Explore our complete collection of articles on authentic Tantra, Kundalini yoga, Kashmir Shaivism, sacred sexuality, tantric healing, and the left-handed tantric path — written by lineage holder Michael Wogenburg.
- What Is Tantra? The Definitive Guide
A serious, grounded guide to the world's most misunderstood spiritual tradition. Etymology, history, philosophy, practices, schools, and dangers.
- Me Dying and What Comes After: Consciousness
On leaving religion, touching the absolute, and coming back for love.
- The Universe of Desire — Wire Your Chakras Downwards!
Why are we unable to endure the fire of desire? Why do we always betray the current of sex?
- I Love You. I Cannot Breathe Without You.
A love letter, a tantric retreat, and a marriage proposal.
- Remembering the Dark Rhythm of Yoga
Returning to oneness through rhythm, darkness, and the 365 Days Andhakaara Path.
- The Forbidden Path of Semen Retention in Tantra
A heartfelt exploration for modern men seeking spiritual vitality.
- I Create Paradises
I believe in the body. I believe in embodiment. I believe in lust and desire.
- Power Through Darkness
A 365-day journey into tantric yoga and the forgotten religion of nature.
- Yoni Trataka: Gazing at the Source
On the ancient meditation practice related to the female organ of birth and pleasure.
- Bodhisattva Sexuality: When Sex Becomes Sacred Service
Where pleasure and dharma become indistinguishable.
- Water Consciousness and the Forbidden Realm
Anaïs Nin — The House of Incest.
- 5 Karmendriyas and 5 Jnanendriyas
The 5 senses of experience and the 5 senses of action in Tantra.
- Hermann's FY Yoga Retreat in Rio de Janeiro
The first Sensual Liberation Retreat.
- On Relationships and Tantra: The Energetic Debt You Carry
Revealing the karmic debt you carry and how to finally release it.
- Movie: A Dark Song — Not Everything Can Be Forgiven
The high cost of breaking rules.
- Wogenburg's Unconventional Approach to Therapy
FY guru invented Forbidden Yoga in time of deep loneliness.
- Muladhara Chakra Petals
A journey through the Muladhara Chakra in Vamachara Shakta Tantra.
- Our Brains' Urge for Mystical Experiences
A snapshot into the true forbidden yoga: The Uu sadhana.
- Why We Teach Chinese Sensual Massage
Traditional Tantra contains no bodywork. We had to look elsewhere.
- The Five Sub-Chakras of the Heart
From a Sufi sect to a worldwide organization of love.
- Krama Rishi Nyasa with Iya
The fascinating interplay between primary and secondary thought.
- Divorce Without Discord?
Pre & post divorce de-coupling retreats by Forbidden Yoga.
- The Joy of Torture?
Rechanneling human aggression through experimental roleplay and ritualistic spirituality.
- Reclaiming Your Voice — Working Through Trauma
A 1:1 program for women by Forbidden Yoga.
- The Last Thing Money Can Buy
When the calendar is perfect and the soul is starving.
- From Burnout to Ecstasy: My Journey with Forbidden Yoga
How a Sensual Liberation Retreat reawakened my passion and transformed my life.
- Sensual Liberation Retreats with the Brazilians
A new approach to therapy with conscious practitioners in Rio de Janeiro.
- Everything Vibrates
When ancient vibration meets modern physics.
- Sparsha Puja in a Mental Institution Called Modern Society
When life changes profoundly, you might forget it all began with Sparsha Puja.
- The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress
An exploration of an ancient Taoist tradition.
- Run Away From Tantra
Why real tantrics have to meditate on the graveyard.
- From Language Modulation to Rolegame Scripts
Real life sadhanas in the Forbidden Yoga lineage.
- The Parallel Self
The teacher behind Forbidden Yoga and the hidden architecture that shapes his work.
- The Distant God Fallacy
A blueprint for the post-religious age.
- Beyond the Naked Surface
Forbidden Yoga appears chaotic until the ancient structure underneath becomes visible.
- The Breath of God
The missing link between yoga, couples meditation and breathwork.
- The Energetic Anatomist
How Stanislav reads the holographic structure of relationships and clears hostile magic.
- 4 Paths Into the Forbidden
What you can get from us!
- When the Source Becomes the Destroyer
The asymmetry of power: female initiation in left-handed Shakta traditions.
- Indian Tantra — Mahavidyas versus Nityas
Why we work through the body, not primarily mantra sadhana.
- Why Our Society Cannot Heal
(But maybe some of us can.)
- What You Can Expect Booking Forbidden Yoga
Welcome to the edge of the forbidden.
- The Forgotten Gateways of the Human Body
Remembering the ancient current that awakens the full spectrum of consciousness.
- Forbidden-Yoga: Guardian of India's Vanishing Tantric Heritage
Michael Wogenburg's Forbidden Yoga in the context of lost Indian tantric heritage.
- The Solace of the Scene
Attachment styles and the psychodynamics of BDSM role play.
- The Animal Pūjā
A radical rite of left-handed Tantra.
- The Eight Limitations of Man (Kularṇava Tantra)
Transgression, bondage, and liberation in left-handed Tantra.
- Forbidden Yoga: Embracing the Unconventional Path to Non-Dual Awareness
Exploring the intersection of sensuality and Advaita Vedanta.
- The Next Generation of Wellness Retreats
Returning to true ancient paths of wisdom — for Spa China Magazine.
- From Freud to Taoism and Tantra: Sexual Therapy in Luxury Wellness
A video documentary from the Spa Summit in Nanjing, China, 2024.