COPELAND, Pala 1950-

PERSONAL:

Born 1950; partner of Al Link; children: six. Education: University of Toronto, B.A.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Allumette Island, Ontario, Canada. Office—4 Freedoms Tantra, P.O. Box 144, Pembroke, Ontario K8A 6X1, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Lecturer, writer, and teacher, 1997—.

WRITINGS:

(With Al Link) Soul Sex: Tantra for Two, New Page Books (Franklin Lakes, NJ), 2003.

Contributor to newspapers and magazines, including Toronto Star, Queen's University Journal, Ottawa Citizen, Globe & Mail, Wall Street Journal, City Woman, Ladies Home Journal, Tone, Urban Male, Toronto Fashion, Flare, Tone, Above and Beyond.

SIDELIGHTS:

Pala Copeland has been practicing Tantra since 1987 and teaching others about the practice since 1997. In their seminars, Copeland and her patner Al Link emphasize the practice of Tantra in a committed, monogamous relationship. Their book Soul Sex: Tantra for Two, illustrates how to create a loving relationship using Tantra as the base. Tantra is the ancient Eastern practice of prolonged sexual experience and sexual unity.

The couple coauthored Soul Sex: Tantra for Two. In Soul Sex Copeland and Link offer techniques and information on Tantra and how to make relationships more spiritual and loving. Library Journal contributor Martha Cornog noted, "Their book concentrates on heterosexual relationships and making sexuality a focus in one's partnership."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, May 1, 2003, Martha Cornog, review of Soul Sex: Tantra for Two, pp. 139-140.

ONLINE

Four Freedoms Relationship Tantra,http://www.tantrasex.com/ (February 10, 2004), "About Tantra Teachers Al and Pala."

New Page Books,http://www.newpagebooks.com/ (October 26, 2003), review of Soul Sex.*