Further Strategies for Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

Part 4 of the 4 Part Certificate Series

With an additional focus on couples, especially who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, or with grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or those who just generally resist being in their bodies.

As an adjunct to "Essential Strategies Of Healing Sexual Trauma” Ariel brings more advanced strategies. In this workshop we will look at:

Professional Content:

• Working with Couples

• Spicing up long-term relationships

• Sex and aging

• How to support female and male survivors

• Low or incompatible Libido

• Pelvic complaints—including vaginismus, chronic pain and common sexual dysfunctions—for both women and men

• Infertility

• Kink and BDSM

• Porn addiction

• Working with dissociation, flashback

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Learn a variety of strategies working with couples, or those who desire to couple healthily.

Who will benefit:

• Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues.

Uncovering the Roots of Sexuality Trauma and Shame

Part 1 of the Sexuality Series and Certification

Available as a standalone workshop. This program is open to practitioners but also to people eager to repair their relationship to their body and sexuality.

Who are we at our core?

If we were to remove all of the social conditioning, the religious, racial and cultural messages forced on us, all of the generations of sexism, misogyny and shame, all the judgments and expectations of family and peers, and all the traumas we have experienced:

• Who are we underneath all of it?

• How would we inhabit our bodies in ways that reflect our true nature?

• How would we express and receive affection, sensuality and sexuality… on our terms… in our most genuine and authentic way?

• How to achieve ease and pleasure in our own bodies, identify biases, and recognise discomfort with sexuality so that we can all be a clear and effective support to clients

• How do we uncover our desires and attractions, and identify what inhibits them? Are these real, or are these learned?

• What is the best way to break old patterns in relationships and move towards healthy intimacy?

• How do we heal specifically what is damaged by the above influences?

  
  

  This first module is the foundation of the Full Embodiment (FE) practice.

• Decades in its formation—FE combines the latest in somatic healing practices and trauma-informed sex education. Recognising the common dilemmas and challenges that practitioners face in their office, plus the countless ways people all over the world struggle with shame, disconnection to their bodies and sexuality, this program is especially designed for all people to find their way home to self, to pleasure and to greater intimacy..

   It examines the developmental imprints and other formative influences that sabotage an easeful, shame-free relationship with ourselves as sexual/sensual beings. We will slowly rebuild that which was scarred by generations of sexual oppression, misogyny and cultural and religious influences.

  Healing Strategies:

• Participants will develop a personalized, self-paced embodiment practice

• Time will be spent examining our relationship to sex and sexuality, and then developing new strategies and goals that more authentically express our true or ideal nature

• We’ll uncover biases and triggers both professionally and personally. The intention is to find ease when discussing sex and pelvic anatomy with clients and intimates.

• We’ll examine the messages we were given about gender and what it means to be male/female,..and learn to access and embody more authentic beliefs and desires, identities and expressions underneath the shame and conditioning.

• The focus of this module is on self-exploration and personal enhancement, however it will provide numerous useful strategies for therapists working with sexuality and trauma.

• There will be suggested readings, journaling, between module peer support and required group supervisions

  The focus is solely on HEALING….We will NOT be working sexual trauma in any workshop….

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness

Who will benefit:

Professionals wishing to become more adept at being embodied and sexually more authentic. Clients, partners and non-SE professionals are also welcome to join. But they must be well-regulated and ready to step into the material. We will not have the staff to support high maintenance individuals.

To register and for more information:

Further Strategies for Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

*Online Workshop*

Part 4 of the 4 Part Certificate Series

Open as a stand alone workshop to any healing professional.

With an additional focus on couples, especially who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, or with grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or those who just generally resist being in their bodies.

As an adjunct to "Essential Strategies of Healing Sexual Trauma” Ariel will discuss common issues that arise in supervision. In this workshop we will look at:

Professional Content

• Working with Couples with issues that affect intimacy

• Spicing up long-term relationships

• Sex and aging

• How to support female and male survivors

• Low or incompatible Libido

• Pelvic complaints—including vaginismus, chronic pain and common sexual dysfunctions—for both women and men

• Infertility

• Kink and BDSM

• Porn addiction

• Working with dissociation, flashback

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Learn a variety of strategies working with couples, or those who desire to couple healthily.

