FLOW, TANTRISM

Do not concentrate on yourself without breathing, O Yogin […] enjoy the Spontaneous and forsake [those] bonds which have the whiff of becoming! Dohakosa de Saraha, sq. 44 & 53, quoted and translated by André Padoux, Aux sources du Bouddhisme, Fayard

Everything moves, vibrates, interacts. Planets, stars, rivers, tree sap, molecules, electrons, organic body cells and fluids, blood, emotions, sound waves in the air… are in perpetual flux. Energies already exist and are exchanged through simple visual, tactile, sound, sensory contact… We can have an intuition and sometimes a deep awareness of these tiny movements. But once in a while things seems to be stuck or tense. Our breathing is an empirical key to capture these micro-moves, to be attentive to our own sensations and those of others. Breathing consciously means observing the diffusion of oxygen in the body and the lengthening of the inspiration, the full retention of air, the expiration, the empty retention, not by blocking each phase but rather by visualizing the whole as a sinusoidal flow. This first access to invisible movement, as well as mindfulness meditation, helps us to taste the incessant activity of the inner body and to integrate the impermanence of everything. Everything passes. And so we can empathize, contradict or play with these flows becoming stimuli. Space and time are our play partners on stage wherever it is, but also in a closer relationship with the other.

This is why after a long practice of contemporary dance and creations of many different styles, and the regular practice of contact dance, improvisation, yoga, and Vipassana meditation, I wished to develop Tantric massage (Tantra in sanskrit: तन्त्र literally means “loom, warp, weave” then “theory”), as a way of spiritual opening thanks to sexual energy, broadly speaking, in total attention with the interior movements of the person and considering the infinite range between pleasure and acceptable pain which are stimuli to circulate sensations, emotions, physical or mental reactions. There is no penetration, except in agreement with the partner for prostate massage. Breathing together, letting the mind go, taking time, which usually tends to be accelerated, listening to the sensations of the partner receiving the massage as well as to his/her own feelings, considering the whole body as multiple sources for muscular and mind relaxation and integrating all the know-how of the dancer who knows the moving body of the other through his/her own body.

The massage opens a space of communication and intimacy that cares for, cultivates and circulates sexual energy, irrigating it through the 7 chakras from the root/perineum to the crown/fontanelle/brain, allowing the erogenous zones to be increased tenfold and this energy to be unblocked, moved, observed and recognized. It is a tool for self-awareness and expansion of sensitivity that aims to create a space of trust and security to access different types of physical, emotional, mental healings through pleasure and affection.

Laid down without clothes on a comfortable but firm flat surface, in a warm atmosphere, the patient is massaged with arnica/almond oil all over the body, from the feet to the top of the head for the circulation of energy, very much in contact with the skin, listening to the sensations, the muscular chains and fascias, the ample breathing and every nuance sent back by the sensitive areas. The massage lasts at least 1 hour and a half.

More informations by email: wanders647(at)gmail.com or phone: Gilles + 33 6 73 76 70 88