Swinger clubs are straightforward. The people that frequent them are there for one thing — polyamorous sex. These clubs rarely take on spiritual airs. There’s no sense of a utopia served with chai. Visits to swinger clubs, raw by nature, come straight to the point. They connect goers to their animalistic desires. Yet, most people respect the etiquette. If a woman says no — it means no.
Moving around tantric circles, you’ll find love and spirituality at the heart. People greet each other with prayer. They hold their hands in anjali mudra and say: Namaste — the light in me greets the light in you. Things like transformative erotic vaginal massages are on offer not to fulfill fantasies, but to push one towards a higher state of being. Here, sexual acts are heavily spiritualized. Yet, in these places meant to be a safe haven for self-discovery and enlightenment, such as Agama Yoga School in Koh Phangan, Thailand, we find men of power, gurus, not only abusing their influence over their disciples, but actually ignoring their cries of “no” and “stop.”
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