Who will benefit:

• Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues.

Anyone currently in the SE training can receive 2 hours of consultation credit toward SEP.

If you haven’t yet, please fill out this questionnaire to register for the class.

Pricing:
Individually, the cost of this workshop is $575 (825 CAD). If you are currently enrolled in the 4 part series (US or Netherlands) the price is reduced to $550 (790 CAD). There is a small additional fee if you pay by credit card or by PayPal to cover the fees.

The Energetics of Intimacy, Attachment and Sexuality

Discovering the subtleties of relating intimately

Part 3 of the 4 Part Somatic Sexuality Healing Practitioner

This course focuses on the connection to self and the body, while being in proximity with others. You do not need to be in a couple relationship to get great benefit from this program.

Through the lens of Somatic Experiencing,  attachment theory, and current sexuality studies, we’ll combine lectures, videos, the latest research, small group discussions, and movement, plus an array of gentle, respectful exercises to make for a rich and varied program.

The goal is deeper connection to self and others, healthy attachment, clear boundaries and greater freedom to explore your sexy self, playfully in new and different ways, without shame.

This 3 day workshop focuses on connection to self, the heart and the body, while being in proximity with others. You do not need to be in couple relationship to get great benefit from this program. Nor does your partner need to be present. We’ll experience the subtle and not-so-obvious ways we engage intimately, and how to open to new and yet-to-be explored possibilities of joy and pleasure.

Mindful embodiment, sensation tracking and self-touch explorations are core practices as we get comfortable with the body as the ultimate “experiencer”. The goal is clearer boundaries, increased pleasure, self-acceptance and self-love, and greater freedom to explore your sexy self playfully in new and different ways, without shame.

Open to:

• Individuals, either coupled or not, and actively sexual or not

• Anyone wanting to heal attachment wounds, hoping to learn to receive and give love and pleasure in new and profound ways

• Couples wanting to improve their physical and emotional intimacy

• People hoping to find satisfying relationships, or for 

• Therapists who work with any of the above

After the weekend, participants will:

• Recognize how your attachment style, old traumas and social conditioning sabotage satisfying intimacy, and how you can begin to heal this

• Come away with a clearer understanding of the subtle levels of relating that occur under conscious awareness

• Recognize and reduce triggers, enabling genuine wants and needs to emerge…..and learn to communicate these effectively

• Learn tools for staying present and embodied

• Identify deep desires and yearnings, and notice what gets in the way of opening to them

• Practice asking for what you want, and learning to receive 

Essential Strategies of Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

Sponsored by SE Saskatoon and scheduled for Central US time.

Open to any healing practitioner.

Course Description:

All of us work with clients who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, with couples who grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or people who struggle with debilitating shame, dissociation, flashbacks, sexual/gender identity, body image and just generally resist being in their bodies.

This workshop is designed to tackle just these issues, and is aimed at helping practitioners acquire a variety of new and effective tools to best serve these clients—even the toughest ones. Introducing material and exercises not covered in the Somatic Experiencing training.

Professional Content:

• How to help those most reluctant to inhabit their bodies actually find ease and pleasure!

• Help clients with complex histories identify clear goals, so you both know where you’re headed, have the consent you need to nudge a bit, and then take the most direct path to recovery

• Learn some of the newest science in sex education that will help you explain essential facts to your clients that will normalize behaviors and lessen shame

• Learn multiple embodiment exercises that support regulation in the present—which helps people who are triggered by daily life find moment-to-moment resource and stability.

• Learn new techniques that strengthen boundaries, help people “find their voice”, and express genuine “embodied consent”

• Learn advanced strategies for reworking sexual trauma without re-traumatizing, and the order and steps that are most effective for success

• Learn a variety ways of working shame and helping clients escape from its clutches

There will be time to discuss some specific cases. 

Anyone currently in the SE training can receive 2 hours of consultation credit to apply towards SEP

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness.

Who will benefit:

Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues.

Feel free to contact Ariel at : ariel@fullembodiment.org with any questions.

If you haven’t yet, please fill out this questionnaire.

