Explore every episode of the podcast Your Body Remembers Pleasure
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| Sexual Sovereignty & Rewilding the Body with Dr. Saida Desilets | 29 Jan 2026 | 00:51:07 | |
What if arousal and pleasure weren’t “inappropriate”… but powerful markers of health? Explore sexual sovereignty and embodied pleasure: In this richly embodied conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with Dr. Saida Desilets — pioneering teacher of sacred sexuality and creator of the Embodied Psychosexual Method — to explore sexual sovereignty, erotic innocence, and the body’s capacity to heal through pleasure, breath, and deep attunement. Saida shares the astonishing origins of her life’s work: from a childhood rooted in natural sensual connection, to surviving violence, to being told at age twenty she had only two weeks to live — and the radical path of choosing life, reclaiming vitality, and rebuilding her relationship to desire from the inside out. Together, we explore how shame disrupts the body’s natural aliveness, why relaxed arousal is the foundation of true intimacy, and how rewilding in nature can restore the pre-verbal sensual intelligence that makes us more connected lovers and humans. This episode bridges: Inside this conversation: • Saida’s origin story and how her life force became her teacher Learn more about Saida’s work: embodiedloveuniversity.com More resources about Somatic Sexual Wholeness: rahichun.com If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or brief review is a simple way to help this work reach more people. | |||
| Rewilding Eros: Healing Shame, Grief & Reclaiming Your Erotic Nature with Victor Warring | 05 Dec 2025 | 00:53:08 | |
What if your sexuality was never broken — only buried? Explore rewilding eros and reclaiming aliveness: In this expansive conversation, somatic sexuality coach Victor Warring explores the process of “rewilding eros” — reconnecting with the innate erotic intelligence we’re all born with before shame, culture, and conditioning taught us to disconnect. Drawing from his work in somatic psychology, grief work during the AIDS epidemic, and sexological bodywork, Victor shares why grief and pleasure are inseparable, how shame limits our erotic capacity, and why reclaiming your aliveness is a radical act of healing — and even activism. We explore:
This episode is an invitation to remember: your erotic nature isn’t something to learn — it’s something to uncover. Learn more about Victor’s work at RewildEros.com More resources and writings: rahichun.com | |||
| Genital Health & Pleasure Explained: What Most People Don't Know with Rahi Chun & Dr. Jennifer Lang | 16 Dec 2024 | 00:45:24 | |
What if genital health wasn’t separate from pleasure… but directly connected to it? Explore genital health, mapping, and somatic sexual healing: This episode is a special replay of a live masterclass with Dr. Jennifer Lang — board-certified gynecologic oncologist, obstetrician, and integrative gynecologist — where we bridge two worlds that rarely speak to each other: Western medicine Together, we explore three deceptively simple questions that can radically transform your relationship with your body: What is genital health? What is genital pleasure? What is genital wholeness? From my perspective as a somatic sex educator and sexological bodyworker, and Jen’s training in clinical gynecology and integrative medicine, we examine how nervous system safety, early conditioning, trauma, anatomy, and touch all shape the way we experience our genitals — not just medically, but emotionally and energetically. Because true genital health isn’t only the absence of disease. This conversation moves beyond theory into practical, body-based tools you can actually use. In this masterclass, we cover:
Practical techniques for vulva owners:
Practical techniques for penis owners:
We also speak candidly about how culture, religion, early childhood conditioning, and medical systems shape our relationship with our genitals — often disconnecting us from our innate capacity for pleasure. At its core, this episode is about reclaiming agency: Listening to your body. This is a rare and refreshing dialogue between medicine and somatics, offering a more complete vision of sexual health than either field alone. With: Dr. Jennifer Lang – Integrative Gynecologist Learn about the Art of Genital De-armoring: rahichun.com/the3keys | |||
| Prostate Massage for Beginners: Mindful Healing & Pleasure Practices | 13 Nov 2024 | 00:36:25 | |
What if prostate pleasure wasn’t something to fear… but something your body has always had the capacity to experience? Explore prostate massage and embodied anal pleasure: Three years ago, my first conversation with Stine and Asim about prostate massage became the most downloaded episode of the entire podcast. Clearly, there’s a deep curiosity — and a quiet hunger — around prostate health, healing, and pleasure. So this is Part Two. In this episode, the founders of The Prostate Portal return to guide us through what many people have been asking for: What actually happens in a first prostate massage? Together, we walk step-by-step through the physical, emotional, and nervous-system preparation for prostate massage — for both the receiver and the giver. Because this isn’t about performance or chasing orgasm. Stine and Asim blend somatic psychology, tantra, breathwork, trauma-awareness, and hands-on bodywork to create an approach that is practical, grounded, and profoundly respectful of the vulnerability of this part of the body. And what they consistently see is surprising: When fear and shame dissolve, what remains is often relaxation, healing, emotional release, and full-body pleasure. In this episode, we explore:
We also talk about their new online course, The Prostate Portal, designed for prostate owners and their partners to explore this work privately, safely, and at their own pace. At its heart, this conversation isn’t just about the prostate. It’s about reclaiming parts of the body that culture has taught us to fear or ignore — and discovering how much life force, sensitivity, and healing live there. Learn more: theprostaticportal.com | |||
| Consent, Race & Sacred Sexuality: Creating Truly Safe Spaces for Pleasure with Amina Peterson | 29 Oct 2024 | 00:55:02 | |
What makes a sexuality space truly safe? Explore consent, race, and embodied sexuality: Not just “clothing optional.” But actually safe — in the nervous system. In this deeply honest and necessary conversation, I’m joined by Amina Peterson, somatic healer, sexologist, founder of the Atlanta Institute of Tantra, and a powerful voice for Black women’s pleasure, embodiment, and liberation. Together, we explore a question that many sacred sexuality communities avoid: How can we talk about consent and healing if we don’t acknowledge race, culture, and lived experience in the body? Because safety isn’t theoretical. And if someone’s history includes racialized trauma, exclusion, or sexualization of their body, that reality directly impacts their ability to relax, open, feel pleasure, and give authentic consent. This conversation bridges somatics, tantra, trauma healing, and cultural awareness in a way that feels both grounded and revolutionary. In this episode, we explore:
Amina shares how her own journey — from massage therapy and sexual surrogacy to founding a nationally recognized tantra institute — grew from one simple truth: If the body doesn’t feel safe, it cannot open. This episode is an invitation to look deeper — at our bodies, our spaces, and the unconscious systems we carry into intimacy. Because sacred sexuality without safety isn’t sacred. More about Amina Peterson & Atlanta Institute of Tantra: atl tantra.com Learn the somatic practices for Reclaiming Pleasure - rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure | |||
| Pleasure Beyond Pain: Somatic Sexual Healing for Chronic Pain & Differently Abled Bodies with Emily Royce | 08 Oct 2024 | 00:44:57 | |
What if pleasure was still available to you… even in a body experiencing pain? Explore sexuality, chronic pain, and embodied healing: In this deeply compassionate conversation, I’m joined by Emily Royce — certified somatic sex educator, sexological bodyworker, chronic pain specialist, and former president of the Association of Certified Sexological Bodyworkers — to explore sexuality, intimacy, and embodiment for people living with chronic pain, disability, illness, and differently abled bodies. Because so many of us have been taught: “I’m broken.” And yet… The body still longs to feel. Emily shares her personal journey growing up with chronic pain and an MS diagnosis — and how grief, dance, meditation, and somatic practice unexpectedly opened the door to greater joy, erotic aliveness, and nervous system healing. Together, we explore how pleasure doesn’t have to look like what movies or magazines tell us. Sometimes pleasure begins with something far simpler: A neutral breath. Because when the nervous system feels safe, new neural pathways open — and the body discovers new ways to feel good. In this episode, we explore:
