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How to Heal Sexual Shame and Reignite Desire in a Long-Term Relationship with Jannine MacKinnon · Libido Lounge

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Sex magic is using your sexual energy as our creation life force energy.
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We can also channel it to manifest all of our desires through different practices.
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Janine is a sacred sexuality coach, speaker, and host of the sacred sex for real women
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podcast.
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She's passionate about helping women reconnect with their sensuality, awaken their erotic
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energy, and embrace their full feminine expression with out the pressure to be more
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spiritual or do it perfectly.
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Through nervous system support, pleasure based practices, and real life tools, Janine guides
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women into deeper self trust, confidence, and liberation.
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Her approach to sex magic is down to earth and empowering.
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She shows women how to use their sexual energy as a powerful force for manifestation and
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creating a life that truly turns them on.
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Using sexual energy, building up pleasure within our bodies, visualizing the scene in
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this reality, weaving in the embodiment into all five senses.
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We breathe the sexual energy through these various places within our body, shifting
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through some different blockages that may be there subconsciously or emotionally.
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Now let's get going with our episode.
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Hey, everybody.
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Welcome back to another episode of our libido lounge.
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I'm so excited.
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We have a super unique guest, something we've never talked about today.
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We're talking about the power behind sex, not just for pleasure, but also for manifesting,
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also for attracting in life the things that you want and then creating the life that you want.
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And to do so, I am bringing on an expert in the topic, Janine McKinnon.
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Thank you so much for being here with me, Janine.
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It's gonna be a great show today.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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I'm very excited to bring all of this juiciness to your audience.
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Yeah.
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It's it's really interesting.
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Right?
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Because I know manifestation, law of attraction, mantras, like, you know, these are
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common topics that I think are coming up a lot and have been coming up a lot for years in the
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growth oriented type of industries.
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Right?
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People that are looking to continue to grow their lives and to improve their mindset and to
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attract things into life that they want.
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So I know for a lot of people, the idea of of manifesting or attraction, law like, things
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like the law of attraction are not going to be new topics.
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But what is interesting, and I think a different shift on this, is the idea of using
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sex and using our pleasure body for that.
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So can you can you just kind of intro, like, intro this to for us, like, what exactly is sex
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magic?
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How do you define it?
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And then we're gonna get into a little bit about, like, how people can use this to create
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the life that they want.
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Absolutely.
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So just to kind of summarize it, sex magic is using your sexual energy, which I like to frame
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as our creation life force energy.
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It's the energy that literally creates life, and we can also channel it to manifest all of
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our desires through different practices.
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Okay.
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So say more about that because I know channel is like a, you know, is a word that will
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resonate with some people and not with others.
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So when we're saying, okay.
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We have this energy, and you you channel it to create our life's desires.
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Can you say that a different way for people that might not really understand, like, what
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we're meaning by that?
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Absolutely.
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I'll break it down a little bit more.
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There's three main components.
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So using our sexual energy, building a pleasure within our bodies, whether we want to simply
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use breath, perhaps some gentle over the close touching, or going full out with our pleasure
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tools, perhaps with our partner because it can be solo or partnered.
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And so we build up this pleasure and then we weave in visualization and embodiment.
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And what that means is really visualizing the version of you that has that which you desire.
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And taking it a step further rather than just visualizing the scene in this reality, weaving
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in the embodiment, which is a really big piece of my work.
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That's dropping into all five senses.
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So more than just what do you see, what do you feel, what is your emotional state, what do you
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feel on your skin, the temperature, your clothes, what do you hear, is this
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conversations?
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Is there music in the background?
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Is it out in nature?
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What do you smell?
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What do you taste?
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And these senses do come to us in different capacities, especially if we're newer to this
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work.
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It might be a little bit harder to tap into that smell or taste I find, but it builds over
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time with the practice.
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And then we weave in that channeling of the energy.
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And so what that is, is working with our chakra system.
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The energy centers within our body going from root, basically your perineum, all the way up
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to your crown, the top of your head.
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And so while we pleasure and hold onto this visualization and this embodiment, we breathe
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the sexual energy, our turn on through these various places within our body.
