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How well do you really know each other? How much do you take each other for granted? Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps: Answer the following questions: What color(s) are your lover’s eyes? What color is your lover’s ...
Body Painting Time for Exercise: 30 minutes to two hours Properties Required: washable body paints, drop sheetnn Steps: Place the drop sheet (an old bed sheet or large piece of plastic) on the floor to protect it. Get naked. Take turns painting each other’s bodies.nn ...
Mind Puzzle Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required none Steps: Ask yourself the following questions. The first question is the most important one. All the other questions follow from that one. The first question is: “Who am I?” Some common answers might ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland PEARLS OF WISDOM Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps:n n Once per week sit down together and share two or three inspiring thoughts or quotes you have gathered over the ...
"Freedom and Responsibility" The essence of Soul Freedom is faith. Science is what you believe because of the evidence. In spiritual matters, faith is what you believe, despite evidence to the contrary. Faith enables you to keep going when all appears hopeless and to say, “That ...
Time for Exercise: 20 minutes to several hours Properties Required: water, oil, or silicone lubricants (optional) Steps: Set aside a special lovemaking time for learning about how you each like to be touched. Decide who will touch and who will be touched. The toucher says, ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland TOGETHER FOREVER Lifelong commitment normally means growing old together. Think and talk together about how your relationship will mature as your age advances. Time for Exercise: five to 30 minutes Properties ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland MYSTICAL MAPS Time for Exercise: 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Take turns describing for your love the qualities or properties of a mystical experience you have had. What were the ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland LOOKING BACK Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps: 1. Write out what different loved ones and friends might say at your funeral. Write out what you ...
Mind Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland The Witness When you act without thinking, caught up in habit, emotional overreaction, or conditioned behavior, you become powerless. Cultivating your observer consciousness—the ability to see yourself ...
"The Meaning of Life and The Meaning in Life"n n The meaning of life is forever a mystery. Some mysteries are unsolvable and best left that way. But the meaning in life is entirely different. Life is not a problem needing a solution; it is an experience to be lived fully in the present, ...
Posting Priorities Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps: One partner reads the following story to the other. An expert in time management who spent a lot of his time in the countryside, came to town on occasion and spoke to business ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland VOWS Greatness, beauty, and creation spring forth from commitment. Saying yes unreservedly to your lover, burning all bridges of escape, giving everything you have, and holding nothing back bring you to the very edge ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland ONCE BEFORE I DIE… The soul exists beyond time and space, beyond life and death of the body. For the soul, death is merely a doorway from one place to another, not something to fear and avoid. But while we are ...
The Lover’s Curse of Memory: How to Be Here Now In BednBy Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra The curse of memory is that memory robs us of being in the moment. We remember the last time we saw something and we see it as we remember it, rather than as it is NOW. We ...
Gift Wrapped (for Women) Time for Exercise: one to two hours Properties Required: clay and paintsnn Steps: With clay, papier mâché, or simple play-dough form a likeness of your yoni (Sanskrit for vagina). Paint your yoni with stunning colors and symbols. Wrap it ...
"Heartbreak as Teacher" In your quest for Heart Freedom, there is value in the pain of a broken heart. It gives you feedback to learn about changing and growing. Pain can be seen not simply as arbitrary suffering but as a teacher. Emotional discomfort and pain are inevitable parts of the human ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Love Potionn The use of sexual stimulants such as alcohol or herbal aphrodisiacs is well established in ancient sacred sex practices such as Tantra. Making your own love potions together is very sensual. Consuming ...
"Surrender" The challenge and opportunity of faith is to surrender to God’s will (the Divine rhythm, the flow of the Tao) believing that however badly things might be going in this moment, in the long term you will attain your heart’s true desire and your life will unfold in a way ...
SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland YAB-YUM YUM The Tibetan Buddhist term yab-yum translates as father/mother, masculine/feminine or yang/yin. Yab-yum is the ultimate Tantric lovemaking position because it is ideal for sharing energy. Time for ...
