How can we identify, embody, and explore relating from previously disowned, shamed and judged aspects of our Self to a place of integration and wholeness? Tani Tholes and Leslie Rogers of Light/Dark Institute create private individual & couples’ intensives and group retreats to facilitate just that utilizing kink, bondage, Dom/Sub Ceremonies all guided by their client’s intentions, and held within a safe container of clearly defined boundaries, safe words, desires and after-care.

Dolly Josette, also known as “The Vulva Whisperer” and named “a leading practitioner of hands-on sexual therapy” by Hustler magazine, shares her journey of reclamation from a lack of sexual aliveness to an aligned, prioritized, pleasure-filled marriage. She also explains how her training as a Somatica Practitioner blends beautifully with her space-holding as a Sexological Bodyworker, and the magical benefits of genital mapping, one-way touch, and intentional touch for emotional healing in deepening pleasure, intimacy and connection for couples.

How can we better attune to and listen for the guidance of the body’s pleasure for its own healing? Listening for the answers to this question with his heart, intuition, and hands – combined with his deep understanding of how to restore healthy fascial lines,
re-align anatomical structures within the body, and hold a safe space for trauma resolution, today’s guest Martin Beaudoin shares how he’s cultivated unique and effective practices for his wide range of clients and for his students.

Andre Lazarus is a Somatica Sex & Intimacy Coach, a Sexual Surrogate, and Sacred Intimate. He shares the distinctions in – scope of practice, boundaries, and common sexual issues resolved – that he facilitates in each of these roles. It’s a unique soul that’s drawn to hold space for any one of these sexual healing modalities. And an extraordinary life’s purpose to develop a realm of expertise in all three.

I’m overjoyed to share this episode with Frank and Judith, authors of the wonderful books, “The Magical Sex Book” and “So That’s Why They Do That – About Men, Women and Hormones.” They met when Frank was 69 and Judith was 60 and over the last 18 years have enjoyed the deepest intimacy and most ecstatic sex of their lives. They generously and lovingly share how they consciously cultivate their deep connection and satiate their sexual desires in their ever-expanding relationship with themselves and with each other.

Thanks to Becky’s many areas of expertise, we cover a lot of ground in this episode including how to identify pre-verbal traumas in the body, resolving issues specific to male sexual trauma survivors, how compounding injuries of racial and sexual abuse and/or aggressions experienced by marginalized communities affect the nervous system and holding space for their resolution, and working with adoptees and their families – all from a somatic approach and awareness.

Stine Krage and Asim SacredFire, co-creators of The Prostatic Portal, illuminate how when a safe and sacred space is held for prostate (sacred spot) massage, it can serve as an effective practice for facing and releasing emotional and energetic shadows of the male psyche, an efficient means for increasing blood/Qi/energy flow throughout the pelvis & awakening pleasure innervation, as well as leading to deep wisdoms that come from expanded orgasmic, receptive states of surrendering to our sexual/spiritual nature.

A celebration of the radiant, embodied Spirit and Eros that is Caffyn Jesse – pioneering Somatic Sex Educator, Trainer, Practitioner, and Author of “The Science of Sexual Happiness” and “Erotic Massage for Healing and Pleasure” who retires this month as faculty from the wonderful Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education that she co-created – but not before leaving behind a legacy of encouraging neuroplastic change to support sexual healing and expanded pleasure, unwinding sexual trauma, exploring the intersection of sex and spirit, and creating erotic community.

How can we release unhealthy coupling with sexual pleasure from the body’s tissues and cellular memory, and re-condition healthy and empowering pleasure patterns? Today, we hear from two special guests, Kimberly and Nina, who share their experiences of how sexual pleasure was coupled with desired attention, and with parental shame, during childhood, how these affected their sexual embodiment and behaviors into adulthood, and how they each released and replaced these with new empowering associations and the resulting changes in their lives.

How do you go about your life, sexual relationships, and relating to your genitalia after medical violations lead to numbness, and medical professionals are advising you that there is nothing more you can do? Special guests, Diane and Sophia, share candidly about their respective journeys of how they restored and reclaimed their sexual pleasure and wholeness after medical and family neglect lead to genital pain and numbness.

How can couples who love each other but are no longer feeling sexually aligned address their misalignments? Celine and Kevin, whose specialty includes working with couples, share common issues they witness and resolve, as well as insights into the “Wisdom of the Vagina” and the “Wisdom of the Penis.”