According to ancient texts, everything in the world is composed of energy: the objects around us, the air, the human body. This energy, in the ancient Sanskrit language, is called ‘prana.’ This word holds a secondary meaning – breath.
Energy is quite an abstract concept. Whether it exists or not cannot be scientifically proven. However, breath – that indeed exists. It can be felt near the nostrils, and it can be controlled – accelerated, slowed, deepened.
For thousands of years, yogis have focused on this. It’s what psychologist Stanislav Grof extensively studied over time, leading to the development of the holotropic breathwork method. It’s a weakened version of this that occurs in yoni massage through abdominal breathing.
Grof put forth the theory that the processes occurring around a person’s birth ‘imprint’ on them and somehow influence their future life.
He divided the birthing process into four stages, calling them basic perinatal matrices (BPMs). Through breathwork, one can revisit these stages.
- BPM 1: Pre-birth period. Nothing much happens. Bliss, pleasure, enjoyment. In massage, it’s the initial relaxation, an exit from stress, and drifting into a light trance-like state.
- BPM 2: Contractions – the uterus contracts while the cervix is still closed. The uterine muscles compress from all sides. In massage, this manifests as spasms in the hands and face or as a sensation of a heavy weight on the chest. Sometimes, the diaphragm muscle gets blocked.
- BPM 3: The cervix opens, and movement through the birth canal begins. During massage, this often triggers body movement, a sense of struggle, accelerated breathing, cathartic emotional expression, or intense coughing.
- BPM 4: The first minutes after birth. In massage – a feeling of expansion, loss of bodily boundaries, white light, communion with higher forces. Unearthly love, total acceptance – of oneself and everyone around.
If performing yoni massage as a tantric practice for awakening energy in the body, it’s crucial not to let the woman get stuck in the initial trance state. ENCOURAGE her to breathe. Because right now, she might not feel like it. She’s already comfortable.
For this, it's necessary to direct and remind her. BDSM has absolutely no relevance to this.
Other details of the massage are described in the online course about yoni massage.
