Holistic Sex and Intimacy Counselling

02/24/2026

For the Men out There

When I first began working in the realm of s*x and intimacy 11 years ago, I limited my work to women only. At that time, I was most interested/knowledgeable about women’s s*xuality and, in all honesty, I didn’t have good enough boundaries to work with men. Today, out of the hundreds of clients I work with each year, half are men. I’ve grown to love working with men and I’m continually in awe of their vulnerability, honesty, commitment to personal growth, dedication, awareness, and desire for better intimacy.

I know many people view men and women as vastly different (and there are differences) but I also recognize so many similarities. Just like many of the women I work with, men also express a deep fear that they’re broken or not enough, are afraid to be fully seen, have shame about their body, anxiety about performance, resort to pleasing and feel a deep longing for physical affection and touch. Many feel unworthy of time and attention, being heard and the kind of loving intimacy they desire.

A big difference between men and women that I do notice is that men seem very resistant to group work or activities where they might be seen in their vulnerability or as not knowledgeable about something. So far, partnered men (often brought by their partners), partnered women (attending alone or with their partner) and single women all come to my intimate group work offerings, but individual men don’t. This is unfortunate because small groups are ideal settings for learning that we aren’t alone in what we’re experiencing, and offer an environment where we can learn with and from each other.

There’s one week left to register for my Body Awakening - An Intimate Journey course and there are 2 spots left for our group (max of 15 and we have 13). I’m putting this out as a call to anyone, and especially those who might be interested in the course but are worried about how they’re going to be seen and perceived by others. If you're on the fence, I want you to know that it would enrich our group to have your presence and perspective. Link to register in the comments.

12/08/2025

I spent over a year creating my Body Awakening Course, because I wanted it to encompass much more than simply learning a new style of touching. Intimacy, to me, is a whole person experience and I wanted the participants to, at the end of it, recognize touch as something sacred. I imagined them walking away from the 9 months with a feeling of reverence for; the gift of touching another person, the body of the person they touch (whether it be their own or someone else’s) and the sensations that can be experienced through all the wonderful textures that skin provides. Along with this, I wanted them to be aware of and prepared for what can come up when we touch another person’s body in a safe and attuned way. Soft, slow, present touch can create an opening that extends much deeper than the surface of the skin —bringing up intense sensations, emotions, pleasure, resistances, wounds, insecurities and unmet needs in both the person being touched and the person touching. To hold space for this requires self-awareness, attunement, curiosity, communication, reverence and lots of practice.

We began our 9 month online journey learning about ourselves and how experiences in infancy and childhood shape the way we interact in intimacy as adults. We learned to attune to our own breath as a tool for self-awareness and how to expand our breathing patterns so we can safely feel more and ultimately experience more pleasure. We practiced exploring and touching our own bodies to discover what sensations we could feel through our skin, and learned how to combine breath, touch and imagery to increase and plateau those sensations when feeling more gets too much. We developed self-awareness around what gets in the way of our ability to be present when touching others, noticing when it happens and how to continually come back to the sensations in our fingers we feel through our touch. While we practiced all of this individually or in partnership, we came together online every two weeks to share our discoveries, pleasures, doubts, feelings, insecurities, tears and lots of laughter. In this safe, shared space we discovered that we aren’t the only ones who find intimacy challenging, scary and exciting.

We spent 7 months ensuring the quality of what we are able to offer through our touch — whether alone, in partnered intimacy or with clients — before applying our learning to touching others. Body Awakening touch is less about techniques (although there are some) and more to do with getting out of our own way to be present, attuned, curious and reverent to the experience so that who we are really comes through our touch. This, to me, is what intimacy is all about. In the last month of learning, some of the participants chose to participate in the In Person portion of the course where they deepened their practice on each other and then with volunteers from the community. It was an absolute joy for me to witness them creating a cozy space for their volunteer touch partners and welcoming them in with reverence, compassion and curiosity for whatever might come up.

As the teacher and creator of this modality and course, the past 9 months have been more rewarding than any previous work I’ve done. Creating a course that embodies the integrity that I believe touching a body deserves, and witnessing the evolution of the participants as they grow and learn together has been beyond meaningful to me. When we touch in a reverent, present and attuned way, there is no limit to our potential for connection, pleasure, growth and intimacy.

I’m excited to be once again offering this course beginning in March of 2026. There are options for Individuals, couples or practitioners interested in Online learning, In Person Experiential learning and Certification. Early bird registration opens January 5th and I would be honored to have you join. Details on my site and please reach out if you have any questions. https://natashasalaash.com/body-awakening-course/

08/27/2025

I am seeing more and more seniors (+65) seek out my S*x and Intimacy Counseling practice. Some express a desire to continue or resume an active s*x life after losing a long term partner and others want to know what else they can experience in the realms of pleasure, connection and exploration. Some talk about how they adapt positions and modify their ideas of what s*x means because of certain physical restrictions. Others mention the connection between s*xual energy and life energy and how they can feel this energy throughout the day.