Pricing:
Individually, the cost of this workshop is $550 (790 CAD). There is a small additional fee if you pay by credit card or by PayPal to cover the fees.

Essential Strategies of Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

Course Description:

All of us work with clients who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, with couples who grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or people who struggle with debilitating shame, dissociation, flashbacks, sexual/gender identity, body image and just generally resist being in their bodies.

This workshop is designed to tackle just these issues, and is aimed at helping practitioners acquire a variety of new and effective tools to best serve these clients—even the toughest ones. Introducing material and exercises not covered in the Somatic Experiencing training.

Professional Content:

• How to help those most reluctant to inhabit their bodies actually find ease and pleasure!

• Help clients with complex histories identify clear goals, so you both know where you’re headed, have the consent you need to nudge a bit, and then take the most direct path to recovery

• Learn some of the newest science in sex education that will help you explain essential facts to your clients that will normalize behaviors and lessen shame

• Learn multiple embodiment exercises that support regulation in the present—which helps people who are triggered by daily life find moment-to-moment resource and stability.

• Learn new techniques that strengthen boundaries, help people “find their voice”, and express genuine “embodied consent”

• Learn advanced strategies for reworking sexual trauma without re-traumatizing, and the order and steps that are most effective for success

• Learn a variety ways of working shame and helping clients escape from its clutches

There will be time to discuss some specific cases. 

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness

Who will benefit:

Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues.

Registration and Fees:

Early bird until July 31
€350 for ASEP members
€400 for non-members

From August 1 to November 13
€400 for ASEP members
€450 for non-members

To register please contact: geral@somatic-experiencing.pt

The Energetics of Intimacy, Attachment and Sexuality

Discovering the subtleties of relating intimately

What happens in myself, my body, and my being in relation to others?

Open to:

• Individuals, either coupled or not, and actively sexual or not

• Anyone wanting to heal attachment wounds, hoping to learn to receive and give love and pleasure in new and profound ways

• Couples wanting to improve their physical and emotional intimacy

• People hoping to find satisfying relationships, or for 

• Therapists who work with any of the above

This 3 day workshop focuses on connection to self, the heart and the body, while being in proximity with others. You do not need to be in couple relationship to get great benefit from this program. Nor does your partner need to be present. It helps us experience the subtle and not-so-obvious ways we engage intimately, and how to open to new and yet-to-be explored possibilities of joy and pleasure.

We’ll combine lectures, videos, the latest research, small group discussions, movement and dance, plus an array of gentle, respectful exercises to make for a rich and varied program. Mindful embodiment, sensation tracking and self-touch explorations are core practices as we get comfortable with the body as the ultimate “experiencer”. The goal is clearer boundaries, increased pleasure, self-acceptance and self-love, and greater freedom to explore your sexy self playfully in new and different ways, without shame.

After the weekend, participants will:

• Come away with a clearer understanding of the subtle levels of relating that occur under conscious awareness

• Recognize and reduce triggers, enabling genuine wants and needs to emerge…..and learn to communicate these effectively

• Learn tools for staying present and embodied

• Identify deep desires and yearnings, and notice what gets in the way of opening to them

• Practice asking for what you want, and learning to receive 

Topics we will cover include all of the above, plus:

• Further exploration of boundaries

• Identify genuine “yeses” and “noes”, as well as “turn-ons” and “turn-offs” in intimacy. 

• Learn about your ”erotic style”

• The basics of sensual touch for both women and men (fully clothed) plus many more!

To register contact Hanna at SE Germany: seminar@somatic-experiencing.de

Essential Strategies of Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

Part 2 of the 4 Part Certificate Series

Course Description:

All of us work with clients who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, with couples who grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or people who struggle with debilitating shame, dissociation, flashbacks, sexual/gender identity, body image and just generally resist being in their bodies.

This workshop is designed to tackle just these issues, and is aimed at helping practitioners acquire a variety of new and effective tools to best serve these clients—even the toughest ones. Introducing material and exercises not covered in the Somatic Experiencing training.

Professional Content:

• How to help those most reluctant to inhabit their bodies actually find ease and pleasure!

