Meditation doesn’t always happen on a cushion. Sometimes, the most powerful meditations happen when you open to the senses and let the world take you. This week, I share a walking Tantric meditation I experienced in the desert after rain—and how anyone, anywhere, can enter the sanctuary of enjoyment.
Meditation doesn’t have to mean stillness. It doesn’t have to mean quieting your mind or diving deep into shadow work. Sometimes, the deepest meditation is found in the simplest of things: beauty, breath, sensation, and surrender.
This morning, I went hiking in the desert just after a rainstorm. What unfolded was not a hike of effort or inquiry—it became a walking Tantric meditation.
The desert was unusually alive with tattvas—the sensory elements Tantra teaches us to tune into. The sun was soft and bright, turning puddles into liquid silver. The trail had been “fluffed” by raindrops, soft and yielding beneath my feet. Cool, fragrant air moved across my skin like a blessing, scented with the earthy sweetness of petrichor. Puffy white clouds crowned the mesa, and birds, giddy from the rain, chirped close by, as if whispering, “You don’t get magic like this very often, do you?”
Instead of reaching out to my guides or diving into self-reflection, I simply walked and let myself enjoy. I breathed into my senses and repeated a mantra: “I am content and fulfilled.” Not as a wish or affirmation—but as a vibration. I chose to practice it in this paradise created by the rain. Just as the storm transformed the desert, I knew this mantra could shift my internal weather, too.
This is the Tantra of enjoying. Of letting sensation—not analysis—be your gateway to presence.
Why This Practice Matters
We live in a world that tells us to push, fix, solve, and do the work. Even spiritual practice can become another to-do list. But what if the medicine you need is simply to enjoy?
When you meditate through enjoyment:
Your nervous system relaxes
Your mind slows down
Your body digests and heals
Your energy field clears
You become a powerful magnet for manifestation
You remember that peace is your birthright
And waiting in this enjoyment is eros—the pleasurable flow of life force itself. It moves through you gently, wildly, wisely. It brings vitality, sweetness, and sensual aliveness that cannot be forced, only received.
eros, The Easiest Meditation You’ll Ever Learn
Here’s how to practice Tantric enjoyment:
- Breathe deeply
- Ask yourself, “What do I see?”
- “What do I hear?”
- “What do I smell?”
- “What do I feel on my skin?”
- “What do I taste?”
You don’t need to use all five tattvas. Just one is enough to drop in. You don’t need a special time or place. You can do this:
- On a hike, enjoying the strength in your muscles, breathing in the sent of pine needles warmed in the sun
- In a warm bath, relaxing into the heat of the water and fragrance of your soap
- At a concert, surrendering into the music as it carries your soul
- While cooking, letting flavors make love to your taste buds
- Sitting with your pet, soaking up her sweet furry purry love
Enjoyment is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it becomes. The longer it lasts. The deeper it nourishes you.
A Strange Mystery
There’s a mystery to this practice. When you rest in pure enjoyment, the cosmos speaks. A silent invitation emerges:
“Will you enter the sanctity of pleasure?”
Children know how to say yes to this. Adults forget. But within this sanctuary lies the deepest connection—to self, to nature, to peace, to eros, to the divine.
This is meditation. This is living in Tantra. This is life, lived fully.
So today, beloved… try it. Breathe. Notice. Enjoy.
And let the desert bloom inside you.
I’m Dakini Leah. I help heart-centered people use their sacred sexual energy for healing, intimacy, and overcoming anxiety and depression so they can love and be loved more deeply than they could ever imagine.
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