To be human is to traverse a lifetime of micro and macro initiations. Each one of us is a hero or heroine on a mysterious journey of pleasure, love, and connection, as well as states of fear, anxiety, separation, darkness, loss and heartbreak. Initiations are the path of evolution. They crack us open, break us down, leave us breathless and eventually, through their alchemy and transmutation, present us with our personal light and power.
Read MoreYour brain is the mapmaker of your belief system. While our subconscious beliefs serve us to an extent, they also leave us with blind spots, such as outdated protection mechanisms. Becoming an integrated human being isn’t about erasing our adaptive strategies, but about expanding and updating responses that reflect who we are now.
Read MoreYour erotic nature is the primal, passionate, and creative intelligence that breathes and moves you. Erotic intelligence influences all of our creations, whether it’s a business concept, an artistic endeavor, or a delicious meal, infusing them with meaning, purpose, and pleasure. How do you access your erotic nature? The joy of passion, creativity, joy, and open-hearted curiosity?
Read MoreWhat creates sexual desire is one of life’s greatest mysteries. The drivers of our sexual arousal develop early in life. We can’t control what turns us on. And unfortunately, we may feel shame or confusion related to both what arouses us and what doesn’t. Our turn-on templates are based on a multitude of variables, starting with biological and physiological drivers. But what about the psychological and emotional components of our sexual template? There are a number of entry points to reveal the subconscious drivers of our sexuality and beliefs about love, belonging, and our sense of worth and place in the world.
Read MoreMost of us don’t realize, that intimate relationships (lovers, partners, friends, and even colleagues) will reveal aspects of our attachment template. If we want to integrate and embody more of ourselves then it’s a worthy endeavor to study the behaviors that arise when we feel threatened, vulnerable, and fear abandonment or rejection in all types of relationships.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what your fantasies reveal about your deeper self? What if our fantasies, sexual and non-sexual, are powerful doorways to make conscious what we actually long for beneath the surface of our daily life? In addition to our biological impulse to procreate and experience pleasure, we come to sex to fulfill a need to feel something specific.
Read MoreThe courage to approach these delicate situations with compassion and care requires dedication, humility and vulnerability for each person involved. When it comes to sexuality, it’s important we understand that much of our patterned sexual behavior is based on our first and earliest sexual experiences.
Read MoreWhen couples begin to domesticate often the erotic charge can shift and sequence through diminishing cycles. And what can also happen is that differences in communication, attachment styles, and emotional availability can fog our sexual desire channel too.
Read MoreIf your path was anything like mine, you’ve likely encountered a series of trapdoors and confusing messages along the way. Living in our modern-day culture means we’ve all experienced some degree of repression of our vibrant erotic nature and sexual desire. Here is a few highlights from my journey of losing and reclaiming my sexual-erotic power.
Read MoreThe following is the story of my journey, including the teachers who have initiated me and reminded me of who I am. I am deeply grateful for the power of their love, presence, and wisdom. Challenges and obstacles are often the medicine that initiates growth and transformation.
Read MoreToday, let’s go into some practical guidance and exercises you can go into at home to deep your own experience of embodied sexuality.
Read MoreWe all hope to experience pleasure and nourishing connection with our lovers. But many of us aren’t taught how to set boundaries, ask for what we desire, or track and attune to our internal experience (or our partner’s). Embodied sexuality is the full expression of your sexuality through your senses, mind, fantasies, heart, and presence of being.
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