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This Tantric Life with Layla Martin

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This Tantric Life is a podcast created by Layla Martin. The profound conversations throughout This Tantric Life are dedicated to exploring the deep wisdom and practices of Tantra, Sacred Sexuality, and conscious relationships. Join host Layla Martin as she invites her mentors and friends to dive even deeper into the Tantric philosophy and approach that can transform life, intimacy and relationships. Each guest shares their wisdom through deep, thought-provoking conversations that explore the mysteries of conscious living and loving and the opportunity Tantra and Sacred Sexuality present to help us free ourselves. Layla Martin believes Tantra is the last bastion of personal development, and whether you're a seasoned practitioner of Tantra looking to deepen your practice or simply curious about the intersection between spirituality and sexuality, This Tantric Life with Layla Martin is the perfect podcast to guide you on your journey toward a more fulfilling and meaningful life. This Tantric Life with Layla Martin will inspire you to embrace your truth and awaken your full potential as a human being.
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Episodes

Four Pillars That Transform Conflict and Pain Into Deeper Intimacy

Shownotes How to transform difficult moments in a relationship into turning points What distinguishes an abusive relationship from a partner with trauma How reclaiming your sexuality can take your partnership to a new level The four pillars that have helped Aubrey and Brian move through challenges The one question to ask yourself when you feel triggered by your partner What makes conflict the same as rebuilding your muscles at the gym Bio Brian Butts and Aubrey Slaver are relational and shadow a...

May 17, 20261 hr 33 min

What a Tantric Orgasm Actually Feels Like (and How to Get There)

Shownotes The real reason premature ejaculation happens How a Tantric orgasm feels different than a default orgasm Why pushing your body during sex actually blocks pleasure How to train your body for deeper pleasure and sexual experiences How to bring breast activation into your lovemaking experiences The power of yin versus yang in sexual experiences Bio Diana Richardson is widely regarded as a leading contemporary authority on human sexuality and conscious intimacy. A bestselling author on Tan...

May 03, 20261 hr 11 min

The New Science of Psychedelics, Sex, and Deep Connection

Shownotes Layla's story of encountering aliens for the first time How psilocybin impacts people's sex lives compared to SSRIs What changed for Tomasso sexually after a guided psilocybin experience What makes your romantic partner the best, or worst, thing for your nervous system Why a healthy, happy man can set a tone for an entire relationship Why choosing your partner is the most important decision you will ever make Bio Tommaso Barba a PhD candidate at the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imp...

Apr 19, 20261 hr 30 min

How to Reclaim Your Feminine Power and Magic

Shownotes How to attract what Seren calls Earth Alpha men Why healing trauma is an act of cultural magic How quantum leaps and manifestation often come from total collapse The difference between womb healing and the High Priestess path Layla and Seren's personal definitions of magic Why healing your wounds with the masculine allows you to see men as sacred Bio Seren Bertrand is a cultural mystic and visionary, best known for her best selling and award winning books on feminine wisdom and eco-spi...

Mar 29, 20261 hr 50 min

How This Tantra Teacher Faces Grief and Still Has the Best Sex of Her Life

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist Why Tantra allows you to be both fully spiritual and fully human The reason your nervous system goes numb trying to process intense emotion How to use spiritual practices as enrichment to your life rather than bypassing Why women's sexual energy after 40 years old ignites instead of dwindles A simple beginners' practice for overcoming ageism and unlocking confidence Bio Kirsti Kuosmanen is a lifelong artist, psyc...

Mar 15, 20261 hr 7 min

Kundalini Rising & Soul Rebirth: Listening to Your Inner Oracle with Rebecca Campbell

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist Layla and Rebecca share the stories of their Kundalini awakenings How undigested energy becomes trauma in our nervous systems How a Goddess dress and a case of norovirus became a spiritual crossroads for Layla How to tell whether your soul or your ego is speaking Rebecca's favorite simple way to stay connected with your soul Bio Rebecca Campbell is an international bestselling author, mystic, and spiritual teache...

