I know you know what I mean.
That hamster wheel of doom just keeps on spinning and keeps us running.

What if you could stop that thing?

• Reconnect with yourself
• Reset
• Recharge
• Rejuvenate
• Come into that state where you feel calm and in your femme flow

You can.

And I have a simple formula for you to do just that.

What women need, desperately need, is a solid pattern disrupt.

The world around you may be going off the rails, but you don't have to.

What's the remedy?
Your inner Venus.

When you dial into your Venusian essence, you stop the madness and find your zone.

The Goddess Zone.

Let's dive in!


Download your Venus Avatar Meditation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JRV2zzAO8NkbsQ6HaKGhLiDm54OM7zlS/view?usp=sharing

I have a vulnerable share.

Are you ready?

My very first Jade Egg sat in the drawer for months. Not days. Not weeks. We’re talkin’ months.

Like so many women, when I first heard about the Taoist Jade Egg practice, I was intrigued.

I’m a pretty holistic gal, so the promise of healing my pelvic floor issues (which were pretty bad) naturally, really appealed to me. 

I’m also kinda witchy, to be honest.

I’ve always been drawn to ancient mystical practices of all kinds. 

Venus in Scorpio conjunct Neptune over here:)

So working with crystals in this sacredly sensual way seemed so cool. 

The fact that the courtesans and wives of the Emperor's court in ancient China were into it? 

Even cooler.

Making love to crystals to heal my pelvic floor?

Sounded sexy and fun to me!

I was so down!

I waited with anticipation for my very first Jade Egg to arrive and when it did, much to my surprise, I froze!

In this episode I tell the full story.
Which I think many women will find relatable.

Let's dive in!

Dive Deeper:

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Happy Solstice!

The Solstice portals are always a powerful time for me.
A time for reflection and celebration.
A time to release and re-align.

This Solstice was super special for me as I had the privilege of guiding a group of amazing women in my community through a sensual breathwork journey.

It was such a beautiful reminder of just how potent sisterhood can be.

Maybe it feels so extra sweet to me because I didn't always feel safe in community with other women.

I've heard from so many women who have felt similarly.
I feel it's one of the most toxic aliments to come out of the patriarchy.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

If the sisterhood wound is a such a common affliction.

What's the remedy?

Women joining together to celebrate the radiance, power and magic of their unique expression of the sacred feminine.

Let's dive in!


Sign up for The Venusian Summer Series:
https://shakticore.com/venusian-summer

Your feminine essence is multi-faceted. It's kaleidoscopic.

There is no one way or right way to be 'in your feminine." What I've found to be true is that the only way to discover, awaken, have sustainable access to and embody your own unique sacred feminine/Shakti essence is through feminine spiritual practice. 

Feminine energy is passionate life force creative energy and it wants a place to play.
It wants to move through us.

Some women have a predominately masculine essence and they might feel totally fine and fulfilled with masculine spiritual practices.

But there are many women who want more.

The masculine in all of us finds spiritual bliss by becoming the witness/observer of life.
The feminine  finds spiritual bliss in opening and becoming the sacred vessel life moves through.

Feminine spiritual practice is based in questions like:

• How does sensual pleasure want to move through me?
•  How does light/radiance/beauty want to move through me? 
• How does passion and the full spectrum of emotion want to more through me? 
• How does yearning and desire want to move through me?
• How does love want to move through me? 
• How do I open and become the vessel for all of it? 
• How does life want to dance through me?

The master key to experiencing all of it  first hand is through our breath.

Here I riff on:

• My new free membership: Shakti Core Breathwork Journeys
• Why breath is the master key to embodying our sacred feminine
• What's missing for many women in masculine spiritual practice
• How the masculine in all of us craves emptiness
• How the feminine in all of us craves fullness
• How sensual pleasure is a portal into our sacred feminine
• Breath and opening to receive
• Developing emotional intimacy and intelligence
• Riding the waves of the breath
• Creating a spacious container for your essence to thrive
• The Heart/Womb connection & love fueled by erotic power

Some links for you:

• Check out my previous episode on Goddess Yoga/Reviving Feminine Spiritual Practice here
• Join Shakti Core Breathwork Journeys here

What is feminine energy and how do we tap into it and embody it? 

Feminine energy is  life force creative energy that's in every human. It contains the rich deep wise wilderness of our rawest emotions and the swirling nuances of our passion and ecstasy in the same breath.

It contains the codes of our soul's deepest yearnings. The sacred content we need to fully live, create and express. 

And it's been violently suppressed for thousands of years.

The word feminine can trigger a lot of folks. I get that. Through the lens of patriarchy it becomes weak, dangerous, disempowering, toxic even. 

The sacred feminine has not been fully expressed since the rise of dominator-style systems of patriarchy thousands of years ago. Full spectrum feminine has not been seen on this planet for ages.  And its suppression was and is heavy handed. 

There’s a lot of trauma to unpack and a lot conditioning to unravel so it’s no wonder that it’s such a confusing and at times triggering topic.

To reclaim the feminine is a bold path. There’s much healing to be done. And some are ready to do it. 

Our world is rapidly shifting and at the heart of this shift is the rise of the sacred feminine. 

Parts that have been lost are calling out for reclamation and embodiment.

It’s so important to understand that the expression of your sacred feminine essence is as unique your fingerprint. There is no one “right way” to be feminine. 

However there are spiritual practices that will help you connect to your authentic expression of this sacred energy. 

And embody it. 

And have sustainable access to it.

That’s what this episode is all about.

I riff on:

• The feminine energy/libido connection
• Yin orgasm; our oceanic source of energy
• How feminism liberated the masculine in women
• Women who want more
• Feminine spiritual practice
• Riding the waves of emotion
• Inner emotional intimacy and alchemy
• Emotional lock down and low libido
• Cultivating a pleasure mindset/busting the myths about our sensuality
• The passion of the "dark" feminine
• Micro-dosing pleasure
• Sensual breathwork
• Sensual movement
• The Jade Egg/Yoni Egg practice

Some links for you:

• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here.
• I've got all the details of the Second Spring Queen Program laid out for you in a PDF manual. Download it here
• Join me in my new free membership Shakti Core Breathwork Journeys here
• Check out my Spotify library here
• Access my free Jade Egg for beginners course here

Low libido is an epidemic and although lots of folks entering midlife report lack of libido as a chief complaint, there are many people, (record numbers actually) in their 20s and 30s with the same complaint. 

The fist thing I want to say about low libido is this: don’t attribute it to your age. While your body may be going through a transition, that’s all it needs to be; a transition. It’s not “the beginning of the end.” The third chapter of your life can be the most sensually rich and sexiest chapter of your life. To give you a very personal example: my real sex life began at 40 and 19 years later, at 59,  it just keeps on getting better. Prior to menopause, my libido was super low and erratic. I’ve learned a lot since then:)

The second thing I want to say is this:  chronic low libido is  a wake up call. The stresses of our modern high-tech lifestyle are hard on the nervous system and over time chronic stress depletes our mojo regardless of age.

While it’s natural, healthy and necessary to have periodic dips in libido, when we experience chronic low libido, our body is talking to us. By design we are meant to feel juicy, alive, creative, radiant available for pleasure much of the time. But the realities of stressful lifestyle, unprocessed emotions, stored trauma, digital overload and cultural narratives that shame our sensuality and sexuality can block the flow of our natural turn on. Is it any wonder why low libido is a chief complaint?

The third thing I want to say is this: we don’t need to boost our libido. The word boost indicates a temporary fix, like a double espresso or an energy drink. or any substance (herbal, pharmaceutical or otherwise) that “jacks us up” and creates an artificial surge of energy. We’ve had enough of that. And it’s not working.

What most women I know are craving is authentic, natural, sustainable passion. They want to feel sexy and good in their skin and they want that feeling to come from within; their own, authentic sexual essence. For this we don’t need to boost our libido we need to nourish, rejuvenate and cultivate our libido. 

Our libido is the foundation of our health and happiness. To cultivate it we need to switch the focus from temporary hit to practices that promote long-lasting sexual vitality. This of course includes good nutrition, quality supplements (tonics/not boosts), exercise and time in nature. It also includes adopting a mindset and lifestyle of pleasure and practices that rejuvenate and cultivate our natural store of sexual energy from the inside out.

The Taoist Jade Egg practice has much to offer here.

Let’s dive in!

In this episode I riff on:

• Why libido is so much more than “sex drive”
• The low libido deficit that’s affecting all ages
• The midlife invitation into a deeper dance of soul expression
• How libido aka sexual energy can be cultivated and stored
• The Taoist perspective and the 3 treasures
• Libido, desire and spiritual path; the feminine perspective
• Why so many women are giving from an empty cup and how to change it
• How our sexual energy fuels our spiritual path
• Cultivating a pleasure lifestyle and how it builds sexual energy
• The Jade Egg Practice and energy cultivation
• Pelvic lockdown
• Vaginal Reflexology and the Taoist Healing Sounds: getting at the root cause and restoring vibrancy

Some links for you:

Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here.
I've got all the details of the Second Spring Queen Program laid out for you in a PDF manual.  Download it here

If you’ve ever felt like you’re being put out to pasture, this one’s for you. 

Ageism is toxic and it can stop a woman in her tracks just when she’s getting started. In this episode I dive into why I believe that sensual pleasure is the ultimate antidote to ageism.

Fear mongering around growing older, especially for women, is rampant. It’s really easy to buy into it and it’s really easy to internalize it. And I think that’s where it becomes the most toxic.

Our bodies are always listening  and responding to our thoughts and the messages that come at us through society.  If we have a narrative of ageism running in our brain it’s absolutely going to impact our physical health, our mental health, our radiance, our beauty, our libido, our creativity; everything. 

Ageism is a form of shame and it blocks our chi, our life force energy. As we head into the third chapter of lives we get hard with with it.

