Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"Yoni massage offers women the opportunity to enhance their sexuality and is actually a long-held practice. . . . new age and health collections will find it intriguing."
*The Midwest Book Review, June 2009*