Emily reminds us: Pleasure isn’t performance. This episode is an invitation to soften the cultural myths about what sex “should” look like — and instead listen deeply to what your body actually wants. Because every body is a pleasure body. More about Emily Royce: healwithpleasure.com Learn to Touch and Be Touched → rahichun.com/turnedonbytouch | |||
| Menopause, Andropause & Libido: How Hormones Shape Sexual Vitality with Dr. Guy Citrin | 09 Aug 2024 | 00:45:39 | |
What if the shifts in libido, mood, and energy you experience… aren’t problems—but transitions your body is guiding you through? Explore hormones, menopause, and sexual vitality: Every human body goes through puberty. And every human body will also move through menopause or andropause. Yet somehow… we’re taught almost nothing about what happens next. Brain fog. Most people assume: “This is just aging.” But what if it’s simply hormones out of balance — and completely treatable? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Guy Riekeman, naturopathic physician and specialist in hormonal health, gut health, and regenerative medicine, to break down what’s actually happening inside the body during perimenopause, menopause, and andropause — and how to restore energy, vitality, and sexual aliveness naturally. This conversation is both science-based and empowering. Because suffering through hormonal shifts isn’t inevitable. In this episode, we explore:
Dr. Guy shares something I deeply believe: You don’t have to feel old just because you’re aging. Hormones aren’t just about reproduction. They shape: your sense of being at home in your body When they’re balanced, life feels radically different. Guest: Dr. Guy Citrin. citrinwellness.com More resources about Somatic Sexual Wholeness→ rahichun.com If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or review helps this work reach more people navigating these changes. | |||
| Rewilding Eros: Belonging, Community & the Untamed Nature of Our Sexuality with Christiane Pelmas | 26 Jul 2024 | 00:49:06 | |
What if your erotic nature wasn’t something to control… but something to rewild? Explore erotic embodiment and reclaiming aliveness: What if you already belong — exactly as you are? In this expansive and deeply human conversation, Rahi Chun sits with author, mentor, and founder of the Institute for Erotic Intelligence, Christiane Pelmas, to explore rewilding, belonging, and the untamed nature of our erotic embodiment. Together they question one of the most invisible forces shaping our lives: the pressure to fit in. From childhood conditioning to sexual norms to professional identities, we’re taught to domesticate ourselves — to trim our edges, suppress desire, and conform. But what happens when we stop trying to fit… and remember that we already belong? Through stories of community potlucks, fire circles, mentorship, erotic friendship, psychedelics, trauma healing, and dismantling rigid ethical boxes, this episode invites us into a more ecological way of being — where sexuality, intimacy, and connection are wild, relational, and alive. Inside this conversation: • Belonging vs. fitting in (and why they’re opposites) This episode is less a teaching… and more an invitation. To soften. Learn more about Christiane’s work: Learn the skills and practices for reclaiming pleasure: If this conversation resonated, leaving a 5-star rating or review helps this work reach others longing for deeper connection and belonging. | |||
| The Founder of Sexological Bodywork: Joseph Kramer on Touch, Arousal & the Body Electric | 22 May 2024 | 00:52:54 | |
What if sexual arousal wasn’t something to rush through… but a doorway into clarity, creativity, and deep embodiment? Explore sexological bodywork and embodied erotic practice: What if touch could change your consciousness? In this landmark conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with Joseph Kramer — founder of the Body Electric School and architect of the profession of Sexological Bodywork — whose teachings have trained thousands of somatic sex educators and erotic healers around the world. Often called the grandfather of modern somatic sexuality, Joseph has spent over four decades exploring one radical idea: That sustained, conscious touch can awaken the “Body Electric” — a state of aliveness, presence, and expanded awareness. From his early years as a Jesuit seminarian forbidden to touch… Joseph shares how sexual energy became not just pleasure — but a path to embodiment, healing, and insight. Inside this episode: • The origin story of the Body Electric School This is both a masterclass and a transmission — a rare chance to hear directly from one of the pioneers who shaped the field of somatic sex education. If you’ve ever felt called to explore the deeper intelligence of the body, this episode is essential listening. More resources : If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star review helps this work reach more people reclaiming pleasure and embodiment. | |||
| The Body Electric, Erotic Embodiment & Healing Sexual Shame with Craig Cullinane | 08 Feb 2024 | 00:46:56 | |
What if your body wasn’t just physical… but electric? Explore erotic embodiment and sexual energy: Many of us were never taught that our sexuality could be sacred. Instead, we inherited shame. And for many — especially queer bodies — that shame lives deep in the nervous system, shaping how safe we feel in our own skin. So what happens when we enter a space where our bodies are honored… In this heartfelt conversation, I’m joined by Craig Cullinane — longtime faculty member and former director of The Body Electric School — to explore the path of erotic embodiment, healing sexual shame, and the power of sacred, consent-based erotic community. Craig shares his journey from body dysmorphia and chronic shame to profound spiritual awakening through a Body Electric workshop — an experience that ultimately led him to assist, teach, and guide the organization for over a decade. Together we talk about:
At its heart, this episode is about remembering something simple and radical: Your body is not a problem to fix. And when we treat it as sacred, everything changes. If you’re curious about somatic sexuality, erotic healing workshops, or exploring your body with more reverence and freedom, this conversation will feel like coming home. In this episode, we explore: • Craig’s first life-changing Body Electric workshop Resources & Links Craig Cullinane – craigcullinane.com | |||
| Healing Sexual Trauma, Reclaiming Pleasure & Rebuilding Intimacy with Dr. Laura Jurgens | 03 Dec 2023 | 00:55:47 | |
What if healing sexual trauma isn’t the end of the journey… but the beginning of rediscovering intimacy? Explore rebuilding intimacy and reclaiming pleasure: How do you come home to your body after trauma? After childhood abuse… And once you do begin healing — how do you rebuild intimacy with a partner when old patterns have been running for decades? In this deeply moving conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Laura Jergens, certified Somatica practitioner, intimacy coach, and survivor of childhood abuse and sexual trauma, who shares her courageous journey of reclaiming her body, her boundaries, and her pleasure. Laura speaks candidly about: • surviving homelessness and early sexual abuse Together we explore how somatic healing, relational repair, and slow, intentional touch can rewire the nervous system and restore access to pleasure. Because healing isn’t just mental. It’s cellular. And when the body finally feels safe… pleasure returns naturally. If you’re navigating sexual trauma recovery, struggling with intimacy, or wanting to feel more alive and at home in your body, this episode offers both hope and practical tools. You are not broken. In this episode, we explore: • Somatic approaches to healing sexual trauma Resources Dr. Laura Jergens – https://laurajurgens.com | |||
| Ecstatic Belonging: Sacred Intimacy, Erotic Community & Life After Retirement with Caffyn Jesse | 21 Oct 2023 | 00:42:40 | |
What if belonging wasn’t something you had to earn… but something you could feel in your body? Explore erotic embodiment and conscious community: In this return conversation, I welcome Caffyn Jesse back to the podcast two years after retiring from the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education, the pioneering training program they co-founded. Instead of slowing down, Caffyn’s life force has only expanded. With fewer roles, fewer responsibilities, and more spacious mornings, their work has distilled into something even more potent: ecstatic belonging, peer intimacy, and community-based erotic healing. Through their new platform EcstaticBelonging.com and the online Intimacy Educator training, Kain has curated decades of somatic sex education, trauma-aware touch, nervous system science, and sacred sexuality into a living, accessible body of work. This episode explores what becomes possible when we move beyond hierarchy, beyond performance, and into authentic, peer-to-peer connection. We talk about: • Life after “retirement” — and why stepping down created more creativity This conversation feels like sitting with an elder by the fire — honest, grounded, and deeply human. Not about technique. Not about performance. But about learning how to belong — in your body, in your truth, and with each other. Explore Caffyn’s work: Ecstatic Belonging + free resources: https://ecstaticbelonging.com More somatic sexual healing resources about touch and being touched: If this episode supports you, leaving a 5-star rating or short review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Orgasmic Birth, Miscarriage & Pelvic Healing: How Trauma Becomes Pleasure in the Body with Katie Spataro | 19 Nov 2025 | 00:48:56 | |
