Tag Archives: music

I’ll Have What She’s Having: How Mirror Neurons and Music Increase Pleasure

Posted on November 20, 2010 by SuzieHeumann

I went to see Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal the other night in Oakland California. The setting was beautiful and the crowd was thrilled with the music and the vibes. Late in the program, as they sang a lusty, bluesy song together Taj began to wave his hands in the air and he encouraged us all to do it with him. Everyone began waving their hands and arms in the air and we all fell into a side-to-side sweeping, wave of ecstatic dancing! We were like one big sea anemone, an organism, waving in a sea of music and bodies and bliss. Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Intimacy Techniques, Lessons in Sex, Neuro Science & Sex, Playfulness, Suzie Heumann's Blog, Tantra Philosophy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ritual and Ceremony: Innate Longing for a Revival of Tribal Intimacy

Posted on November 22, 2010 by SuzieHeumann

We go to places where we will find our ‘tribe’ because we want to be surrounded by the same values, actions and activities that stimulate us. This is a process of activation of mirror neurons. Mirror neurons help us to assimilate with the others of our family, culture, society and tribe. The same areas of our brain that fire when we see someone else doing an action, fire when we do the action ourselves. This is part of what makes us social human beings… Continue reading →

Share
Posted in Intimacy Techniques, Neuro Science & Sex, Non-Dual Reality, Relationship as Guru, Ritual & Celebration, Suzie Heumann's Blog, Tantra Philosophy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment