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WHEN many people hear the word tantra, they picture hippies having lengthy sex sessions that run on for hours and hours.

But according to a tantric business coach, it’s much more complicated than that: Yes, she can get clients to have more orgasms, but she can help them achieve their work and life goals, too.

Devina Serpentine, 30, is a mom, tantric transformation coach, and hypnotherapist
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Devina Serpentine, 30, is a mom, tantric transformation coach, and hypnotherapistCredit: Dan Kennedy & Kristian Penza
She helps entrepreneurs build up their business and money mindsets
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She helps entrepreneurs build up their business and money mindsetsCredit: Dan Kennedy & Kristian Penza

Sharon Shanaki, who goes by Devina Serpentine, told The U.S. Sun that her work helps others reach new levels of success using tantra — and it's not as raunchy as it sounds.

THANK YOU, COME AGAIN

"A lot of people's sexuality is blocked off, and what I'm helping people do is bring that back through Tantra and through Kundalini," the 30-year-old Californian said.

In one case, she helped a woman who "manifested" a new home and car.

"This girl that worked with me, she was struggling to believe in her ability to manifest a new job, car, or whatever," she said.

"We started working together, we were doing tantric hypnosis, and she started manifesting quick — at the speed of light."

Her client informed her that after a long dry spell at work, she began to receive more customer leads, but business wasn't the only area booming for her.

"After we started doing the sessions, she was like, 'I'm attracting these potential lovers and I'm feeling more attractive. I'm feeling more confident and feeling really tapped into my sexuality.'

"She got a new job, she got a car."

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She shared a special nickname she gave to clients who found success through her coaching.

"I call them 'miracles,' because I help people and attract what it is that they want," she said.

GETTING TURNED ON

Part of Kundalini’s work centers around a yogic principle of sexual energy traveling through the spine.

"It's helping tap back into their sexuality," she said.

Both men and women have benefited from her tantric sessions.

"They're like, 'I'm feeling really turned on.' But not in like a way where they want to hook up with somebody," she said.

I'm also an energy healer with everything I do. I can help them move energy

Devina Serpentine

Serpentine added that a session with her can balance out feelings around sex.

"They feel that energy returning, because a lot of people's sexual energy can be blocked off or can be overactive," she added.

TANTRIC MASSAGE

Serpentine works on balancing between high and low sex drives to find a happy medium.

And it doesn't stop at stimulating the mind — she often stimulates the bodies of in-person clients.

"My work is a lot more psychological, a lot more energetic, but it's also it can be hands-on," she said.

"So I can, if my client, of course, is comfortable with me placing my hands on them, I'm also an energy healer with everything I do. I can help them move energy," she said.

Serpentine works with people from all walks of life using Tantra Yoga and Kundalini to help them reach their goals
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Serpentine works with people from all walks of life using Tantra Yoga and Kundalini to help them reach their goalsCredit: Dan Kennedy & Kristian Penza

"I don't typically put my hands on people's c**k or p***y [or] private parts, but I may help them move energy from their body down through tantric massage."

She added that tantric massage often comes with misconceptions about receiving sexual acts, but that's far from reality.

"If I touch my client, even that itself will help them feel so much more relaxed," she said.

What is Tantra?

According to the British Museum, Tantra is a Yogic principle dating back 1500 years with roots in Hinduism and Buddhism. The word itself means "woven together" in Sanskrit.

Requiring the lead of a guru, the practice is believed to harness the energy needed to engage in sensual intimacy either solo or with a partner.

"I also know reflexology and different energy work, so I'm naturally a healer.

"When I am helping them move energy through their body and I'm placing my hands on them, they will feel more relaxed and even more turned on."

Her clientele isn't always in-person, and she often works with people all over the world. For those customers, she said the experience is more psychological.

LOOKING FOR LOVE

Serpentine said that her services don't only help entrepreneurs, but also lovebirds seeking a better romantic life.

"My clients have deeper connections with their partners — or their husbands or wives," she said.

She emphasizes the importance of balancing energy to reach life goals
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She emphasizes the importance of balancing energy to reach life goalsCredit: Dan Kennedy & Kristian Penza

"Teaching them these tools that they can incorporate into their relationships to have deeper intimacy and also have more orgasms, more pleasure.

"It's very energetic and psychological," she added.

HATERS INTO FANS

Her line of work isn't exempt from trolling, although it doesn't happen often.

"If I do get trolled, it's been like men trying to be funny with me," she said.

"And I'm like, 'OK, let me break it down for you. This is what it is like, no, I'm not going to have sex with you. That's not what's going to happen.'"

She also helps people find love using Tantra as well as hypnotherapy
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She also helps people find love using Tantra as well as hypnotherapyCredit: Dan Kennedy & Kristian Penza

She said she doesn't mind the silliness, but she has a knack for turning the skeptics into believers.

"But then when they realize like, 'Holy s**t, this girl actually knows her s**t, or they , they're like, 'Wait a second, this is interesting.'"

GROWING PAINS

Serpentine's inspiration for finding Tantra came after a strict upbringing, but she remains unabashedly committed to her craft.

"I was slightly hypersexual, in a way," she said.

Serpentine's relationship with her own sexuality did not stem from sex addiction, but a need to do inner work to better express herself.

"When I got older and able to be in my feminine energy and my womanly energy, like I was starting to explore that," she said.

She embraces her power through sexual energy and coaches others to get in touch with their own tantric energy
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She embraces her power through sexual energy and coaches others to get in touch with their own tantric energyCredit: Airic Lewis

"And so Tantra is essentially learning the art — not only presence — but the art of mastering your sexual energy, which is also what you learn in Kundalini."

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Still, she's no stranger to controversy, often welcoming it with open arms and embracing her personal journey.

"Being in the realm of sexuality is controversial as a half-Middle Eastern woman — as a mom even — I'm very different, that's for sure."

Serpentine stresses the importance of balancing both mind and body to achieve goals
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Serpentine stresses the importance of balancing both mind and body to achieve goalsCredit: Dan Kennedy & Kristian Penza
She said that Tantra inspired her as someone who had a strict upbringing surrounding sex
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She said that Tantra inspired her as someone who had a strict upbringing surrounding sexCredit: Dan Kennedy & Kristian Penza
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