Archive for the ‘Sensual Living’ Category
The Unanticipated Life
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
I couldn’t bring myself to leave the room when the rest of the family left. Couldn’t leave him sitting alone in the bed. I secretly hoped it would be hours before they might get around to removing him to the morgue. I played Rickie Lee Jones on the little CD Player I had brought in weeks before, when he was first admitted. And I waited. I knew that when I left the hospital for the last time, I would be in the after.
The Extraordinary Ordinariness of Everyday Sensuality
Friday, May 6th, 2011
I caught my father lying on his side when I walked in his room the other day, looking towards the window. I saw the line of trees as he saw them. So I pulled up a chair, and I told him about the cherry blossoms I saw over the weekend, about the Japanese Maples that blossomed in my front yard overnight. He has seen seventy-three Springs…but he is missing this one. And so, I share it with him. Chet Baker playing in the background, my hand wrapped around the only spot on his arm free of IV tubes.
It is a sensual moment. It is two embodied humans, sharing intimacy, touching one another, being willing to feel what is there to feel. And yes, it is orgasmic. How could it not be? It is all we have.
Feeling The Heat
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
This is how it is with our sensual life sometimes. We yearn for that part of ourselves that is on fire. That feels everything intensely. That is capable of being melted. And yet, we fear it too.
A Q&A on Luv Biz!
Monday, May 24th, 2010
“In just about every case, people I work with realize that their sensuality is a key part of who they are – and they end up wanting it more for themselves than anyone else. I consider this a huge success. When we gain easy access to our own sensuality and enhance our ability to share it freely with others, everything else we want in life tends to fall into place. And I don’t just mean in the bedroom. I mean in all areas of our lives.
That’s the biggest surprise for most people. They come in thinking they want more and better sex. They walk out realizing their entire life opened up.”
PoemPost: Being and Becoming
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
To reconcile being insignificant and infinite at the same time seems to preclude folding laundry…
Everyday Orgasm: Outside In
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
I am walking this path the way one might walk in the woods on a Spring day after a heavy rain. Looking for rocks or solid spots amidst all the soft, spongey ground along the path. Some moments, my foots sinks into the earth, and I feel stuck. It looks like a bog ahead, and I can’t find the path. At other times, there are rocks, markers, slightly higher ground that hasn’t been completely drenched.
Everyday Orgasm: The Journey Begins
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Yes, I realize that’s a rather straightforward, bare bones description of a practice that can wake up your nervous system, expand your capacity for pleasure, and, if you let it, open the doors to a whole new world of feeling, creation and expression!
The simplest things often have the most power. And OMing is no exception to that rule.
Sensuality As A Solo Experience
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
There is a lover in all of us. Someone who is hungry for attention, connection, and intimacy. Whether that lover is currently engaged in a traditional monogamous relationship, something more experimental and edgy, or is a solo act, matters very little. Its basic requirements are the same.
Making Everyday Life A Sensual Life
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
This morning, I faced traffic court in Philadelphia. This is a city whose parking authority is so intense, so unforgiving, so legendary…they have their own reality TV series. And I am a woman who detests bureacracy, challenges authority, and is prone to sharing my opinion at inopportune times…like in front of a judge, let’s say. Which could [...]