heightened sexual experiences are like psychedelic experiences
They awaken a profound connection to a field of energy, sensuality, complexity, and connection that our baseline awareness is likely to omit. They both ask us to surrender to something larger than ourselves. They both ask us to confront our shadows to access deeper layers of the experiences. And each can be misused, misappropriated, and destructive.
But what is a heightened sexual experience? How do we access it? How does it relate to our ability to access pleasure, multiple orgasms, and a profound sense of intimacy with ourselves and with others? What do we need to watch out for on our journey of awakening to these heightened-sexual experiences in order to stay safe in ourselves and avoid accidentally hurting others? And, what roles do our psychedelic experiences serve in this sexual awakening?
We welcome Miriam Elyse to Adventures Through The Mind to explore these questions and more.
Miriam Elyse is a Licensed Acupuncturist, Certified Tantra and Intimacy coach, and the founder of Pleasure as Medicine. She is initiated in Sri Vidya lineage Tantra and has been a certified practitioner of the healing arts since 2002. In her practice, she focuses on body-mind healing, sacred sexuality, radical honesty, and soul-level intimacy. [Miriam’s website]
She began studying Tantra Yoga in 2010 because she wanted to heal her relationship to her body and sexual energy, having had low body confidence and shame around her sexuality in the past. She experienced a profound transformation with the practices of Tantra Yoga. She was able to move through unhealthy patterns that were keeping her stuck for years, she overcame anxiety that was keeping her from expressing her true self in relationships, and felt healthier than ever in her embodiment and sexuality.
It lit a fire inside her and helped her to reintegrate the parts of herself that had become disassociated because of trauma. In 2014 she began teaching workshops to help others have more embodied confidence and to feel empowered in their sexual energy.
Today Miriam leads retreats and training around the world and coaches women, couples, and people of all genders at her private practice in California, and via online sessions.
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We welcome Miriam Elyse to Adventures Through The Mind to explore these questions and more.
