The Sensual Artistry Podcast: Recent Episodes

Luna Agneya

Erotic Awakenings and Liberated Love- Exploring the transformational and healing power of Sacred Sexuality and new paradigm relating. This podcast is about loving without limits, the power of doing 'the work' and how you can awaken through intimacy.

When lovers become caretakers-

Over the years, my guest Luci Lampe and I have both experienced firsthand how chronic illness and caretaker dynamics can amplify unhealthy patterns within relationships. We've both come face to face with the emotional and physical challenges it brings, but through it all, we've found ways to unravel the trauma and pain and navigate a path forward.

Luci and her partner Ryan's remarkable journey taught us how inner work, community support, and immersive environments can be transformative. By finding balance between offering and receiving care, they were able to facilitate their own healing and stay deeply connected in love through it all. They show us how trust and open communication can help relationships evolve, overcoming primal fears and embracing the transformative power of surrender.

Luci and Ryan's story is a testament to the power of unconditional love, setting healthy boundaries, and the importance of gratitude during adversity. They've shown us how to find solace and harmony through struggles, and how to trust in divine timing. As we explore their experiences, we hope you find strength, hope, and valuable insights to navigate difficulties in your own relationships, recognize the importance of support systems, and most importantly, how to find your own path to healing.

We discuss

Navigating Chronic Illness and Caretaker Dynamics
Inner Work, Community Support, and Power
Practices for Healing and Receiving
Navigating Challenges and Gratitude in Relationships
Trauma and Resilience in Relationships
The Importance of Surrender
Unconditional Love and Setting Boundaries
Navigating Difficulties in a Relationship

Connect with Luci Lampe- https://lucilampe.com/

Ever wondered how being present can profoundly transform the quality of your relationships?

Hold on to that curiosity, because this episode reveals how honing the art of presence can help in navigating our romantic and spiritual relationships without getting stuck in past patterns.

I'll share my personal struggles and insights on cultivating presence in relationships. We'll explore how maintaining an awareness of the 'now' can prevent us from being dragged down by momentary discomforts and drama spirals, enhancing the overall quality of interactions and connections.

I share insights on how to identify when your partner is not fully dialed in, and the significance of wholeheartedly consenting to the present moment. We'll embark on an exploration of eye gazing and synchronized breathing exercises, and discuss how these can foster a deeper understanding of presence and intimacy in our relationships. Furthermore, we discuss mastering the art of presence, its role in enhancing the quality of our relationships and ways to stay connected and inspired.

(0:00:06) - Cultivating Presence in Relationships
Bringing presence into relationships can prevent drama spirals and help move forward.

(0:13:09) - Exploring Presence and Intimacy in Relationships
Eye gazing, breathing, presence qualities, energetically consenting, and recognizing partner's presence are discussed to foster relationships.

(0:18:04) - Mastering Presence in Intimate Relationships
Eye-gazing, breathing, mastering presence, and staying connected are discussed to increase connection and inspire self pleasure.

In this episode, I brought back my colleague and friend Sanya Alaya to discuss massage and bodywork for healing and awakening.

When many people worldwide hear the word 'Tantra', they often think of a sensual massage practice. Where did this come from? Is it an authentic practice or a modern one?

Sanya shares her exploration through various bodywork styles to help people heal and awaken the pleasure potential of their bodies.

She discusses Tantra Massage, sexological bodywork and de-armouring, 3 key styles of bodywork she trained in, and lets us know why they're helpful and the benefits and pitfalls of each.

We then also discuss some red flags and what to look out for if you're interested in exploring this kind of work.

We hope this episode is supportive for those who are curious to explore this either personally or professionally.

Check our Sanya's website for more on her work- https://www.sanyaalaya.com/

Her bodywork training- https://www.sanyaalaya.com/bodywork-level-1

And Deep Self Worship has solo de-armouring practices- www.sensualarts.school/deep-self-worship

On this episode (an excerpt from the new Sex and Love Satsang monthly calls), Luna discusses the principal of sovereign consent and what it means to really allow someone to be who they are, to love and relate without expectations and unconscious manipulation.

Many of us don't realise how we often unconsciously manipulate or force people in our life to act as we want them to, and slowly encroach on their consent by pushing agendas backed by conditioned expectations of what a good lover/wife/parent SHOULD do.

How do we relate in a way that really honours the individual? That allows them to honour their real YES and NO.

Want to join the free community and join the next live where you can ask your questions and get involved in the conversation? Check it out here- https://www.sensualarts.school/offers/9uv4duKF/checkout

In this episode, I speak with my colleague Jessica Harvey PHD, a fellow Tantric Yogini and sacred sexuality guide who I'm collaborating with to create the Tantric Arts Retreat in Bali.

- Jessica's studies in the tradition of classical Tantra

Beyond all the Sanskrit and complex parts of the tradition, what's it all about?
Tantra is the spiritual path for the everyday person with a life and job
Re-orienting your view on life to appreciate the bliss and pleasure in each moment
Where all emotions are welcome and nothing is a 'problem' anymore
How Tantra isn't all soft and sweet, how it's about death (in a good way!)
Busting the myth of men=shiva, women=shakti and heteronormativity.
What we'll do at the Tantric Arts Retreat

Interested? Come explore with us! www.sensualartistry.com/tantric-arts-retreat

For this latest episode, we bring you a clip from inside one of our most popular all-time online courses-

Deep Self Worship

A course for exploring Solo Tantra and sacred sexuality.