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And as we're bringing this sexual energy through our chakra centers, we are kind of
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shifting through some different blockages that may be there subconsciously or emotionally.
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A big one is up at the throat where people will hold themselves back for fear of speaking their
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truth and being judged for that, or at their heart feeling like they may not be loved for
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standing in their truth.
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And so as we move through this, and it takes time in going all the way up to the top of our
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head With this visualization process, we shoot our sexual energy like a beacon of light out
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into the cosmos.
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So signaling this is what we want.
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This is what it feels like to have it.
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And then feel this energy slowly coming back down into our body, and it really shifts your
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state in how you hold yourself.
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I find compared to many different typical manifestation processes, affirmations,
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journaling, vision boards, it's not as much of a felt state.
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It's very logical.
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And so there can be those subconscious blocks hanging on in there, blocking us from the
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manifestation.
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With this being so embodied through the senses, it really helps shift our state.
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So I find that we start making decisions as the version of us who already has it, managing our
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relationships and interacting with people as if we're that new version of ourselves.
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I love it.
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And and I'm a scientist at heart, you know?
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So when it comes down to a lot of things I talk about on this podcast, it's like, what's going
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on here scientifically?
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And I I don't know if I shared with you this offline last time we talked or not, but one of
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my favorite things to do with my partner is if I'm I'm working on something in myself that I
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will, you know, tell him, like, okay, well, what I want whispered in my ear and, like, what
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would be helpful from, like, a brain reprogramming because we see, like, with
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visualization, with meditation, we see that the brain shifts into these alpha and theta, like,
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these different brainwave states where the brain is more suggestible.
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Like, that's the whole premise behind hypnosis.
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Right?
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And so with that, one of my favorite things to do with my partner is if I'm struggling with
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something, when I'm kind of more in a heightened pleasure state, then he will, you
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know, say the things that I'm trying to reprogram my brain.
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And it's like, to me, it's like, okay.
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Using the science of meditation, of what we know around the way the brain can be programmed
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in these certain states where we are more suggestible and using that as a as a
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reprogramming.
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So that's kind of how I've used, you know, something similar.
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And I'm curious.
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Like, your process is so detailed.
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So I'm curious about a couple things.
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And the first one is I think if people are listening to this three step process that you
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laid out so well, one of the first things that might come up is, okay, but how do I do all
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that, and where do I do that all that in my pleasure process?
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So let's say I'm, you know, let's say I'm starting the sensual process or the practice
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with my partner.
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Is this, like, in your mind, the way you use sex magic, is it to say, okay.
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Well, we're gonna put the orgasm and put, you know, that sort of, practice on hold, the
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builds, you know, kind of all of that, and really just focus more on, hey.
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This is a pleasure manifestation practice, or is there a way that this is overlapping?
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And if so, how are we keeping our mind focused on all the things of the five, you know, senses
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plus, like, just, you know, the intense physical things in our body and communication
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with our partner?
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How how do we do that all, and how do we differentiate that?
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Great question because there are quite a few different moving parts.
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First, I will just mention that you have it so well when it comes to incorporating with your
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partner in those pleasure experiences while you're in those brainwave states, having him
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reaffirm those things.
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That's such a deep part of the different sacred sexuality practices I guide women through.
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Because as you know, through pleasure, our nervous system is just fully open online with
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this beautiful play between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
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Plus when we bring in all five senses, we have so many different areas of our brain open and
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activated.
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And then we're in those certain brave ways states that we're able to become so much more
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receptive to these visualizations, to these embodiments and to the affirmations as well.
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So when it comes to doing the sex magic practice, I break this down in many different
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ways because, as I said, there are a lot of moving parts.
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So I do have a free sex magic ritual kit that outlines things for easy reference to know what
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to do at each stage.
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And then I go even more in-depth in my courses.
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I have three different levels for moving through this practice.
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And when it comes to just beginning and starting, I actually recommend doing that
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through a solo practice.
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Because with all these different moving parts, it's enough to figure this out for yourself and
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find flow and continuity throughout it.
