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Part 5 of 8 "Men in Relationship: The Hero Who Admits He Is Afraid" Many men are reluctant to embrace relationships but relationships are the marquee event in the Olympics of Life. Winning the gold medal in relationships is as good as it gets in this world. Ask yourself: Is a great ...

Fantasy Fun Fantasies provide opportunities to explore all aspects of sexuality with a love you trust in a situation that is safe, even though some fantasies might involve danger, violence, or taboos. Suggested guidelines for exploring fantasy: No-one gets hurt—no means no, and stop ...

This simple meditation brings tranquility, healing, and balance as you direct golden energy through the channels of your body, from your head to your feet and back again. Time for Exercise: five to 10 minutes Properties Required: none Steps: Sit comfortably with closed eyes, straight ...

"Surrender" The challenge and opportunity of faith is to surrender to God’s will (the Divine rhythm, the flow of the Tao) believing that however badly things might be going in this moment, in the long term you will attain your heart’s true desire and your life will unfold in a way ...

"Body Pleasure and Relationship – Body Freedom"n(Part 3 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copelandn Fortunately, a mate relationship gives you a perfect arena in which to learn to overcome your negative body conditioning and to celebrate your body’s desires. When you are in a loving ...

"Freedom and Responsibility" The essence of Soul Freedom is faith. Science is what you believe because of the evidence. In spiritual matters, faith is what you believe, despite evidence to the contrary. Faith enables you to keep going when all appears hopeless and to say, “That ...

Developing an Empirical Awareness of the Four Freedoms You can do simple experiments to comprehend that all elements of you are interconnected. For 30 seconds think a very negative thought, for instance, your partner has left you, you have been fired, or your home has burned down. Stop the ...

Dirty Dancing The phrase “dirty dancing” comes from the movie by the same name, but actually there is nothing dirty about doing a striptease for your lover. This is one of the most erotic gifts you can give each other. Time for Exercise: 15 to 30 minutes Properties Required: music ...

Vision and Purposenn Choice is the foundation of all Four Freedoms. You reclaim your freedom by making new choices and acting consistently to support those choices. Although you won’t get what you want if you don’t know what it is, you don’t have to know exactly what ...

SOUL FREEDOM EXERCISESnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland EYES WIDE SHUT Your eyes are windows to your soul. Do you allow people in or lock them out? Time for Exercise: five minutes to one hour (several sessions are an option) Properties Required: magnifying ...

Part 4 of 8n "Twelve Keys to the Kingdom of Your Heart’s Desire" Thought cannot heal a broken heart, and thinking will never open a heart that is closed. Only feeling can accomplish such miracles. As Blaise Pascal said long ago, “The heart has its reasons which reason knows ...

GROUNDINGn Grounding is a simple yet powerful energy connection exercise. Through it you connect your individual energy flow to the energy flow of Mother Earth. As you tap into this great force of life, you will become calm and revitalized. Time for Exercise: 10 minutes Properties Required: ...

Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Song of LovenSongs of romance are sure-fire heart-melters, especially when they are sung just for you by the one you love. Time for Exercise: three to five minutes to sing Properties Required: Obtain the lyrics to a ...

Ultimate Reality: Consciousness n n If the difference between particles and waves is so slippery, and if time and space are so easily transcended, what is the fundamental nature of reality? What is real? One answer is consciousness. Consciousness is original and fundamental, everything ...

Just as we are sometimes taught that pleasure is a sinful path to follow, so are we warned of the terrible power of desire. Desire can lead us to overindulgence, to betrayal, and to misery. “The abstinent run away from what they desire, but carry their desires with them. When a ...

The Four Freedomsnby Al Link and Pala Copeland The desire to love someone through and through and to be loved that way in return, for a lifetime, burns in almost every heart. Although we are all truly worthy of such love, it is not something that will usually happen by itself. A superb ...

Poet’s Prophecy Having something to look forward to is one of the supreme motivators in life. Helping your partner to see and believe that good things lie ahead is one of the great gifts you can offer. When lovers expect the best from each other, they are more likely to get it. The ...

