It’s a wild time in our country for women and people with vulvas. There’s been a shakeup in the last few years with the #metoo movement, #timesup, electing accused (and confirmed) sexual predators to the highest offices in the land, and laws threatening our basic bodily autonomy and healthcare. Phew. It’s A LOT.
These times can leave us feeling very destabilized, disempowered, or downright scared. And as much as it feels like a non-stop shit storm or like we’re going back in time about a century, this shakeup is actually an opportunity.
It’s an opportunity for us to fortify our strength, personal agency, and bodily autonomy from the inside. What happens outside becomes less threatening when there’s an internal foundation of body literacy, boundaries, and pleasure.
Pleasure? Yes, pleasure. When our pathways to pleasure become cultivated and practiced, we naturally assume a low to zero tolerance policy for any advance, touch, or tone that isn’t in alignment with that. Pleasure also strengths our health, wellness, and ability to learn things and cultivate new habits.
Body literacy gives us the confidence and autonomy to make more informed and aligned choices for ourselves. With body literacy, we’re less likely to helplessly hand over our power to someone else, be that a partner, doctor, or boss.
This self-sourcing of true power feels good. Knowing your body also opens up new possibilities for a fuller experience of pleasure. And so the cycle of wellbeing continues.
While this revolution happens from within and its expression is unique to each person, the best way to do this work is in a group field where we can be seen, heard, held, acknowledged, and celebrated for exactly who we are. Shame thrives in isolation, yet it dispels is connection and belonging.
If you’re ready to sacrifice the outdated scripts you received about sex, your body, and power and live fully into what’s most true for you now, then please considering joining me in Radically Re-defining Sex: A six-week online transformative journey for women and people with vulvas.
This course is co-taught by me and the creatrix of The Artemis School (my original sexuality school), Lara Catone. We will lay the foundation and guide you in sexual science, embodiment practice, community connection, and inquiry for you to live into the unique erotic and empowered creature that is YOU.
The cultural moment is calling us forth into creative action. I hope you’ll consider this course as a part of that generative, nourishing, and fortifying creative action for yourself, and in turn, all of your relationships and the culture you create.