What if your deepest wounds could become the doorway to your greatest healing? Explore pelvic healing, birth, and embodied pleasure: In this powerful conversation, Rahi Chun sits with somatic sex educator, pelvic care provider, and birth worker Katie Spataro to explore how the body itself can initiate us into sacred work through grief, birth, trauma, and pleasure. Katie shares her extraordinary personal journey — from miscarriage and spontaneous ritual… to an unexpectedly orgasmic birth… to nearly a decade of supporting survivors of childhood sexual trauma through somatic, pelvic, and erotic healing practices. Together, they explore the profound connection between birth, sexuality, grief, and pleasure — and how tending the pelvis can unlock deep nervous system healing and reclaim embodied power. Inside this episode: • What an orgasmic birth really is (and why birth is inherently erotic) This conversation is tender, grounded, and radically hopeful — an invitation to trust the body’s wisdom and remember that healing doesn’t happen by forcing… but by feeling. Learn more about Katie’s work: Explore Rahi’s somatic sexuality resources: If this episode touched you, leaving a 5-star review helps this work reach more people reclaiming their bodies. | |||
| Psychedelics, Plant Medicine & Sexual Trauma Healing with Salimah Tabrizi | 16 Aug 2023 | 00:53:23 | |
What if the doorway to healing trauma isn’t just through talk or touch… but through expanded states of consciousness? Explore plant medicine and sexual trauma healing: Psychedelics aren’t just “altered states” — they can be powerful tools for trauma healing, embodiment, and reconnecting with the body’s life force. In this episode, plant medicine integration therapist and clinical counselor Salimeh Tabrizi shares how intentional work with ayahuasca, psilocybin, and cannabis can help metabolize stored trauma, release sexual wounding, and restore trust in the body. We explore the intersection of psychedelic therapy, somatic healing, and sexual embodiment — and why safe set, setting, and integration are everything. Salimeh opens up about her own journey through early childhood sexual trauma, autoimmune illness, and how plant medicines helped her access grief, reclaim sensation, and reconnect with her life force. This is a grounded, trauma-informed conversation about using plant medicines with reverence, responsibility, and deep therapeutic support. We talk about: • How ayahuasca unlocked repressed trauma memories If you’re curious about psychedelic healing, trauma integration, or reconnecting with your body in a more conscious, empowered way — this episode offers a mature, responsible perspective. Important: Plant medicines are traditionally used in sacred, guided settings. Always research carefully and work with experienced, trained professionals. Resources Salimeh Tabrizi – Vibrant Life Counseling More about somatic sexual healing and reclaiming pleasure: rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure If this episode supported you, follow the show and leave a 5-star review — it helps this work reach more bodies. | |||
| Erectile Dysfunction: A Somatic Approach for Men with Ron & Pono Stewart | 04 Aug 2023 | 00:56:19 | |
What if erectile dysfunction isn’t a failure of performance… but a signal from your nervous system? Explore somatic healing for erectile dysfunction and male sexuality: More than half of men over 40 experience erectile dysfunction. Yet almost no one talks about it. Instead, many suffer in silence — carrying shame, anxiety, and a quiet sense that something is “wrong” with their body. But what if erectile challenges aren’t just medical… What if they’re somatic, emotional, and learned patterns that can be rewired? In this grounded and deeply compassionate conversation, I’m joined by somatic sex educators and sexological bodyworkers Ron & Pono Stewart to explore sexual health, pleasure, and erotic wholeness for cock owners. Together we unpack the real roots of:
Rather than quick fixes or pills, Ron and Pono guide men back to something more foundational: Breath. Because an erection is a parasympathetic response. It happens when the body feels safe. And many men have never actually learned how to feel safe inside their own erotic body. Through somatic practices, erotic massage, self-pleasuring rituals, and trauma-informed touch, they help clients literally recondition their nervous systems — moving from goal-oriented ejaculation toward sustained arousal, confidence, and deeper intimacy. This episode is practical, honest, and refreshingly shame-free. If you (or someone you love) has ever struggled with erections, staying present, or feeling disconnected from pleasure… this conversation is for you. More resources for Somatic Sexual Healing: rahichun.com | |||
| Cervical Orgasm: Deep Pleasure & Sexual Healing with Olivia Naomi Bryant | 14 Jul 2023 | 00:54:48 | |
What if one of the most misunderstood parts of the body… holds the potential for profound pleasure, healing, and emotional connection? Explore cervical awakening and sexual healing: Most people with a cervix were never taught it could be a source of deep pleasure — let alone orgasm. In this episode, cervical educator and Self Cervix founder Olivia Naomi Bryant shares how numbness, medical trauma, shame, and cultural conditioning disconnect many of us from one of the most innervated and sensitive parts of the body — and how gentle, somatic “de-armoring” can restore sensation, safety, and profound orgasmic capacity. This is a grounded, compassionate conversation about cervical healing, sexual embodiment, and reclaiming the pelvis as a place of power — not protection. Olivia shares her personal journey from numbness and pain to developing what she now calls a “love affair with the cervix,” and how that path evolved into a global movement blending anatomy, trauma healing, and spiritual embodiment. We explore: • Why many cervixes feel numb or guarded If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your pelvis, struggled with deep penetration discomfort, or sensed there’s “more” to your pleasure than what you’ve been taught — this episode offers a radically empowering starting point. Resources Olivia Naomi Bryant – Self Cervix: https://selfcervix.com To learn the Art of Genital De-armoring: rahichun.com/the3keys If this episode supports you, follow the show and leave a 5-star review — it helps this work reach more bodies. | |||
| Shadow Work & Sexuality: Desire, Shame & Power with the Light/Dark Institute | 17 Jun 2023 | 00:56:40 | |
What if the parts of yourself you’ve been taught to hide… are actually the gateway to your freedom? Explore shadow work, sexuality, and embodiment: In this episode, I’m joined by Tani & Leslie Rogers, founders of the Light Dark Institute, to explore what shadow work looks like when it’s embodied — not just intellectual. We talk about the difference between “light work” (healing, changing, improving) and “dark work” (radical approval, embracing what is), and why trying to “fix yourself” can unknowingly create more disowned parts. We also explore how shadow work can profoundly impact sexuality — not through explicit sexual technique, but through power, shame, desire, boundaries, and nervous-system truth. If you’ve ever felt confused about your desires, afraid of being “too much,” or trapped in patterns of people-pleasing, control, shutdown, or judgment, this conversation offers a deeper lens: your shadows aren’t the enemy — they’re an invitation back to wholeness. In this episode, we explore:
As you listen, I invite you to notice what lands in your body: Explore more:
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| Pleasure as Medicine: Healing the Pelvis & Reclaiming Sensation with Martin Beaudoin | 24 Mar 2023 | 00:51:16 | |
What if pleasure isn’t just something you feel… but something that can actively heal the body? Explore pelvic healing and pleasure as medicine: Your pelvic floor, fascia, and pleasure pathways hold far more healing potential than most of us were ever taught. In this episode, bodyworker and international teacher Martin Beaudoin shares how hands-on fascial work, pelvic floor release, and therapeutic pleasure techniques can help resolve incontinence, menstrual pain, trauma patterns, and uterine imbalance—issues many people are told are “normal” but absolutely aren’t. Drawing from craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, neurokinetic work, tantric bodywork, and Compassionate Inquiry, Martin explains how restoring blood flow, freeing nerves, and balancing the pelvic bowl can create profound, lasting change. We talk about: • Why incontinence, prolapse, and cramps are often treatable (not inevitable) If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your pelvis, struggled with pain, numbness, or shame—or simply want a more alive, responsive body—this conversation offers practical, body-based pathways back to wholeness. Resources Martin Beaudoin – beaudoinbodywork.com If this episode supports you, please follow, share, or leave a 5-star review. It helps this work reach more bodies. | |||