Mar 01, 20261 hr 26 min

Why Kegels Don't Work and Other Surprising Things About Your Pelvic Floor Health

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist How pelvic floor health directly connects to pleasure How modern life and high heels create tightness in your pelvic floor What you can start doing now to improve your pelvic floor health Lauren's advice to women who feel numbness during sex Bonus pelvic floor practice with Layla Bio Lauren Ohayon is the creator of "Restore Your Core®" (RYC®), a comprehensive and sustainable fitness program that empowers women wh...

Feb 15, 20261 hr 11 min

How to Stay Madly in Love During Conflict with Your Partner

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist Layla explains what she calls the 3% in a relationship Why it's important to process challenges somatically using your bodies The #1 question Layla asks herself when conflict arises How to use conflict as a vehicle into a deeper level of connection How a couple in their 70s went from roommates to intimacy, safety, and turn-on Bio Fabienne Annick is a Sex, Love & Spirit Coach who sees sexuality and partnership...

Feb 01, 20261 hr 41 min

The Hidden Teachings of Mary Magdalene and the Radical Love We Were Never Taught

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist Exactly what the "witch wound" is and where it lives in your body The one thing Layla would change in the Catholic teachings Why spiritual lies live inside our bodies as self-hatred How spirituality impacts our ability to be a sexual being What most people still don't understand about Mary Magdalene Bio Meggan Watterson is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Mary Magdalene Revealed. She is a feminist th...

Jan 18, 20261 hr 51 min

What This Acclaimed Sex Therapist Wants You to Know

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist Ian's definition of great sex and how you can bring it into practice Why basic chemical attraction is part of what keeps couples together How dating apps impact relational and sexual experiences The number one key to Ian and his wife's sex life after 25 years together A daily practice for men and one for women to enhance presence and pleasure Bio Ian Kerner, PhD, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist and nationally ...

Jan 04, 20261 hr 15 min

What It Really Means to be Multi-Orgasmic

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist Different ways we unknowingly leak our sexual energy in modern life Key ways to begin rebuilding your sexual energy How exchanging energy with your partner leads to increased pleasure What obstacles men face in becoming multi-orgasmic and how to fix them A simple practice to feel your Qi in less than 30 seconds Bio Lee Holden is a Qi Gong Master who has brought ancient tradition to the mainstream. He's the author...

Dec 21, 20251 hr 16 min

That One Time I Had Sex in a Cemetery (and Other Tales About Desire)

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my FREE VITA Coaching Checklist How the American approach to pleasure compares to other cultures Layla shares one of her favorite cemetery sex stories The #1 way to get back into a sexual headspace How to approach shame around your sexuality Dr. Kate shares a take home practice you can use to connect with your body sexually Bio Dr. Kate Balestrieri, Psy.D is a Licensed Psychologist (Clinical and Forensic) in California, Florida, New York, and I...

Dec 07, 202544 min

Beyond Love: The Hidden Keys to Lasting Connection with Andrew Horn

Show Notes Take your business to the next level with my ⁠VITA™ Coaching Checklist⁠ The difference between objective truth vs. your truth (a.k.a. how to stop arguing with your own assumptions) A practical script for conflict that doesn't melt into blame soup The Five A's of Requests (Ask, Acknowledgement, Apology, Action, Agreements) How to repair trust and build integrity like it's a daily gym routine Why "Do you want to be heard, helped, or held?" is the relationship cheat code Men's work, sham...

Nov 23, 20251 hr 32 min

What To Do When Your Childhood Trauma Is Hijacking Your Relationship

Shownotes Take your business to the next level with my ⁠FREE VITA Coaching Checklist⁠ How Shay's childhood taught her the impact trauma has on adult relationships Why we have a tendency to draw in partners who are a perfect match for our wound How to know if you're in a dead end dynamic in your relationship The one question Shay asks herself when her inner saboteur comes up The importance of loving your parts so they don't hijack you in destructive ways Bio Shay Aiyana is the best-selling author...

Nov 16, 20251 hr 9 min

What to Do When Your Life Is "Perfect" but Your Soul Is Screaming

Shownotes What Sarah's awakening and transition into feminine magic looked like What sacred feminine ceremony actually is How Sarah's marriage was impacted by her awakening Why women's true happiness lies in their connection to themselves The hardest parts about learning the Priestess path The process Sarah went through to overcome her witch wound Bio Sarah thought she was destined to have an "in the box" life after going to a top college, working in advertising and then creating a successful em...