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And then teaching your partner through it as well, having them find their own flow and then
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bringing that together.
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It takes time to get to that point.
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So I recommend starting with yourself in your own personal pleasure practice and getting a
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feel for it.
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With those different components, I think it's really great to start out with that
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visualization, with that embodiment, getting really clear on what it is that you want.
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Once you feel tapped into that, bringing in the pleasure, opening your system up to that
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receptivity for that visualization, that embodiment, and then beginning to work with
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your chakras and your energy centers with that.
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So it is a little bit of a building one on top of the other to find that flow.
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And when it comes to orgasming and what kind of state do we want to get with our energy with
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this practice, I'd say you want that orgasm if it's going to happen.
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The peak moment of pleasure should be when your sexual energy has moved through your chakra
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system and is at your crown or at the top of your head and you're shooting it out.
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Now that is not a requirement.
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That's why I like saying your peak moment of pleasure.
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There are different flavors for this once someone has a hang for all of these different
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moving parts.
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I like to start with a quickie sex magic practice in the morning a couple times a week
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where it's like minutes.
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I think twelve minutes is the guided audio that I have inside my collective.
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And so you're just doing it in a little bit more simple of a way with breath, kind of
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moving your hips and your body, tapping into the pleasure a little bit with that
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visualization and the embodiment.
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And then when it comes to what I think of as the full blown ritual, which is more around,
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like, thirty, minutes in the guided audios that I have in courses, that's where you're really
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taking your time.
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You're getting so clear on the visualization.
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You're building up the pleasure, then moving through the chakra system while continuing to
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pleasure.
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Okay.
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Got it.
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So I think one of the other things that I think is gonna come up for people here is, well, if
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they like you know, chakras, think a lot of people do know what chakras or chakras, however
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we're gonna pronounce it, are.
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But a lot of people still don't.
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And so I wanna make sure we're inviting the men to this conversation as well because I know you
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are focused on women in your work.
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But, if you're listening as a man, of course, any of this energetic magic works around
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manifestation also applies to you as well.
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So just to name that for all of our male listeners.
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And, you know, if people are really just, like, not that, say, tuned into feeling, you know,
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when you're saying, okay, this feeling of this energy rising.
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Right?
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Like, what if somebody is, like, not really in tune to, like, what that feels like and and
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what we're even talking about with these terms?
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Like, where can somebody start?
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Because another thing I really wanna emphasize, everybody that's listening is is just like I
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mentioned with man meditation earlier, like, in my in my opinion, and I say this a lot in my
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work, is that that sex in many ways is one of the best mindfulness based stress types of
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activity.
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Right?
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It's all about being present in your body and, you know, bringing the mind back to the moment
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that the mind wanders.
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So I really love it, and it's a fan of mine too, to do things like like take something like
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sex and pleasure and use it for the pleasure, use it for the connection, use it for all the
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things, but also use it for all this other power that's behind it, like what Janine's
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talking about here, you know, with the with the idea of what we're talking about around what's
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used for manifestation and abundance.
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But if somebody can't even, like, feel this energy moving up their spine and then, like,
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connecting, you know, sending out and projecting to the world and then taking a
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moment to feel into that and feel as if you are that person of your future right now and
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feeling that feeling descend upon you like you were describing.
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Where do we begin if we can't even really feel that energy kind of like moving up our spine
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like you're talking about?
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How do how does somebody even start if they're like, I don't even know what a shocker is?
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Yes.
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And that's so many of us.
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And I know when I first began with this practice, the first time I was guided to
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connect with each chakra center, I couldn't feel anything.
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So I've been there myself and I will add that with my courses, I've made them gender fluid
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for both women and men because I find there just isn't that much information and resources
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about this topic available.
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So I didn't want to pigeonhole it for women, which is where most of my work lies because it
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really does cross over for all genders to be able to work with their sexual energy in this
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way.
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And with my courses, with my level one, I break it down even more in those steps when it comes
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to connecting with your chakras.
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So in there, I have a guide that explains the seven main ones that we work with, where are
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they located, what do we associate with them.
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So for example, our solar plexus is for that action and will and taking charge in our
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manifestation.
