Barbara Carrellas
Sex educator and author
Barbara Carrellas is a sex educator, author and performance artist who runs sexuality workshops. She wrote Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century.
1 summary 24 min of listening
American Born in the United States
Influenced by Betty Dodson
About Barbara Carrellas
Carrellas works as a writer, sex educator and performance artist, and she is a certified sexologist through the American College of Sexologists. She also offers sex and life coaching, and works as a workshop facilitator and university lecturer. Her lectures have taken her to Vassar College, Barnard College and the Chicago Art Institute. Her workshops approach sexuality holistically, drawing on Tantra and breathwork. Her work in metaphysics and conscious sexuality started in the late 1980s, during the AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) crisis. Her books include Urban Tantra, Ecstasy is Necessary and Luxurious Loving. She has also worked in New York theater, as a general manager, producer and theater manager, both on and off Broadway and in alternative venues. In 2016 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sexual Freedom Awards in London. She lives in New York City with her partner, Kate Bornstein.