Many women who  come to my work say things like: “ WTF…I feel like I’m being put out to pasture but I inside I know that there’s  got to be more.” That knowing is the feminine speaking. The part in everywoman who knows there’s more. And there is, so much more. And we have a lot more agency to claim that more than we’re led to believe.

It’s no secret that ageism sells. There are many businesses that profit massively on women being terrified of aging. 

But it doesn’t have to go that way. When we turn towards our sensual pleasure we take back our power. 
Pleasure is  truly the ultimate antidote.

Here I riff on:

• The toxic narrative of ageism and how it impacts us
• Ageism and shame
• How ageism turns us into cash cows
• Defying the lie and claiming pleasure
• How pleasure connects us to our embodied feminine wisdom
• Emotional intelligence and body wisdom
• Pleasure and our inner compass
• Yoni wisdom and seeing through the bull shit
• The truth and wisdom of midlife rage
• Desire as a guide
• Two recent examples of how ageism was coming at me and my Yoni steered me in right direction

Some links for you:

• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here.
• I've got all the details of the Second Spring Queen Program laid out for you in a PDF manual.  Download it here

Are you finding it challenging to make your pleasure a priority? I hear you!
And it makes sense.

My short answer for why we face so much resistance to exploring our sensuality is this:
5,000 years of patriarchy.

The sacred feminine, our sensuality and natural erotic nature have been on the chopping blocks for generation upon generation. We carry our own trauma, blocks, and baggage and our ancestors' stuff too.

Thankfully, things are shifting. The full spectrum feminine is truly rising. It may have not been safe for our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers etc to live their true essence, go for their pleasure and live in alignment with their desires, but we can.
 
 Our generation has the opportunity (and the tools) to turn this mess around. 
And we have a lot of cosmic support too. (See the Venusian Revolution episode.)

But we have some important decisions to make first.

In this episode I take you back in time to when I was going through menopause and how that experience kicked me onto the pleasure path.
What began as a massive meltdown, ended up being a deep initiation into the sacred feminine mysteries. 

Any journey worth its salt begins with decision and commitment.
Here I'll share some important decisions I had to make to step onto (and stay on) the path.

I riff on:

• How my menopause journey initiated me into the sacred feminine mysteries
• Why I call menopause The Passion Portal
• What’s missing in most clinical approaches to pelvic issues and menopause
• The decision to make the sacred feminine and pleasure a priority
• The decision that I’m a sensual being and pleasure is essential
• The decision that pleasure is my responsibility (this was a big one)!
• The decision to make space for the feminine and pleasure in my life

Some links for you:

• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here.
• I've got all the details of the Second Spring Queen Program laid out for you in a PDF manual.  Download it here

Shame is a heavy vibration that can sabotage our vitality and pleasure and block us from living our best lives. I feel it's the number one thing that stands between us and full embodiment of our sensuality and the self love/body love that is a natural byproduct of that.

The hammer of shame has been used as a control program for thousands of years and it's come down hard on women's sexuality, sensuality and body image. When we add ageism to the equation it becomes even more toxic.

The experience of shame is a high activation of the nervous system.  The response to an experience that causes shame puts us into state of numbness or shut down. This can greatly impact our pleasure, passion and our physical and mental health. Shame can be the result of  our own experiences and passed down for generations. Regardless of its source, shame can be stored in the body for years, even a lifetime unless we release and integrate it. 

Shame stored in the body can show up in many ways. One of the ways I often see it in my work (and I've also witnessed it in myself) is something I call "functional freeze"; a state of selective freeze where we can function in the world, but are cut off from the full aliveness that's available when we inhabit our sexual and sensual selves.

Here I riff on:

• The control program of shame and the feminine
• How shame dims our light
• Where shame hangs out; a nervous system perspective and the Polyvagal Theory 
• How shame affects our ability to inhabit our "pleasure zone"
• How shame blocks our motivation for sensual practice
• Taking the shame out of shame; naming the elephant in the room
• Shame and isolation
• My favorite practices to release shame
• Restoring the sacred as the ultimate antidote to shame
• Cultivating an attitude of reverence, honor and worship 
• Reclaiming the ancient feminine spiritual arts and practices
• The role of pleasure & how to micro-dose it
• The role of conscious breath
• TRE (Trauma Release Exercises)
• The role of sensual movement/pelvic movement and shame & trauma release
• The role of sound; primal sounding and Sexual Reflexology and the Taoist Healing Sounds
• The role of the Jade/Yoni Egg practice
• Yoni de-armoring and the Crystal Yoni Wand Practice 

Some links for you:

• Learn more about TRE here
• View a map of the nervous system through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory here
• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here.
• I've got all the details of the Second Spring Queen Program laid out for you in a PDF manual.  Download it here

We are living in very exciting times. A new way of being human on the planet is emerging. For over 5,000 years an extreme over polarization into the masculine principle has dominated all of our systems including our spiritual institutions.

What's been revered, worshipped and held sacred has been almost exclusively dictated through a masculine lens. This has led to a massive imbalance and a degradation of all things feminine. We see this in most major world religions and in most forms of yoga and meditation.

But things are shifting. And reviving the sacred feminine arts is at the core of this quantum shift.
The feminine in all of us is on the rise.
And right on time.

In this episode we explore:

• What is masculine spiritual practice?
• What the masculine in all of us craves
• What is feminine spiritual practice?
• What the feminine in all of us craves
• The three key inquiries of sacred feminine practice
• The role of embodied pleasure
• The role of embodied beauty
• The role of embodied love
• How the masculine finds spiritual bliss and nourishment
• How the feminine finds spiritual bliss and nourishment
• How this dynamic shows up in my marriage and our daily spiritual practices
• Masculine breathwork vs Feminine/sensual breathwork
• How most modern spiritual practices were created through the masculine lens at the expense of the feminine

Some links for you:

• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here.
• I've got all the details of the Second Spring Queen Program laid out for you in a PDF manual.  Download it here

• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here.
• I've got all the details of the Second Spring Queen Program laid out for you in a PDF manual.  Download it here

Venus is emerging from a long slumber. After thousands of years of exile, She wants back in. She wants Her arts honored and She wants to express through us as embodied pleasure, beauty and love.
 
I've been calling this rise of Venus The Venusian Revolution and the current astrology speaks to this (see my previous episode).

This revolution will impact the collective but it starts at a very personal level.
How does Venus want to move and express through you?
That's what this episode is all about.

Here I riff on:

• How Venus is calling us out
• The power of embodied love and why it's needed now more than ever
• How systems of domination cut people off from pleasure, sacred beauty and embodied love
• How we've all gone numb in the process
• How we've adopted a fear-based scarcity mindset as a result
• The power of astrology as a tool of reclamation
• Using astrology in your sensual practice
• Honoring and feeding Venus
• How Venus expresses through the astrological signs

Timestamps for Venus through the signs:

• Venus in Aries 21:15
• Venus in Taurus 22:27
• Venus in Gemini 24:10
• Venus in Cancer 25:47
• Venus in Leo 27:10
• Venus in Virgo 28:12
• Venus in Libra 29:55
• Venus in Scorpio 31:19
• Venus in Sagittarius 33:12
• Venus in Capricorn 34:58
• Venus in Aquarius 36:54
• Venus in Pisces 38:45

Some resources for you:

• Look up your astrological natal chart here
• Check out my astro coaching offer here
• Access the Vital Goddess Masterclass here
• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here

When we align with Venus we become part of the solution.

The challenges we face right now on the planet are intense to say the least. We're being asked to make radical changes. Bold changes.

We're being asked to create new ways of being human on the planet.
And change the game we've been playing.
 
We're being asked to move from a scarcity/fear-based finite game rooted in domination and violence, to a love-based infinite game rooted in pleasure, beauty and partnership.

If that sounds impossible, I hear you. And how can I talk about Venus when the world is burning?  I honestly believe that it's our only hope. 

What I'm talking about is the redemptive and rejuvenating powers of the Goddess of Sensuality, Beauty & Love in all of Her expressions.
Game master of this new game.

 We've gathered a lot of evidence that supports the belief that human civilization is inherently hierarchical and violent. Not necessarily so.

Not many of us were taught this in history class, but there was a time when the Sacred Venusian arts of pleasure, beauty and love were practiced and life was good.

The ancient civilization of Minoan Create thrived from 6,000 B.C. to 1,600 B.C.
According to archaeological research, in this golden age of Crete there was no evidence of a military, or a dominant sex or class.

This peaceful culture (that existed for far longer than our current society) had high art, architecture, wealth, natural cosmetics, fashion and jewelry. They enjoyed prosperous and cooperative trade in essential oils, copper (sacred to Venus), ceramics, and in a highly effective form of herbal birth control.

When the golden age of Crete fell 3,600 years ago Venus was exiled and Her sacred arts went underground. 

But the current astrology says:
Venus is calling. She wants Her crown back.
 She's calling for a love revolution; an infinite game.
A way of being that embraces beauty and vital sensuality.
And a deep erotic connection to the Earth.

It's personal and collective.
It's written in the stars.
And encoded in our bodies.

Here I riff on:

• Why I'm calling New Earth The Venusian Revolution
• The Minoan Crete Civilization and Sacred Pleasure
• Why the current astrology supports the return of Venus
• The exile of Venus and the rise of Dominator model
• How the current astrology supports the return of Venus
• Uranus in Taurus; a radical call for sensual embodiment
• Saturn square Uranus; an emphatic invitation to do the work
• Our stewardship to the Earth and its erotic nature
• 4 Tips to embody your personal revolution

Some links for you:

• Here's a link to the book Sacred Pleasure by Riane Eisler
• Here's a link to the book Renegade Beauty by Nadine Artemis
• Learn more about my Goddess on a Mission Astrology Session here
• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here
• Access the Vital Goddess Masterclass here

When we breathe like the ocean, we remember.

Breath is one of the most powerful tools we can use to heal and transform our minds and bodies.
I know you've heard that millions of times.
And it's true.

Maybe you've experienced this yourself.

