Once it became public knowledge that yoga had taken over my life, people started asking if I'd learned any new sexual positions, largely because they wanted to make fun of me. Someone asked if I was now more 'bendy.' Another said, 'so, are you like having that Tantric sex stuff for 12 straight hours at a time, you know, like Sting and Trudy?'
Well, I'd definitely grown more agile and more flexible. I wasn't flopping around like a decked marlin in bed, and didn't find myself wheezing for breath when I was done. But it's not like my wife and I continually writhed in sweet Kama Sutra sexual congress, tenderly moving our outstretched hands in a circle while facing each other in half moon pose. Allow me to quote Sting from a revealing interview he did with a British tabloid: 'Yes, you can have sex for six hours, but it includes dinner, a movie and maybe a lot of begging! Tantra is a well documented science, it's not just about sex. It's a devotional exercise to express adoration. Sex is a sacred act and incredible fun.'
What he said. Let me add that I actually hadn't studied Tantra, at all, so I definitely wasn't having rock star intercourse. Plus, if Sting, a physically impeccable world famous billionaire musician who owns most of Scotland, has to beg his wife for sex, where did that leave guys like me? By the time Regina and I got done with dinner and a movie, all we cared about was rushing home so we didn't have to pay the babysitter an extra ten bucks, which didn't really put us in the mood to make the sexy time.
By Neal Pollack
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
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