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I already touched on the heart and throat a little bit.
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Root is for feeling safe and grounded in having what we desire to call in.
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And so I break all of this down in the guide to help people get familiar with what it is
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because I find it's really helpful to have that logical backing before we drop into more of the
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embodiment side of it so we have that understanding.
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And then we're being when we're being guided in the practice, we can use that as a reference
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point.
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Because when we think about each of those things, we actually have our hormones react in
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certain ways as well, which helps with the felt sense of that.
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Joe Dispenza explains it really well in one of his books.
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I believe it's becoming supernatural where we can bridge between the logical and thinking of
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what these chakras are associated with, and it actually helps us feel those energy centers
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more and more.
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And it is a relationship that we build.
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So once we have that logical side of these energy centers, then we can weave in the
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embodiment.
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And so how I break it down in my level one course is very step by step.
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Before you're even getting into the sex magic ritual, I have a guided practice where you
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simply connect with your energy body.
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I believe it's called the connect with your energy body meditation.
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And so that
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know if I can interrupt you.
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Do you have a place where people can start today?
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Like, is there because I know you're talking a lot about your courses, which we'll definitely
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let everybody know about, but I wanna let you know, wanna see if there's a place where people
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can actually start today.
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If they're like, I wanna do something now and take an actionable step, like, what would that
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be from, like, not being able to feel into their body?
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It would be simply learning what those chakras are.
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And as you close your eyes in a bit of that meditative state and feel into one.
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So you know, for example, your root is around your perineum, breathing directly into that
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space, associating it with safety, perhaps saying, like, I am safe.
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I feel grounded, and noticing what you feel there.
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And perhaps it's nothing at first because, again, that's me, absolutely, and just taking
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the time to connect with each one in that way.
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And it is a practice.
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First time is going to be clunky, but as you keep coming back to it, you build that
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relationship with each of the chakras.
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Now let's get back to our episode.
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So it sounds like a good step would even be like just looking these up online and then
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saying, okay, well, doing like a breath work technique initially where you're just putting
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maybe your hands on these different energy centers, breathing into them and starting to
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feel this.
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And then are you saying that I know you have a much more detailed, you know, process in your
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courses, but in general, that as people start to feel these, these areas of their body
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awaken, then are you seeing that in your work that when people are more in a like a pleasure
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practice when they're either solo or eventually with their partner doing you know, having
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pleasure, making love, that they're actually then feeling eventually this energy rise up
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their spine, like you're saying?
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Is that what you're seeing?
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That can happen.
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I would say that tends to be more advanced through working through these practices quite a
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bit for it to more spontaneously happen when you're in the partnered experiences.
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Mhmm.
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And that's why a lot of my work is with your personal pleasure practice, beginning to train
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your body with this and feel into the energy in that way, and that's when it carries over.
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But what I will say with a lot of people that I'm working with that are moving through
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various flavors of these practices is that through connecting with their body in this way
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and with that presence as you touched on, their sensations just come alive.
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Like, I remember so well one of the text messages I received a couple of years ago where
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she was like, my vulva feels alive.
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She's alive again after having gone through birth and motherhood where she just felt so
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closed off.
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And moving through practices like this with the focused breath work for her, it was
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specifically with what I like to call yoni, your vulva, your vagina, your uterus, for those
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that aren't familiar with that word, yoni, is it helped her feel the sensations by connecting
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with that very specific area of her body.
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And so that transfers as you move through each of these energy centers.
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So can you tell us some other stories more from the manifestation side of things that of what
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you've seen in the work that, that you've done with women and, you know, and any men that
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you've worked with as well?
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Like, what have you seen from a standpoint of, like, real life examples of what has happened
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with, you know, using sex magic?
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I would love to hear that.
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Yes.
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One of my favorite examples because it's so tangible is this tattoo on my arm for those
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that are watching this through video is I have this floral tattoo on my arm that I manifested
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through sex magic.
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And so when I was moving through the practice, I was visualizing myself looking in the mirror
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with these various tattoos that I wanted to get.
