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How Touch, Tantric and Taoist Practices Expand us
Heart-Centered Touch for Men
Intentions and Purpose of the Blog
Welcome to my blog—a space where we can explore men’s health, vitality, and connection through bodywork, Taoist QiGong, and Tantric principles. As an acupuncturist, bodyworker, and teacher, I’ve spent years helping men live fuller, more embodied, and expressive lives. This blog is my way of sharing insights from my workshops, offering educational resources, and starting meaningful conversations about issues that matter to us as men. Whether you’re curious about the structure of a prostate massage class or want to learn more about QiGong and male vitality, this is a place to grow, connect, and discover together.
Here’s what you can expect from this blog:
- Insights into My Classes & Workshops: I’ll break down themes of upcoming workshops, like what a prostate massage class entails and how it’s structured, so you’ll know exactly what to expect.
- Articles on Relevant Topics: I’ll write about QiGong, male vitality, and other areas of interest, giving you a foundation of knowledge to refer back to anytime.
- Conversations About Men’s Health: I’ll tackle issues that many of us face but rarely discuss—regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, or experience—to create a space for shared understanding and support.
- Engagement in the Comments: I encourage you to join the conversation by sharing your thoughts and experiences in the comments. Together, we can learn and grow.
- Practice Demonstrations: I’ll post videos featuring techniques, practices, and discussions about current issues, giving you practical tools to explore on your own.
The first article on this page is an essay by a journalist who attended one of my weekend workshops at Frog Meadow Farm in Vermont. It’s a personal look at what you can expect from my workshops and a great place to start. Thanks for being here—I look forward to connecting with you!
Adam Brown
Adam is an acupuncturist, bodyworker, and teacher in New York City, specializing in workshops and retreats for men. With a focus on massage, Taoist QiGong, and Tantra principles, he helps men cultivate deeper connections and live expressive, embodied lives.
Aspects of Tiger-Tantric Massage 1
Steps to follow to create a great Tiger-Tantric Massage:
The healing power of pleasure is a powerful tool when used consciously. It can also be delicate and, even elusive. The key element to remember in engaging in Tantric Massage is ‘Choice’. We make the choice to surrender to sensation and into the hands of another man. This is most successful when we create a strong container in which to explore. Here are some guidelines to create a strong container:
Creating the Container for the Experience
- Make Agreements about the Receiver’s Intentions, Goals and Boundaries. This is essential to creating a satisfying and healthy experience.
- Be clear about engagement with Mutual Touch or not. This is a choice for the Giver to make.
- State clearly what Giver’s and Receiver’s boundaries are. This agreement includes areas not to be touched.
- Be clear that the Tiger-Tantric Massage is the Receiver’s experience that the Giver facilitates.
- Giver makes clear that guided breathwork is part of the experience.
- Establish clear lines of communication between Giver and Receiver. This includes creating safe-words like: Go slower and Stop. Other communications may include phrases such as: ‘Please do more of that’ and ‘Yes’.
- The power of the PAUSE is important to remember. At times, it is appropriate to re-group, slow down and just breathe…
- Giver may encourage the Receiver to breathe deeply, loudly and fully. This empowers a full-experience and gives the Receiver permission to be in his animal-body
Leaning-Into Tantric Touch
The phrase: ‘Stay in the Moment’ has particular resonance and impact in Tantric Massage. The satisfaction is amplified the more one can completely inhabit the moment. Practically speaking, what does this mean? How does one achieve this?
- Let go of expectations. Those are a construct of your mind.
- Receiver: put your full attention on the place where your body meets the Giver’s hands/body. Lean into the Giver with your intention, your body and your breath.
- Leaning-in to someone and leaning-in mutually is an art. It is something that is learned as you navigate the session.
- One way to name this leaning-in is ‘Interface’- a place where energy and structure meet. The is an expansive state. It not only expands sensation and pleasure. Interface also expands consciousness.
- Leaning in to pleasure and even painful places encourages the release of held tension in the body.
- The fuller the breath, the deeper the release of tension. Release of tension opens the way for more pleasure.
Tiger-Tantric Massage is a process of allowing what is present to unfold and emerge. Mutual honor and respect are part of this sensational journey. When we enter a Tantric agreement, we create a sacred space. This is not prescribed or conditional. If we are able give ourselves to the mysteries of the body and spirit, the mind will gladly follow.