Essence of Emotionn n Poets, mystics, philosophers, and scientists have long pondered the mysteries of the heart. Religious thought claims the heart as the center of spiritual love. Christianity associates divine love with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Hindus revere Shiva’s sacred heart, ...

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Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland Freeing the Fool Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: none Steps: When have you felt foolish, embarrassed, or humiliated? Recall the circumstances of those situations. What if these ...

Novocain How do you dull your emotional pain? How do you hide from hurting? Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps:n n Identify any strategies you use to dull, deny, avoid, or suppress emotional pain. The first step for healing emotional pain is to ...

"Keeping Your Heart Open" As you proactively manifest Heart Freedom, in the context of a monogamous committed relationship, your burden of fear, pain, and insecurity declines continuously and sometimes dramatically. You can heal wounds from childhood to the present quite naturally without ...

Sweet Feet Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: plastic dishwashing pan, two towels, bar of fine soap, sloughing cream, pedicure items, e.g., pumice stone, toenail clippers, nail file, nail buff, nail sticks, nail polish, foot creams, and lotions Steps: Gather ...

rnEvery music fan needs to wear wireless headphones. Think of a setting where you want to tune in to music or watch a good movie, but you can't because your children sleep in the next room. Basically you can put on headphones that have a cable and sit next to the music system or get a good pair of wireless headphones. If you are using your PC and would like to enjoy some music, do you plan to hold it whenever you need to go to another room or, for example, relax in your bed?

MAGIC WANDn Time for Exercise: five to 15 minutes Properties Required: magic wandnn Steps: Make a magic wand from materials you find around the home, anything simple or elaborate, but beautiful. Take turns with the wand. Say to your lover, “With this wand I ...

Properties Required: none Steps: Have a conversation in which you help each other recall examples of synchronous events or meaningful coincidences in your life. In particular, identify the good things that both happened to you and in which you also actively participated. Scenarios of such ...

"Mind Freedom in Relationship: Conscious Attention to What Matters" Mind Freedom -Part 4 of 8 The world is demanding and constantly changing. People tend to ignore one of their most important anchors for intellectual sanity, emotional security, and spiritual wisdom—their primary ...

Taking Action – Body Freedom"n(Part 7 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copeland The best way to learn—and unlea —is to take action. Remember that your Body Freedom is your responsibility. It is neither mandatory nor automatic. You can claim your Body Freedom with the following ...

Mind Puzzle Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required none Steps: Ask yourself the following questions. The first question is the most important one. All the other questions follow from that one. The first question is: “Who am I?” Some common answers might ...

No Boundariesn Sacred lovemaking has no goal (you are not trying to get to orgasm) but there is a purpose—the union of the lovers. During sexual/spiritual ecstasy, the boundaries between lovers disappear. If you have secrets and barriers to protect yourself emotionally from your lover, ...

Mind Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do On Your Ownnby Al Link and Pala Copeland What I Notice Today Your relationship is like a garden. You must pay attention to it every day weeding a little here, and watering a little there, so that it will thrive. Time for Exercise: two minutes Properties ...

"Claiming Your Body Freedom – Body Freedom"n(Part 6 of 7)nby Al Link and Pala Copelandn Divesting yourself of your body’s armor, so that you can be fully at ease in your body and share it completely with your beloved, requires learning a few new things and unlea ing some old ones. ...

You Go First The poet Alta once wrote, “Let’s stop hurting each other. You go first.” Somebody has to go first if things are going to change for the better. Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Identify a contentious issue ...

Body Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Games Galore Time for Exercise: 30 minutes to all day and night Properties Required: varies with each game Treasure Hunt I Place notes (e.g., sticky notes) to lead your love on a search for sensual, sexual ...

Sacred Bathing Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: fine bath soaps, bath oils, bath salts, bubble bath, fresh or dried flower petals, shampoos, incense, essential oils, music, candles, refreshments (optional) Steps: Make sure the room is wonderfully warm.nn ...