| Sexual Surrogacy: Healing Through Sacred Intimacy with Andre Lazarus | 02 Mar 2023 | 00:47:41 | |
What does it actually mean to be supported in your sexuality… not just psychologically, but relationally and physically? Explore sexual surrogacy and sacred intimacy: And how can touch, presence, and embodied connection help heal shame, trauma, and sexual wounding? In this honest and illuminating conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with Andre Lazarus — somatic intimacy coach, certified Somatica practitioner, sexual surrogate partner, and sacred intimate — to demystify three of the most misunderstood professions in the world of sexual healing. Together, they explore what it truly means to hold space for someone’s erotic awakening. Andre shares his personal journey — from early experiences of loving across genders, to surviving sexual violation, to discovering his calling in somatic sexual healing work — and how those experiences shaped his capacity to guide others through intimacy, trauma repair, and authentic expression. Inside this episode: • The difference between Somatica coaching, sexual surrogacy, and sacred intimacy This is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at professions that quietly change lives every day. If you’ve ever been curious about receiving intimate therapeutic support — or feel called to this work yourself — this conversation opens the door with clarity, integrity, and heart. Learn more about Andre: More resources from Rahi: If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star review helps this work reach more people reclaiming their bodies and pleasure. | |||
| Intimacy After 60: Love, Sex & Staying Connected with Frank & Judith | 13 Feb 2023 | 00:50:50 | |
What if intimacy doesn’t fade with time… but deepens when you learn how to meet each other in new ways? Explore intimacy, aging, and lifelong passion: In this special episode, I’m joined by Judith Claire and Frank Weigers—two beloved humans I’ve known for 25 years, and the celebrated co-authors of The Magical Sex Book and So That’s Why They Do That: Men, Women & Hormones. What I love most: they’re living what they teach. Judith and Frank share what it takes to keep intimacy alive, honest, and erotic—not only in the early years, but through life’s challenges and into their 70s and 80s. We explore:
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| Trauma Lives in the Body & About Male Survivors with Becky Carter | 27 Nov 2021 | 00:49:45 | |
What if trauma isn’t just something you remember… but something your body is still responding to—moment by moment? Explore preverbal trauma and nervous system healing: Long before we have words, the nervous system records everything — touch, safety, fear, abandonment, violation, belonging. So what happens when trauma occurs preverbally… in infancy… in utero… or across generations? How do we heal experiences we can’t consciously remember? In this episode, I’m joined by Becky Carter, a somatic experiencing therapist and trauma specialist with over 20 years of clinical work supporting survivors of sexual abuse, adoptees, men healing from sexual trauma, and individuals navigating racial and transgenerational trauma. Together we explore how the body holds these early wounds — and how gentle, somatic therapy can help release them. This conversation is grounded, compassionate, and deeply practical for anyone seeking true nervous system healing. We discuss: • What “preverbal trauma” actually means If you’ve ever felt: – disconnected from your body This episode offers language, understanding, and hope. Because healing isn’t about forcing the story. It’s about helping the body finally feel safe enough to release it. Resources: Becky Carter – Family Resilience Group Organizations supporting male survivors: More somatic sexual healing resources If this episode supported you, follow the show and leave a 5-star review — it helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Prostate Massage & Male Pleasure: A Deeper Conversation with Stine Krage & Asim Sacredfire | 01 Oct 2021 | 00:43:16 | |
What if male pleasure extended far beyond performance, ejaculation, and the narrow definitions we’ve been taught? Explore prostate massage and expanded male pleasure: Most men are never taught that the prostate can be a source of profound healing, emotional release, and full-body orgasm. Instead, it’s only associated with medical exams or disease. But what if the prostate is actually one of the most powerful gateways to pleasure, vitality, and spiritual embodiment in the male body? In this episode, I’m joined by Asim Sacred Fire and Stine Krage, co-creators of The Prostatic Portal, a trauma-informed tantric training that reframes prostate massage (also called sacred spot massage) as a practice for pelvic health, shadow integration, and expanded orgasmic states. We explore how intentional, respectful prostate touch can increase blood flow, release stored trauma, regulate the nervous system, and help men experience pleasure that goes far beyond ejaculation. This conversation bridges somatic psychology, tantra, anatomy, and energy work — grounded, practical, and deeply human. We talk about: • What the prostate actually is (and why most men misunderstand it) Whether you have a prostate or love someone who does, this episode offers a respectful, educational, and empowering doorway into a part of the body that’s long been ignored. Because pleasure, healing, and wholeness belong to every body. Resources The Prostate Portal. theprostaticportal.com Learn the Art of Genital De-armoring: rahichun.com/the3keys For Lovers and Extended Lovemaking: divineunionforlovers.com/course If this episode supported you, follow the show and leave a 5-star review — it helps this work reach more bodies. | |||
| Erotic Embodiment & Sexual Awakening with Caffyn Jesse | 14 Aug 2021 | 00:52:38 | |
What does it mean to live in full relationship with your erotic nature—without shame, without performance, and without needing to fit into cultural expectations? Explore erotic embodiment and conscious sexuality: Today’s episode is a tribute — a celebration of Caffyn Jesse, and the profound legacy Caffyn has offered the field of somatic sex education. In this conversation, I share how Caffyn’s work has influenced my own path, and we explore her journey of erotic reclamation — from early experiences of queerness, isolation, and cultural conditioning, to the awakening of erotic life force through bodywork, breath, and sacred touch. Caffyn is the author of Science for Sexual Happiness and Erotic Massage for Healing and Pleasure (republished as Intimacy Educator: Teaching Through Touch), and a co-founder of the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education and the Somatic Sex Educators Association. During this interview, I learned Caffyn is retiring this month after decades of teaching, training, writing, and supporting somatic sex educators around the world — and I’m honored to mark this moment with her. We speak about why “consent” isn’t always enough (because many of us are trained to consent to what we don’t actually want), and why voice and choice are foundational to erotic healing — especially within the realities of culture, race, gender, and nervous-system survival strategies like appeasement/fawning. Caffyn also guides a brief somatic visualization at the end of the episode to help you connect pelvic warmth, breath, and the sacred life force of eros. In this episode, we explore:
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| The Four Phases of Erotic Liberation with Darshana Avila | 21 Oct 2025 | 00:46:01 | |
Why do so many people long for deeper pleasure and intimacy — yet feel blocked, disconnected, or unable to receive? Explore erotic liberation and the power of receiving: In this grounded and illuminating conversation, somatic intimacy guide Darna Avila shares how trauma-informed somatics and consent practices create the foundation for true erotic liberation. Together, we explore how nervous system safety, regulation, and clear boundaries open the door to authentic desire, deeper connection, and more expansive pleasure. Darna introduces her four phases of erotic liberation — regulation, receiving, allowing, and expressing — and explains why many of us, especially women and AFAB bodies, have been conditioned to people-please, overgive, and disconnect from our own needs. We talk about:
This episode is an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and remember that your pleasure is not selfish — it’s life force. More about Darshana: darshanaavila.com Learn the erotic practices for Reclaiming Pleasure: rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure/ If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or brief review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adult Sexuality & Intimacy | 04 Jul 2021 | 00:53:10 | |
