Dr. Martha Tara Lee presented on concepts from Tantra and Orgasmic Yoga. She discussed how practices like mindful touch, deep breathing, and eye gazing can strengthen neural connections in the brain and stimulate the vagus nerve. Orgasmic Yoga focuses on generating orgasmic sensations through awareness of the body rather than achievement of orgasm. It aims to fill one's body with positive energy and relieve stress. Mindfulness has grown exponentially in popularity due to its benefits, though its limitations should also be considered.

1. Therapeutic
Concepts of Tantra
and Orgasmic Yoga
Dr. Martha Tara Lee, D.H.S.
(Singapore)
The NSpine 2019
London, United Kingdom

2. Dr. Martha Tara Lee • Doctorate in Human
Sexuality
• Masters in Counselling
• Masters in Public Policy
and Management
• Bachelor of Arts (Comm)
• Cert in Sex Therapy
• Cert in Practical
Counselling
• Cert in Life Coaching
Relationship Counselor & Clinical
Sexologist

3. AGENDA
• Therapeutic Concepts of Tantra
• Neuroconnections
• Vagus Nerve
• Impact of Eye-Gazing
• Mindful Touch
• Deep/Conscious Breathing
• Orgasmic Yoga

4. TANTRA
• Practices generate sexual
energy and purify the
energetic body.
• Consists of various
practices, including
spirituality, love, sexual
union and social life, in
order to achieve one's
spiritual aspirations.
What is Tantra Definition from Yogapedia. (2019 June 22).
Retrieved from https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5058/tantra
ORGASMIC YOGA
• Less about the orgasm and
more about becoming
aware of and being able to
generate orgasmic
sensations in our bodies.
• Is a recommended practice
of 30 mins for 30 days.
• Focus on “being” rather
than “doing.”
Lee, M.T., (2015) Orgasmic Yoga: Masturbation, Meditation and
Everything In-Between. Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace.

5. NEURAL
CONNECTIONS
• The brain is an adaptable
organ that is continually
creating new pathways, as
it encounters new
experiences.
• Encourages exercises to
challenge the brain and
create new pathways,
known as cognitive
training.
• Yoga is a great form of
cognitive training.
Center for BrainHealth. (2018, January 23). Cognitive training helps
regain a younger-working brain. ScienceDaily. Retrieved from
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180123112606.htm

6. NEURAL
CONNECTIONS
Cognitive change who
practice mindfulness show
less atrophy (shrinking) in
the hippocampus, a brain
region commonly altered in
people living with
Alzheimer’s.
Meditators have greater
neural connectivity
compared to people who do
not meditate.
How Yoga Benefits People Living with Dementia. (2019). Retrieved from
https://changingaging.org/dementia/how-yoga-benefits-people-living-with-
dementia/

7. NEURAL
CONNECTIONS
Yoga engages different
parts of the brain based
on varying components
of the practice:
1. Breathing
2. Movement
3. Postures
4. Concentration
How Yoga Benefits People Living with Dementia. (2019). Retrieved from
https://changingaging.org/dementia/how-yoga-benefits-people-living-with-
dementia/

8. VAGUS NERVE
• “Wanders” like a vagabond,
sending out sensory fibers
from your brainstem to your
visceral organs.
• Longest of the cranial nerves,
controls your inner nerve
center — the
parasympathetic nervous
system.
• Oversees a vast range of
crucial functions,
communicating motor and
sensory impulses to every
organ in your body.9 Fascinating Facts About the Vagus Nerve. (2018,
November 13). Retrieved from
http://mentalfloss.com/article/65710/9-nervy-facts-about-
vagus-nerve

9. FACTS:
1. Prevent inflammation
2. Helps you make memories
3. Helps you breathe
4. Intimately involved with your heart
5. Initiates your body’s relaxation
response
6. Translates between your gut and
your brain
7. Overstimulation of the Vagus
Nerve is most common cause of
fainting
8. Electrical Stimulation of the Vagus
Nerve reduces inflammation and
may inhibit it altogether
9. Stimulation has created a new
field of medicine
9 Fascinating Facts About the Vagus Nerve. (2018,
November 13). Retrieved from
http://mentalfloss.com/article/65710/9-nervy-facts-about-
vagus-nerve
VAGUS NERVE

10. IMPACT OF EYE-GAZING
• Easiest and most powerful ways to
make a person feel recognized,
understood and validated.
• Triggers a state of increased self-
consciousness.
• Bodily awareness becomes more
acute when they are subjected to
another's gaze.
• Seems to consume extra brain
power, making it difficult to perform
other challenging mental tasks at the
same time.
Why it’s hard to talk and make eye contact at the same time. (2016, December 5). Retrieved
from https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/11/18/why-its-hard-to-talk-and-make-eye-contact-at-the-
same-time/

11. MINDFUL TOUCH
• Most important sense for
promoting psychological health
• Regarded as foundation of life.
• Receiving a static touch by a
touch giver who was focused on
either the touch that they were
giving
• Focus their attention on the
feeling/ perception

12. DEEP/ CONSCIOUS BREATHING
CONSCIOUS BREATHING
Any breathing practice that is done
with conscious awareness.
The process of breathing
consciously, fully, and deeply can
bridge the conscious and
unconscious mind, allowing for
emergence and exploration of
transparent beliefs while facilitating
the full experience and expression
of all emotions.
Heath, Amy; Mashuga, Heather; and Arens, Ann. (2015). Effects of a Conscious
Breathing Intervention on Emotion and Energy Flow. Retrieved from Sophia, the St.
Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_hhs/1

13. BENEFIT OF ORGASMIC YOGA
A study by the scientists at the Groningen
University in the Netherlands found out that
when we experience an orgasm, the part of
the brain associated with negative thoughts
and anxiety shows almost no activity.
When released, oxytocin stimulates a
feeling of warmth and well-being. In
addition, orgasms relieve stress and help
us relax.
Orgasmic Yoga will fill your body up with
positive energy and feed your soul.
Lee, M.T., (2015) Orgasmic Yoga: Masturbation, Meditation and Everything In-
Between. Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace.

14. 7 TOOLS FOR MORE ECSTATIC STATES
1. KEGELS – These are little squeezes of your
pubococcygeus muscle.
2. BREATH – Sexual energy travels on the breath. The
more you breathe, the more you feel.
3. TOUCH – There is a fine line between too much pressure
and too little.
4. SOUND – Move erotic energy throughout your body with
sound.
5. MOVEMENT – Movement in any part of your body
focuses and releases energy from that part.
6. INTENTION – Where intention is, energy flows.
7. FANTASY – Give your mind erotically constructive things
to do.
Lee, M.T., (2015) Orgasmic Yoga: Masturbation, Meditation and Everything In-Between. Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace.

15. TREND - According to new research, interest in mindfulness, both among
researchers and the general public, has grown exponentially over the last
decade.
Even though other happiness-boosting strategies (like resilience and positivity)
are also growing in popularity, the growth rate pales in comparison to
mindfulness.
Mindfulness is the Hottest New Trend Should It Be (2019 June 23). Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/click-here-
happiness/201711/mindfulness-is-the-hottest-new-trend-should-it-be

16. Newly published research summarizes these issues and
more, showing that even though mindfulness may be the
hottest new wellness trend, it is not the panacea that
everyone thinks it is.
Dam, N. T. V., et al. "Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation." (2019 June 23).
Perspectives on Psychological Science

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18. Dr. Martha Tara Lee,
D.H.S.
Clinical Sexologist
Eros Coaching Pte Ltd
Website: www.eroscoaching.com
Email:
drmarthalee@eroscoaching.com