There are so many different techniques of breathwork that can produce so many different kinds of results.

And I think all of that is great.

But I was craving something more... Venusian.

After exploring many different styles of breathwork, I found that something was missing for me. I wanted more juice, more pleasure, more sensuality, more flow.

What I was looking for was a way of working with breath that was steeped in the feminine principles of gently opening the body and receiving the nourishment and pleasure of the breath.

I wasn't finding it.
So I created it:)

In this episode I go into the specifics of what that all looks like in my world.
Let's dive in!

Don't forget to sign up for the Venusian Summer Series!
7 Free masterclasses to embody your Inner Venus

We begin on the Solstice (June 20th) with a Sensual Breathwork Journey
Here's the link to join us:
https://shakticore.com/venusian-summer

What if  all we desire is desiring us?
What if the ultimate lover we yearn for has been here all along?
What if the hottest romance is by design an internal experience?

I've been hesitant to share this part of my journey because it's a bit woo to be honest. 
It took me a while to wrap my head around this concept and put it into practice. But when I did, it changed everything. There's treasure here for those willing to play and explore.

The idea of a Twin Flame or Soul Mate is pretty seductive. Often when people speak of this the focus is external. The stuff of romance novels. That there is a perfect lover for us out there somewhere. We may have even had the experience of thinking that we've found it, only to have it all dramatically fall apart. That's usually how it goes. And it makes sense.

The people we meet and love through our lives can be connecting points to our sacred lover within. but can never substitute for it. We can get a taste of it, but the transient nature of peak experiences in human love can leave us empty, starving even, and pinning for more.

What if there was a way to tap into an eternal source of erotic/romantic nourishment? A way to feel more whole in every relationship experience? And have a lot more fun? 

There is. Once we kindle the Twin Flame within we can experience  the alchemy of embodied true love. A sacred internal union. 

• A love that is everlasting and unbreakable. 
• A love that can become our anchor, our assembly point. 
• A love that provides sustainable nourishment, adoration and devotion. 
• A love that can dissolve the fear-based scarcity mindset that systems of dominance and oppression thrive on. 
• A love that cultivates a resilient foundation from which we can connect with others, give our gifts and create magic in our lives. 

As the old saying goes; above, so below, as within, so without.
We're here to co-create. And we're starting to remember that.

What I've found to be true is that our hungry ghost quest and even our demands for true love and the deep yearning that accompanies them are not shameful. They're not a weakness or something to be mocked. Our yearning is beautiful and something to celebrate. I feel it's actually sacred; calling us home to the truth of who we really are.

Your soul mate has been here all along.
The ultimate love affair is within.
And it gets to be as fun, sexy, passionate and as hot as you want it to be.

Here I riff on:

• How we lost touch with the sacred inner marriage
• Cultivating a deep sacred love affair from within
• The dance between Venus and Mars and how astrology can help us activate it
• Falling head over heels; what's the message?
• Inner alchemy and self nourishment
• Bringing it alive with your five senses & breathwork

As we dive into this episode I invite you to leave your analytical mind at the the door.
Let's step into the  mystical Rumiesque realm of sacred romance and inner alchemy.

Some links for you:

• Download your Twin Flame Breathwork Meditation here
• Learn more about my Goddess on a Mission Astrology Session here
• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here

"Rage is passion without a place to play." If you've followed me for a bit you may have heard that one. It came to me at a time when I was raging up a storm. Pretty much on a daily basis. I was going through menopause and rage was a constant companion. I know that's not the way it goes for some women, but that's the way it went for me. 

A teacher I was working with at the time shared that little piece of wisdom with me and it changed everything.

The seemingly random bouts of emotional flares we get throughout our lives,  (highlighted as we navigate puberty, our menstrual cycles, motherhood and menopause) are guideposts.

During these storms the veil is thin and we can see a little more clearly what's going on. In our personal lives, in the systems we operate under and in the world at large. We see that it's all connected and we get a glimpse of what's not working. We see the cracks. 

I now consider these emotional truth bombs to be wake up calls from Shakti. It's the wild feminine in us screaming for attention. Trying to set things straight. And we've been systematically taught to turn a deaf ear. To stuff those emotions, least we be called crazy. We're taught to ignore them, medicate them, and generally go numb to them. Or we just let it all rip (sometimes the perfect thing) and end up exhausted and in need of a damage control squad.

Our emotions carry power. And most of us have never been taught how to harness that power.
Our emotions are messages meant specifically for us. And most of us have never been taught how to tune into their wisdom.

Emotional shut down and sexual shutdown go hand in hand.  Our emotions have been oppressed and shamed right along side our sexuality. When we reunite them we become unstoppable.

The key to unlocking our emotional power lies in our ability to sensually and erotically embody them. To welcome them with rhythmic breath. To get in sync with them. To feel them fully, to move with them, dance with them, to give voice to them not though explanation but through primal sound. To allow them to unleash our wild nature and turn us on. When we do, our Shakti essence awakens and She speaks. And we know the right next move.
 

In this episode I riff on:

• My body's reaction to Roe v Wade
• The freeze response; functional freeze syndrome
• How to thaw out
• The power of breath and erotic movement
• The wild feminine and emotional alchemy
• How women are a force of nature
• Meeting emotions with the erotic
• Womb breathing
• Tapping into the wisdom and treasure of our emotions
• Getting clear on our true desires
• Giving our passion a place to play
• Your emotions are messages totally unique to you and only you can crack the code

Some resources for you:

• Download the Shakti Meditation here:
• Download the Describing the Felt Sense PDF here.
• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here
• Access the Vital Goddess Masterclass here

Feeling stuck in your head and cut off from your body? I hear you.
This is such a modern human problem!

We crave pleasure, embodiment and connection but our racing minds just won't quit. Everyone I know, including myself struggles with this.

We've created a situation where the mind plays tyrant to the body.  We analyze, problem solve, try to fix, stifle, numb and control our bodies to such a degree that we can barely feel her pulse, barely hear the infinite wisdom that's always trying to pour through.

The massive swing into an over polarization of the masculine principle and over identification with the mind has taken a toll.  It's left us high, dry and disconnected. And it's killing us.

This top down control saps our life force and cuts us off from the pleasure and beauty around us and in us. And robs us of the experience of being fully alive. Which I feel is what most of us are truly craving.

In the words of Joesph Campbell:

"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive."

Our minds are constantly telling us that we need to figure life out. Our bodies are always offering us an invitation to live.

We were born into these magnificent bodies not to control or manage them but fully inhabit them; to have a lived experience of spirit into matter; of soulful embodiment.

So how do we get there? How do we create more internal harmony and feel more fully alive? We need to forge new pathways of connecting with these amazing bodies of ours.

Learning the language of the body is a great way to start.

In this episode I share one of my favorite ways to do just that. I've seen some variation of this in every holistic sexuality and somatic healing practice I've explored from ancient to modern. It's simple and super potent but definitely not  easy.

Learning a new language always feels awkward at first. But the effort is so worth it. No worries, I've got some great resources for you.

In this episode I riff on:

• Our mind-dominant world
• The empowerment and nourishment of embodiment
• The Shakti Meditation
• Orgasmic Meditation and the language of sensation
• Healing trauma, inner alchemy and the language of the body
• How the top down approach gets us stuck
• Emotional alchemy and sensation
• Describing the Felt Sense
• Creating harmony with the mind and body
• Sensation over story
• Becoming the witness of the body
• Taking it "off the mat"

Some resources for you:

• Download the Shakti Meditation here:
• Download the Describing the Felt Sense PDF here.
• Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here
• Access the Vital Goddess Masterclass here

Trauma is a very complex and multi-layered topic. Although there are obviously many different levels of trauma we all carry it in our bodies. That's the human condition. And it's the number one thing that blocks our sensual pleasure and multi-orgasmic power.

What I've found to be true is that healing trauma is not a straight and narrow path. It's as complex as we are and everyone's journey is unique.

This journey is more art than science. And requires patience, courage, curiosity and time. It's an ongoing process, like yoga. There's always more to unfold. And we're not meant to go it alone.

In this episode I go into the specific body-based tools/healing arts that I use as a trauma-informed coach.

I riff on:

• Why we need to relax the scientific approach to sensual healing and embrace the healing arts
• Redefining orgasm and tapping into sustainable multi-orgasmic power
• Yin power orgasm
• How we nourish the libido via cultivation
• How stress and trauma wreak havoc on our libido
• Trauma Release Exercises (TRE)
• The physical, energetic and emotional aspects of trauma
• The four pillars of sensual healing
• Sacred Sensual Movement
• The 5 Key Moves of Vaginal Mastery
• Sensual Breathwork
• The healing power of pleasure

Some resources for you:

Learn more about Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) here.
Learn more about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) here.
Learn more about Somatic Experiencing here.
Check out Sacred Sensual Movement here
Check out Sensual Breathwork here.
Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session here
Access the Vital Goddess Masterclass here

How do you feel about the word Crone? Personally, it just doesn't do it for me.

I have no interest in Croning. The word feels horrible in my body. Dry.  Contracting. Disempowering. It feels cringe-worthy. Like nails on a chalkboard. It feels out of alinement and simply untrue.  It doesn't resonate with me on any level. So, although many would say I'm well within in my Crone years, I'm just not going there.

I'm choosing to Queen instead. The word feels much better in my body.  Empowering. Expansive. Rich. Alive. Creative. Juicy. Fun. Exciting. Like setting off on an adventure. It feels true and in alignment with my vision and what I came here to do on the planet. So I claim it.

It's not that I'm against aging. I'm just into aging magnificently. Beautifully. Powerfully. Creatively. Orgasmically.

The third chapter of a woman's life can be her masterpiece. It can and ideally should be the richest, most joyful, most creative and sexiest chapter of her life. Where she gets to truly claim her freedom, be the artist of her life and to shine. Without apology. Without negotiating. Without all of the BS rules culture has put on her sexuality in an attempt to keep her down and cut her off from the her power source.