What if your patterns in intimacy didn’t begin in adulthood… but were shaped by early sexual experiences your body is still carrying? Explore healing childhood sexual imprints and reclaiming pleasure: For many of us, childhood moments of attention, shame, or confusion around sexuality quietly wire the nervous system — creating intimacy patterns that follow us for decades. Sometimes those patterns look like over-sexualization. In this deeply compassionate episode, two courageous guests share how early sexual imprints influenced their adult relationships — and how somatic, body-based healing helped them reclaim safety, sensation, and authentic pleasure. Together we explore how sexual trauma, shame, and early conditioning are stored not just in memory — but in the tissues, breath, and nervous system — and how the body can gently rewire new, empowering associations. Kimberly shares how childhood attention became unconsciously linked with sexual engagement, shaping years of intimacy patterns rooted in seeking love through sex — and the journey of uncoupling those imprints through breathwork, somatic recall, and embodied healing. Nina shares a different story: how shame, silence, and cultural repression created numbness and disconnection from her pleasure — and how learning to feel safe, receive touch, and soften control allowed sensation and desire to return. In this episode, we explore: • How early pleasure experiences wire lifelong intimacy patterns This conversation is not about pathology. It’s about possibility. Because the body is remarkably resilient. And with safety, presence, and compassionate support, pleasure can be reclaimed — not as performance, but as birthright. Resources More somatic sexual healing teachings: Learn how to Reclaim Your Pleasure: rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or short review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Healing Genital Injury & Sexual Trauma from a Somatic Lens with Clients Diane & Sophia | 10 Jun 2021 | 00:44:24 | |
What does it take to rebuild trust in your body… after injury, surgery, or trauma has changed your relationship to sensation? Explore healing genital trauma and restoring sensation: In this deeply moving episode, two courageous women share their journeys of reclaiming pleasure, embodiment, and trust in their bodies after profound pelvic trauma. Diane speaks about recovering from multiple surgeries following complications from a medical implant, and the long path of restoring comfort, sensation, and connection in her body. Sophia shares her experience healing from childhood genital cutting and early sexual trauma — and how learning to feel safe in her body again transformed her relationship to intimacy and pleasure. While their stories are very different, both discovered something essential: Healing wasn’t only physical. Together we explore: • Why trauma lives in both tissues and the nervous system This episode may be supportive for anyone navigating: More somatic healing resources: To learn the Art of Genital De-armoring: rahichun.com/the3keys If this episode supports you, leaving a 5-star rating or review helps this work reach others who need it. Content note: includes detailed discussion of medical and childhood genital trauma. Can the body truly heal? | |||
| Becoming a Somatic Sex Educator with Dr. Liam Snowden | 19 May 2021 | 00:35:35 | |
What does it actually take to become someone who can guide others through sexual healing - to work with sexuality, trauma, touch, and pleasure — ethically, safely, and skillfully? Explore somatic sex education and embodied training: In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Liam Snowden (they/them) — educator, anti-violence worker, and long-time faculty member within multiple somatic sex education trainings across North America. Liam (who I affectionately know as “Captain”) was the director of my own sexological bodywork training years ago and has helped shape the evolution of this field for over a decade. Together, we explore how queer identity, learning differences, harm reduction work, and community care can become powerful gateways into embodied sexuality — and why somatic, trauma-informed approaches are essential for true sexual healing. This conversation is honest, grounded, and deeply human — a behind-the-scenes look at how practitioners are trained to support others through intimacy, consent, and pleasure. We explore: • Liam’s path from learning disabilities to embodied intelligence If you’re curious about becoming a practitioner… This episode offers a rare, insider look at the heart of this work. Because sexual healing isn’t about technique. It’s about safety, presence, choice, and learning how to trust your own body. Learn more Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education More somatic sexual healing resources: If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or short review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Pelvic Pain, Erection Challenges & Scar Tissue: Healing, Relief & Restoration with Lorraine Pentello | 20 Apr 2021 | 00:45:15 | |
What if chronic pelvic pain isn’t “in your head”… but in your tissues, your nervous system, and your lived experience? Explore pelvic healing and somatic sexual health: What if chronic pelvic pain, painful sex, or erection challenges weren’t random… but your body asking for deeper healing? In this grounded and deeply practical conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with Lorraine Pentello — somatic sex educator, sexological bodyworker, and scar tissue remediation specialist — to explore how unresolved trauma, inflammation, scar tissue, and nervous system stress can quietly disrupt our sexual vitality. After years of living with debilitating pelvic pain and being told “nothing is wrong,” Lorraine discovered a holistic, body-based approach that changed everything — not only resolving her pain, but reshaping her entire relationship with her body and sexuality. Together, we unpack how the four domains of health — biochemical, biomechanical, emotional, and scar tissue — work together to restore circulation, sensation, pleasure, and sexual function for people of all genders. This episode bridges: Inside this conversation: • Why chronic pelvic pain is often dismissed — and what’s actually happening in the tissues Explore Lorraine’s work: More resources on embodied sexual healing and somatic education: If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Somatic Consent: Touch, Boundaries & Embodied Awareness with Matthias Schwenteck | 19 Apr 2021 | 00:40:30 | |
What if consent isn’t something you memorize… but something your body learns to feel? Explore somatic consent and embodied boundaries: Consent isn’t just a conversation. It’s a nervous system skill. In this episode, I’m joined by Matthias Schwentech, founder of Somatic Consent, longtime facilitator of touch, boundaries, and ethical tantra practice, and a leader in trauma-informed relational work. After decades teaching thousands of students around the world, Mattias developed a clear, embodied framework for understanding consent — not as rules or scripts, but as something we feel directly in the body. Because many violations don’t happen from bad intentions. They happen from disconnection. Disconnection from sensation. Together we explore how to rebuild “touch literacy,” reclaim personal agency, and create intimacy that feels safe, clean, and genuinely mutual. This conversation is essential for: We explore: • Why consent must be embodied — not just verbal At the end of the episode, Matthias guides a simple somatic practice to “wake up your hands” — a foundational exercise that helps retrain your nervous system to feel rather than perform. Because real intimacy begins when we can truly feel ourselves. And from that place, consent becomes natural. Free Somatic Consent courses & practices Learn the relational skills and erotic practices for extended lovemaking: If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or short review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Tantra, Trauma & Pleasure: The Body’s Path to Healing with Devi Ward Erickson | 16 Apr 2021 | 00:51:16 | |
What if pleasure wasn’t indulgent… but one of the most powerful forms of healing available to you? Explore tantra, embodiment, and sexual healing: In this conversation, Devi Ward Erickson opens a doorway into a lineage-based understanding of tantra—one that moves beyond performance, beyond technique, and into something far more essential: What if pleasure wasn’t indulgent… but medicine? In this powerful conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with Devi Ward Erickson — founder of the Institute for Authentic Tantra Education — to explore how ancient Tibetan tantric practices can help heal trauma, restore embodiment, and awaken authentic sexual wholeness. Devi shares her extraordinary journey from early trauma and disconnection, to monastic life, to discovering lineage-based tantric teachings that brought her back into her body through pleasure, breath, movement, and meditation. Together, we explore how sexuality, spirituality, and somatic healing are not separate paths — but deeply intertwined. This episode bridges: Inside this conversation: • How pleasure supports trauma resolution If you’re curious about tantra, somatic healing, or integrating sexuality with spirituality, this episode offers a grounded and lineage-based perspective that honors both ancient tradition and modern trauma awareness. Learn more about Devy’s work: More resources on embodied healing: If this conversation resonates, leaving a 5-star rating or review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| The Pace of Trust: How To Heal Sexual Trauma Safely from a Somatic Lens | 15 Apr 2021 | 01:01:03 | |
