Here’s permission and encouragement to PLAY this week!
When I was a kid I LOVED this week between the holidays! It was the one non-summer week when I didn’t have to do anything for anyone else. No school, no lessons, no activities. Just long hours playing with my new toys and indulging in creative projects. As an adult I have had to relearn how […]
An Alternative to Columbus Day
I am very troubled by this weekend’s Columbus Day holiday. I have been out of the country the past few Octobers, so I have been able to avoid the feelings of shame and embarrassment I feel about living in a country that continues to dedicate a holiday to a man responsible for the enslavement, brutalization […]
How to Take an Erotic Risk
One of my favorite observations about great sex was made by sex therapist Jack Morin, who did extensive research on peak sexual experiences. Jack said that a peak sexual experience is the result of just the right combination of safety and risk. I couldn’t agree more.
Think about a really hot sexual experience you have had. What made […]Some erotic books and movies that aren’t totally cheesy
Someone sent in a great question for my free webinar, Urban Tantra: What’s In It For You on 22 July. It was: “Can you recommend some erotic books and movies that aren’t totally cheesy?”
Since this person gave me no idea of their erotic preferences, it was hard to answer. So I gave a shout out to […]
How to Have an Ecstatic Solstice
Stay in the present moment.
Don’t try so hard.
Stay in the present moment.
Drop your expectations and your judgments.
Stay in the present moment.
Surrender.
Stay in the present moment.
Be conscious.
Stay in the present moment.
Practice doing all of this throughout your holidays…
…in the present moment.Happy Solstice!
With Love and Ecstasy from Barbara Carrellas and the international Urban Tantra Team:
Hayley Caspers, Jazz […]Announcing 2015 Dates for the Urban Tantra Professional Training Program
I’m thrilled to announce the worldwide dates for 2015:
Copenhagen, Denmark 5-10 May 2015
Melbourne, Australia 15-20 September 2015
London, U.K. 20-25 October 2015Register now and you’ll receive the earliest of early-bird rates available.
In addition to all you’ll learn in the training program, you’ll receive ongoing benefits as part of the Urban Tantra Community, including:
• A free listing in […]I’m Launching a Brand New Series of Workshops: The Urban Tantra Experience
A New York Magazine pick for a perfect holiday gift!
You told me what you wanted, and I listened!
I’ve created a new series for all of you who asked for longer, more in-depth Urban Tantra workshops. The Urban Tantra Experience premieres in April at Eastover Estate and Retreat in Lenox, MA—a beautiful retreat center in the Berkshires in […]In Memory of Raelyn Gallina
Last night I heard about the passing of our beloved Raelyn Gallina. Raelyn’s influence on me is so huge it’s hard to encapsulate in one post. Raelyn was (among other things) a jeweler, a piercer, a body modification artist of the hight order, a powerful priestess and a plant magician. She pierced me many times. […]
A Plea for Help for Kate Bornstein
Hello friends and family,
Kate Bornstein, my partner in life, love and art, need your help.
As many of you know, Kate’s lung cancer is back. It reappeared in late December in a lymph node behind her collarbone. The good news is that it did not travel far from it’s original site. Recent scans show it’s not […]
Eulogy For My Dad
Delivered at Jesus Saviour Church in Newport R.I. on the snowy morning of 10 December 2013…
I lost two hugely important influences in my life within 24 hours this past week, Nelson Mandela and my Dad, Ernest J. Carrellas. As I was thinking about their lives I realized how many of—all of us perhaps—have our lives […]