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Loving Up Our Shadows

The Healing Potency of Shadow Work There are powerful healing opportunities found in the dark shadows of our awareness. The shadows may...

How to Skillfully Deliver Truth Bombs that Could Kill the Relationship

Edgy truths shared sooner than later allow for more graceful and loving transitions and accurate alignment.

Creating Intimacy with the Art of Naming Your Truth

Here are some of Lorina’s home grown guidelines to help you name your truth in a way that creates more intimacy.

Healing Old Heart Wounds with the Pendulation of Pleasure and Pain

The story of Sam and Ed in the workshop describes a healing process for old heart wounds.

A Gracious Antidote to Family Division

Right vs wrong…. good vs bad.... us vs them-- these are all different defense mechanisms invoked to manage our vulnerability.

The Voldemort Phenomenon: A Codependent's Portal to Liberation

This phrase attempts to capture an archetypal journey from suffering to empowered liberation and magical intimacy.

Do you have the discipline to be free?

Do you have the discipline to be free? This is a paraphrased version of a question Gabrielle Roth (the creator of 5 Rhythms) asked once...

Healthy Boundaries: A Woman's Learning Curve

Healthy boundaries. I’ve yet to meet a woman who isn’t on some learning curve with this one, myself included. As Published in Common...

Hello Body Part~ Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

In episode 12 of *Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself* I did a way revealing thing. That thing is publicly initiate a...

I AM Embodied Inquiry ~ Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

This is me continuing the practice of playing with my bodymind in public and inviting you to play along with me. In this episode of...

Face Play ~ Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

How do the masks we wear and the identities we get stuck in inhibit the free expression of our intimate truth and thus our capacity to be...

What do you need right now? Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

"What do you need right now?" Sometimes it's not easy to identify and respond to what our needs are in any given moment. In this episode...

Feeling the Pleasure of Gravity Intimacy in Isolation:101 Ways to Play with Yourself

What happens when you pay attention to the pleasure of gravity? What happens when you pay attention to the pleasure of gravity? For me,...

Touch ~ Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

Touch! This mammal needs it for a certain degree of sanity. How about you? What's a touch deprived creature in isolation to do?...

Transforming Loneliness ~ Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

Want a little help moving through that feeling of loneliness? Here’s a little practice to help you feel more connected and less alone....

Getting Intimate with a Tree~ Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

In this video I share what happened in my body and heart when I opened up my spine to receive the loving intelligence of the tree being....

Playing with Sound, Breath & Grief ~ Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

In this resurrection day (aka Easter) video I play with Sound and Breath to help metabolize grief, loss and sadness. Yah. That’s how I...

Navigating Distress with Play

In this episode of *Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself* I bring play and embodied expression to the not always...

Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself

In this episode of "Intimacy in Isolation: 101 Ways to Play with Yourself" I explore one of the fundamentals of intimacy--the energetics...

Learning to Love Yourself with the Help of the Divine

We all want to feel love and be loved. Given a choice, wouldn't you want to choose unconditional love?

Differentiating Desires, Fulfilling Desires

So the question I’m asking today is, “How do we differentiate between the desires to follow and the desires to leave fallow?”

Resourcing: How to Get Out of Fight/Flight and into Grounded Love

I hope your Resourcing practice brings you all sorts of treasures including more love, more presence, more joy and more connection.

Finding the Value in Jealousy

Jealousy is an issue that easily comes up in the wake of deep dives in intimacy and relationship.

Free and Secure in Love

The Big Question “How can I feel both secure and free in a relationship?” That was a question a woman asked me recently. In truth, if I...

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