What if healing from sexual trauma doesn’t happen all at once… but unfolds at the exact pace your body can finally feel safe? Explore somatic healing and the pace of trust: In this deeply personal and trauma-informed conversation, I’m joined by Pamelah Landers—an intuitive healer, author, and one of the most courageous people I know. Pamela shares how memories of childhood sexual abuse returned in her 40s, not through force or analysis, but when her nervous system finally felt safe enough—supported by a trusted therapist, breathwork, and community. We explore the reality that healing is rarely “one breakthrough and done.” It’s often a layered, embodied process: building safety, restoring trust, reclaiming voice, and learning to receive without pressure or agenda. Pamela describes the role that breathwork played in memories surfacing, how “secrets” can be held in the body for decades, and how practices like voice work / singing, consent-based somatic touch, and tantra-informed pelvic healing supported her return to sensation, intimacy, and pleasure—at the pace her body could truly integrate. Please note: This episode includes sensitive themes. If you have a history of trauma, consider listening when you feel supported and resourced. You’re welcome to pause and return anytime. In this episode we explore:
This conversation is a reminder that healing is not linear. It doesn’t follow a timeline. It follows safety. And when the body finally trusts the moment… It begins to reveal what it has been holding— not to overwhelm you... but to free you. Go deeper into this work: Explore somatic sexual healing: Learn the Art of Genital De-armoring: | |||
| Reclaiming Pleasure, Dating & Partnership After Sexual Trauma with Violet Lange | 10 Apr 2021 | 00:47:29 | |
What if your body already knows how to return to pleasure? Explore healing after sexual trauma: In this deeply honest and empowering conversation, I’m joined by Violet Lange — dating and intimacy coach, creator of The Pleasure Path, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who has walked her own journey of reclamation, healing, and sexual sovereignty. Together, we explore what it really takes to trust your body again after trauma — not through force or performance, but through presence, sensation, and self-honoring choices. Because healing isn’t about “fixing” yourself. It’s about coming home to your body. Violet shares how early abuse shaped her relationships for years — showing up as dissociation during sex, pushing partners away, numbness, shutdown, and believing that “good sex” meant pleasing someone else. Through somatic therapy, Reiki, embodied awareness practices, and tools like jade egg work, she slowly rebuilt trust with her body and learned to follow pleasure as a compass rather than performance as a goal. This episode is especially supportive for anyone navigating: We explore: • The difference between “doing” sex vs being present in your body Violet’s story is a reminder that your past does not define your future. Pleasure is not something you earn. It’s something your body remembers. And when you learn to follow it, your life changes. More from Violet: violetlang.com Learn to Reclaim Your Pleasure: rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure And get Turned On By Touch: rahichun.com/turnedonbytouch If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or short review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| The Wheel of Consent: Boundaries, Touch & Power with Dr. Betty Martin | 03 Apr 2021 | 00:39:39 | |
What if touch could be clear, clean, and truly for you? Explore embodied consent: What if consent wasn’t just a boundary conversation… but a body-based skill you can actually feel? In this illuminating episode, Rahi Chun sits down with Dr. Betty Martin, creator of the internationally renowned Wheel of Consent, to explore how touch, boundaries, and clear agreements can rewire the nervous system for safety, trust, and authentic pleasure. Through decades of somatic bodywork and intimacy coaching, Betty discovered something surprising: most people don’t actually know what they want — and many of us have never experienced touch that is truly for us. Together, we unpack how learning to receive, clarifying “who touch is for,” and waking up the sensory intelligence of the hands can radically transform intimacy, communication, and sexual sovereignty. This episode bridges: Inside this conversation: • The origin story of the Wheel of Consent and the Three Minute Game Explore Betty’s work: More resources on embodied healing and intimacy: If this conversation resonates, leaving a 5-star rating or review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| How to Heal Trauma and Regulate Your Nervous System with Kimberly Anne Johnson | 26 Mar 2021 | 01:00:29 | |
What if trauma isn’t a story—but a pattern in your nervous system? Explore nervous system healing: And what if true healing comes not from talking about it… but from learning how to feel safe inside your body again? In this powerful conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with somatic trauma therapist, educator, and bestselling author Kimberly Ann Johnson (The Fourth Trimester, Call of the Wild) to explore how nervous system regulation is the foundation for healing trauma, reclaiming boundaries, and restoring authentic sexual power. Together, they dive into: • What trauma actually is in the nervous system This episode is an invitation to stop overriding your body — and start listening to the intelligence already living within your nervous system. Because when the body feels safe… everything changes. Learn more about Kimberly: Explore Rahi’s somatic sexual healing work: If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star review helps more people find this work. | |||
| Why Sex Problems Are Really Relationship Patterns with Ali Mezey | 25 Sep 2025 | 00:59:46 | |
What if your “sex problem” wasn’t sexual at all? Explore relational dynamics and somatic mapping: In this episode, I’m joined by Ali Mazza, a sexologist and somatic therapist with 40+ years of experience, to explore a deceptively simple method that reveals what’s been shaping your intimacy from underneath your awareness. We begin with Family Constellations Therapy—a powerful group process that exposes hidden family dynamics—and then dive into Ali’s unique innovation: Personal Geometry. Using post-it notes, objects, and spatial mapping, Ali helps clients externalize their inner relational landscape—so patterns around porn, orgasm, commitment, heart–sex splits, and emotional enmeshment become visible, movable, and transformable in real time. If you’ve ever felt like your “sexual issue” isn’t actually about sex—this conversation will land. In this episode, we explore:
Learn more: Ali’s work and trainings can be found at alimezey.com More resources about Somatic Sexual Wholeness: rahichun.com
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| Consent, Birth Trauma & Reclaiming Body Authority with Dr. Jennifer Lang | 19 Mar 2021 | 00:49:54 | |
What if consent isn’t just about saying yes or no—but about feeling your body? Explore consent and body authority: In this episode, Rahi Chun sits down with Dr. Jennifer Lang—OBGYN and gynecologic oncologist, founder of an integrative women’s wellness practice, and author of Consent: Every Teen’s Guide to Healthy Sexual Relationships—for a grounded conversation on body authority inside the medical system. Jen shares how hypnobirthing transformed her first birth into a blissful, deeply regulated experience—and how that single night reshaped her approach to obstetrics, including advocating for midwife care, doula support, and nervous-system-aware environments (even in the OR). They explore consent as a moment-to-moment practice in both medical and intimate settings, and how many people—especially high-functioning professionals—can go quiet or freeze when it comes to their own bodies. Jen also shares how writing Consent became a profound healing journey and reclamation of voice. Inside the conversation:
Dr. Lang's Integrative Gynecological practice: jenniferlangmd.com Learning to Reclaim Your Pleasure: rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure
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| Karsai for Men: Libido, Genital Health & Sexual Energy with Coocky Tassanee Boonsom | 13 Mar 2021 | 00:34:09 | |
