WHAT IS IT?
In a Sensxual Intergation Session we explore intimacy. What that means is different for each of us. Most of us desire and fear what intimacy can bring. This practice invites us to become more true to ourselves in the way we relate to self, partners and surroundings. Though aspects of emotional, erotic or energetic intimacy seem innate to who we are, they are also dances that can be learned, unlearned and practiced anew.
Parts of these intimacy dances embody our shames, wounds, turn-ons, ways of loving and of paying attention. How we live these parts determines the experience of our own aliveness, internal sense of home and of expansion through one another.
'How to work with our mundane humanness and yet acknowledges the mystery in our being?'
Things I assist people with-
- reorienting creative self connection
- finding more pleasure and permission to want what we want
- exploring boundaries and shames
- unearthing desires relating to your partners/your self/your work
- issues with sexual identity, sexual functions, or painful relational repeat patterns all can be starting points for us.
We do this practice in one-on-one sessions, in sessions with your partner, or as a group.
I created these sessions informed by practices from improvisation, performance, dance, touch practices, Qi Gong and the Somatica® Method. I apply these tools through my artist's point of view. This means sharing my authentic self with you and bringing the curiosity I have for the diversity within you. I connect to the meaning in what you are bringing to these sessions and I look for 'not yet knowing', 'becoming self seeing' and 'deepening intimacy', rather than 'fixing a problem.' We work within a non-judgemental and light hearted environment, where we can practice being ourselves and relate consistently over time. We practice all this in a slowed down atmosphere where the conditions for subtle transformations and for building trust are nourished.
Tools we use can activate your sensing body, your movements, your breath, touch and nervous system regulation. We work with arousal, attachment styles, communication, erotic fantasy and reclaiming our bodies as they are. I assist you in exploring your desires and your challenges in a creative, embodied way. The sessions aim to bring more clarity to yourself and to translate what you learn into your everyday life.
We make space together for aspects of you to come forward that you might have been missing or not known you were capable of!
WHO IS IT FOR?
Are you feeling like you need change in the way you experience relationships, but talking and thinking about it is not doing it? Are you wishing to feel more 'yourself', in pleasure and presence for your partner(s), your audience, your work or your nature/spirit surround? Then this practice might be for you.
I have worked with-
- creative people in phases of change and uncertainty
- people who desire to explore their sexuality
- people of various ages, identities, cultural backgrounds and abilities.
- individuals, couples and groups
Some clients come to me specifically because of a struggle to connect to their inner feelings, boundaries, authenticity, or their arousal. Some deal with body expressions like migraines, digestive system issues, or other symptoms flaring up in their relational processes. Some experience a lack of creative self connection, feelings of shame around their bodies and desires, or a disconnection to their partners, or to their own aliveness. Issues with sexual identity, sexual functions, unexpressed desires, or certain painful emotions in relating intimately to others, all can be starting points for us.
Other people continue to come to these sessions as a way to slow down and to be in relationship with oneself through the other, with all the discomfort and pleasure present. A relational practice where you can explore observing yourself as you experience touch, movement, mind and a not knowing that can re-connect you to a sense of trust, your inner voice and an inner knowing underneath the noise of the 'shoulds.'
Our sessions are done fully clothed. There can be touch, erotic energy exchange and dynamic sharing, yet there is no sexual activity involved. The boundaries of this method are alive, held, communicated clearly and are always in your hands and comforts.