Join me in a conversation wtih Hannah Spanke to learn about Tantra and how it can make you feel more connected to everyone and everything.  Hannah Spanke is a relationship coach, clinical sexologist, and passionate advocate for authentic happiness and sustainable, healthy relationships, starting with the one we have with ourselves. She has numerous credentials and styles of training under her belt, from years of study after nearly a decade in the adult entertainment industry. She is a Licensed Authentic Tantra Practitioner, Board Certified Clinical Sexologist, and Relationship & Life Coach specializing in helping individuals become their happiest selves through inner & outer work, while learning to understand and relate to their partners & family in the best ways possible.   Learn more about Hannah Website: https://www.hannahspanke.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahspanke/   Learn more about Karin Website: https://www.drcalde.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theloveandconnectioncoach/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@loveandconnectioncoach   TRANSCRIPT Intro: Karin: This is Love Is Us, Exploring Relationships and How We Connect. I'm your host, Karin Calde. I'll talk with people about how we can strengthen our relationships, explore who we are in those relationships, and experience a greater sense of love and connection with those around us, including ourselves. I have a PhD in clinical Psychology, practiced as a psychologist resident, and after diving into my own healing work, I went back to school and became a coach, helping individuals and couples with their relationships and personal growth. If you want to experience more love in your life and contribute to healing the disconnect so prevalent in our world today, you're in the right place. Welcome to Love Is Us.   Episode: Karin: Hello, everybody. Today I'm going to be talking with my guest about kind of a different topic, something that we haven't really talked much about but is absolutely applicable to both self development and our relationships. So there are lots of different frameworks that we can use when you talk about these subjects. And one way we can do that is think about the different things that impact them, including our emotions, our mental capabilities and our mental status, social impacts, the environment, our physical health, sexuality, but also spirituality. And we have touched on spirituality in different ways. But I would just want to make clear, I'm not talking about religion. I'm talking about that sense of having meaning in your life, purpose in your life, of feeling connected to something beyond you, to feeling connected with everything and everyone on this earth. And I find that when people have a well developed sense of spirituality, a lot of other things also fall into place. So today I'm going to be talking about one model of spirituality, and that is Tantra. And so Hannah Spanky is my guest, and she was my guest back on episode number 34 when we talk about sexuality. And if you haven't listened to that one, I do recommend. It was a really fun conversation, but I really learned a lot during this conversation because I knew very little about tantra before today. So I hope you dive in. I hope you get something out of it. I think the best part, or for me, maybe the most interesting part, was at the end when she talks about the five different elements. Anyway, I hope you like it. And here we go.   Karin: Welcome back, Hannah. [02:41] Hannah: Thank you for having me, Karen. I'm so excited to be here. [02:44] Karin: Yeah, it's great to have you back again. I'm so glad that we got to connect last summer and also stay in contact. When it was time for me to bring up this subject, I automatically thought of you and was so glad that you wanted to come back. So welcome back and perhaps you can remind people where you are in the world. [03:07] Hannah: Yes. So thank you for the reminder that it was last summer