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I believe it was one or two days later as I was scrolling Instagram, I saw a giveaway post for
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a tattoo.
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I was like, oh, isn't that interesting?
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I just had that practice.
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That's neat.
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So I entered the giveaway among thousands of other people.
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I don't know how familiar you are with those types of posts, but so many people are entering
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and like, oh, that would be nice.
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We'll see what happens.
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And then it went out of my mind and I won this giveaway.
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And so I won an $800 tattoo through sex magic.
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So that's a big wow one.
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I have also had sales come up within hours of doing the practice where I woke up, received
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the notifications, and it was for something that I hadn't actively sold in months and
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months and months.
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It just popped out of nowhere.
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I've had clients use it for calling in relationships, and I find it really helps them
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feel into the person that is a match for that partner because we can envision we want these
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different kinds of relationships in our life and this particular type of partner.
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But often what gets missed is what kind of partner do I need to be to call in this person?
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And so that's been probably one of the most rewarding to see with various people moving
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through this practice and messaging me and updating me is that they've been able to call
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in what they will sometimes call their divine masculine for the women that I'm working with.
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And so that's really beautiful as well.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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And I think, you you mentioned Joe Dispenza.
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I'm such a fan of his work too.
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I've studied his work for years and just love him.
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And, you know, he talks so much about instead of, like, talking about our future selves as
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our future of like, oh, like, you know, someday I will have the abundance I want, and someday I
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will have the relationship I want, and someday I will have the house and family I want.
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Actually beginning to feel into the feelings of, like, what is that gonna feel like to have
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that?
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And what is how can I take the feelings of the future and actually say, hey?
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I'm actually gonna actively choose to feel these things today even though I don't have
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them yet.
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And that, you know, it's like that's part of the, you know, drawing them in.
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And, you know, certainly, I think anytime we get into state altering, which is really what
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we're talking about here, it's so much easier to feel those things because we're putting
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ourselves into a different state.
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We're putting ourselves into different feelings, different emotions, and therefore, we
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are actually sending out different information to the So I want to switch topics a little bit,
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because I know you do help people also with things like shame, for example.
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And know, shame's come up on this podcast, several times, and it will continue because I
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think of all things that we talk about in the sex world, it's way more common than even a lot
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of people realize because a lot of shame, I think, can happen from big t traumas, you know,
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things like our abuse, our assaults, those kind of things.
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But a lot of shame can even happen from little t traumas such as, wow, I was with a partner
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and, you know, they were going down on me and they said something, you know, just a sliding
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comment about how I looked or whatnot like that, you know, something like that.
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Mhmm.
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And, you know, and and or maybe somebody jumped up real fast in the middle of sex, and it was
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very, state shifting, and it felt jarring.
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And maybe they had something on their mind, but somebody interpreted it as like, wow, that must
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have meant I'm not very good, or those kind of things, those small T traumas.
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Those can also, I think, be huge ways that we start to build shame in our body and start to
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feel there's something wrong with us.
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So I know it's different, like you said, offline.
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It's different that that type of work is different than sex magic.
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But can you tell us a little bit about, like, your thoughts on shame and sex and and how you
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approach that?
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Absolutely.
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I believe we all associate some level of shame with our sexuality.
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It's just the world we've grown up in that most cultures don't have a very positive, what I
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like to frame as a beautiful, sacred relationship with our sexuality.
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There can be a lot of shame, a lot of dirtiness or wrongness or sinfulness associated with sex
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when it comes to media and movies and different things like that.
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Sex is framed in a very specific way, which doesn't necessarily reflect our experiences in
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real life.
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It's very fast, grab a boob.
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There's lots of lust, and then we orgasm together.
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And so when that doesn't happen, perhaps there's mismatch in those orgasms, then it can
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feel like something is wrong with us and having shame around that as well as our different
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experiences with our partners, with girlfriends, and boyfriends, and things as we
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grow up.
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And so we tend to layer on this shame, and you touched on it a bit in your explanation is some
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of these experiences are very jarring.
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So we're shifting that nervous system state.