From the Taoist perspective midlife and menopause are called Second Spring. It's a spiritual and sexual rebirth.  A time when a woman taps into the power of her sexual energy for real and rejuvenates, realigns and redesigns her life from the inside out. Her way. According to her deepest core values and desires. A time when she claims her freedom and her crown as Queen of her domain. A time when she gets to do her best and most creative work. Fueled by her desire, her pleasure and her orgasm.

Our sexual energy aka orgasm is our creative  life force and the foundation of everything. It's how we co-create. It's the source of our manifesting powers. And our direct line to the Sacred Feminine. It's how we bring heaven down to Earth. And do what we came here to do with joy, zest and love. Its depths are oceanic. Its potential, limitless. And to rob a woman of that when she's just getting started is cruel and devastating.

It doesn't have to go that way. We don't have to Crone. We get to Queen.
But we have to choose it. And we have to take our pleasure seriously.

As Dr. Christiane Northrup says in her book Goddesses Never Age:

 "You are sitting on a throne of gold. It's your erotic anatomy."

I couldn't agree more.

Our sexuality and sensuality by design are meant to be a source of nourishment, enlightenment and empowerment.

Women by nature are designed to be multi-orgasmic creatrixes till the end.
Getting stronger over time, not weaker.
I'm all about Queening up!
Are you with me? 
Then this episode is for you!

I riff on:

• Why I don't resonate with the word Crone
• Our lack of sensual education and how it impacts our vitality and purpose
• Why you must come first
• How embodiment of our sensuality is essential to thriving; especially at midlife
• How self-cultivation is the master key
• Why so many women embrace the Crone
• What's possible when we reclaim our erotic power
• Dissolving the trauma that blocks us
• Tips to begin

Some Resources for You to Explore:

• Explore Sensual Breathwork here
• Explore Sacred Sensual Movement here
• Download the Heart of the Goddess Breathwork & Breast Massage practice here
• Sign up for my Free Jade Egg course 

Your radiance is a superpower. It's your best protection. What ever is going on in the outer world, whether on the world stage or in your relationships, when your inner light is turned on you can meet it  from a place of power and agency.

When you are "in your radiance" (and that looks different for every human) you can engage with world and do your life with a lot more freedom, presence, ease, flow, connection and love.

 It's a vibe. And it's available to anyone who wants to cultivate it.

This is the realm of feminine magic, alchemy and magnetism. Where there is no need to push, force or struggle. Where we get to relax, lean back, steep in our essence and let love lead. When action is needed, it becomes inspired and aligned.

To cultivate our radiance is an art and a daily moment to moment practice.
We need to train ourselves to get in tune with the frequency of approval.
We need to get right with what's actually woking  and what's beautiful and feel it in our bodies, celebrate it. bless it.

This is so not bypass or people pleasing. That comes from a place of nervous system disregulation and fear. Approval comes from a place of deep nervous system regulation and embodied pleasure. The more approval and pleasure you have circulating in your system, the brighter your radiance shines. This is gratitude on steroids.

When  you are embodying your true femme essence and shinning your light, you benefit and the whole world benefits. This is spirit into matter, bringing heaven down to Earth. It's your birthright; your feminine genius in action.  And you get to activate it and dial it up.

In this episode I riff on:

• Radiance and the feminine
• Approval vs disapproval and the effectives they have on our radiance
• How approval activates the feminine
• Yoni Puja; the ancient Tantric practice of Yoni worship
• Yoni Massage, Orgasmic Meditation and approval
• Approval vs people pleasing and fawning
• Critical thought vs approval
• The art of approval and building muscle memory
• 6 simple approval practices to dial up you radiance

Some resources for you to explore:

Download the Radiant Inner Smile Meditation here
Download the Heart of the Goddess Breathwork practice here
Sign up for my Free Jade Egg course here
Sign up for the Free Vital Goddess Masterclass here
Book a Free Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here

Your magic is powerful. We can call it Feminine Magic, Shakti Magic, Goddess Magic, Courtesan Magic,Yoni magic, Pussy magic, Erotic Magic Orgasm Magic, I use all of those words interchangeably .

Choice of word will vary woman to woman and ultimately the words are not that important. What is important is the embodied frequency. The lived essence of what these words represent and invoke.

What I'm taking about here is the feminine principle; this life force creative life-giving energy that's in every human. It contains the rich deep wise wilderness of our rawest emotions and the swirling nuances of our ecstasy in the same breath. It contains the codes of our soul's deepest yearnings. The content we need to fully live, create and express. And it's been violently suppressed for thousands of years.

Those of us in a female body have potent access to this essence. And when we chose to activate it, we ignite our innate powers of bringing  spirit into matter, heaven down to earth, embodied love, alchemy and rejuvenation. We reclaim our birthright to co-create and dance with life. And allow life to dance through us.
And our world is starving for it.

The word feminine can trigger a lot of folks. I get that. Through the lens of patriarchy it becomes weak, toxic even. I'm about reclaiming the wholeness of that word. And reclaiming the multi-faceted expressions of this sacred essence. The expression of the feminine in all humans is as unique as our fingerprint.

The suppression of the feminine has created an extreme polarization into the masculine principle.  And that I feel is at the root of much of the devastation and suffering we're experiencing right now on the planet.

To be clear, I'm not dissing the masculine. I love the many strong and healthy expressions of the masculine. In myself, in the men in my life and in the world. I'm not suggesting that swinging into an overly polarization of the feminine is the answer, by any means. But I do feel that we are in dire need of a revival of the embodied feminine principle if we are to create a a more balanced and beautiful world.

In this episode I riff on:

• Why feminine magic matters especially at midlife 
• Why I don't vibe with the word "Crone."
• Why our magic matters to the world; especially now"
• Why we're afraid of it
• 4 tips to activate your own magic

Find the book Sacred Pleasure here
Find the book Emotional Intimacy here
Sign up for my Free Jade Egg course here
Access the Free Vital Goddess Masterclass here
Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation session with me here

The word embodiment gets used a lot. As does the word empowerment. They’re often used in the same sentence, but something is missing from the conversation. Something major. 

What are we missing? The very thing that women have been shamed for, blamed for, vilified for and attacked for for thousands of years. The most powerful force on the planet; the Femme Erotic.

 To reclaim our sensual sovereignty is to reclaim our magic. And that's no small thing. We have healing work to do. And much of it has to do with dissolving and transmuting generations of trauma and internalized patriarchy and cultivating honest emotional intimacy with ourselves. 

It’s a tall order. And it’s an inside job.
As tempting as it can be, we can't check out or selectively numb. Not if we want to feel fully alive. 

To reclaim our pleasure, we need to be willing to feel the raw, the real, and the intensity of this human experience. When we do, we gain access to the wisdom of our emotions, the power of inner alchemy and we open the doors to truly experiencing embodied erotic power. 

The collective pain body around human sexuality is immense. It  can seem daunting to step into this realm, I know. And yet if we want to thrive and If we care at all about the generations to come, step into it we must. It’s time. And we don't have to do it alone.

Our sexual energy is not just about sex. It’s the foundation of everything. And very few of us have ever been taught how to honor it as sacred, cultivate it and build personal love-infused power with it.

There are ways, arts, that can support you in this. These arts have been violently subdued and submerged for thousands of years. Almost to  a state of oblivion  But they are resurfacing.
We're starting to remember.

These are the arts of  the Goddess of  Love, Alchemy and Beauty. I call her Venus, but She goes by many names. And ready or not, She's coming back full force. And right on time.

I feel that this is the new frontier of women's empowerment. And there are some brave and beautiful women who are diving into this wild and vast terrain of the feminine and reclaiming themselves mind body and soul. These women are my heroes. They are changing the world by changing their world. 
 
As Buckminster Fuller said:  "To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

To heal our sensuality and reclaim our embodied erotic power is to build a new sustainable model by building internal power.

The kind of power and internal knowing that no one can ever take away from you.  A state of being where you have a direct line to your divinity, know who you are and why you're here. 

A state of being where you get to fully express and give your gifts from a solid foundation of inspired, aligned and pleasure-infused action.

In this episode I cover:

• What is embodied erotic power? And how it differs from other types of power.
• How embodied erotic power is sustainable power
• Embracing the physical, emotional and spiritual
• How your erotic/sexual energy is not just about sex
• Eros and inner wisdom
• Remembering and reconnecting
• The missing link: our sensuality
• The high cost of shaming our sensuality
• Why we need sensual/erotic practice to anchor our power
• Libido and Yoni Mastery
• How we give our power away
• Reclaiming the sacred vessel of your body
• Coming home to our senses
• Cultivating a pleasure mindset and conquering limiting beliefs about our sensuality
• Investing in pleasure and the power of consistent practice
• Fueling your passion with pleasure
• Starting a mindful sensuality practice
• Creating a sanctuary for your sensuality
• Sacred self-pleasure
• Pleasure as a portal i&

We live in a mechanized world with a primarily mechanized view of the body. That view doesn't serve us when it comes to sensual pleasure, orgasm and all things Yoni.  Science has brought us far in so many ways, but when it comes to our truly embodying the source of our feminine power, it becomes an obstacle.

Yoni Mastery is not a science. It's an art. If we truly want to experience what our bodies are capable of we need to bring back the beauty, the poetry, the rapture, the nuance, the mystery. We need to embrace the sublime moves of the Yoni.  Her moves are not mechanical, they are fluid, wave-like, pulsating. And when you allow your Yoni to move in the way She needs to move, you activate the multi-orgasmic ocean within.  You unlock the feminine codes within you and you remember.

We can learn to unlock the deep mysteries of the Yoni and artfully play this exquisite instrument of ours. It's a learnable skill just like in music or dance. There are scales and basic steps that can open the door into creating your own artful embodied expression.

When we let go of the mechanical lens  of the body, embrace the inner artist and cultivate the fluid power of the Yoni, we are on the creative and circuitous path of Yoni Mastery.

