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Somatic Work & Tantra: Roots, Resonance & Difference
What Somatic Work and Tantra share, how they differ, and why I weave them together in…
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The Art of Presence: Whole-Body Work Without Separation
On presence as a practice, the wholeness of the body beneath social conditioning, and what it…
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The Hungry Body
Touch starvation, the body’s memory, and what it means to be received The client arrives and…
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Authentic Touch: Discovering Deep Somatic Massage
I’m Taras, also known as TJ. (I used the stage name TjTantra for years professionally.) Real…
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When Your Breath Changes — What It Actually Means
There is a moment that tells me the work is landing. It is not something I…
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Choosing to Be Alive
He knew it wasn’t true when he said it. The last time. He said it anyway…
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What They Didn’t Want You to Breathe Into
I remember the moment clearly. I was on the table during massage school — deep tissue…
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Healing Through Somatic Work and Plant Medicine
I’m Taras Or TJ, if you’ve come across me online before. Both are me. I’ve been…







