Sensual bathing ritual

Here you find ideas on how to transform a normal bath in your bathtub into an experience of sensual delight. Allow yourself to be inspired to further ideas of your own. Rituals are very special ceremonies. Read the detailed information on the sequence of Tantra rituals and the decoration of a tantric temple! Here we describe how you can provide yourself with sensual bathing fun on your own. You may also present it as a gift to someone else and guide him / her blindfolded into the bathroom you have lovingly prepared ….

Chose a day of the week that allows you plenty of time for wonderful bathing enjoyment. Ideal is two to three hours. Withdraw into your private sphere and turn off the volume on the telephone. See to it that you will not be disturbed. Tidy up the bathroom especially nicely today. Decorate it with candles, colourful fabrics and flowers. Today give yourself your favourite flower or a beautiful rose. Take it to the bathroom! Chose a nice scent (such as an essential oil or bubble bath) for your bath. Maybe you want to burn an oil burner. Music would be wonderful. Take plenty of time for this preparation. Make it part of the ritual!

Enjoy the enchantment of the room! Consciously breathe in the fragrances. Look at yourself in the mirror, caress your face and tell yourself: “You deserve this. You are a wonderful person!“ Prepare yourself a small plate with delicious delicacies (fruit, little chocolates, biscuits, etc.) and something tasty to drink. Put these things on a side table next to the bathtub. Prepare sponge, washcloth, brush, and oil for the massage afterwards. Feel worthy of the expending the effort. If you have children, show them how beautifully you have prepared the room for yourself. Let them participate in the enchantment. Often their additional ideas will further enhance your treat.

Make sure you are alone and undisturbed during the actual bath. Start with a quiet meditation. Invite support so that the bathing ceremony may be healing for you – characteristics such as self-love, sensuality, devotion, relaxation, joy. Breathe deeply and consciously. Listen within, and whatever is needed will appear! Undress consciously. Look at every piece of clothing and fold it lovingly. Simultaneously fill the bathtub with water and add the fragrance you have chosen. Step into the water consciously, with awareness. Enjoy the tingling feeling on your skin, millimetre for millimetre.

Listen to the music. Just follow your impulses now. Maybe you need simply to do nothing, maybe you want to try the many delicacies, alertly. Give your body especial attention. Caress it, stroke it consciously and lovingly. Explore different kinds of touch (sponge, brush, washcloth, hands, finger tips, fingernails). Play with yourself, nibble, suck the fruit, sip the wonderful drink.

Shower at the end and dry yourself. Your skin is already looking forward to the massage oil and your loving touches. Talk to your body. Tell it loving things. It is waiting for them. Thank it for everything it has made possible for you. Remember every body part. Remain as conscious and aware as possible.

End the bathing ritual with a little meditation, during which you thank the forces you had called from the bottom of your heart. Then rest in stillness or dance a dance of joy.