109. Why Isn’t Everyone Practicing Tantra? with Ma Anand Sarita

What if awakening wasn’t something you reached for, but something you softened into? In this episode of Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This?, Emily sits down with Ma Ananda Sarita, a world-renowned Tantra master, for a quiet, deeply embodied conversation about devotion, presence, and awakening with and as the body. Rather than approaching Tantra as philosophy, technique, or sexuality, Sarita shares it as a lived path of devotion to life itself. A way of being in relationship with breath, sensation, emotion, eros, grief, and the simple truth of what is present. Awakening, she reflects, is not about transcendence or ascent, but about arriving fully into this moment. Together, Emily and Sarita explore what it means to slow down enough to actually feel, to allow life to move you rather than trying to control or optimize your experience, and to trust the body as a source of intelligence and love. They speak about tenderness, surrender, and the feminine way of awakening that unfolds through receptivity, listening, and intimacy with what is real. This episode is an invitation to soften your grip, deepen your presence, and remember that the sacred is not elsewhere. It is already here, waiting to be met. Key Moments 00:00:00 — Opening the space: presence, reverence, and intention00:05:40 — Devotion as lived relationship, not belief or hierarchy00:10:30 — Awakening with and as the body00:16:15 — Slowing down enough to truly feel00:22:45 — Staying present with grief and tenderness00:29:10 — The feminine path of remembering00:35:20 — Allowing life to move you00:41:00 — Trust, surrender, and embodied listening00:47:30 — When practice becomes how you live00:53:10 — Integration and closing reflections For Those Feeling the Call to Go Deeper The themes in this episode — embodiment, nervous system capacity, devotion, and lived integration — are the foundation of Ziva Level 3. Level 3 is for practitioners who feel ready to move beyond peak experiences and into sustained, embodied leadership. Applications close soon: https://zivameditation.com/pages/nextlevel About Sarita Ma Ananda Sarita is a world-renowned Tantra master, author, and teacher with more than five decades of lived experience on the Tantric path. Initiated in the Osho lineage, her work emphasizes awakening through embodiment, intimacy, and devotion to life itself. She teaches Tantra not as technique or performance, but as a path of surrender and presence, where the body becomes a doorway to truth, love, and realization. Learn more: https://www.anandasarita.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarita.love More from Emily & Ziva https://zivameditation.com/pages/zivamagic https://upgradedformulas.com/emily and use code EMILY for 20% off everything at https://upgradedformulas.com These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider if pregnant or nursing, taking medication, or if you have a medical condition.