A woman who teaches tantric sex to singles and couples has revealed she turned to the ancient practice as a way to reboot her life after years of working an erotic masseuse left her burnt out.
Georgia Rose, 27, from Perth, Western Australia, has been helping people to embrace the path of tantra – a spiritual practice with love at its core – for the past two years.
Her calling for what has now become her the vocation came after she visited a tantric retreat in Bali, looking for a way to restore and ‘rebalance’ her energy.
‘I went to a tantric retreat to learn about sexuality and I actually learnt a whole lot more about myself,’ she told FEMAIL.
‘It sparked my interest in what tantra has to teach us and I knew at that moment it would be something that I was going to share with the world.’
Georgia Rose from Perth, Western Australia (pictured) has been helping couples and singles find their way to happiness through tantric sex for the past two years
Ms Rose holds the view tantra is a way of life and one that helped her heal from years of working as an erotic masseuse
While Ms Rose had previously worked as an erotic masseuse, she felt it didn’t contribute to her wellbeing and if anything had negatively impacted her emotionally.
‘Tantra taught me how disconnected I was while I was doing massage and how it was negatively impacting my body and my emotions.
‘I began exploring the possibility of tantra as a way of life and with support from my teachers I began to teach courses of my own.’
The 27-year-old said she was drawn to teach tantra after attending a workshop in Bali which helped her ‘rebalance’ her energy
In a bid to make tantra accessible to as many people as possible, Ms Rose runs monthly workshops.
The courses are designed to help those looking for a way into the practice and to foster ‘conscious connection, sensuality and joy’.
‘My sessions involve elements of mindfulness – drawing attention to the power of thought and to a person’s belief system,’ she said.
‘There is always a component of bodywork – gentle touch, movement, breath and sound.
‘This helps to bring people deeper into their body, it quietens their mind and allows their nervous system to release suppressed emotion and to recalibrate to a new way of being.
‘My sessions are intuitive and I trust whatever I feel that person needs to experience so they feel seen, heard, loved and supported.’
‘There is always a component of bodywork – gentle touch, movement, breath and sound,’ Ms Rose said
Although Ms Rose has people come to her from all walks of life, she says her role isn’t to ‘fix’ anyone, more to guide them to greater self-acceptance.
‘My sessions do not “fix” or heal people, rather they allow people to let go of everything that is not their essential nature, to remember that they are innately perfect, complete and loveable just as they are.
‘There are some spiritual practices that say sexuality is bad and that it’s sinful and dirty but tantra believes that sexuality is healing, heart-opening and the life force that creates us here on earth, it is our reason for existence.
‘And what’s more sacred and spiritual or beautiful than that?’
What are the most common tantric sex myths?
* Tantra is different from regular sex because there is no agenda or goal to ejaculate or achieve clitoral orgasm.
* Tantric sex isn’t always marathon-like sex sessions, however these long sessions are possible because there is no goal for ejaculatory/clitoral orgasm. During Tantric Sex energy is circulated between a couple, so it doesn’t release at the genitals, instead it allows for full-body orgasms and can last as short or as long as you choose.
* Tantric sex is not just about the physical act of sex it is about opening your heart; connecting to Self, Beloved and Spirit – something far greater than yourself; and using sexual energy for healing, creation and expansion.
* Tantra is deeply rooted in spirituality but this doesn’t mean the techniques are difficult to learn. In essence, the practice teaches people to understand sex is the most natural thing in the world and a sacred experience.
Ms Rose is all too familiar with the kind of reputation tantric sex has and laughs at how it’s perceived as a way to have intercourse for as long as possible.
By way of offering a contrast, she explains mainstream sex is focused on the ‘chase’ – the focus is on orgasm and is often viewed as a race to the finish line. In tantra, there isn’t a finish line as such.
‘Tantric sex allows sexuality to open ourselves to love, healing, connection to self, other and spirit.
‘The heart opens, the body opens, awareness opens. It’s a full body experience that allows for a much deeper connection.
‘No one is chasing an outcome, there’s no agenda, instead it’s like a dance between two bodies. It’s surrendering to the mystery of what unfolds.’
She explained tantric sex can be a mix of many things including penetration but there’s also a lot of emphases placed on transfiguration or ‘eye gazing’.
‘This [transfiguration] is where you actually look into the soul of a person through their eyes,’ Ms Rose said.
‘I know people who have sex without ever looking into the eyes of their partner or it’s in the dark and I have come to learn, if you cannot let someone see you fully, physically or emotionally, your body should not be penetrated or penetrating.’
Ms Rose (pictured left) is all too familiar with the kind of reputation tantric sex has and laughs at how it’s perceived as a way to have intercourse for as long as possible
Learning the practice has also paid other dividends in Ms Rose’s life through helping her overcome bulimia, an eating disorder she’d suffered with for seven years.
‘Food was my addiction, distracting me from my emotional pain, providing connection and comfort, filling the void, providing temporary pleasure and allowing me to forget my worries for a brief moment.
‘Tantra helped me to overcome my eating disorder by teaching me how to understand myself and my addiction patterns.
‘It taught me how to work with uncomfortable emotions in a way that creates growth and expansion, instead of reaction and addiction.
‘It showed me I could be who I am rather than who I think I should be and how to free myself from my own limitations.’
Learning the practice has also paid other dividends in Ms Rose’s life through helping her overcome bulimia, an eating disorder she’d suffered with for seven years
Ms Rose says it’s been a goal of hers to find a way to bring tantra teaching and align these with a message of body positivity.
With a view to realising this, she set about mounting a challenge to bring the world skinny dipping record back to Perth.
In February, she and 150 nudists hit Swanbourne nudist beach for a ‘practice run’ and will attempt to bring the title back to Australia later in the year.
The Australian city held the record for three years before Ireland took over in 2018.
Speaking about the practice dip, Ms Rose told The West Australian: ‘We were all celebrating positive body image and embracing all of who we are.’
Over 150 people (pictured) attended the skinny dipping world record practice run at Perth’s Swanbourne nudist beach
She says learning to love her body and being brave enough to show it in public alongside others has been incredibly ‘liberating’.
‘I went from really hating myself and hiding my body and wearing baggy clothes to being able to really love myself and to be able to fully embrace myself naked.’
While Ms Rose accepts tantra might not be for everyone she urges those considering the practice to contemplate the practice as a way to think about life more broadly.
‘Tantra helps us see our struggles can become strengths. When we can look at our challenges in life we can actually see them as a gift and as a teaching.
‘This gives us a lot more power to step forward in the direction we want to go and we don’t need to be defined by our story or our past.
‘We have the power and the ability to become and create whomever we want to be in life.’
To find out more about Ms Rose’s courses and her workshops, please visit Instagram @Georgia_Liberate or Facebook