Porn Versus Life: Culprit or just a symptom?

Author Naomi Wolfe makes astute points and draws deep-reaching conclusions in “How porn is destroying modern sex lives”.  

The article opens: “These days, I am rarely surprised when, after a lecture or book signing, someone will try to talk to me about their addiction to porn and ask where he or she can get help.

As an author and feminist social commentator, I often discuss my work at events and meet a wide spectrum of people who talk to me about sex, relationships and, more increasingly, the impact of pornography on their lives.

There is no stereotype of what this person will look like….”

I too find that many people want to talk to me about their porn habits and how it is deeply concerning to them and destroying all hopes of having a ‘normal’ relationship. They are often feeling lost and confused. Some say they have never known good sex and some don’t even believe that sex (as we know it) has the potential of fulfilling them anyway. Continue reading

Radio Interview with Lynn on Tantra and Kundalini

My interview about Tantra and Kundalini on the I AM Well Show (18.12.13)  is now available to listen on-line:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/renford/2013/12/18/the-i-am-well-show-with-guest-lynn-paterson

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Tantric Sex – with an Orchid?

I’m a very visual person, especially when it comes to media like movies or images on the computer. I find hours can disappear fast as water down the plug-hole as I become totally immersed in looking through photos and artwork on the internet. Ask me to find an image on a theme I like and I’m kept entertained for hours, especially if it’s nature! That’s what happened when I had decided I needed a new website for my tantra work, One Heart Tantra. I was currently using a theme of a woman holding a red rose but wanted a change whilst still using a floral theme. I had settled on Orchids as my main theme, as I find them so exquisitely beautiful.

I LOVE nature and am constantly inspired by what I see, feel and interact with, whether that be trees, rocks, pieces of dead wood, stones, plants, water, animals, insects and of course, flowers. My task for the site was to find several orchid pictures. I’d already located the main picture, but I needed these for the 8-10 individual pages on the website.

So here I was, trawling through Google searches for Orchid photographs for hours over a three-day period. I knew it was obsessive behaviour; I could have been far more efficient with my time but I was totally hooked on these orchids. Continue reading

Sexual or Spiritual? ~ Dissolving the Barriers of the Mind.

“If your flame of awareness is burning bright, you will know that sex is not just sex. Sex is the outermost layer; deep inside is love, and even deeper is prayer, and deepest is God himself. Sex can become a cosmic experience; then it is tantra.” – Osho

Beyond our mind-made labels of who we think we are as sexual or spiritual entities, beyond our concepts of sexuality of straight, bi, gay or any other identification we have, is Love. Osho knew this and elegantly shared it in the quote above.

To know thyself as Love, both as an individual and as the One, is the realisation we long for, even we do not yet know it.

It takes a lot of self-trust and courage to really let go into ecstasy – and someone to hold their own heart-space as they give unconditionally to you. Continue reading

What Makes Your Heart Sing?

What makes your heart sing?

For me it’s the deep heart connection where I feel the other, and can see my self reflected in their eyes. Losing myself in joyful, soulful, or sexy dancing. Delighting in nature and beautiful animals. Feeling Spirit fill and move me to the point of tears.

Sharing words, talking and seeing how people change when they see something new. Touch that creates waves of pleasure, touch that helps awaken the sleeper within, with its nurturing, loving presence.

Creating sacred space, slowing down and just being. Helping people to feel better about themselves, to gain some measure of relief from their pain and suffering, and to share tools that have helped me.

And also, just to share my journey, my story, and trust that it inspires others to know that they too can change.

What Makes Your Heart Sing?

2025 NOTE: This was originally written in 2011 and now in 2025 on doing a search,  I have been told by AI that:

Some examples of things that can make your heart sing include: 

  • Running barefoot in the grass
  • Watching a sunset
  • Climbing a mountain
  • Spending time with friends
  • Watching children or dogs play
  • Relaxing in a bath

I find this very interesting, that AI is telling me that what makes people’s hearts sing are all natural things to do. I mean, nature based. All of them. Not one mention of shopping or going away on holiday, or food…