Completely Committed Time for Exercise: 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Explain to your partner what your commitment means. Give evidence that supports your statement and shows your commitment. Below are examples of evidence that commitment is real. The items on this ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Song of LovenSongs of romance are sure-fire heart-melters, especially when they are sung just for you by the one you love. Time for Exercise: three to five minutes to sing Properties Required: Obtain the lyrics to a ...
An excellent starting point for a relaxing and invigorating massage is the back.nnn Begin at the base of his spine with your palms on his sacrum (just above his tailbone). Inhale. As you exhale slide your hands up his back on either side of his spine.n ...
When one who has been enlightened speaks, there are things he can say with relative certainty--as much certainty as is possible while still in a body in this world. There are other things he can say with considerable authority, but not with certainty. There are also things he would like to be able to say, but they are much more speculative--not without value, but subject to a great deal more disagreement and interpretation of meaning.
Hot Summer Sex: Touch, Touch and More Touch By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra It’s summer, glorious summer and the heat in the air cranks up the heat in your groin. It seems that everywhere you look there’s bared flesh – luscious flesh, firm flesh, tanned flesh. Flesh peeks out tantalizingly from the bottoms of buttock hugging short-shorts and spills provocatively over the top of breast caressing halter dresses.
Body Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Games Galore Time for Exercise: 30 minutes to all day and night Properties Required: varies with each game Treasure Hunt I Place notes (e.g., sticky notes) to lead your love on a search for sensual, sexual ...
You Go First The poet Alta once wrote, “Let’s stop hurting each other. You go first.” Somebody has to go first if things are going to change for the better. Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Identify a contentious issue ...
Heart in Darkness Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: drawing paper, pencils, colored pencils, pen, charcoal sticksnn Steps:n n Draw a picture illustrating the emotional state of your heart right now. Convey the extent to which your heart is wounded, ...
Integrating Your 4 Freedomsn Separation or Unity – What is the Nature of Reality? The Western world loves to compartmentalize, creating boxes of separation so that the complexities of life are easier to comprehend and simpler to cope with. We separate work from family life, spiritual ...
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland UNDER THE SKY Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to ove ight Properties Required: sleeping bags; do a bit of research beforehand to identify some of the constellations of stars that can be seen in your location at the ...
Ultimate Reality: Consciousness n n If the difference between particles and waves is so slippery, and if time and space are so easily transcended, what is the fundamental nature of reality? What is real? One answer is consciousness. Consciousness is original and fundamental, everything ...
Tantra, Monogamy and Safe Sex By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra The conce about safe sex has resulted in a revival of monogamy. But there is no turning back the clock. Sex is out of the closet since the free love days of the sixties. The problem with monogamy has always been boredom. The initial passion drops off pretty rapidly in a typical relationship, but not the lust of sexual desire. Eventually, the right (or wrong) set of circumstances come together and you have infidelity.
Sex Stats By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra The next time you’re at a party and there’s a lull in the conversation rather than trying to fill the gap with your knowledge of sports statistics, sitcom trivia or movie tidbits wow your listeners with this amazing array of info on everyone’s favorite subject: SEX!rn Mighty Mr.
I’ll be Watching Youn Time for Exercise: two minutes to one hou Properties Required: nonen Steps: n Ask your love permission to watch as she does things that might ordinarily be completely private. Some ideas of things you can ask for: undressing, dressing, any particular aspect of ...
Here are over 100 ideas to help you keep monogamy hot! 1.Find out what music your love likes, and play it. 2.Sing to each other, especially if you can't sing. Listen to a song that turns you on and write the words out so you will remember them. Then without any music sing that song as a surprise gift to your lover. Watch the tears come to their eyes. 3.Find out what scents your love likes, e.g., perfumes and especially essential oils. Get an essential oil diffuser. 4.Wear the clothes your love likes.
Tantra Sacred Loving Step by Step By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra Tantra is a spiritual tradition that originated in India some 4,000 years ago. It is a way of life that celebrates and strives for the union of body, mind, heart and soul. Tantra is a form of yoga. Yoga means union. The ultimate purpose of Tantra is the union of lovers, and ultimately union with the Divine. In the Tantric tradition, sexuality and spirituality are joined.