Nov 02, 20251 hr 7 min

This Therapist Taught Me How to Go from Hot Mess to Girlfriend of the Year

Shownotes Terry's "grid" that reveals how your trauma shows up in relationships The difference between individual empowerment and relational empowerment Which quadrant of the grid Layla is on and how she got there Why Terry calls our relationships our "biosphere" Terry's best advice for shifting out of anger and into connection A powerful guided boundary practice to follow along with Bio Terry Real is an internationally recognized family therapist, speaker and best-selling author committed to he...

Oct 19, 20251 hr 23 min

How to Awaken Your Cervix and Experience Cosmic Pleasure

Shownotes Why the cervix alters your state of consciousness How to move through a violation with your cervix What basic cervical dearmoring looks like inside your body The importance of understanding sovereignty in a relationship The phases of dearmoring safely Olivia's advice for reaching exquisite cosmic cervical orgasms Bio Olivia Bryant is the founder of Self:Cervix and creator of the Cervical Awakening Pathway – a profound journey into the body, love and creative power through activating th...

Oct 05, 20251 hr 7 minSeason 4Ep. 70

The Most Important Love Language No One Talks About: Repair

Shownotes What most people don't realize about the happiest couples The difference between narcissistic abuse vs toxicity from trauma How to never get ghosted again What exactly relationship repair is and why it's important Why repair is an ongoing practice Four of the most important skills required to repair successfully Bio Baya Voce is a relationship repair expert helping couples fight better and make up faster. She holds an MSW from Columbia University, is in ongoing supervision with Esther ...

Sep 21, 20251 hr 30 minSeason 4Ep. 70

Confessions Of A Former Good Girl: Pleasure is radical in a society built on purity culture

Shownotes How purity culture manifests in women's bodies and sexual experiences Why a woman's pleasure is a gift to everyone around her How ecstatic states purify and cleanse the soul Why shame is actually the gateway to pleasure A powerful practice that saved Dr. Kim's life Why Jesus' ministry would not exist without the women who supported it Bio Dr. Kimberly Rose Pendleton is a speaker, writer, teacher and the founder of UNCOVER, a 7-figure global lifestyle brand focused on intimacy, pleasure...

Sep 07, 20251 hr 9 minSeason 4Ep. 67

Attunement, Empathy, and Connection: Learn the "Soft" Skills of Sex

Shownotes The importance of focusing on connection instead of healing How to describe your feelings from your body instead of your head The most effective way to teach attunement to men Why lack of attunement feels like apathy The difference between suppression and containment What it feels like to be present inside of yourself Bio Steven Jaggers is a somatic educator, practitioner and the founder of SOMA+IQ™ Breathwork, a powerful modality for nervous system healing and embodied transformation....

Aug 24, 20251 hr 18 minSeason 4Ep. 66

I Touch My Cervix Live During This Podcast (and you can, too!) with Jamie Elizabeth Thompson

Shownotes Why women have a hard time accessing cervical orgasms What sex is like before cervical healing vs. what it's like after A guided cervical micropractice you can follow along with How to create a relationship with your cervix if it's been removed 3 Ways you can connect with your cervix every day Why your cervix is connected to having a healthy nervous system Bio Jamie Elizabeth Thompson is a feminine embodiment teacher and the founder of Awakened Woman, a global community and course plat...

Aug 10, 20251 hr 13 minSeason 4Ep. 65

The Local Witch's Guide to Finally Being Seen with Emily Fletcher | Ep 63

Shownotes How to use pain to carve out space for more joy The key to re-establishing beautiful orgasmic experiences Layla's experience training terror into safety in her nervous system The tools that allowed Layla to love greater than her relational trauma Why some of our earliest imprints of whether pleasure is safe happen in infancy How to heal trauma from a resource perspective so it becomes a gift Bio Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation and has taught over 50,000 people. Her bes...

Jul 27, 20251 hr 1 minSeason 4Ep. 63

Why Your Erotic Power is the Key to Female Leadership with Nisha Moodley | ep 62

Shownotes Nisha's core components of leadership and why they're so important The internal narrative Layla used to carry around leadership How to be both soft and gentle and ferocious and fiery as a woman Why we are exhausted from hypervigilance Steps you can take right now to build your own sanctuary Why the world represses mothers from their eroticism Bio Nisha Moodley is a Devotional Leadership guide, founder of Global Sisterhood Day, host of Devotion Podcast and a mother. As a biracial woman ...

