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Importance of Sexuality & Pleasure for Nervous System Health and Wellbeing With Foria
Importance of Sexuality & Pleasure for Nervous System Health and Wellbeing With Foria
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
May 8, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Episode Highlights With KianaHow she is also a doula and how she got into female sexual healthHer work as a somatic therapistThe importance of pleasure in our lives and how it impacts wellbeing and relationships beyond just physical pleasure or sexualityHow the nervous system is like the window through which we see the world and how this can make it difficult to identify if it is dysregulatedWays to help regulate the nervous system and help the body feel safeHealthy vs unhealthy nervous system regulationTwo ways to work with the nervous system and when to use eachHow sexual pleasure relates to nervous system lastThe connection between sexual and emotional intimacyDifferences between the two types of desire and what responsive desire isWhy it can often take the female body 15-40 minutes to reach peak arousal and how this is often different than it is for malesSome exercises we can do to help reconnect with our body and our sexual experienceWhat sexual polarity is and how to nurture it in long term partnershipsHow to nurture dynamic tension in partnershipResources We MentionForia ProductsWhere Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love by Esther PerelThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure by Sheri Winston CNM. RN. BSN. LMTWomen Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Released:
May 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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