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Say it's, as you had mentioned, someone kind of jumping up and stopping in the middle of
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intimacy, we're going from that relaxed, open, parasympathetic nervous system state to all of
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a sudden our fight or flight response is on.
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And so our body can begin to associate this with sex.
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And so next time we go to have sex, perhaps with this same partner or in the future down
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the road with different partners, our body and our nervous system has remembered this if we
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haven't worked through it.
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And so we can come into sex more guarded and closed off and it may begin to take longer for
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us to open up and relax and then we put more pressure on it.
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And so it can begin to have this negative spiral where a lot of frustration and more
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shape stacks on.
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So how we get to use sexuality to work through this is very much like you touched on in the
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beginning.
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We can either ourselves or with our partner when we are in an open and pleasurable
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experience and our nervous system and our body and our subconscious is open, we can reprogram
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ourselves with what we want to feel and believe.
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It can be as simple as just saying, like, I am safe.
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I'm beautiful.
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I am sexy.
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I love sex.
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Incorporating mirror work with this can be very powerful as well.
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Seeing yourself in that state, feeling that way, and creating that safety in your system
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with it.
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So say more about mirror work.
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Are you talking about using mirrors just like without, like, when, say, you're creating a
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state and looking at yourself in the mirror?
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Are you actually talking about more using mirror work within, say, a solo or a partnered
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sexual experience?
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Can you say more about what you mean by
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that?
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Absolutely.
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So whether this is solo or partnered, having a mirror there and looking at yourself or you and
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your partner while you're moving through this with the affirmations.
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There's an added level of vulnerability, and through having that positive reinforcement
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through that vulnerability can be very reinforcing in our systems of I am safe and
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loved and sexy and whatever these things are when we're in this state.
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So for example, you're in a solo practice.
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There's a mirror there.
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As you build up, as you get to your affirmations, looking at yourself in the eye as
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you say these things, looking at your body as you feel that embodied state of I am safe.
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I feel good like this.
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I belong.
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I am loved as a sexual being.
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So what about people?
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Because I know there's so much around, you know, body shame and sex shame and more from
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the looks and appearance standpoint of things.
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And an initial concern I have for some people when I hear what you're talking about is, what
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about the people that are maybe trying something like this?
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And it almost pops them, like, into more of a dissociative type of scenario where they're not
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able to stay present because of any sort of hyper focus on certain areas of their body or
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body shame.
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Like, you know, I know even in my some of the one on one work that I do with people on Zoom,
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you know, I've had clients that don't even wanna turn their camera on on their side
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because they don't even like just, like, fully clothed having a conversation.
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They don't even like, you know, the like, looking at themselves to that level where it's
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like, wow.
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They can focus so much more on the conversation when they're not actually seeing, you know,
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their own face.
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And, obviously, that's a, you know, I think a huge sign of a area where a lot of self love
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and, you know, a lot is, probably needed there.
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But I I while I see, you know, kind of the benefit for people from a standpoint of, like,
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that mirror and visualizing back, I can also see for certain people how that could actually
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create more of like a dissociative type of experience around not being able to be in the
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present.
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So what do you say?
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Like, how do you help people like that when it comes to you doing, you know, work like you're
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talking about?
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That's where there's absolutely building blocks to this.
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And depending where someone is at in their journey, I think there's a bit of self
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responsibility in leaning into, like, am I ready for this?
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Or noticing if they try it and that disassociation comes up or that strong
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discomfort to it, not even wanting to look at themselves at all or feeling their body shut
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down and not feeling that pleasure.
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Those are all signs that they're not quite ready for a practice like this.
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And so not including the mirror until they feel more ready for it.
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Depending what type of experiences or traumas they've been through, perhaps seeking more one
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on one support with something like yourself or myself to help support them through that.
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I also find journaling can be a really great intro into this.
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I love walking people through what I call sexuality shadow work.
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And so it's using that logical processing to start to look at things.
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Where do my sexual beliefs come from?
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So what do I believe about myself and my sexuality?
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Do I feel shame because my inner labia protrude outside of my outer labia?
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That's a very common one for feeling shame.
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And so looking at what do I believe?
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Then going further, where do these beliefs come from?