In this episode I explore:

• The limitations of science and the need for art
• Moving beyond the mechanistic view of the body
• Reclaiming the beauty and poetry of the Yoni
• Mastery as an unfolding process
• Yoni Mastery as a movement art
• Learning to play your instrument
• The Shakti Core ® Method and the art of Yoni articulation
• The power of precision
• The multidimensional moves of the Yoni
• The 5 Key Moves of Yoni Mastery
• Moving beyond the Kegel
• The wave-like, pulsating moves of the Yoni
• Sensual breathwork; reclaiming the tidal rhythm of the breath and the Yoni
• How to begin your Yoni Mastery journey 

Resources:

Take the Vital Goddess Masterclass here
Start your Yoni Mastery journey for free  with  The Ultimate Jade Egg Primer here
Learn more about my Yoni Mastery program Second Spring Queen here
Book your free Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here

You may want to kick off your shoes and socks for this one! It's time to celebrate your sexy feet! Yes you heard me right; your feet!

Your feet are incredible; we're talking twenty six bones, thirty three joints and seven thousand nerve endings in each foot! They are  the most important portal to connecting with the life force energy of sweet Mother Earth. When fully activated your feet can provide you with a wellspring of vitality, emotional wellbeing, and sensual pleasure.

Re-wilding and enlivening your feet is one of the best things you can do for your overall posture, health and radiance. Not only that it's a powerful way to care for your nervous system, create safety in your body and experience and more sensual pleasure.

For the past two years I've been a bit obsessed with my feet. Barefoot hiking has become a big passion of mine and after listening to this episode you'll understand why. 

Here's what I cover:

• Why going barefoot is one of my favorite sensual healing practices
• Why your feet are a masterpiece; a work of art
• The 7,000 nerve endings in each foot as a portal into sensual pleasure
• Your sentient feet; your hands that touch the Earth
• Why you need to start smart and go slow
• Why your feet need movement
• The feet/pelvis connection and full range of motion
• How going barefoot has drastically improved my balance and agility
• How going barefoot has toned my core
• When our feet are in lockdown, our pelvis is in lockdown
• How going barefoot has healed my knee and hip issues
• Allowing the feet to do what they were born to do
• The power of Bubbling Spring aka Kidney One points to nourish our libido
• How going barefoot helps cultivate our flow/pleasure zone aka our parasympathetic state of our nervous system and make it our default
• How going barefoot helps us nourish our Yin and libido
• How going barefoot helps us rejuvenate and even sleep better
• How going barefoot reduces inflammation
• How going barefoot helps prevent heart disease
• How going barefoot helps with autoimmune issues
• How going barefoot helps with emotional stress and supports mental health
• The emotional benefits of re-wilding and connecting to our inner wild child
• Barefoot and first and second Chakra healing
• Barefoot and belonging
• Connecting to the Great Mother through going barefoot
• Starting small, soft and smart
• An amazing bootcamp for your feet
• My favorite minimalist shoe company to transition safely

Some resources for you:
Check out Sacred Sensual Movement™ here
Join Petra Fisher's Fix Your Feet Bootcamp here
Find Petra on Instagram here
Download a short PDF guide that I create for my clients: 3 Tips to Re-wild You Feet  here
Here's an image of those amazing Bubbling Sprig/Kidney 1 Points
My favorite company for barefoot shoes: Xero Shoes 

Are you ready for an epic summer of love?
I've created something special for you!

Today's episode is an invitation to join me on a Venusian journey this summer.
Introducing The Venusian Summer Series/7 Free Masterclasses to Embody Your Inner Goddess of Love.

I know She's in there!
And I wanted to create a space and share some tools and practices so that you can connect with your Inner Venus.

We kick it off on the Solstice.
And it's chock full of experiences I think you're gonna love.
I hope to see you there!

Let's dive in!

Sign up for The Venusian Summer Series:
https://shakticore.com/venusian-summer

Is this you? The idea of embodying the power of  your sensuality, experiencing more pleasure and ecstatic, expanded full body orgasm sounds great. Sign me up!

You're so on board with the idea. And yet, when it comes time to "do the thing." whether it's a Jade Egg practice or any sensuality practice, you hit a huge wave of resistance. You simply can't find the time, you find something more interesting to do etc.

Soon after your excitement of "hell yeah" to  joining a program, or starting a new practice, fades you find yourself wrestling with some version of a strong " hell no."

Firstly, it happens to all of us. You're not alone. I have yet to meet a woman (including me) who hasn't had to meet her resistance face to face when starting her sensual journey.

Secondly,  this, my friend is where the rubber meets the road. This is where the Yoni Yoga practice begins.
 
Thirdly, there are ways to turn it around.

In this episode I dive into this topic with gusto and give you some navigational tips so you can stay the course and get the goods you deserve.

Here's what I cover:

• The main reason we sabotage our pleasure
• What does sabotaging our pleasure look like?
• Why most women's  Jade/Yoni egg ends up sitting in the drawer
• The toxicity of feeling isolated in our resistance
• Why reclaiming our pleasure is a bold move
• The "no time" excuse and how to remedy it
• The power of micro-dosing pleasure
• How we actually create new pathways for pleasure
• How resistance lurks in the subconscious mind and runs the show
• Common myths/unconscious beliefs about our sensuality that sabotage our pleasure
• Why dealing with resistance is simple but not at all easy
• The toxicity of "Venus Bashing"
• How awareness is the first step
• The power of sensual mantra
• How we are designed for exquisite pleasure
• How to choose pleasure in the moment
• My favorite somatic practices to shift to pleasure

Enjoy and let me know how it lands! Comment on my blog here.

Sign up for Free The Vital Goddess Masterclass here
Get back into your pleasure with Tantric Shaking here
Explore my Free training on Sacred Sensual Movement here.
Check out my previous episode on Sensual Breathwork here.

Sensual sovereignty begins with the breath. It's the master key to activating the Holy Grail within and restoring our natural multi-orgasmic nature.

Orgasm is a continuum. It's a wave- like life force energy that's available to all of us. When we restore our connection to the natural tidal rhythm of our breath we learn to open the pathways of this energy to flow more freely in our bodies. 

When we journey into the magnificent vessels of our bodies with the practice of conscious connected breath, we ignite our natural capacity to heal on physical emotional and spiritual levels.

When we invite our sensuality into the practice, it brings breath medicine to a whole new level. Our sensuality is the secret sauce that most people are missing.  When we bring our sensual selves into the process we're coming from a place of grounded feminine power. And that has a profound effect on our healing.

Sensual Breathwork has the power to dissolve long held emotional and physical blocks to our pleasure.  When we learn to receive the breath we can melt  tension and trauma that has been holding us captive for decades. And do so in the most gentle, loving and compassionate way. When we open to the breath, we open to life.
 
When we breathe in the way we are naturally designed to breathe and learn to truly receive the medicine of the breath, we set ourselves free and reclaim our birthright of being connected to and supported by the orgasmic wave of life.

The keys to our queendom are literally right under our noses.

In this episode I dive into:

• How we block the magic of the breath and why that makes sense
• How we are naturally designed to breathe 
• How our natural breath heals our physical body
• How our natural breath heals our emotional body
• How our natural breath activates our sacred essence
• How we are designed to breathe in ways that can put us into stats of ecstasy in seconds
• The power of the nose inhale
• How our armoring blocks our pleasure
• A simple way to start to turn it around
• How to invite in the sensuality of the breath with the sense of smell
• Breathing into the heart and womb
• How the breath teaches us to receive and surrender to pleasure
• What is the practice of Sensual Breathwork™?
• Why is it so powerful?
• Catching the wave of the breath and entering your flow state
• Letting go of the "fix it" syndrome
• Befriending our blocks
• How the breath helps us meet and heal our physical & emotional wounds
• The wisdom of our emotions
• How the subconscious mind runs us and how the breath gives us access to healing
• How the breath is a portal into our divinity aka our Inner Goddess
• The sacred experiment of seeing the breath as a lover

Resources to take it deeper:

Join me in my free membership; Shakti Core Breathwork Journeys here
Download the Shakti Reset Breathwork Practice
Download the Pleasure Queen Activation Breathwork Meditation

We're in the midst of a collective rebirth right now. A new way of being human on the planet is emerging. And healing our sensuality is at the heart of it all.

We're being called into deeper intimacy with ourselves, with each other and with nature;   the beautiful planet we call home.

 During this transition things are bound to feel a bit (or a lot) chaotic. As things shift and dismantle it's bound to get messy.

Healing is never neat, tidy or straightforward. We have to be willing to come undone, to somatically unwind, to be raw. That's all part of the process. And we were born for this.

And yet...amidst all of the chaos it's never been more important to have a vision.
 
As astrologer Caroline W Casey says "Imagination lays the tracks for the reality train to follow."
 
If we we don't have a vision; a clear read on our desires, we're going to end up somewhere we don't want to go. We may even get completely derailed.

If you think that the manifestation game is only for millennials and the wealth coaches they follow, I hear you. There's a lot of noise out there. Some of it is a bit annoying, immature and misguided. So, dear Queen, that's why we need you in this game.

Your vision matters. Your desires matter. Your turn on matters. Massively. The ripple effect you have on your domain is immense.

I feel that turned on seasoned women will guide us through this wild mutation with grace and joy.  With the lived wisdom we've accumulated, the big love in our hearts and the creative life force of our sexual energy, we are indeed a force. And a source of much needed guidance for the younger generations.

It's never been a better time to get clear on our vision and desires and get real with manifestation. When we power that with our sensual pleasure, we've got something really powerful going on.

That's what this episode is all about; the power of intentional turn on.

I dive into:

• How we sabotage gratitude
• The power of embodied gratitude
• Why pleasure is the ultimate manifesting hack
• The frequency of visceral gratitude
• The ancient roots of sex magic
• Why is sex magic is practical magic
• Three simple steps to manifest with pleasure
• How to take it next level with a sensual ritual

Enjoy!
xo,
Dianne

And if you're resonating with what I'm saying here in the show, I've created a free training for you to take it deeper. It's super juicy, and robust. A must-watch for any turned-on seasoned woman!

