Penetrate Yourself First

Penetrate Yourself First

I was a frustrated virgin. I had gone to college without having had penetrative sex and  decided that not only did it mean I was undesirable but that there was something wrong with me.  That was affirmed by the first person I hooked up with. When I told him I was a...
Working Through Painful Penetration

Working Through Painful Penetration

I’ve always been a size queen and I’ve always been able to penetrate my vagina with ease. When women would share their stories of pain during penetration and how it affected their lives, I couldn’t relate…until after I gave birth.     Despite...
Pleasure

Pleasure

It can be hard to give ourselves permission to receive pleasure.Our coaches wrote about our experiences. Browse the links below to read the full post. Lustful “Instead of having an orgasm as quickly as possible, I now deliberately delay it. “by Céline...
Permission for Pleasure

Permission for Pleasure

I’ve always managed to find pleasure through mindfulness in everyday moments: The orange and deep pink in the sky and water during a sunset The calming sound of the water lapping at the shore. The lemony smell of the soap as I wash my hands The soft, warm feel of...
Pleasure is Radical

Pleasure is Radical

I’ve been struggling with the blog topic of pleasure because each time I start to write about the yumminess of it, what swings in bombastically and unannounced are the injustices and wrongs of our time, the many tasks I need to attend to, and all the things my monkey...
Making Pleasure a Priority

Making Pleasure a Priority

Self pleasure has waxed and waned over my life time; however, it has always remained essential to my well being. As a child, pleasure seemed so simple, natural and abundant. As I reflect, pleasure was all about physical movement and tactile sensations. I loved my...
Born Angry

Born Angry

The earliest emotion I can remember having is anger. Born in the early 1960’s, I had parents that were born in the 1930’s, an age where men and women’s roles were distinctly defined and those roles were upheld in legislation and in religious communities.  Then came...
Pleasure is Soft

Pleasure is Soft

Pleasure is soft and easy. It may not come quickly to those who believe themselves  undeserving or who have endured terrible trauma, but we are all hard-wired for pleasure.  Arriving at pleasure is not easy, but the experience of pleasure is the definition of ease....
Pleasure, Desire, and the Art of Presence

Pleasure, Desire, and the Art of Presence

Have you ever craved something so intensely that the mere thought of it sent waves of anticipation through your body? Then, the moment you finally taste it—time slows, your senses ignite, and nothing else exists but that single, exquisite moment. That is pleasure....
Lustful

Lustful

Céline wrote in German.Use Google translate in the Chrome browser to read in English or another language   Lustvoll   Wie alles begann Meine Selbstliebepraxis begleitet mich seit ich ein kleines Mädchen bin. Meine erste Erinnerung an Selbstbefriedigung ist, als ich...