This our final episode in our exploration of sex, bindu, rajas, and Brahmacharya and the second of two episodes looking at female practitioners especially.

We are joined by Tova Olsson, a scholar of religion, author, and yoga teacher with over 20 years of experience in education.

We discuss:

The reproductive model of the yogic body vs Kundalini models
How Tantra relates to methods of conserving vital energies
How female practitioners can understand sexual continence in spiritual practice.

She holds a MA in Religious Studies and is currently working on her PhD, researching the construction of gender in contemporary tantra in Europe. She is the author of the book "Yoga and Tantra: history, philosophy and mythology" and runs the online school Saraswati-Studies, where she strives to combine an academic, critical understanding with the experience of a long-term practitioner, joining devotion and discernment.

https://saraswati-studies.teachable.com

S2, Ep. 19 Sex, Rajas, and The Yogic Body as Applied to Women, with Tova Olsson (Episode 2/2)