There was a great panel discussion today on tantra moderated by Yoga Journal editor-in-chief Kaitlin Quistgaard, and featuring scholar Sally Kempton, Parayoga founder Rod Stryker, and Anusara teacher Sianna Sherman. In the discussion, Rod identified Tantra as literally translating to mean the word "weave", and he spoke of it as "weaving spiritual awareness into every day life". (Sianna followed that up by saying that shortly after she discovered tantra, she signed up for a weaving class to learn to understand the tradition better!)

The three teachers talked about their yogic paths, the importance of shaktipat (or spiritual transmission), and how asana relates to tantra. Rod spoke, in particular, about the body being "the altar" of your worldly experience, and asana being a good tool to clean that altar up.

Erin blogged more below about the talk, so check out what she had to say. I thought it was lovely and informative.

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