• Help clients with complex histories identify clear goals, so you both know where you’re headed, have the consent you need to nudge a bit, and then take the most direct path to recovery

• Learn some of the newest science in sex education that will help you explain essential facts to your clients that will normalize behaviors and lessen shame

• Learn multiple embodiment exercises that support regulation in the present—which helps people who are triggered by daily life find moment-to-moment resource and stability.

• Learn new techniques that strengthen boundaries, help people “find their voice”, and express genuine “embodied consent”

• Learn advanced strategies for reworking sexual trauma without re-traumatizing, and the order and steps that are most effective for success

• Learn a variety ways of working shame and helping clients escape from its clutches

There will be time to discuss some specific cases. 

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness

Who will benefit:

Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues.

Price—€695

Essential Strategies of Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

Course Description:

All of us work with clients who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, with couples who grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or people who struggle with debilitating shame, dissociation, flashbacks, sexual/gender identity, body image and just generally resist being in their bodies.

This workshop is designed to tackle just these issues, and is aimed at helping practitioners acquire a variety of new and effective tools to best serve these clients—even the toughest ones. Introducing material and exercises not covered in the Somatic Experiencing training.

Professional Content:

• How to help those most reluctant to inhabit their bodies actually find ease and pleasure!

• Help clients with complex histories identify clear goals, so you both know where you’re headed, have the consent you need to nudge a bit, and then take the most direct path to recovery

• Learn some of the newest science in sex education that will help you explain essential facts to your clients that will normalize behaviors and lessen shame

• Learn multiple embodiment exercises that support regulation in the present—which helps people who are triggered by daily life find moment-to-moment resource and stability.

• Learn new techniques that strengthen boundaries, help people “find their voice”, and express genuine “embodied consent”

• Learn advanced strategies for reworking sexual trauma without re-traumatizing, and the order and steps that are most effective for success

• Learn a variety ways of working shame and helping clients escape from its clutches

There will be time to discuss some specific cases. 

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness

Who wil benefit:

Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues.

To register contact Claudia Lengauer: Kassierin@somaticexperiencing.at

Essential Strategies of Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

Course Description:

All of us work with clients who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, with couples who grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or people who struggle with debilitating shame, dissociation, flashbacks, sexual/gender identity, body image and just generally resist being in their bodies.

This workshop is designed to tackle just these issues, and is aimed at helping practitioners acquire a variety of new and effective tools to best serve these clients—even the toughest ones. Introducing material and exercises not covered in the Somatic Experiencing training.

Professional Content:

• How to help those most reluctant to inhabit their bodies actually find ease and pleasure!

• Help clients with complex histories identify clear goals, so you both know where you’re headed, have the consent you need to nudge a bit, and then take the most direct path to recovery

• Learn some of the newest science in sex education that will help you explain essential facts to your clients that will normalize behaviors and lessen shame

• Learn multiple embodiment exercises that support regulation in the present—which helps people who are triggered by daily life find moment-to-moment resource and stability.

• Learn new techniques that strengthen boundaries, help people “find their voice”, and express genuine “embodied consent”

• Learn advanced strategies for reworking sexual trauma without re-traumatizing, and the order and steps that are most effective for success

• Learn a variety ways of working shame and helping clients escape from its clutches

There will be time to discuss some specific cases. 

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness

Who will benefit:

Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues

To register contact Agniete Laurinaityte: Agnietes@yahoo.com

Uncovering the Roots of Sexuality Trauma—Part 1

Part 1 of a 4 part series leading to Somatic Sexuality Healing Practitioner Certificate

Who are we at our core?

If we were to remove all of the social conditioning, the religious, racial and cultural messages forced on us, all of the generations of sexism, misogyny and shame, all the judgments and expectations of family and peers, and all the traumas we have experienced:

• Who are we underneath all of it?

• How would we inhabit our bodies in ways that reflect our true nature?

• How would we express and receive affection, sensuality and sexuality… on our terms… in our most genuine and authentic way?

• How to achieve ease and pleasure in our own bodies, identify biases, and recognise discomfort with sexuality so that we can all be a clear and effective support to clients

• How do we uncover our desires and attractions, and identify what inhibits them? Are these real, or are these learned?