What I cover:

• Why pleasure actually matters.
• What Sacred Feminine Energy is and how do we know when we’re cut off from it.
• Why we want to tap into this innate sensual power within.
• Why midlife is the best time to tap into it!
• How we activate & embody our inner goddess.
• What the Taoist Jade Egg Practice is 
• & why it’s the master tool  for all of the above.

Access the training by clicking below. I'll see you there!
The Vital Goddess Free Masterclass

In this episode I delve into the mysterious, elusive, and controversial topic of Feminine Energy.

Feminine Energy is infinite life force energy. It's a continuum. And it's in all of us.

The Sanskrit word for this energy is Shakti. And the female body has potent access to it.
We access this energy through our sensuality. Pleasure is a portal.

We access this energy when we honor the sacredness of our bodies.

We access this energy when we unleash our passion and give it a place to play.

We get sustainable access to this energy through sensual practice.

The way this energy expresses through you is as unique as your fingerprint.

And midlife is the perfect time to cultivate it!

Most women on the planet are cut off from this power source.
But it doesn't have to be that way.

How do we know when we're not accessing it? 
Here are some clues..

• Feeling like you're in go mode all of the time and feeling unsatisfied and ungratified
• Feeling disconnected to your sensuality and pleasure
• Feeling like your libido is MIA
• Feeling cut off from your creativity
• Feeling malnourished
• Feeling unseen/unheard
• You have difficulty creating boundaries
• Your emotions feel overwhelming/exhausting
• You feel disconnected to your unique beauty
• You struggle with addiction to substance, to work, to social media...
• Your inner critic is running the show
• You feel unworthy or "not enough"
• You struggle with feelings of scarcity 
• You struggle with chronic health issues and or fatigue 
• You have trouble sleeping/relaxing
• You feel like you're on high alert all of the time

The list goes on. I truly feel this the root of so much of our suffering.

If you feel like you're cut off from your Femme you're in good company. It happens to all of us. And it's so important to get that it's not your fault!

We are crawling out of 5,000 years of patriarchy, dear Queen. It's going to take some work and a whole lotta love and compassion to turn this mess around.

But I want you to know that the Goddess is back. She never really left.  She just had to go underground for a bit. Shakti is indeed rising. And She lives in you.

This is the stuff that the  world is starving for.  It's essential for rebirthing our lives and rebirthing our world.

I riff on:

• What is femme energy?
• Why should we care?
• How do we tap into it?
• The two faces of the femme and how they work in cahoots
• How the female body has potent access to it by design
• Why should we care?
• What it feels like to be disconnected  to you femme
• The healing power of this energy
• How to tap into it
• The Taoist Jade Egg practice & the 5 key moves of vaginal mastery

Some links for you:

• Download the Shakti Reset Breathwork practice here
• heck out my online program Second Spring Queen here.
• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Email me here: dianne@shakticore.com
• Or drop a message here

The Taoist Jade Egg Practice is one of the most curative and empowering practices on the planet for the female body. Yet so few women ever get to experience what's possible with this practice.

It can be so seductive to think that you need to go to Bali, Tulum, or Thailand to explore this practice. It's simply untrue. And buying into that myth can be a huge distraction. And keep you stuck.

Don't get me wrong,  Retreats can be awesome. I love travel and can't wait to get out my passport again, but what I found to be true is that women only get sustainable results with this practice when they commit to a consistent home practice. When we can step out of the narrative that sensual practice is a novelty and a diversion and take it on as a form of yoga, we set ourselves up for success.

Sure it take effort to carve out time and space in your busy life to cultivate your sensuality. But when you claim your domain, and decide to do so, your life will change from the inside out.

The results that are possible with the Jade Egg Practice are deeper and longer lasting than a transformation. It's an unfolding. A remembering of who you are at the core.
And the magic happens right in your own backyard.

I riff on:

• the beauty of creating your own space for sensual practice
• how were conditioned to give our power away and seek outwards for healing
• how the wellness industry perpetuates this
• how this derails us and postpones our healing
• the lasting “transformation” happens in your own backyard
• how it’s not about “transformation” it’s an unfolding; a remembrance of who you are
• the high energetic cost of doing this work abroad
• the power of claiming your domain and deciding to make space in your life for this work
• the ripple effect of home practice
• a practice tip for busy moms 
• how home practice cultivates sustainable results
• how home practice builds power
• the power of honoring your sensitivity and having your own space
• how home practice promotes integration with your family and life
• my protocol for a successful home practice

Ready to start your home practice?
That's what my program Second Spring Queen is all about! 

• Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.
• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Email me here: dianne@shakticore.com
• Or drop a message here

We're in the midst of a sensual revolution. Can you feel it?

More and more people are getting interested in healing what blocks them from experiencing sensual pleasure. Never before has there been such widespread interest in healing the wounds that keep us from the type of intimacy we crave. 
With ourselves, with others, with nature, with life itself.

The recent Netflix series; Sex, Love & Goop is a harbinger of a new wave in wellness. Folks want to heal. It's time.

There's work to be done. And we can do it together.
In today's episode I dive into my five pillars of sensual healing.
 

I riff on:

• Why we all need sensual healing
• How the current Astrology supports this
• Reclaiming the Body's wisdom
• My 5 pillars of sensual healing( Breath, Rhythm, Movement, Sound, & Pleasure
• A biohacking tip to disrupt the hamster wheel of stress
• Creating sacred space for sensual practice
• Sacred Sensual Movement™

Some links for you:

• Download the Shakti Reset Breathwork practice here
• Explore Sacred Sensual Movement™ here
• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.
• Email me here: dianne@shakticore.com
• Or drop a message here

Self love. It's everything right? Never before have we had so much support and information on learning to care for ourselves and  love ourselves for who we are.

That's beautiful. And ...I want to dial it up a bit. Have you ever considered self romance? Like really truly being able to put yourself into a swoon? To fall head over heels in love with yourself?

This goes way beyond eating well, exercising, meditation and affirmations. What's missing most in the wellness space, I feel, is our sensuality.  It really is the master key to thriving in our lives and relationships.

Here it is my friends, my Valentine's Day episode!
Welcome to the Self Romance Revolution!

I Riff on:

• My musings on the V Day version of love
• Cultivating a more sustainable source of love
• Up-levelng self love to self romance
• Falling head over heels in love with yourself
• The new paradigm of  true partnership and connection and the role of self romance
• The master key to self romance
• Love is an essence. It's who you truly are
• Sensuality as a portal into a state of flow and gratitude
• The power of-visceral gratitude
• Sensuality as the Holy Grail
• Sensuality as a yoga practice
• On the mat and off the mat practice
• Mindset and Sensual myths
• The importance of embodiment
• The importance of  breathwork
• Realigning with the Goddess you were born to be
• Sensual breath work and tidal rhythm
• The Polyvagal Theory and sensual breath
• Tapping into the power of your own essence
• The power of pausing
• The 5 minute breath break

Some links for you, love!

• Download The Heart of the Goddess Breathwork practice here
• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.
• Email me here: dianne@shakticore.com
• Or drop a message here

Every woman is a force of nature. Within each of us resides a wild, primal, untamable essence. She goes by many names. Some call Her Kali. Some call her Lilith. Some call her the Dark Goddess. 

Whatever you choose to call Her, this Wild Femme part of you is sacred. 

This essence is as unique as your fingerprint.  She's here to keep you on track; to guide you home to your deepest desires and ensure the embodiment of your erotic power. 

When we experience our Wild Erotic Femme essence as "negative" and try to suppress or avoid it, this energy gets blocked. 

When erotic energy is blocked it can result in bouts of destructive rage and or depression and even chronic health issues and eating disorders. 

But we can unleash this energy and harness its power.
 When we invite this part of us into our lives and give Her a place to play, it liberates our vitality and creativity and aligns us with our desires and purpose.

In this episode I riff on:

• the archetype of the Wild Femme
• my Inner Bitch and why She's my BFF
• why our wild Femme is the keeper of our desires and our inner boundary boss
• the Wild Femme and erotic power
• rage and passion
• giving your rage a place to play
• finding the desire under the complaint
• how to invite your Wild Femme into your life/tips and tools
• harnessing the power of the erotic force of nature
• creating new pathways for your Wild Femme

Some links!

• Download my Inner Bitch playlist here.
• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.

Working with the breath is perhaps the master key to sensual healing and erotic empowerment.

Over the past two years, I've been exploring different types of breathwork techniques and worked with some incredible teachers. There are so many ways to use the breath to alter our biochemistry and our state of being. I've explored some powerful techniques. Some, although effective, can be very intense and cathartic and sometimes a bit complicated.

What I found to be true is that the simplest breathwork technique turns out to be the most effective in expanding our pleasure.  

Breathing in a slow, rhythmic, continuous way stimulates our Vagus nerve which brings us into a state of flow where all the good stuff happens.  I like to call this Sensual Breathwork.

In today's episode, I want to share a variation on this theme called Womb Breathing. When we breathe into our womb in a slow, steady rhythmic way, we can do some deep but gentle releasing of stored tension and trauma. 

When the womb is dormant it becomes a storehouse for unprocessed emotions. When awakened through the breath, it becomes an alchemical  cauldron and a source of embodied power. When you breathe into your womb you activate your sacred femme essence, your inner Goddess. And tap into a deep well of creativity and vitality.
 
Here I Riff on:

• Breathwork through the lens of sensual pleasure
• Why the simplest  and most soothing technique is the most effective
• What is Sensual Breathwork?
• Finding the Tidal Rhythm of your breath
• Why we want to stimulate the Vagus nerve
• Immunity, tissue repair
• Cultivating safety from the inside out with the breath
• The Ventral Vagal state and why we want to go there
• Creating coherence and harmony in the body
• Riding the wave of the breath
• Why focus on the womb?
• Your Sacred Femme Essence/Goddess Power
• The power of ritual & structure
• On the mat and off the mat practices
• How the tidal rhythm connects you to nature
• Activating your Goddess Power and inner radiance

Are you ready to give Womb Breathing a try?
I created a special meditation for you!
Download your Guided WOMB BREATHING PracticeHere.

