Articles
Read articles and blog posts written by Betty Dodson, Carlin Ross, Bodysex Facilitators, and guest writers
Claiming Myself Was Difficult
“Your body is like two different bodies put onto one,” he said. At that time, he was the hottest guy I’d ever dated. Tall, blonde, bright blue eyes. I was 27 and my family loved him. “Your upper body is so tiny, bony even, and your lower body is like kinda big,” he...
Self-hatred for Our Bodies is a Form of Bigotry.
In a Bodysex workshop we start out answering these two questions: How do you feel about your body? How do you feel about your orgasm? It is a great way to open! The leader starts sharing, and one by one each participant continues. The leader holds space, and then we...
My Body. My Orgasm.
Each Bodysex Circle starts with a ritual where every woman openly answers the questions, "how do you feel about your body?" and "how do you feel about your orgasm?" Before stepping into the Bodysex sisterhood, I never consciously thought about how I feel about my body...
Bodysex Takes Everything You Have
As we planned our last Bodysex retreat, I signed the largest deal of my life. It felt just like Goop: I was profoundly uncomfortable, second-guessing everything yet clear that I would move forward. I couldn’t miss the opportunity to represent Betty’s message of...
Vulvas are Pure Beauty
I’d licked, sucked, and entered plenty of vulvas but until my first Bodysex retreat I hadn’t ever just gazed at them. I hadn’t experienced simply taking in their shape, folds, and colors. I like vulvas. I like the texture of vulva skin. I like sliding my fingers on...
I Left My Self-Doubt in the Circle
I am in a life long relationship. We’re the same age and met in our early twenties. In our mid fifties each of us started to feel a nagging need for personal growth and self-exploration. We both were looking for an adjustment to our life choices and routines. We both...
Bodysex was My Way Home
“I did not come. Again. Geez, how can this be so difficult. I used to like sex – right!? In fact, I have no idea. Maybe I just liked the idea of sex. Back in the day. Before three kids and a decade of marriage. For some reason, orgasm is suddenly more important than...
My Bodysex Experience
Our Bodysex coaches wrote about a meaningful Bodysex workshop experience. We're inspired. Browse the links below to read the full post.Anything I Do to Any Part of My Body will be Done Solely for MY PLEASURE Bodysex showed me that sexuality has no age limit and...
I Had Followed My Heart and Found My Purpose in Life
I don’t believe that ones true calling or life purpose is always immediately known, but rather something that resonates subtly in the background like distant echos. Throughout life there may be persistent signs or feelings that point toward ones purpose, and over...
Anything I Do to Any Part of My Body will be Done Solely for MY PLEASURE
I am training to become a Bodsex Leader. This summer I attended the Bodysex workshop, as an assistant, to complete part of the certification process. Before arriving at the workshop, I had a serious case of nerves about maneuvering around my large goddess belly while...
It was the Beginning of my It’s Never Too Late
I attended the second to last workshop that Betty and Carlin held in November 2019, not fully understanding until later that it was the beginning of my it's never too late, nontraditional, slowly unfolding, challenging, exciting journey to understanding and being...
My First Bodysex Workshop
I’d just clicked the pay now button on a Bodysex invoice. My heart was racing, I’d really done it, I’d really committed to this event. I knew I had to do it quickly because I know how I talk myself out of things, especially if the main person benefiting is me. That...
Ashes: How Bodysex® & The Bodysex® Sisterhood Handle Trauma
I have a small jar of ashes on my hallway table - the first thing I see when I walk through my door. They belong to our founder, creator of Bodysex®, “mother of masturbation,” Dr. Betty Dodson®. They are a gift from Carlin Ross to the Bodysex Leaders when we complete...
What is Sex?
And where does it begin and where does it end? Sex is the big heading and my experience of sex are all the subtitles underneath it. Never-ending and ever-changing. Sex is a topic for most of us, no matter if we have it or not. We grow up without being taught...
Making Time for Pleasure is the Hardest Part of Becoming Orgasmic
“You have the most sophisticated sex organ on the planet capable of endless pleasure that never ages”. I repeat this mantra in workshops, private sessions, and all our videos. And, when the words escape my lips, I see the same look of disbelief flood the face of...
Get Naked and Come In
"Get naked and come in." Those were the first words I heard. "You're Raffaella from Chile? I bet Betty you’d be the first. You’ll get certified, right?" said Carlin Ross. The entrance was a hallway with silver hangers, I chose one and left my belongings. Since the...
A Post-Menopausal Prostitute
This is an excerpt from Sex by Design, Betty's memoir. It was early afternoon when Scarlet called sounding desperate. A girlfriend who was to join her for a paid threesome had just canceled. Although she’d asked me to do a double with her several times in the past,...
Sex Positions: Three or More
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Sex Positions: Partner Masturbation
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Sex Positions: Side by Side
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Sex Positions: Kneeling
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Sex Positions: Face to Face
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Feeling Safe Enough to Take Risks & Remove Shame at the Women’s Pleasure Retreats
Self-love is an act of rebellion in the system we live in. Touching your body as a vulva haver is an act of liberation from hundreds of years of suppression. Bodysex® is for people who are ready to take full authorship over their bodies and move into experiencing...
Pleasure Symphony
Imagine a piece of music that combines the most grounding frequencies with sounds reaching out of this world, all being held together by the sounds of pleasure. Do you have an idea what that could sound like? J I must admit that I am asking a lot but let me tell you...