• What is the best way to break old patterns in relationships and move towards healthy intimacy?

• How do we heal specifically what is damaged by the above influences?

  This first module is the foundation of the Full Embodiment (FE) practice.

• Decades in its formation—FE combines the latest in somatic healing practices and trauma-informed sex education. Recognising the common dilemmas and challenges that practitioners face in their office, plus the countless ways people all over the world struggle with shame, disconnection to their bodies and sexuality, this program is especially designed for all people to find their way home to self, to pleasure and to greater intimacy..

   It examines the developmental imprints and other formative influences that sabotage an easeful, shame-free relationship with ourselves as sexual/sensual beings. We will slowly rebuild that which was scarred by generations of sexual oppression, misogyny and cultural and religious influences.

  Healing Strategies:

• Participants will develop a personalized, self-paced embodiment practice

• Time will be spent examining our relationship to sex and sexuality, and then developing new strategies and goals that more authentically express our true or ideal nature

• We’ll uncover biases and triggers both professionally and personally. The intention is to find ease when discussing sex and pelvic anatomy with clients and intimates.

• We’ll examine the messages we were given about gender and what it means to be male/female,..and learn to access and embody more authentic beliefs and desires, identities and expressions underneath the shame and conditioning.

• The focus of this module is on self-exploration and personal enhancement, however it will provide numerous useful strategies for therapists working with sexuality and trauma.

• There will be suggested readings, journaling, between module peer support and required group supervisions

  The focus is solely on HEALING….We will NOT be working sexual trauma in any workshop….

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness

Who will benefit:

Professionals wishing to become more adept at being embodied and sexually more authentic. Clients, partners and non-SE professionals are also welcome to join. But they must be well-regulated and ready to step into the material. We will not have the staff to support high maintenance individuals.

Price is €695

The Energetics of Intimacy, Attachment and Sexuality

Discovering the subtleties of relating intimately

What happens in myself, my body, and my being in relation to others?

Course Description:

Through the lens of SE,  attachment theory, and current sexuality studies, we’ll combine lectures, videos, the latest research, small group discussions, and movement, plus an array of gentle, respectful exercises to make for a rich and varied program.

The goal is deeper connection to self and others, healthy attachment, clear boundaries and greater freedom to explore your sexy self, playfully in new and different ways, without shame.

This 3 day workshop focuses on connection to self, the heart and the body, while being in proximity with others. You do not need to be in couple relationship to get great benefit from this program. Nor does your partner need to be present. We’ll experience the subtle and not-so-obvious ways we engage intimately, and how to open to new and yet-to-be explored possibilities of joy and pleasure.

Mindful embodiment, sensation tracking and self-touch explorations are core practices as we get comfortable with the body as the ultimate “experiencer”. The goal is clearer boundaries, increased pleasure, self-acceptance and self-love, and greater freedom to explore your sexy self playfully in new and different ways, without shame.

Open to:

• Individuals, either coupled or not, and actively sexual or not

• Anyone wanting to heal attachment wounds, hoping to learn to receive and give love and pleasure in new and profound ways

• Couples wanting to improve their physical and emotional intimacy

• People hoping to find satisfying relationships, or for 

• Therapists who work with any of the above

After the weekend, participants will:

• Recognize how your attachment style, old traumas and social conditioning sabotage satisfying intimacy, and how you can begin to heal this

• Come away with a clearer understanding of the subtle levels of relating that occur under conscious awareness

• Recognize and reduce triggers, enabling genuine wants and needs to emerge…..and learn to communicate these effectively

• Learn tools for staying present and embodied

• Identify deep desires and yearnings, and notice what gets in the way of opening to them

• Practice asking for what you want, and learning to receive 

To register contact: Training@sourceforhelp.com

Essential Strategies of Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

Course Description:

All of us work with clients who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, with couples who grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or people who struggle with debilitating shame, dissociation, flashbacks, sexual/gender identity, body image and just generally resist being in their bodies.

