Over the years, I have come to know grief and loss as profound initiations. I have encountered grief and loss in many forms through the ending of intimate relationships and friendships, the death of beloved family members and friends, the loss of home, work, community, and the identities that onc...

Tantra is a vast and ancient spiritual practice and lifestyle. For someone encountering it for the first time, it can feel overwhelming, even confusing. Where do you begin? Which path is the right one to follow? And perhaps most importantly: what is authentic Tantra, and what is the modern dis...

At Tantra Essence, we hold relationship as one of the most powerful paths to awakening available to us. We believe that with the right guidance and the right practices, Tantra can transform two ordinary lovers into soulmates. Tantra Essence was founded by Ma Ananda Sarita, one of the most respec...

In recent weeks, the Epstein files have once again dominated headlines, social media feeds, and conversations around the world. Many people are asking difficult questions. How could such a network exist? Why were powerful figures able to exploit vulnerable young women for so long? What does...

Since 1990 I have been teaching Tantra and Holistic Healing Retreats. What follows is a peek into my world. It is almost non-stop activity, nourished by the still centre of meditation in the centre of the cyclone. Usually, when teaching, I am fully present with the group in one way or another fr...

Matsyendranath was a practitioner, a siddha, who developed and transmitted some of the earliest methods for using the body as tools for awakening. He is remembered across multiple traditions under different names, as the founder of the Nātha yogis in North India, as Machamuni in the Tamil Siddha...

These notes were taken during the discourses and presentations of Dr. Joe Dispenza at his week long retreat entitled Alchemica, and summarises my personal experience and understanding of his work. I had already been familiar with Dr. Joe’s work for some time through friends as well as through hi...

“Color affects the body and to have figured it out through Colorpuncture is a very great work. And through this work, you can change not the being, but the mind, the emotions and the body. It is good if one is cleansed in this way; then Meditation is very simple.” - Osho What Is Colour Light...

Tantra Essence, founded by Ma Ananda Sarita, offers authentic, lineage-based Tantra retreats around the world, including immersive experiences in Switzerland. In Switzerland, we host transformational retreats such as Goddess Essence and Soulmate, guided by experienced Tantra Essence faculty memb...

Black Tantra is a Tantric path that uses the taboo, which includes sex, death, fear, desire as a direct and accelerated route to enlightenment. Where most spiritual traditions teach you to suppress desire and slowly purify yourself over years or even lifetimes, black Tantra has a very different a...