Heartfelt Embodiment

28/11/2021

A great article about the Somatic S*x educator and and s*xological bodywork trainings and how they relate to helping people learn about their bodies.

We heard it on S*x, Love and Goop, and now we want to know more.

29/09/2021

Understanding where you are at with this might influence how you approach your date. Emotions, Intimacy and s*x are what drive us to connect with another..

https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-s*x/s*x-emotions

Yes, s*x can actually make you stupid — temporarily, of course. Read to learn more about this and other below-the-belt behaviors.

18/06/2021

We all need touch, our Social Engagement Nervous system, our sense of belonging. Self touch and caress can go so far.. Hugs so important

https://blog.ed.ted.com/2021/06/17/humans-are-made-to-be-touched-so-what-happens-when-we-arent/

Our bodies are designed to respond to touch, and not just to sense the environment around us. We actually have a network of dedicated nerve fibers in our skin that detect and emotionally respond to…

07/11/2020

A great example of the benefits of the three minute game, devised by Betty Martin

After 15 years and three children, my husband and I found ourselves stuck in an ‘intimacy impasse’. Could a therapist help us sizzle again?

06/10/2020

Gut health, impacts on the gut brain axis. Healthy gut, healthy body, healthy mind.. The diet you consume, could impact the microbiome and effect the hormones and your mental health benefits. Interesting video.. Sure there is probably new research since this was produced.

27/09/2020

For many, making new friends isn't easy..

"when strangers are getting to know one another, the more they share about themselves, the more they end up liking each other. If you’re looking for ways to deepen your connections, vulnerability is the way forward."

Really interesting article with some good resources at the end.
With awareness of what's happening within the body, we can overcome our fears, resource ourselves somatically, to feel that we are liked.

https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-make-new-friends-when-youre-busy-with-adulthood

Friendships give us so much. Be bold, take the initiative, and you’ll be surprised how many people are pleased to connect

04/09/2020

Is this how you feel? Eerily prophetic..

This painting was done by artist Walter Molino in 1962.... and he titled the painting “Life in 2022”

03/09/2020

Here in Wales Corona restriction regulations are changing, community centres are reopening. I am creating a series of workshops.
In this new age of Covid awareness, I aim to help people with their potential anxiety of being around others, being in public spaces. Focus on how we meet, greet, and acknowledge others when out of balance. Understand and practise how we can restore balance when frightened or triggered by another. Then build on these to feel a sense of safety, personal space and notice what's happening within our body. Watch out for an event posting, when final details are agreed. If you wish to attend in Pembrokeshire drop me a message. Thank you and Stay Safe

03/09/2020

The paradox of intimacy and love.
"Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness"

“Love rests on two pillars: surrender and autonomy. Our need for togetherness exists alongside our need for separateness. One does not exist without the other.”

17/06/2020

More so...

08/06/2020

Affection deprivation, skin hunger, slow moving touch generating oxytocin, calming the nervous system..
The hug of a friend.. That's going to be most needed, when we can manage our sessions with others.
Be it hugs, massage, embrace, cheek to cheek, forehead to forehead.. Our bodies are crying out for this...

Feel like you’re going mad after weeks without being touched by another person? Helen Coffey finds out why we crave human contact

10/02/2020

Dance like no one is looking, letting go of what others think is just one of the many ways dancing is a healer..

One of the strangest but also most intriguing and redemptive things that humans get up to, in almost any culture one cares to study, is occasionally to gather in large groups, bathe in the rhythmic sounds of drums and flutes, organs and guitars, chants and cries, and move their arms and legs about i

03/02/2020

"It’s about being touched in a way that demonstrates care, ideally by the people you care about."
We are running on empty..
Touch is an integral part to human development. Its not about s*x, but how we connect with others in a consensual way.
Its time to rewire our bodies and souls to be in our own tribal community, feeling safe, nurtured and held.. Touch creates Belonging..

We stifle contact in our everyday connections

01/02/2020

"By restoring attachment security, therapy lowers our social vigilance and opens us to trusting one person – the therapist – which eventually allows us to go out into the world and trust other people"
A wonderful essay. Clicks into the deep unspoken changes that happen with the person helping you.

Attachment theory suggests that early interactions with caregivers can dramatically affect your beliefs about yourself, your expectations of others, and how you cope with stress and regulate your emotions as an adult

24/01/2020

Just reading a very good book.. The S*xual Healing Journey by Wendy Maltz.
There is a suggestion to read the following article, which describes how healthy s*xuality differs from abusive and destructive s*x.

https://healthys*x.com/self-help-articles/the-maltz-hierarchy-of-s*xual-interaction/

“Only one who, tragically, has never experienced love would question whether s*x can be fulfilling when love is absent. Physically satisfying, perhaps, but never fulfilling. It can never reach the depths of what we are as human beings, and what we are capable of becoming [emphasis added]. To climb...

19/01/2020

Are you enjoying it, from 40s to 50s and beyond?