Pleasure & Spirituality

Pleasure & Spirituality

Dec 13, 2016

Spiritual Survival for the Holiday Season

Saturday I hosted a day retreat on the theme of how to keep a spiritual focus during the holiday time. Most of the participants commented on how relieved they were to have a day to step away from the hubbub of the season – to “stop and drop” as my teacher Kim Rosen calls it. Read more >

May 09, 2016

Life Force - We are Its Transmitters

As we live, we are transmitters of life. And when we fail to transmit life, life fails to flow through us. That is part of the mystery of sex, it is a flow onwards. Sexless people transmit nothing. And if, as we work, we can transmit life into our work DH Lawrence, poet Read more >

Aug 05, 2015

What Does It Mean to Live a Spirit Led Life

This summer my friend and colleague, Lorie Carson, invited me to commit to 100 days of creativity. Creativity is one of the most potent doorways to pleasure. So this invitation made me say YES immediately. The only instructions were to do something creative for each of the next 100 days and to try to contain the practice to specific activities. Read more >

Jul 06, 2015

A Doorway to Pleasure - Be Creative

Since starting this blog on pleasure, I’ve explored what opens us to pleasure; what I call pleasure’s keys. I’ve looked at the importance of tuning into sensory awareness and getting in touch with your body. And I’ve explored another important pre-requisite – giving yourself permission for pleasure. Others can’t truly give you pleasure, you make it for yourself, most often by finding what pleasure uniquely means to you. Read more >