E159 - Jaiya: The Ancient Practice That Turns Sexuality Into a Path for Awakening

Know Thyself

André Duqum

Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

World-renowned sexologist and Tantra teacher Jaiya reveals how sexuality, intimacy, and awakened pleasure can become powerful tools for healing, spiritual growth, and self-realization. We explore why society has shamed sex, how suppression distorts our relationship with our bodies, and how ancient Tantric practices can restore our connection to the sacred.

You’ll learn how to harness your life force energy, expand your capacity for intimacy, transmute darkness into light, and unlock your unique Erotic Blueprint.

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0:00 Intro

2:14 Sexuality as a Path to Awakening

3:59 Why Society Shames Sex

6:46 The Link Between Distortion & Suppression

8:55 Coming Into Right Relationship with Sexuality

12:04 We’re Missing Our on the “Symphony” of Intimacy

16:44 Why We Must Desexualize Our Mind

20:22 Beauty & Subtlety of Awakened Pleasure

26:15 The Lineage of Tantra & It’s Doorway to the Divine

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34:20 Tantra Isn’t Just Sex

39:48 How to Make Anything in Life Pleasurable

43:52 Transmuting Darkness Into Light

48:46 Ad: Wix

50:41 Orgasms: Men vs Women

58:39 Harnessing Your Life Force Energy

1:04:49 Becoming a Multi-Orgasmic Man

1:07:16 Erotic Blueprints: Your Archetype for Pleasure

1:24:25 Eros vs Sexuality

1:28:43 Becoming Integrated with These Tools

1:33:29 Rekindling Your Sex Life with a Longtime Partner

1:38:49 The Synchronicity of Coming On This Show

1:41:18 Practice to Bring This Into Your Life

1:43:28 Conclusion

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0:00.0	Sexuality, when we are empowered and it brings us sovereignty.
0:04.0	I see a lot of harm in our world.
0:05.0	Sex is something that we've suppressed and made wrong and bad and a lot of shame about.
0:10.0	When we make that bad and wrong, then we make humanity bad and wrong.
0:13.0	When we make that divine, everything just gets to be sacred in the face of the beloved is everywhere.
0:18.0	Now you start to have the recipe for having pleasure become a pathway
0:22.2	to conscious awakening.
0:23.6	It's beautiful that we have tantra today
0:25.4	because so many of us can't go live in a cave.
0:28.5	Tantra was born out of the householder
0:30.7	can become enlightened.
0:32.6	It involved staying in the world.
0:34.6	It was harder.
0:35.6	It was more difficult to attain enlightenment, and so it becomes
0:39.4	much more accessible. Talk to me then what's possible. If you're going to become an amazing
0:43.5	lover to yourself or to another person, the main key to that is people talk about loving yourself
0:49.5	all the time, but for me, it is awakening to the truth of who you are, because when you understand who you are, you can't help but love yourself.
0:57.4	And when you have unconditional love for you from you, then everybody gets it.
1:06.8	Hey, everyone. Welcome back to know thyself. Our guest today is a world-renowned somatic sexologist and tantra teacher who has devoted over two decades to understanding human sexuality. She's the founder of the erotic blueprint, which is, if you don't know, like the love languages for human sexuality. And through her books, her media appearances and teachings, she's really been supporting
1:30.3	people, release shame around sexuality, and understand sexuality as a path into self-realization.
1:37.8	Chaya, thank you for being here.
1:39.3	It's a pleasure, literally.
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