"Yoni" is the Sanskrit word for the female genitalia, describing not only the anatomy but also encompassing the energetic and spiritual dimensions. While a yoni massage offers women the opportunity to enhance their sexuality, Michaela Riedl shows that the effects of this practice are much more profound and have ramifications affecting every area of life. Long held inhibitions in the West about sexuality and the shame and guilt associated with the sexual zones of the body have created deep-seated barriers that prevent individuals from fully expressing themselves. The practices provided in Yoni Massageare designed to allow women to overcome these barriers and reconnect to their innermost core and deepest feminine nature. Yoni massage is not simply a hands-on technique but involves the conscious direction of energy throughout the body through deep breathing and visualization. It provides women the ability to cleanse and energetically stimulate the chakras as well as achieve emotional healing by releasing the traumatic pain that often becomes seated in the yoni. The author explains that the relegation of this important spiritual and energetic center to a "private part" hinders the process of enlightenment. Once women are able to be in touch with their yoni energy, their connection to the entire web of life is restored to its rightful place.

Michaela Riedl studied tantric massage at the Diamond Lotus Institute in Berlin and then refined the yoni and lingam massage techniques developed by Annie Sprinkle and Joseph Kramer, founder of the Erospirit Research Institute in California. She directs the AnandaWave Massage Center in Cologne, Germany, which offers workshops in tantric massage as well as seminars and counseling for experiencing sexuality in a healing way.

PREFACE



Introduction



1 Female Sexuality



EXPLORING THE YONI



Touching the Labia



Touching the Clitoris



Massaging the Goddess Spot



Exercise for the Muscles of the Pelvic Floor



Massaging the Uterus



Entering into Energetic Contact with the Uterus



Entering into Energetic Contact with the Ovaries



GENDER SIMILARITIES IN ANATOMY AND SEXUALITY



MOON TIME--THE FEMALE CYCLE



Encountering Menstruation



THE FEMALE ORGASM



Exercises to Increase Desire



Exercises with the Yoni Egg The Self-Love Ritual





2 Energetic and Spiritual Basics



YIN AND YANG



Becoming Conscious of the Energy Cycle in the Body



Becoming Aware of the Flow of Energy in the Yoni



THE CHAKRAS



Cleaning and Energetically Stimulating the Chakras



BREATHING AND CONSCIOUSNESS



Preparatory Breathing Exercises



Deep Pelvic Breathing



Chest Breathing



Upper Chest or Collarbone Breathing



Combined Breathing



Alternate-Nostril Breathing



The Tantric Breath of Fire



BREATHING DURING YONI MASSAGE



Breathing in the Microcosmic Orbit



Experiencing the Big Draw



A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF TANTRA





3 The Yoni Massage



THE REFLEXOLOGY ZONES OF THE YONI



THE YONI MASSAGE--PHASE BY PHASE



Phase 1: Honoring the Shakti



Phase 2: The Preparatory Full-Body Massage



Phase 3: Awakening Desire



Phase 4: Opening the Yoni Flower



Phase 5: Stimulating the Pearl



Phase 6: Entering the Temple



Phase 7: Stimulating the Goddess Spot



Phase 8: The Finale



Phase 9: Saying Farewell



CONCLUDING THOUGHTS



Appendix Experience Reports



The Origin and History of Yoni Massage



Notes



Further Reading



Acknowledgments



About the Author



Index