Recently, a man in his 70's told me how he got picked up by a woman in her 80's and they had great s*x! high five to him!
Hearing these stories excites me to no end, reminds me that vitality is not skin deep and makes me wish there were more spaces for all ages of people to talk, ask questions and share about s*x and all that surrounds it.

06/02/2025

New blog post

01/05/2025

Registration for the Body Awakening Online Course for individuals and couples, as well as the Practitioner training is now open! The creation of this course has been a labor of love for me and I'm so excited to share it.

Body Awakening is a beautiful practice for individuals and couples wanting to learn more about their body, understand what gets in the way of their optimal s*xual functioning, increase their capacity for pleasure and connect with self and others in a new and meaningful way. For practitioners there is nothing out there quite like this and the demand for Body Awakening - especially for men experiencing ED and PE is too great for me alone. I'm really hoping to get more practitioners trained in this to lighten my load!

link below and I welcome any questions

"Natasha has developed a new sensate-focus modality that offers individuals greater agency and understanding of their own arousal system, practitioners a beautiful new toolbox of skills to add to their business, and couples endless adventures in arousal and pleasure without the distraction of being hijacked by goals or performance. I cannot recommend Body Awakening and Natasha as a facilitator/teacher highly enough.” – Rahi Chun, Somatic S*xual Wholeness

12/18/2024

“Body Awakening has been a revelation for me, personally and professionally. As a certified Somatic S*x Educator working with clients for over 10 years, I felt I had turned over every stone offering new insights into embodied erotic awareness, arousal edging, awakening pleasure, sensate-focus, and down-regulating the nervous system via touch. Body Awakening provided new lessons and somatic understanding in each of these realms at once. Natasha has developed a new sensate-focus modality that offers individuals greater agency and understanding of their own arousal system, practitioners a beautiful new toolbox of skills to add to their business, and couples endless adventures in arousal and pleasure without the distraction of being hijacked by goals or performance. I cannot recommend Body Awakening and Natasha as a facilitator/teacher highly enough.”

– Rahi Chun, Somatic S*xual Wholeness

I’m SO excited to be offering a course in Body Awakening for Practitioners, Couples and Individuals beginning March 2025. The course will involve 8 months of online learning including 18 modules, 14 live zoom sessions and videos to learn from. The online portion is a stand alone course, however, for those seeking certification and facilitated experience there will be an additional in-person training in November, 2025 along with additional requirements. Full details of the course as well as early bird registration will be available on January 6th, 2025. I welcome any inquiries and questions at natashasalaash21@gmail.com!

12/10/2024

I'm going to be on the Evan Bray show on CKOM today at 11am, to talk for a few minutes about things couples can do to enhance their relationship. Afterwards, people can call in or text questions on any topic involving s*x and intimacy. I'd love to know what you want to know, so please join in!

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10/23/2024

"My dream is for soft, slow, present, mindful and non goal oriented touch to become mainstream." - Natasha Salaash

Body Awakening Course coming in 2025! Designed for individuals, couples and practitioners wanting to develop their skills of attunement, presence, and body/mind awareness as well as learning to expand their capacity for pleasure and enhance intimacy. This type of touch can be s*xual or non-s*xual.

Certification option available for practitioners interested in developing a therapeutic skill to add to their practice.

Stay tuned for more info!

07/23/2024

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06/18/2024

I'm SUPER excited about my new offering for men! The idea came to me after helping my friend create her online dating profile. Seeing some of the men's profiles and messages to her, horrified me. I work with men every week who do hard work in intimacy to grow themselves, develop skills, become better partners and recognize their limitations. Seeing the really sad, boring profiles (and awful under the chin pics) made me wonder about the awesome guys underneath them that maybe don't know they're awesome. I love working with men and approach everything I do from a strength focused perspective - meaning you will leave this program recognizing your value and the value in the women you seek to date. Contact on my website if interested!

https://natashasalaash.com/relationship-skill-building/

04/29/2024

A grade 11 student in Saskatoon emailed asking if she can interview me for an essay on women's s*xual pleasure!!! Time's are changing in wonderful ways!

03/04/2024

We're super excited to announce another Couple's retreat in May! We have a new beautiful location for this retreat and lots of experiential touch activities to explore with your partner. Details in the link, and you can email or message me to register!
https://natashasalaash.com/intimacy-in-sensuality/