More important links:

• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.

Most women enter midlife feel fragmented. If you feel that you've lost key parts of yourself, you're not alone!

Here's the good news; contrary to popular opinion, midlife is not the beginning of the end. It's a wake up call. A call to reclaim the fragmented, fractured parts of you and  create a new, even more beautiful version of you. Your masterpiece.

There's no going back, but there is a glorious path forward. If you choose it. And it's got everything to do with pleasure.

Midlife is not a crisis (although it can feel like one) it's a massive opportunity to claim our crown as Queen of our domain. It's a time to pause and take time to rejuvenate, realign with our deepest desires and reemerge (when we're ready) to give our gifts from a full cup. To guide with love and wisdom.

I call Menopause the Passion Portal; a powerful and beautiful portal into the sexiest and most creative chapter of our lives.

To rebirth your life is an art.  And like any artist, you have to be willing to get your hands dirty. You have to be willing to get real with  your emotions and passions and take responsibility for your pleasure.

Are you ready to create your third chapter masterpiece? Then this episode is for you!

I riff on:

• The art of rebirthing at midlife
• Kintsugi/ The Japanese Art of Golden Repair 
• The beauty of fragmentation
•  We can never go back, but we can go forward in a beautiful way
• Creating your Third Chapter masterpiece from your wounds
• The alchemy of rebirthing
• Emotional healing the alchemical power of sensation
• The alchemical Goddess of Love and Beauty Venus/Aphrodite
• The alchemical power of our sensuality
• Creating your own golden epoxy
• The role of embodiment
• The power of third chapter women and why we need to realign with desire
• How to excavate your deepest desires
• The role of sexual energy in rebirthing our lives

Resources:

• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.
• To view some beautiful images of Kintsugi Art  do a search on Pinterest! I'm sure it will inspire you!

email me

We all know how important sleep is.
And there are times when it's just not happening.

I've been hearing from many women in my world that sleep issues are on the rise.
With all that's going on astrologically and in the world at large, that makes sense.

We're all going through massive shifts on many levels, so it's not surprising that we find ourselves up in the middle of the night more often these days.

I've been having my own sleep challenges as well.
I thought I'd share some of things that have been really helping me navigate those sleepless nights.

In this episode I share some sensual tips and resources to soothe your feminine soul and a guided sensual breathwork journey that your Inner Venus will love.

Robust Resources for you!

Explore  My Favorite Sleep Tea at Magic Hour Teas:
https://clubmagichour.com/products/childs-pose-tea
Explore My Favorite Source for Latte Supplies at Anima Mundi Herbals:
https://animamundiherbals.com/
Check Out My Favorite Love Butter for Breast Massage:
https://livinglibations.com/products/radiant-love-butter?_pos=1&_sid=280719520&_ss=r  (you can also find it on Amazon)
Tune Into My Sweet & Sensual Piano Spotify Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4P6m7XcB85sWJ0YilNdGIs?si=18bbd01ebe074fed
Download the Sweet Dreams/Nocturnal Sensual Breathwork Journey Guided Audio:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IvN-kTnENP34dyWpZ8XAQXINKZmA5E8n/view?usp=sharing

I wanted to kick off 2022 by diving into the rich landscape of emotion. The emotional realm is often seen as murky, even dangerous. When we step into the emotional realm, we're stepping into the realm of the archetypal wild feminine.

Most, if not all of us have been heavily conditioned from a very early age that our emotional range is  "too much" and as a survival skill we've  learned how to to shut down or numb out certain emotions rather than feel them.

 We've been taught to label emotions as "good" or "bad" and censor accordingly. But we can't selectively numb. When we limit our emotional range we limit our orgasmic range and capacity to receive pleasure  and experience joy. 

Reclaiming our emotional agency is not about feeling "good" all of the time, but rather building skills to get good at feeling.  When we do it creates the deep self trust and confidence necessary to more fully receive pleasure and create deeper intimacy with ourselves and others.

I riff on:

• The universal ways that the emotional body has been neglected
• Emotions and motion; movement heals
• Emotional blocks and the impact on our pleasure and desire
• Emotional blocks and orgasm
• Emotions and the nervous system; flight/fight/freeze 
• Why we want to become more parasympathetic-dominant pleasure zone
• Emotional work and orgasmic cultivation
• The Taoist Healing Sounds (see resources for more)
• Emotions as energy and fuel
• Early childhood and emotional conditioning 
• Being told we're  "too much"
• Emotional Gaslighting
• Inner child work
• Our emotional range and orgasmic range
• The role of your Inner Pleasure Queen (see meditation in resources)
• Pleasure as a hack to activating the Sacred Feminine Code
• The power of acceptance and approval; The Taoist Inner Smile

Resources:

• Learn more about the Taoist Healing Sounds in this episode of Wild Menopause
• Download your Inner Pleasure Queen Meditation Here.
• Download a list of vocabulary words for Describing the Felt Sense Here.
• Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
• Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.

For the last episode of 2021, it just seems right to make it about Venus. The astrology of December 2021 is  intense. And loaded with opportunity for transformation and empowerment in all things Venus. This will continue into 2022 so it's definitely worth tuning into for anyone interested in cultivating a more pleasure-filled, sensually embodied life.

Although this is not an astrology podcast, what Venus is up to right now is massively significant.  And I wanted to talk a bit about what that might mean for us personally as we navigate the holidays (Christmas Day is huge!) and into the coming year.

I riff on:

• The Venusian Revolution
• Pleasure and presence
• Cultivating ourselves and a new world
• The massive opportunity we have right now to shift into pleasure
• Building a legacy Venus style
• The reviewing and revising our values

Happy Holidays!!
xo
Dianne

Some links for you:

Here's a link to astrologer Pam Gregory's site. Her You Tube channel is fantastic.
Here's a link to astrologer Caroline W. Casey's audio book Visionary Activist Astrology...so good!
Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.

Stress and trauma get stored in the body and can linger for years, even lifetimes. Stagnant energy can cause many, if not all, illnesses. And shut down our libido, creativity, and sensual and sexual expression.

Stored energy from negative experiences, (some that we don't even remember, or perhaps have been passed down through generations), can have a huge impact on our ability to feel safe in our bodies, receive sensual pleasure and access our vitality.

So what can we do? There are effective, tried and true practices that activate the body's natural ability  to heal and thrive. Practices that support us in liberating stuck energy from the past so that we can create a more empowering, pleasure filled, and vibrant future.

What I've found to be true is that the simplest practices are usually the most effective. And to be effective, these practices need to be done in a spirit of reverence, love and even awe of the body. And with an almost childlike curiosity.

Our bodies are so wise and know how to release, integrate and even transform and alchemize any negative experiences that block our bliss. We just need to learn how to release top down control and begin to trust this sacred vessel that carries us through life.

The Taoist system has so much to offer us here.

A good place to start is to connect with your feet and your kidneys.

From the Taoist perspective, our feet root us to the Earth and give us access to the Earth's energy as a healing tonic. According to Taoist Reflexology, our kidneys are where we tend to store fear, scarcity, shame and guilt. When we liberate these stagnant energies, we rejuvenate and revitalize from the inside out.

In this episode I share 3 super simple but effective tips to get you started.

I riff on:

• Kidneys as the root of sexual wellness
• How to cultivate sexual energy
• The power of simplicity and curiosity and playfulness
• Claiming your direct line to the sacred with simplicity 
• Taurus/Venus and Embodiment
• Becoming the stewards of our own bodies, & the earth
• The power of going barefoot 
• The Kidney One/Bubbling Spring points
• Kidney Breathing 1:1
• Zen Pleasure vs Excited Pleasure
• Kidney Breathing and the Adrenals 
• Kidney Breathing and ancestral healing 
• Releasing fear, scarcity, guilt and shame 
• The Taoist Healing Sound for the Kidneys: “Chooo”

And some links for you:
Want a refresher on what your kidneys look like and how to locate them? Here are a few images that will help.
Where are your Kidney 1/Bubbling Spring points? This image will help you find them!
Here's a link to a playlist I think your kidneys will love. It's calming, soothing and sensual
Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.

Decisions decisions! Us modern humans have too many decisions to make.  As soon as we wake each morning we're barraged with decisions.  Some are minor, some major but they all require our energy and take up valuable bandwidth and sap our vitality.

When there are too many choices, we can easily become feel overwhelmed, anxious, stressed  and that can take a huge toll on our mental and physical health, not to mention our libido. It's hard to feel calm, in our pleasure and sexy  when we're in a state of mental overload.

During the holiday season this can really hit an apex and cause a lot of stress. So what can we do? We can turn to pleasure. Sensual embodiment is the cure to overwhelm and the way to more empowered decision making.

• The Holiday Embodiment toolkit 
• Decisions and the stress response
• How to get in alignment and make decisions from an embodied place
• What is embodied integrity?
• The small daily decisions that overwhelm us
• The big decisions of midlife & menopause that require our full presence
• What the Courtesans knew/ the  power of embodied presence
• How to access embodied presence
• How to get into the frequency of Your Inner Pleasure Queen

Get your Holiday Embodiment Toolkit here!
Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.

Our sensuality is a sacred gift; the way to land our unique essence and do what we came on this planet to do. Embracing and embodying our sensuality is the yoga path of bringing spirit into matter to express, to connect, to celebrate, to create, and to love.

There's a Pleasure Revolution happening. Can you feel it? If you're listening to this podcast, you're a part of it. These are uncertain and yet very exciting times. There's a tremendous opportunity right now for a huge shift in human consciousness.  A coming home to our senses to co-create a world aligned with beauty and love.