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Is it something a partner said in an intimate experience or perhaps on more of the male side,
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some different, remarks around not lasting long enough or something like that.
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And so, okay, what have we learned in our partner experiences?
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What did we learn from family?
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What did we learn from media?
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And really bringing clarity around these where these beliefs came from because often they're
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not actually ours.
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They've been something that we've taken on from these different experiences, from our different
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surroundings.
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And then looking at what do I truly believe?
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What do I desire to believe?
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Because we get to choose our belief systems as much as we've been programmed from our
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surroundings, we get to program ourselves through different practices like we've been
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talking about.
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So getting clear on what we want to believe and then going further, how can we support
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ourselves in these beliefs?
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Perhaps it's listening to podcasts like yours where it helps support these types of beliefs
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of, yes, sexuality gets to be fun and pleasurable and all of these different things.
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What other ways can I support myself with it?
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Perhaps I want to feel more sexy in my day to day, and so it's putting some nice underwear on
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underneath my clothes so it's just personal.
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It's just for me, and it helps create safety wearing these things and feeling this way and
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slowly building on building blocks like that.
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Often when we have a lot of shame and discomfort, it can be really hard to talk about
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things with our partner.
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Yeah.
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And so another way is, again, using podcasts like yours and mine where it's, oh, I heard
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this thing on this podcast.
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What do you think about it?
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So it helps take the spotlight away from yourself and it can be a little bit easier to
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bring up in conversation.
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So there's all of these different little building blocks before we get to something that
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is a little bit more advanced, say, with mirror work where it's a bit more vulnerable and we
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can trigger more of that shame.
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Yeah.
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That's really helpful.
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Thank you for that.
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And as we reach our conclusion here, I know we're going to let people know how to find out
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about you.
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But what else have we not said today do you feel like?
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Is there anything else left unsaid that we have to make sure people know about?
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I guess I would like to just share that I feel like our sexuality is really where our power
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comes from.
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And I like to say that the greatest transformation comes through the taboo.
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Sex is a huge taboo.
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So when we learn to feel empowered in our sexuality, when we learn to let go of the shame
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and the guilt and the fear of judgment and all these different things when it comes to
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sexuality and learn to use our voice and receive that positive feedback when we are in
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our sexual power.
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It has a massive ripple effect throughout all areas of our life.
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When we learn to be able to speak our desires and have them met from our partners, it becomes
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way easier to ask for a raise from our boss, for example.
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And so I find sexuality is often shied away from, but it really has this massive
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opportunity to come into your full authentic expression and see that ripple effect
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throughout all areas of your life.
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Yeah.
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Beautiful.
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Thank you so much, and thank you so much for being here.
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I want everybody to know about your free five day sensual embodiment challenge that you've
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gifted our audience with.
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So tell us about that.
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Yes.
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So the free five day central embodiment challenge, I will say it is geared more towards
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women, and it's to begin to get you in touch with your sensuality and rewire your nervous
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system and your subconscious to feel safe and radiant moving through much of the things we've
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talked about.
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There's the sexual shadow work journal prompts within that, And there are four guided
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practices that are ten ish minutes long that walk you through in a very slow step by step
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way without getting into full on pleasure.
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And so that is available for all of your listeners.
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Okay.
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Amazing.
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And we'll have the link for that, everybody, in the show notes today, as well as all the links
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on how to get, some of Janine's courses that she told us about, her website, her podcast,
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and, you know, more of the ways that you can work with her.
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So I wanna thank you so much for spending time with me.
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I really hope everybody will take some of these intro steps that Janine talked about, beginning
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to feel your energy body, beginning to begin your pleasure practice from the standpoint of
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state changing for manifestation.
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And go and download her free challenge so that you can have that step by step guidance because
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as she said, there's a lot of steps by this, and having a little bit more of a program to
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work through can help you from getting lost on, like, what do I do next, and what happens if
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this comes up, etcetera, etcetera.
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So I definitely encourage you to use all those amazing resources she gave out.
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And thank you again, everybody, for tuning in to another episode of the lounge.
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We will see you all real soon.
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