This workshop is designed to tackle just these issues, and is aimed at helping practitioners acquire a variety of new and effective tools to best serve these clients—even the toughest ones. Introducing material and exercises not covered in the Somatic Experiencing training.

Professional Content:

• How to help those most reluctant to inhabit their bodies actually find ease and pleasure!

• Help clients with complex histories identify clear goals, so you both know where you’re headed, have the consent you need to nudge a bit, and then take the most direct path to recovery

• Learn some of the newest science in sex education that will help you explain essential facts to your clients that will normalize behaviors and lessen shame

• Learn multiple embodiment exercises that support regulation in the present—which helps people who are triggered by daily life find moment-to-moment resource and stability.

• Learn new techniques that strengthen boundaries, help people “find their voice”, and express genuine “embodied consent”

• Learn advanced strategies for reworking sexual trauma without re-traumatizing, and the order and steps that are most effective for success

• Learn a variety ways of working shame and helping clients escape from its clutches

There will be time to discuss some specific cases. 

What you will learn personally:

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Become friendlier with your body, and inhabit it with new levels of comfort and awareness

Who will benefit:

Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues

To register contact: Training@sourceforhelp.com

The Energetics of Intimacy, Attachment and Sexuality

Discover the subtleties of relating intimately

This workshop examines: What happens in myself, my body and my being in relation to others?

Open to:

• Individuals, either coupled or not, and actively sexual or not

• Anyone wanting to heal attachment wounds, hoping to learn to receive and give love and pleasure in new and profound ways

• Couples wanting to improve their physical and emotional intimacy

• People hoping to find satisfying relationships, or for 

• Therapists who work with any of the above

Description:

This 3 day workshop focuses on connection to self, the heart and the body, while being in proximity with others. You do not need to be in couple relationship to get great benefit from this program. Nor does your partner need to be present. It helps us experience the subtle and not-so-obvious ways we engage intimately, and how to open to new and yet-to-be explored possibilities of joy and pleasure.

We’ll combine lectures, videos, the latest research, small group discussions, movement and dance, plus an array of gentle, respectful exercises to make for a rich and varied program. Mindful embodiment, sensation tracking and self-touch explorations are core practices as we get comfortable with the body as the ultimate “experiencer”. The goal is clearer boundaries, increased pleasure, self-acceptance and self-love, and greater freedom to explore your sexy self playfully in new and different ways, without shame.

After the weekend participants will:

• Come away with a clearer understanding of the subtle levels of relating that occur under conscious awareness

• Recognize and reduce triggers, enabling genuine wants and needs to emerge and learn to communicate these effectively

• Learn tools for staying present and embodied

• Identify deep desires and yearnings, and notice what gets in the way of opening to them

• Practice asking for what you want, and learning to receive 

Topics we will cover include all of the above, plus:

• Further exploration of boundaries

• Identify genuine “yeses” and “noes”, as well as “turn-ons” and “turn-offs” in intimacy. 

• Learn about your ”erotic style”

• The basics of sensual touch for both women and men (fully clothed) plus many more!

To register contact Florentina: Florentinaniculescu@yahoo.com

Further Strategies for Healing Sexual Trauma and Sexuality

With an additional focus on couples, especially who have experienced sexual trauma as a child, sexual assault as adults, or with grapple with sexual incompatibilities, or those who just generally resist being in their bodies.

As an adjunct to "Essential Strategies Of Healing Sexual Trauma” Ariel brings more advanced strategies. In this workshop we will look at:

Professional Content

• Working with Couples

• Spicing up long-term relationships

• Sex and aging

• How to support female and male survivors

• When abuse is still happening

• Low or incompatible Libido

• Pelvic complaints—including vaginismus, chronic pain and common sexual dysfunctions—for both women and men

• Infertility

• Kink and BDSM

• Porn addiction

• Working with dissociation, flashback

• Working with parents of children with gender problems

What you will learn personally

• Get comfortable talking about the body and discussing sexuality issues with your clients and intimates.

• Learn a variety of strategies working with couples, or those who desire to couple healthily.

Who will benefit

• Therapists, psychologists, touch therapists, sex educators, intimacy coaches and any practitioner who wishes to become more adept at somatically treating sexual trauma and sexuality issues.