Jul 13, 20251 hr 22 minSeason 4Ep. 62

The Deepest Relational Work I've Ever Done {New Podcast!} | 62

Shownotes Why relational work has the ability to heal things that solo work can't How to be fully present with what's true in the moment Why deeper inquiry into yourself is at the heart of the spiritual journey The beautiful thing about disintegration and why it's so important Why hiding your power creates disarray Tom's top advice for connecting with yourself on a deeper level Bio From a young age, Tom Slater sought to learn through direct experience, a path that has taken him across the globe,...

Jun 29, 20251 hr 29 minSeason 4Ep. 62

The Best Sex Advice of 2025 with Dr. Emily Morse | 61

Shownotes The best and worst sex ideas of 2025 The one piece of advice Layla would give to everyone Why safety is the #1 ingredient for being orgasmic The biggest sexual problems people face Dr. Emily's take on why people cheat How sex is a multi-layered experience Bio Emily Morse is a doctor of human sexuality and host of the award-winning #1 sexuality podcast, "Sex With Emily," which has been on air for two decades. She's a MasterClass instructor on sex and communication and the bestselling au...

Jun 15, 20251 hr 21 minSeason 4Ep. 61

How to Create Secure, Lasting Love in a Long-Term Relationship with Dr. Stan Tatkin | 60

Shownotes The difference between secure attachment and secure functioning Why a deep desire for love is underneath all attachment styles How shared purpose in your relationship brings you closer Why you have to become a whisperer for your partner One of Dr. Tatkin's top ways to create safety for your partner The biggest mistake people make in modern dating Bio Dr. Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT is a clinician, author, researcher, PACT developer, co-founder of the PACT Institute and an assistant clinical...

Jun 01, 20251 hr 13 minSeason 4Ep. 60

My Most Powerful Sex Magic Ritual 59

Free Guide Shownotes Layla's most powerful manifestation ritual Why you have to grieve to step onto a new timeline The key to digesting a negative or heavy experience How to do Sex Magic in 10-15 minutes Bio Layla Martin is a visionary and thought leader who teaches on sexuality, relationships and self-love to people across the globe. Her devoted study of Tantra for 20+ years along with her sexuality, neuroscience and human biology studies at Stanford University have informed her unique teaching...

May 18, 202525 minSeason 4Ep. 59

How to Stop Chasing Unavailable Men and Magnetize a Devoted Husband with Mel Wells | 58

Shownotes Why the archetype of successful women is often unsuccessful in love The hardest thing about keeping things sexy as a mother Why rewiring ourselves for healthy love means being available to be chosen How the feminine archetypes impact dating and relationships Why we choose the love that feels comfortable to us, even if it hurts us Mel's best advice for anyone who is worried about dying alone Bio Mel Wells is a world-renowned 7-figure love and leadership mentor for successful female entr...

May 04, 20251 hr 4 minSeason 4Ep. 58

Meet My First Boyfriend and All the Ways I F**cked It Up | 57

Shownotes The story behind the quasi-cheating incident that ended the relationship Why Ryan and Layla's first kiss went horribly wrong How to take full responsibility for your actions and impact on others Why Ryan showed up at the Stanford campus in a full-on chicken costume How radical love is different than self-sacrificing What Ryan and Layla learned from opening their relationship Bio Ryan Cheney is a therapist, seeker, and guide devoted to the process of inner transformation. Based in Austi...

Apr 20, 20251 hr 30 minSeason 4Ep. 57

Hot Flashes to Hot Sex: The Power of Pleasure in Menopause with Eva Clay | 56

Shownotes What Eva learned through menopause that she wishes she had known The science behind body changes in perimenopause and menopause Some of the key practices Eva recommends for midlife How meditation supports perimenopause and menopause How Eva's needs with men and relationships changed through menopause Why Eva calls Kali the Patron Goddess of Menopause Bio Eva Clay is an acclaimed sexologist, psychotherapist and professional troublemaker whose mission is to illuminate the ménage-a-trois ...

Apr 06, 202552 minSeason 4Ep. 56
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