What if restoring libido and vitality isn’t about adding more—but releasing what’s stuck? Explore pelvic circulation and genital vitality: In this episode, we explore genital detox massage and the traditional Thai concept of Sen Line 10—an energetic pathway associated with circulation and vitality through the lower belly and pelvis. I’m joined by Coocky, founder and lead instructor of Loi Kroh Traditional Massage, Thai Yoga & Massage School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and one of the most experienced practitioners I’ve met in these ancient abdominal and pelvic traditions. We talk about how abdominal work can support healthy circulation through the pelvis, why many modern Thai massage schools avoid this region, and how consistent self-care can help restore a grounded sense of vitality. In this conversation we explore:
We close with gentle self-massage suggestions to explore Sen Line 10 at home—slowly, safely, and with respect for your body’s pace. Resources:
If this episode supported you, the simplest way to help it reach more people is to leave a 5-star rating or a brief review. Note: This episode is educational and not medical advice. If you have symptoms or pain, consult a qualified healthcare professional. | |||
| Hormone Balance, Libido & the Deeper Roots of Vitality with Kris Gonzalez | 04 Mar 2021 | 00:38:33 | |
What if burnout and hormonal imbalance are signs you’re living out of sync with your body? Explore hormone balance and embodied living: Modern life asks us to push, perform, and produce — every day, all month long. But our bodies aren’t built for constant output. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, we are cyclical beings with a finite life force called Jing — our essential energy reserve that governs vitality, fertility, hormones, and longevity. So what happens when we ignore our natural rhythms? Burnout. Hormone imbalance. Painful periods. Fatigue. Early depletion. In this nourishing conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and founder of The Way of Yin, Kris Gonzalez, to explore how living in harmony with our biological cycles can radically restore health, energy, and emotional resilience. Together, they discuss: • What “Jing” (life force essence) really means in Chinese Medicine This episode is a gentle but powerful invitation to slow down, listen inward, and reclaim the wisdom already living inside your body. Learn more about Kris: Explore somatic embodiment resources: If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Vaginal Steaming for Hormones, Cycles & Pelvic Healing with Keli Garza | 25 Feb 2021 | 00:55:26 | |
What if period pain, hormonal imbalance, and pelvic disconnection weren’t inevitable? Explore hormonal and pelvic healing practices: Vaginal steaming has been used for centuries across Korea, Central America, Africa, and Indigenous healing traditions — yet modern Western medicine still dismisses it. So what actually happens when we bring steam and herbs to the womb? Can it really reduce period pain, balance hormones, support fertility, and speed postpartum healing? In this eye-opening conversation, Rahi Chun speaks with Kelli Garza, founder of Steamy Chick and one of the leading voices in modern vaginal steaming education and research. After her own menstrual cycle disappeared due to trauma, Kelli discovered steaming — and watched her body restore itself almost immediately. That personal turning point sparked what would become Steamy Chick, now the most comprehensive resource for pelvic steaming education, practitioner training, and global data collection. Together, they explore: • What vaginal steaming actually is (and what it isn’t) This episode bridges ancient tradition, modern research, and embodied healing — offering practical, accessible tools for anyone who menstruates or cares for someone who does. Learn more or explore the research: For Reclaiming Your Pleasure: If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Painful Sex After Birth: Scar Tissue, Healing & Pleasure with Ellen Heed | 15 Feb 2021 | 00:59:45 | |
What if painful sex after birth isn’t something you have to accept? Explore pelvic healing and scar tissue remediation: In this episode, Dr. Ellen Heed reveals one of the most overlooked causes of postpartum sexual pain: scar tissue and pelvic adhesions. Even when everything “looks normal,” the body may still be restricted. Circulation can be reduced. And most providers are never trained to address it. Inside this conversation: • Why scar tissue can cause painful sex months or years after birth If you’ve been told “everything looks normal” but sex still hurts — this episode may explain why. Because your body doesn’t forget what it’s been through. But it can heal—when given the right support. Go deeper into this work: Learn more about Dr. Heed’s work and access her research: ellenheed.com To Learn about The 3 Keys to Genital De-armoring: rahichun.com/the3keys If this conversation supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or review helps this information reach more women who need it. | |||
| Genital Armoring: Why Pleasure Gets Blocked in the Body with Susanne Roursgaard | 03 Feb 2021 | 01:05:42 | |
What if numbness, pain, or disconnection during sex wasn’t dysfunction—but protection? Explore this episode and genital de-armouring practices: In this episode, somatic trauma therapist Susanne Roursgaard reveals how the body stores trauma in the pelvis—and how that shows up as genital armouring. For many people, sensation doesn’t disappear randomly. It’s shut down by the nervous system when touch, sexuality, or intimacy once felt unsafe. And over time, that shutdown becomes normalized. In this episode, we explore: • What genital armoring actually is Because healing doesn’t happen by forcing sensation. It happens by creating safety. And when the body feels safe enough… it begins to open again. Go deeper into this work: Explore somatic sexual healing: Learn The 3 Keys to Genital De-Armouring: Susanne Roursgaard – The Gaia Method If this episode supports you, follow the show and leave a 5-star review — it helps this work reach more bodies. | |||
| The Arc Line of Touch: How Early Touch Shapes Intimacy & Pleasure with Dr. Aline LaPierre | 28 Jan 2021 | 01:01:54 | |
What if your struggles with intimacy, connection, or pleasure didn’t start in your relationships—but in your earliest experiences of touch? Explore this episode and deeper somatic sexual healing practices: In this foundational conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Aline LaPierre, founder of the NeuroAffective Touch Institute, to explore how the body learns intimacy long before we ever enter a relationship. From the womb… to birth… to early caregiving… And those early imprints don’t disappear. They become the blueprint for: This episode offers a powerful reframe: What we often judge as “sexual issues” or “relationship struggles”… And the body doesn’t heal through force. It heals through attuned presence. In this episode, we explore: • How early touch imprints shape adult intimacy and pleasure This conversation isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about understanding how your body was shaped… Because when the body feels safe… Connection deepens. Go deeper into this work: Explore somatic sexual healing: Join Divine Union for Lovers: 🎧 If this resonates: Follow the podcast, share with someone you trust, and leave a review—it helps this work reach the people who are ready for it. | |||
| Anal Pleasure and Prostate Play with Dr. Charlie Glickman | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:56:47 | |
What if anal pleasure could be safe, relaxed, and even healing? Explore embodied anal pleasure and prostate play: Dr. Charlie Glickman has been in the sex education field for over 35 years—and he’s one of the most grounded, compassionate educators I know. In this episode, we explore embodied anal play: how to approach anal pleasure in a way that’s safe, consent-based, trauma-informed, and genuinely enjoyable—with the goal Charlie names best: everyone ends with a smile. We talk about why the myth that “anal sex has to hurt” persists, what porn leaves out (warm-up, lubrication, pacing), and how breath and nervous system regulation change everything. Charlie shares simple, practical guidance for relaxation, arousal, and gradual insertion, including why moving slowly can actually get you there faster. We also explore the deeper layers: how the pelvis holds tension, fear, and shame, how embodied anal pleasure can become a portal for healing, and why so many men are “frozen” between the navel and the knees—both culturally and somatically. And of course, we discuss Charlie’s work co-authoring The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure, including what keeps people from exploring prostate play (pain, mess, and the loaded masculinity myths), and how education can liberate sensation. In this episode, you’ll hear:
charlieglickman.com For more resources about Somatic Sexual Wholeness: If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or brief review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Sexual Energy as Life Force: Tantra, Taoism & Vitality with Leah Piper & Dr. Willow Brown | 30 Mar 2025 | 00:49:27 | |
