Tantra massage in Amsterdam, for the day the city sleeps late

Origins

Tantra draws on ideas of breath and attention from Indian tantric traditions many centuries old. The massage form practised today owes more to reinterpretations in Europe and North America from the 1970s, which kept the focus on breathing and slowness and set aside most of the ritual.

The technique

The session begins with synchronised breathing. Strokes are long and slow, using the whole hand and the forearm, and they follow the rhythm of the breath rather than a clock. Pauses are part of the work, not interruptions.

What to expect

She arrives with oil and towels and begins with a conversation, longer than for the other formats, about breathing, pace and her limits, which she names in her own words and which hold for the whole visit. The session starts with slow breathing together, then moves to long, patient strokes across the whole body. There is no hurry and no fixed sequence. The pace comes from the breath, and the session ends when the booked time does.

Who it suits

The visitor on the quiet day after a big date. The guest who has tried the oil formats and wants something slower. Anyone with an afternoon free and no plan to fill it.

Benefits

A slow, deliberate session for a day when there is time for it. After the noise of an event, many guests find that the patience of tantra is the point.

At your address

Tantra massage at a hotel room or apartment in central Amsterdam, on the slow day after an event, outcall only, ninety minutes and longer.

Length

Tantra starts at ninety minutes, 270 euros, and anything shorter does not suit it. Two hours at 360 or three at 540 give it room. A three hour session carries half ahead on any date, and every length carries half ahead on a peak date.

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