In this episode I riff on:

• sacred sensuality/ involution and spirit into matter. 
• sensuality as a portal into presence
• how our sensuality helps us build spiritual power
• sensuality as a portal into gratitude.
• the power of visceral gratitude.
• a short practice to let pleasure come alive in your body and access visceral gratitude
• the pleasure revolution aka Venusian revolution 
• some astrology for context 
• the Uranus/Saturn Square=The Pleasure Revolution
• the spiritual power of beauty
• the Shift of the Lunar Nodes into Taurus/Scorpio 
• getting into the frequency of the world you want to create
• embodiment is the antidote to chaos

And some links:
Here's a link to Stella Resnick's book The Pleasure Zone
Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.
Check out my online program Second Spring Queen here.

Healthy receiving is essential for anyone who wants to live a more vibrant, joyful, creative, connected, and pleasure-filled life.

The art of receiving is a practice. It takes work and it can feel really vulnerable , but it’s a skill worth cultivating. 

Your skills in receiving determine the quality of your life and those you share it with.

By learning to receive well you make the world a better place.

True receiving is an act of love.

What you focus on expands. When you focus on the good and the beauty in the world and receive it with approval, that goodness and beauty grows exponentially. 

Getting good at receiving is an empowering tool for cultivating safety, connection and positive energy. 

Learning to receive like a queen is a great and sacred service you do for the world. 

In this episode I riff on tips to better receiving:

• using your 5 senses to receive
• how receiving creates safety in the body
• mirror work/eye gazing with a Goddess mantra
• learning to receiving compliments from others
• saying thank you
• not rejecting the complement
• body language and receiving
• be aware of the compliment wars
• how to make the giver feel great and empowered
• how receiving creates connection
• how getting better at receiving transformed my marriage
• how receding helps you realign with your desires

Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.

This is SO key! And so ongoing! Making the decision to heal your sensuality and reclaim your pleasure is a really big deal. This path is not for everyone. It takes courage and a willingness to show up for yourself in ways that you may never have before. 

Reclaiming your pleasure is a paradigm shift. You're bound to meet your deepest blocks and obstacles to self love and approval. But the benefits are immense. 

Sensuality is the portal into embodying your full potential. Pleasure is foundational for  thriving.

While vibrant sensuality is our birthright, there can be a lot that stands in the way of accessing our pleasure. This is why cultivating a pleasure mindset is essential for cultivating our pleasure.

 In this episode I riff on:

• Why we resist pleasure/the punishment ethos
• The high cost of sensual shutdown
• Building power through pleasure
• 4 Common myths about sensuality  that block our pleasure:
• Sensuality is frivolous
• Sensuality makes us weak
• Sensuality is dangerous
• Sensuality is shameful

And some links for you:
Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session here!
Download your Thawing Out the Tail Meditation here!

This episode is a bit of a part two for my previous one on Becoming Multi-Orgasmic at Midlife.
Here I dive into the power of emotions and their relationship to our libido, vitality and becoming Multi-Orgasmic.

The Western perspective on strong "negative" emotions  like anger, rage, or grief is that they are something to manage and or get rid of.

The Taoist perspective on emotions is energetic and it's about empowerment. Emotions are energy and energy can transform into fuel. The Jade Egg Practice offers effective tools to alchemize strong emotions into useable energy so that instead blocking our orgasmic life force, they become part of it.

 One of the simplest and most powerful ways to do this is to use the Taoist Healing Sounds. Using specific vibrational tones for specific emotional states, liberates stagnant energy and restores vibrancy and balance.

In this episode I riff on:

• midlife transition and emotions
• working with fear, anger, rage and grief
• the 3 orgasmic zones that where these emotions tend to be stored
• the specific healing sound for each zone to liberate the energy and turn it into gold

As mentioned in the show, here's your Taoist Healing Sounds Cheat Sheet

Every woman (every human actually) is Multi-Orgasmic. It's our natural state, we've just been denied access to it for about 5,000 years. Due to cultural norms of violent sensual and sexual repression (specifically targeted at women) and the trauma that ensued (ancestral and personal) it makes sense that we've disconnected to the natural flow of our sexual energy.  We've been in sensual lockdown for generations. The stresses of modern living are another formidable obstacle. But we can heal and take our power back.

Being Multi-Orgasmic is being able to tap into your life-force sexual energy in a reliable, sustainable way. So it sustains you. Rejuvenates you. Fuels you. And inspires you. This energy first and foremost is for you.

Having access to this energy is your birthright and you can choose to cultivate it and reclaim it at any age. Sure it's work, but for anyone wanting to thrive in the third chapter of life, it's work worth doing. In today's episode I dive into the realm of what it means to be Multi-Orgasmic at midlife.

I riff on:

• What does it mean to be "Multi-Orgasmic?" and why we need a broader definition of orgasm
• Why should we care? (Especially at midlife.)
• How do we get there? (I'll give you some simple ways to begin.)

As mentioned in the show:

Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session here!

In today's episode I delve into the intriguing and somewhat mysterious and confusing topic of libido. I feel we need a  major reframe on this.

When we focus on libido as something we need to boost or amp up, we're getting it wrong. There is no quick fix or silver bullet.

Our libido/passion is something we need to nourish and cultivate. A thriving libido comes from exquisite self care, a deep embrace of our sensuality, and living in alignment with our desires. It's the natural result of taking care of our nervous system, healing from trauma, (personal and collective), finding our calm, and rejuvenating and replenishing ourselves with embodied sensual pleasure.

I riff on:

• Freud's take on libido
• Jung's take on libido
• The Taoist take on libido
• My take on libido
• Why we need a libido reframe
• How pleasure is the ultimate libido tonic
• How my work support this

Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session here!

What does it mean to be multi-orgasmic?
From my perspective this is a wellness conversation.

Multi-orgasmic is a term that stems from the Taoist Sexual Yoga practices where the healthy flow of sexual energy is considered to be the foundation of mental and physical wellbeing.
And while sex, solo or partnered, can be a wonderful part of that, there's so much more.

Being multi-orgasmic is not an event or a goal to achieve but the ability to tap into an innate essence of vitality that comes from a lifestyle of embodied pleasure and sensuality.

Can tapping into this energy lead to multiple climatic orgasmic experiences?
Absolutely.
And that's amazing.
But it's so much more than that.

A great place to begin the multi-orgasmic conversation is to reframe how we view orgasm.
It's not just about a climatic release of energy, it's about the infinite source of where that energy comes from.

Orgasm can be like a single event; a wave crashing on the beach (which is a beautiful thing).

And it can also be like accessing the infinite ocean; the sustainable source of that wave.

Let's dive in!

Want to dive deeper:

Join the Waitlist for The Vital Goddess Mastermind:
https://shakticore.com/vital-goddess-mastermind

A common myth about ageing is that dryness is inevitable.  It's simply not true. There is so much we can do to stay hydrated and juicy.

Dryness is optional. When we choose to inhabit our bodies and embrace our sensuality dryness dissolves into succulence.

There are many holistic practices that can support you in staying juicy; herbs, supplements, acupuncture, and many other different types of bodywork, and I encourage you to seek out what you're drawn to.

And, I want to offer an inside-out perspective on this. To cultivate lifelong succulence we need to work with the body. We need to live the truth of our anatomy as sensual fluid beings. When we do, succulence happens... naturally.

In this episode, I riff on 3 things that support lifelong succulence from the inside out:

1. Mindset (we need a pleasure/sensual/fluid based mindset and how to cultivate that)
2. Breath (we need to breathe in ways that our bodies are naturally designed to breathe. I’ll show you how!)
3. Movement (which includes mastering the subtle but powerful fluid moves of the vagina aka vaginal dexterity. I’ll explain how the Jade Egg practice is key!)

Want to go deeper?

Learn more about my online temple Sacred Pleasure here.
Book a FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session with me here.

In today's episode, I delve into how embracing pleasure as an intentional practice at midlife changed everything, including my relationship. The Yoga of pleasure? That may sound odd, but I'll break it all down in this episode.

I riff on:

• How I hit the wall at midlife in every area of my life including my marriage
• How embracing  the pleasure paradigm changed everything
• The Yoga of pleasure, what is that?
• The 3 mindset shifts I had to make
• On the mat and off the mat pleasure practices
• Why reclaiming our pleasure can be like opening Pandora's Box
• The path of intentional pleasure
• 7 things I learned from the Yoga of Pleasure that changed me and my marriage
• The power of simplicity and reclaiming erotic innocence
• The power of slowing down
• The power of feeling emotion & sensation
• The power of desire clarity
• The power of approval
• The power of receiving
• The power of surrender

 Book your FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session here
Learn about Sacred Pleasure here

The common narrative on women, midlife, and menopause is toxic. Really toxic.

We've been lied to and massively misled with perspectives like "it's the beginning of the end."  Nothing could be farther from the truth, and yet that type of narrative is pervasive.

And when we adopt these limiting beliefs about ourselves and our bodies, we become cut off from our sensual and erotic power. And when we're cut off from our sexual energy, we're operating at a huge deficit.

There's a better way!

Your sexual energy is not just about sex. It's the source of your vitality, creativity, pleasure, and your direct line to the sacred feminine wisdom that lives inside of you. This is where sex and spirit meet.

In the Taoist tradition midlife and menopause is called Second Spring; a complete sexual and spiritual rebirth. A portal into you stepping into your purpose like never before.

The Jade Egg practice is one of the many gems that come from the Taoist sexual healing system. In this episode, I go into 5 reasons why midlife is the best time to start a Jade Egg practice.

The 5 Reasons I cover: 

1. Nourishes/Rekindles your Libido
2. Cultivates Succulence
3. Massively Increases Self-love, Radiance & Body Confidence
4. Emotional Alchemy 
5. Multiorgasmic Mastery

Enjoy!

Let's connect! Working with me starts with a FREE Pleasure Queen Activation Session.
Book that here!
Learn more about my stellar program Sacred Pleasure designed for Queens like you here!