmasambhava. I heard about the moments when each of them was approached by dakinis as actual encounters that changed the entire direction of their practice. I heard how Naropa was confronted by dakinis who told him his intellectual understand...

"Consider your essence as light rays from centre to centre up the vertebrae, and so rises 'livingness' in you. Or the spaces between, feel this as lightning." (From the 5000 year old scripture; Vigyan Bhairav Tantra) Chakra is a Sanskrit word that means ‘wheel of light’. Traditionally there ...

Tantra Essence is a world renowned Tantra school based in Bali, offering retreats and trainings across the world. The school is led by Ma Ananda Sarita, a Tantra master initiated by Osho, who has more than five decades of experience living and teaching Tantra internationally. Our Tantra Teacher ...

I live in Bali, an Indonesian island overflowing with beauty and creativity. Suffused in nature’s abundance, the people of Bali have developed unique and creative ways of mirroring this through their arts. Some examples are: painting, music, dance, sculpture, architecture, weaving, Batik design ...

During my travels around the world teaching Tantra I am often asked questions about meditation. Many people still carry an outdated idea that sexuality and spirituality are separate from each other and are surprised that Tantra is based on meditation practices. In Tantra, meditation may include ...