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19/03/2026
How many times a day do you ignore your body?
Dr. Alicia Newsome joins us this week to discuss things functional medicine, women’s health, and the questions your doctor probably isn’t asking you - we’re getting into all of it.
Dr. Alicia has trained at Yale, Mayo Clinic, and Johns Hopkins, been recognised by USA Today, ABC, NBC and beyond, and today joins us to talk about the healing power of pleasure & its effect on the body.
Head to our website or youtube chann for the full conversation!
12/03/2026
From U.S. Marine to Somatic Intimacy Guide - Andre Lazarus has walked one of the most unexpected paths into intimacy work, and that’s exactly what makes this conversation so powerful.
You may recognise him from the UK series Virgin Island, where he worked as a professional surrogate partner alongside licensed therapists - showing the world that true intimacy work is built on safety, consent, and the courage to be real with yourself and another person.
Through his practice, Coming Closer, Andre supports men navigating midlife, trauma survivors reclaiming safety in their bodies, long-term couples reigniting passion, and everyone in between. His approach is rooted in the Somatica® Method - learning through the body, and replacing shame with curiosity.
In this episode, Andre introduces us to Embodied Intimacy - a somatic, relational, and deeply healing practice that is worlds away from the performance-driven, porn-inspired version of s3x our culture normalises.
Head to the 🔗 the link in our bio
08/03/2026
So many of us have been disconnected from pleasure, especially if it’s s*xual.
In our latest podcast episode with *xologist Devi explores how we can begin to reconnect with this part of ourselves and start building unconditional love for who we are.
If this conversation resonates with you, we also have a range of courses and certifications now live on the site designed to support deeper learning and practice.
Go and take a look, and sign up to begin your journey. ✨
05/03/2026
Our podcast is back🎉🎉🎉
And we’re opening the reboot of S3x Is Medicine with a conversation that goes straight to the root.
For this first episode are delighted to be joined by Anna Linde *xologist - a Swedish-Brazilian S*xologist (MSc), Dance & Movement Therapist, and Certified S*x Coach whose work sits at the intersection of s*xual liberation, embodiment, pleasure, and the sacred.
Anna’s published research an among the first of its kind in the world - explores the s*xual health of international adoptees from their own perspectives. In 2026, her focus turns to something that touches all of us: the Motherwound, and how the internalized voices and wounds we carry from our maternal lineage quietly shape our sensuality, capacity for self-love, and yes - even our relationship with money and success.
Anna guides us through the profound links between the Motherwound, s*xual energy, and financial abundance, drawing on Somatic S*xology and the embodied wisdom that lives within each of us.
Head to the 🔗 in our bi0 for the full podcast recording & let us know your thoughts below 👇
28/02/2026
This week Alaina answers a question from a follower who has a concern about a f3tish they have for a scene from the movie Cheaper By The Dozen.
Full question here:
I have a problem with a long-term fe**sh/ kink impeding a normative s3x life. I’m a Male in my late twenties.
There’s a part in the movie Cheaper by The Dozen I have had a long term f3tish/ k!nk associated with. To summarize, it’s the part when the younger Baker kids pull a prank on their older sister’s boyfriend, named Hank. The kids soak Hank’s boxer shorts in a bucket of ground beef and then when Hank unknowingly wears the meaty underwear and sits down at the dinner table, the kids release the family dog on him. The dog then runs under the table and furiously attacks Hank’s crotch in a long-drawn out scene for comedic effect & then he falls down to the floor and gets his butt bitten by the dog. I watched this movie when I was in grade 5 at a girl’s house (a classmate I had a crush on) and remember finding it really attractive when her and the other girls were giggling and joking while watching the dog attack Ashton Kutcher’s crotch. A couple days later after we watched the movie and I was thinking about their reactions while watching that movie scene I got my first er****on. It was their laughing at him getting hurt below-the-belt and his character being so embarrassed in the movie scene that drew my attention. I also do remember feeling this kind of jealousy that Ashton’s crotch got so much attention from the girls (the movie scene zooms in on Ashton’s crotch several times). My f3tish is basically seeing how a woman reacts to watching the meat soaked underwear prank in Cheaper by The Dozen, especially when it shows the closeups of the dog attacking Hank’s crotch.
This fixation/f3tish makes doing in*******se quite challenging as I feel stuck to this f3tish and I can’t seem to translate the same excitement and desire into other s3xual activities. I’m not entirely sure why this f3tish has stuck with me and I’m also not sure if there really is anything particularly k!nky or if there is s3xual undertones in this specific movie scene that caused this fixation in me to stick from such a young age.
14/02/2026
Baby Devi ❤️
In our latest blog for Black History Month, Devi shares her personal reflections on the powerful process of reconnecting with ancestral wisdom, exploring how memory, inheritance and how knowledge can live in the body long before we have language for it.
Read the full piece via the 🔗 in our bio.
29/01/2026
If you need a setting stronger than your power drill to feel something…
Your body might be telling you something.
In this throwback episode of Ta**ra Talks, we’re getting real about how v✨bes can desensitize your cl✨t - and what you can do about it!
Head to our YouTube to see the whole ep!
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22/01/2026
Ta**ra vs. P**n: Enemy… or misunderstood ally?
Is p**n killing your s3nsuality - or could it be refined into conscious er0ticism? 👀
In this Ta**ra Talks throwback, we explore when p✨rn dulls the nervous system, when it can be used skillfully, and why Ta**ra is about refinement, not restriction. Listen in.
Check our YouTube channel for this full episode, and tell us what you think!
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15/01/2026
Your p3nis isn’t a weapon.
It’s a Vajra - a diamond thunderbolt of wisdom ⚡️
In Ta**ra, the Vajra is a sacred healing tool.
Not for pounding or performing, but for presence, power, and transformation.
Here’s what most men were never taught:
🔥 Sensitivity is strength
🔥 Presence is hotter than performance
🔥 You must heal yourself before you can heal others
In this episode of Ta**ra Talks, we flip the script on masculinity, and awakening your Vajra as a conscious tool of healing.
We talk c!rcumc!sion tr&uma, s3ggsual sovereignty, and the difference between p3netration and presence.
If you’ve ever wondered, “Is there more to s3ggs than performance?”
Spoiler: Absolutely.
👉 Watch the full episode on YouTube by commenting ‘Vajra’ below! 👈
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