Heart Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Permission Please Time for Exercise: one minute Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Ask your partner’s permission to be her lover. Look into her eyes and hold her hand while you speak. Most important is how ...

Two Ways Make New Waysn Time for Exercise:15 minutes to two hours Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps:n n Have a conversation during which you identify points of difference, such as ways of thinking or acting, values, and beliefs. Some of these differences might be minor; ...

Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps: Each of you makes a list of things loved and appreciated about the other. Take turns reading your lists out loud. Comments: You can never hear too many times why your partner loves, admires, ...

Happiness is your birthright. Happiness does not need to be a fleeting, momentary, and fragile thing. Happiness is a natural accompaniment to Soul Freedom. Soul finds happiness in simplicity, in the mystery of everyday life—the warmth of a lovers’ touch, the interplay of ...

How well do you really know each other? How much do you take each other for granted? Time for Exercise: 15 minutes to one hour Properties Required: pen and pape n Steps: Answer the following questions: What color(s) are your lover’s eyes? What color is your lover’s ...

LIVING A LIFE OF PLEASURE The true nature of reality is obviously a mystery. There is no “objective reality” to fasten onto as a conclusive guide for living. This can be frightening or freeing, for if there is no absolute certainty, then your reality is up to you. You create ...

Baby Body Safety, security, acceptance, and belonging are universal human needs. The Baby Body exercise offers these things as unconditional gifts of love. Time for Exercise: five minutes Properties Required: none Steps: One of you holds the other with unimaginable tende ess, as ...

I’ll be Watching Youn Time for Exercise: two minutes to one hou Properties Required: nonen Steps: n Ask your love permission to watch as she does things that might ordinarily be completely private. Some ideas of things you can ask for: undressing, dressing, any particular aspect of ...

Mind Freedom ExercisesnExercises To Do Togethe by Al Link and Pala Copeland Delectable Deliberations One of the sexiest turn-ons for men and women is the intellectual stimulation of exploring and disagreeing about ideas. Time for Exercise: the length of a meal Properties Required: nonenn ...

Al Link and Pala Copeland own and operate 4 Freedoms Relationship Tantra. They regularly host lover’s romantic weekends near Ottawa Canada, and weeklong retreats in exotic locations. For more information call toll free from Canada or USA: 1-800-684-5308 Inte ational long distance: 1-819-689-5308. Visit their websites www.tantra-sex.com, www.sexyspiritualrelationships.com and their blog www.askaboutloveandsex.com or send email: 4freedoms@tantraloving.com They have four books published including Soul Sex: Tantra for Two, New Page, 2003; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Supercharged Kama Sutra, Penguin, 2007; Sensual Love Secrets for Couples: The Four Freedoms Body, Heart, Mind and Soul, Llewellyn 2007; Tantra Step by Step: 28 Days to Ecstasy, Llewellyn 2007.

Integration in a Mate Relationshipn n A mate relationship is a superlative setting for integrating your Four Freedoms. A relationship is the ideal arena for learning to become whole. Lovers do not complete each other but rather comprise one whole relationship. Not only is committed ...

The Whine Cellar Do you catch yourself whining and complaining needlessly about what ails you and what you don’t like? Do you notice your love doing the same? Whining and complaining rarely elicit compassion from those around us but rather tend to annoy everyone. Certainly it is ...

Part 3 of 8 Healthy Emotions for Healthy Livesn A direct connection between your heart (emotion and feeling) and the rest of your body affects your state of health. Neurobiologist Candace Pert and a team of researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified ...

Open your heart. Keep your heart open. Open it again every time it closes. Time for Exercise: one minute Properties Required: nonenn Steps: Imagine the one best thing that could happen for the following people in your life. What if you could grant each of these people one wish? What ...

I Changed My Mind… And she never gives out, and she never gives in. She just changes her mind. Billy Joel, She's Always a Woman Time for Exercise: 10 to 30 minutes Properties Required: nonenn Steps:n n Individually select an issue that has been a bone of contention ...