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Discover Your Ecstatic Self with Tantra

May 09, 2025 01:39PM ● By Jerome Bilaos

Intimacy Coach Olga Ribble invites couples and singles to an experiential Tantra workshop from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., on May 17 in Montclair. There is no nudity or sexual touch in the workshop. During the workshop, participants learn simple, accessible practices that can enhance the pleasure, sensuality, and satisfaction of our everyday experience with ourselves and with our partners.

Ribble has studied with the world’s best teachers of Tantra and Taoist Arts of Love and was recently featured on the ManKind podcast sharing “Tantra for the Modern Man: Healing Shame, Expanding Pleasure”. Listen now on tinyurl.com/OlgaMay as she shares her extensive knowledge with warmth and enthusiasm.

Plan now to attend the workshop and learn how the transformative power of breath, mindful movement, touch, sound, and meditation can move us into a deeper state of presence and cultivate joy and intimacy. Space is limited. First-time participants to one of Ribble’s events are required to text 862-251-2444 for a pre-interview with Olga before ordering tickets to ensure an understanding of the nature of the workshop. Early bird/Afterward tickets are $44/$49 for singles; and $80/$90 for couples. 

Location: 356 Bloomfield Ave., Loft #2, Montclair. Register at https://bit.ly/441nGvI For more information, text 862-251-2444 or email [email protected], and visit NordicGoddessTantra.com. See ad, page 19.
In-Print, Lifestyle News Briefs May 2025
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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