Healing Genital Armoring With Tantric Massage
Sometimes, I will look at people and notice a deep sexual frustration in them, both men and women – especially in women. There is a lack of sensuality, fluidity and flow in their movements. Their eyes are often dim and distant. They have an “impenetrable” aura around them, as if it has been put there to ward off emotional intruders. All of these are signals to me that this person isn’t reaching their fullest orgasmic potential. It’s what Wilhelm Reich referred to as “Body Armoring” or “genital armoring”.
According to Chris of Velvet Tantric, genital armoring is caused by past traumatic and highly emotionally charged experiences becoming lodged inside the body’s tissues. Our bodies, the muscles, the cells and organs are like data collectors, which store information.The kind of information we store and how we process that information will determine the quality of our physical, emotional, spiritual and sexual health.
In “The Art Of Sexual Ecstasy” by Margo Anand, “The male and female sex organs are as prone to armoring as the rest of the body and can function at a reduced level of sensitivity. In fact because the sexual organs have been subjected to vigorous condemnation from childhood onward, the genital area has become a major storehouse of negative imprints, greatly reducing our capacity for sexual pleasure and preventing full enjoyment of orgasmic release.”
book: the Art of sexual ecstasy
Most women aren’t even aware that they have genital armoring, because they do have orgasms occasionally (some more than others). I considered myself blessed that compared to many of my anorgasmic friends, I could at least have clitoral orgasms. But something always felt like it was missing. I felt incomplete, empty and often unsatisfied after sex and I didn’t know why.
After being initiated into tantra, I discovered that my ability to have full body orgasms and experience bliss depends on releasing the resistance that disallows orgasms from naturally flowing through.
For those of you who don’t know, Tantra massage is a massage system that uses accupressure points to help release the tension in the muscles and tissues, that block the free flow of sexual energy. In other words, tantric massage heals genital armoring. The massage can sometimes get uncomfortable, depending on how much tension and resistance you have built up towards sex. This could be caused by a number of things…
- Guilty masturbation
- Forceful male fingering
- Sexual intercourse without sufficient foreplay
- Rape and molestation
- Failing to reach orgasm
- Abortions
- Hysterectomy
- Etc.
Although genital armoring limits the ability to experience sexual/sensual pleasure in both men and women, it can be healed through full body erotic massage and massage of the genital area (yoni massage and lingam massage). With Tantric massage, a lot of women and men go through pretty intense cathartic experiences when they are releasing their “genital armor” so it’s really important to practice with someone they really love and trust. Their partner may have to hold them and let them cry or release whatever emotions surface. It sounds a bit dramatic, but it’s truly one of the most liberating feelings in the world when you can let go of your emotional baggage in a big way..A small price to pay when the rewards are powerful full body orgasms and sensual bliss.
