Embracing Your Sexuality (Open Exchange
magazine, Winter 2004)
Consider sex as a spiritual practice. That’s what it slowly
evolved into for me since taking my first women’s sexuality
workshop which offered experiences of integration of spirituality
and sexuality. At that time, I was having a very satisfying sexual relationship
with my partner. I loved sex -- it was fun and exciting. But it became
something much more after I was introduced to the full-body practice of
conscious sexuality. Speaking metaphorically, having a hearty hamburger
can really hit the spot but it lacks the possibility of a deeper exploration
of senses that an exquisite seven course meal can offer. What I call "hamburger
sex" is genital sex. What I call "connoisseur sex" is a
full-body practice that... More...
Who Will Awaken the Sleeping
Beauty in You? (Open
Exchange magazine, Summer 2004)
Like most women in Western culture, I grew up hearing the tale of “Sleeping
Beauty.” Naturally I imagined that one day, just like the sleeping
princess, I would be discovered and saved by a handsome prince. As I became
a teenager, my fantasy expanded and I also imagined that my Prince Charming
would know how to awaken my sexuality and turn me into a radiant, adult
woman. And I wouldn’t even have to tell him what to do… somehow
he would just know…. More...
Erotic Fulfillment for Couples
(Open Exchange magazine, Winter 2006)
Visibly nervous, Michael and Kathy entered my studio. They were both
in their thirties, attractive, professional and well-dressed. They had
been referred to me by a therapist who wanted me to help them with their
ongoing sexual issues. The therapist went as far as telling me he did
not understand why two people with such different approaches to sexuality
would want to stay together at all. More....
By others:
Uses of the erotic: the erotic as power, Summer 1989, by Audre Lorde
THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF POWER, used and unused, acknowledged or otherwise.
The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane,
firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling.
In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those
various sources of power within the culture of the oppressed that can provide energy for change.
For women, this has meant a suppression
of the erotic as a considered source of power and information within our lives.
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