Housework, Coffee Breaks, and Orgasms

Housework, Coffee Breaks, and Orgasms

I spent the morning cleaning. I don’t actually like cleaning, but thinking of how I was high up on the ladder cleaning windows, singing along to Allison Russel‘s album ‘The Returner‘ and shaking my butt as though no one was watching (and I’m pretty sure all those...
My Current Relationship with My Body and Orgasm

My Current Relationship with My Body and Orgasm

How do I feel about my body? How do I feel about my orgasm? These two questions always bring my attention and focus right into the exact current moment I’m experiencing. Bringing my focus to how I feel right now in the moment serves to help me understand what my needs...
Claiming Myself Was Difficult

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.

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.

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...