What if sexual energy wasn’t just about sex… but your core life force? Explore tantra, Taoism, and sexual vitality: In this episode, I’m joined by Leah Piper and Dr. Willow Brown, the powerhouse duo behind Sex Reimagined, blending Tantra, Taoism, somatic healing, and sexual mastery practices to help individuals and couples reclaim pleasure, vitality, and intimacy. Together we explore how ancient wisdom traditions use sexual energy to heal trauma, strengthen relationships, build confidence, and awaken deeper states of aliveness. We talk about:
If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your desire, stuck in shame, or simply curious how to experience more pleasure and presence in your body — this conversation opens powerful doors. Learn more from Leah and Willow: sexreimagined.com More resources and writings: rahichun.com If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or brief review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Extended Lovemaking: From Goal-Oriented to Meditative Intimacy with Ariel Szabo & Rahi Chun | 05 Mar 2025 | 00:38:22 | |
What if lovemaking didn’t have to be rushed, goal-oriented, or focused on orgasm? Explore extended lovemaking and embodied intimacy: What if sex could feel spacious, meditative, and deeply connecting? In this intimate conversation, somatic sex educators and partners Rahi Chun and Ariel Szabo explore the practice of extended lovemaking — a slow, presence-based approach to intimacy that prioritizes connection, nervous system safety, and full-body pleasure over performance or climax. Together, they share:
If you long for more depth, more connection, and more pleasure with your partner — this episode offers a new way forward. Learn more about their couples programs at DivineUnionForLovers.com | |||
| Erotic Empowerment: Reclaiming Power & Alchemizing Shame Through the Body with Court Vox | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:44:12 | |
What if healing your sexuality wasn’t about “fixing” yourself — but about entering brave, embodied spaces where your life-force energy finally has permission to move? Explore erotic empowerment and somatic intimacy: In this powerful conversation, I’m joined by Court Vox — certified sex and intimacy coach, sacred intimate, and founder of The Body Vox — known for his deeply immersive, somatic retreats and one-on-one erotic empowerment experiences around the world. Court challenges the idea of “safe spaces” and instead invites us into brave spaces — containers where nervous systems regulate, shame softens, and people feel free to explore intimacy, desire, and authentic self-expression without performance or pretense. Together, we explore how small acts of intimacy — even something as simple as holding hands — can be profoundly life-changing, and how working with erotic energy often unlocks creativity, purpose, and aliveness far beyond the bedroom. This episode is about reclaiming your body, your voice, and your right to pleasure. In this episode, we explore:
Court’s work reminds us that eroticism isn’t just sex — it’s life force, expression, artistry, and presence. If you’ve ever felt a quiet longing for deeper intimacy, more freedom in your body, or a space where all of you is welcome… this conversation is for you. About Court: thebodyvox.com If this episode supported you, leaving a 5-star rating or brief review helps this work reach more people. | |||
| Genital Dearmoring: Somatic Healing, Restoring Sensation & Trauma Release with Rahi Chun & Caffyn Jesse | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:45:03 | |
What if genital de-armouring wasn’t just a technique… but a pathway back to your full aliveness? Explore genital de-armouring and somatic sexual healing: I’m joined by my dear friend and colleague Caffyn Jesse, who interviews me about the roots, philosophy, and lived experiences that shaped my approach to genital de-armoring, somatic sexual healing, and trauma-informed intimacy work. Together, we explore how early attachment wounds, developmental trauma, cultural conditioning, and nervous system dysregulation create “armor” in the body — especially in the pelvis and genitals — limiting pleasure, connection, and life-force energy. And more importantly: how that armor can gently, safely, and intentionally soften. This conversation weaves together neuroaffective touch, developmental psychology, sexological bodywork, meditation, plant medicine, and somatic presence — revealing how deep healing happens not through force, but through safety, attunement, and consent. At its heart, genital dearmoring is not just about sexuality. In this episode, we explore:
We also share real client stories — including experiences of chronic genital pain relief, renewed sensation, and profound emotional and spiritual liberation. This is a deep dive into the philosophy behind Somatic Sexual Wholeness® and the heart of the work I teach today. If you’re curious about genital dearmoring, trauma-informed touch, or how to feel more alive and connected in your body — this conversation will meet you there. Guest Host: Caffyn Jesse: https://ecstaticbelonging.com/ Learn about the Art of Genital De-armoring: rahichun.com/the3keys Courses, sessions, and trainings → rahichun.com | |||
| Erotic Sovereignty, Cervical Awakening & Sex Work Truth: From Trauma to Embodied Power with Ariel Szabo | 27 Feb 2026 | 00:52:26 | |
Explore this episode and deeper teachings on somatic sexual healing: https://rahichun.com/podcast/erotic-sovereignty-cervical-awakening-sex-work-truth/ In this raw, unfiltered conversation, I’m joined by writer and somatic sex educator Ariel Szabo, creator of The Erotic Frontier, for a deeply embodied exploration of sexuality, trauma healing, and erotic awakening. This episode moves beyond surface-level conversations about pleasure—and into the deeper terrain of nervous system healing, cervical awakening, and the reclamation of erotic life force. Ariel shares her journey from sexual numbness and trauma into profound embodied pleasure, including how working with plant medicine opened pathways to authentic sexual expression and inner truth. We explore how shame and fear become wired into the body… and how presence, grief, and devotion begin to unwind that conditioning. We dive deeply into: • The difference between disconnected pleasure and embodied pleasure • The crucial distinction between consensual sex work and trafficking This conversation moves from the deeply personal—genital listening, cervical awakening, and embodied pleasure—into the collective dynamics shaping sexuality, power, and culture. If you’ve ever felt numb, disconnected from desire, or shaped by narratives that limit your expression… this episode opens a new possibility. Because erotic sovereignty isn’t about performance. It’s about presence. And your body may be waiting for you to ask: What do I need? What do I want? Go deeper: Explore somatic sexual healing and embodied intimacy : https://divineunionforlovers.com/course Learn How To Awaken Pleasure: https://rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure/ Connect with Ariel Szabo: Website: https://sacredmoonflower.com Substack: The Erotic Frontier If this resonates: Follow the podcast, share with someone you trust, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify—it helps this work reach those who are ready for it. | |||
| Birth as a Rite of Remembering: Consent, Pelvic Trauma & Sexuality After Baby with Tema Mercado | 15 Apr 2026 | 00:59:27 | |
"Her rational brain said this is what happens at the border sometimes. Her body registered it as a sexual assault." Explore this episode and deeper teachings on somatic sexual healing: https://rahichun.com/podcast/tema-mercado-birth-consent-sexuality/ Who this episode is for: Anyone navigating postpartum disconnection, birth trauma, or the quiet question of whether desire and a felt sense of self can return after everything the body has been through. Tema Mercado is a Licensed Midwife in California, Partera Profesional Certificada in Mexico, and founder of La Matriz Birth in San Diego. A first-generation daughter of Purépecha and Yoreme lineage, mother of six, grandmother of two — her own births span the full spectrum from medicalized hospital settings to reverent home births. Before midwifery, she spent years as a sexual assault survivor advocate. When she entered birth work, she expected it to be different. It wasn't. What she found in the delivery room — the same power dynamics, the same coercion, the same PTSD symptoms in mothers who were supposed to be celebrating — changed everything. Out of that recognition, she built a practice grounded in somatic consent, ancestral medicine, and the truth that sexuality doesn't disappear when motherhood begins. In this conversation:
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Resources & Links Tema Mercado: https://lamatrizbirth.com — @matrizmidwife Somatic sexual healing and embodied intimacy: https://divineunionforlovers.com/course Awaken Pleasure course: https://rahichun.com/reclaimingyourpleasure/ If this resonates — follow, share with someone postpartum or healing, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It helps this work reach those who are ready for it. | |||