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland SEEING IN THE DARKn The lights went out. Only then could we see withour our eyes. Al Link Time for Exercise: all day and night (short variation: one hour or more) Properties Required: blindfold Steps: One lover ...
One and Alln You are a soul that has a body, not a body that has a soul. At first glance this might seem a petty semantic difference, but on further consideration the difference is profound. Instead of being a body with a soul trapped inside longing to escape back to the One, the All, the ...
Note: I am writing this almost two years after the enlightenment experience, October, 2009. The enlightenment experience was January 2007. Once you have had the enlightenment experience, you have a dilemma. When the experience recedes, you are no longer enlightened. So what do you do then? There are only two options. The first is to remain silent, not speaking about it with anyone. The second is to try to share the experience by talking and writing about it. Neither option is ever satisfactory.
String Theory The theory of strings, sometimes referred to as the theory of everything,i is considered by many physicists to be the most promising explanation to date for the nature of ultimate reality. It suggests the possibility that there is a connection, as well as a separation, between the ...
The Health Benefits of Sex By Al Link and Pala Copeland - 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra Lose weight. Reduce stress. Lower your cholesterol level. Improve your circulation. Live longer. Stay younger. Sounds like an ad for a new wonder drug right?
"Sexual and Non-sexual Touching – Body Freedom"n(Part 4 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copeland Contrary to the stereotypes that men primarily want sexual touching and women mostly want affectionate touching, both forms are equally important for enduring, satisfying relationships. Men and ...
What Matters to Me Sexually Time for Exercise: 15 minutes alone and five minutes with your lover Properties Required: pen and paper Steps: Take fifteen minutes, or more if needed, to identify what really matters to you in lovemaking. Identify some things that are essential, some things ...
Pleasure Points Acupressure releases muscle tension and eliminates the toxins held in muscle tissue, enabling energy and blood to flow freely. As blood circulation increases, oxygen and other nutrients can nourish more areas of the body, naturally heightening your sensuality. Many of the same ...
Body Sounds The body makes very interesting inte al sounds, including: digestion as food moves through the stomach and intestines, breathing, heart beating and pumping blood, and eating food, including chewing and swallowing. Listen to these sounds, become familiar with them, and notice how ...
Sweet Feet Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: plastic dishwashing pan, two towels, bar of fine soap, sloughing cream, pedicure items, e.g., pumice stone, toenail clippers, nail file, nail buff, nail sticks, nail polish, foot creams, and lotions Steps: Gather ...
Part 3 of 8 Healthy Emotions for Healthy Livesn A direct connection between your heart (emotion and feeling) and the rest of your body affects your state of health. Neurobiologist Candace Pert and a team of researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified ...
Al Link and Pala Copeland own and operate 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra. They regularly host lover’s romantic weekends near Ottawa Canada, and weeklong retreats in exotic locations. For more information call toll free from Canada or USA: 1-800-684-5308 Inte ational long distance: 1-819-689-5308. Visit their websites www.tantra-sex.com, www.sexyspiritualrelationships.com and their blog www.askaboutloveandsex.com or send email: 4freedoms@tantraloving.com They have four books published including Soul Sex: Tantra for Two, New Page, 2003; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Supercharged Kama Sutra, Penguin, 2007; Sensual Love Secrets for Couples: The Four Freedoms Body, Heart, Mind and Soul, Llewellyn 2007; Tantra Step by Step: 28 Days to Ecstasy, Llewellyn 2007.
INTEGRATION EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland THE MEANING OF LIFE A primary function of consciousness is to bestow meaning, to decide what things mean for you personally. Examples include deciding how important something is to you regardless of its importance ...
Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Lovers’ Days Asking your love for what you want and giving your love whatever has been requested are two sides of the same coin—a yin/yang balance of receiving/giving, and passive/active pleasure. Just ...