This is from the first module about Tantra where we discuss what is Kundalini and what we mean when we talk about the 'energy body'

In the course you explore practices that open and activate this energy and offer you a way to explore your sexuality beyond purely physical experiences.

Check out Deep Self Worship here- www.sensualarts.school/deep-self-worship

This episode is a flashback to a chat I had with Mike (they/them) last year about navigating the Masc/Femme polarity teachings as a queer person exploring gender beyond the binary.

We speak about the parts that were helpful and the parts that felt off, and how these teachings can be doing more harm than good.

Check out their free e-book 'Beyond Sacred Masculine and Feminine' for a deeper dive into this topic HERE

Where is the field of Sacred Sexuality going, and what is changing?

In this episode I chat with Victoria Redbard, the founder of the Institute of New Paradigm Intimacy

Vicky's journey from trauma to sacred sexuality professional
NonDual Intimacy
Open relating from Eros rather than Lust or unconscious wounding
Radical safety vs radical self-responsibility in Sacred Sexuality spaces
Why Initiation and gatekeeping could be more beneficial for people.
Sacred Sexuality hitting the mainstream
Web 3.0 and the decentralised digital evolution with spirituality work.

Connect with Vicky here-

https://newparadigmintimacy.com/
https://www.victoriaredbard.com/

What do sex, art and the earth have to do with one another?

And what does it all have to do with Tantra?

In this episode, I chat with my friend Anna about her journey from artistic burnout to creative liberation through Tantra and creative expression

We talk about...

Tantra and artistic expression
Erotic energy as creative energy
Healing through art and nature
Earth-based materials and making love to the earth
Eco communities and liberation

You can follow Anna on Instagram @path.weavers

Check out her retreat Eros, Art and the Earth

In this episode I chat with Kali, a recent Sensual Arts Facilitator Training graduate and Tantrika.

We spoke about her journey liberating body shame and sexual repression through open relating and conscious sexuality, and how her 'Fawn' response showed up in her explorations.

Some of the things we spoke to are

The lack of sex-education and conversations around relating in many cultures and how this negatively impacts us
What is the 'Fawn' response, and how it's not just for the person who fawns to 'deal with' but a communal and inter-relational change needed to support breaking through fawning
How fawning shows up differently in men and women
Working through body shame
Sensual Embodiment

Kali- Sensual Arts Facilitator Kali is a wild child who believes in the power of vulnerability and embodiment of emotions.

After leaving her optometry career, the path of self-discovery began with training in multiple Yoga styles, Energy work, Somatics and Women’s Circle Facilitation.

She blends these powerful tools to ritualise expression and liberation through the body. Passionate about curating transformative journeys, she attunes to Goddesses' energy to use sensuality as a gateway to spirituality.

Instagram | Linktree

In this episode I chatted with Mike (they/them) about their exploration of their sexuality through kinky characters and how this relates to shadow work and liberation.

It was a juicy convo, we spoke about...

Mike's journey exploring subpersonalities through eroticism and self-expression
Finding wholeness through embracing different aspects of the larger self
Kink as embodied shadow work
How pleasure and eros help us access deeper layers of the unconscious
Getting needs met through kink
Dissolving the hierarchy of emotions and accessing our humanity
Witness consciousness as a resource

You can find Mike here

https://mikemantell.com/

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/mikemantell/

These days the word Tantra gets thrown around a lot, and people are getting confused about what it actually means!

NeoTantra is the more appropriate name for this modern form of 'Tantra'- or Sacred Sexuality.

In this podcast, I try to unravel the threads around these terms and why it's important that we honour 'Tantra' and start to take the term back from the westernised, fetishised, sexualised term it's becoming.

What even is Tantra?
What is NeoTantra?
Why using Tantra when we're talking about Sacred Sex can cause problems
The 'appropriation' discussion

I also wrote a BLOG POST a while ago on this topic if you want to check it out or share it as a resource.

What do we actually mean by 'Awakening' on the Tantric path?

In this episode, I speak about the process of awakening and my personal experiences with it.

What is awakening
How you become aware of awareness
What happens when you start to really wake up?
The work of Liberation and how it differs from awakening work

I hope you find this episode... enlightening ;)

In this episode I talked to one of my long-term clients turned empowerment coach- Blossom!

We had a powerful conversation about being in the embodiment and empowerment space as people with disabilities (Blossom with a visible disability and Luna with an invisible one) and how we navigate internal and external gaslighting, victim mentalities, sovereignty and finding radical self acceptance.

Representation of disabled people
The need to prove yourself- and getting past that
Grief and disability
Sex, relationships and self-worth
Being in wellness spaces and having the pressure to keep up with the group and be 'normal'

Blossom Leela is a Radical Self-Love and Disability Embodiment Coach focusing on body sovereignty and sensual empowerment, harnessing the transformational healing power of pleasure to support the liberation of marginalized bodies - one cosmic orgasm at a time!

Follow Blossom on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/blossomleela/

On Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/blossomcathrineleela

The Triple P collection (For females) https://www.facebook.com/groups/493053638829409

Fresh from the first Facilitator training, this week Luna speaks about what makes a great Sacred sexuality facilitator and about the movement happening in these realms.

She discusses

What are the 3 main types of people who are drawn to working with sacred sexuality?
What the levels of expertise are for teachers
The shadows of the movement and what we do differently.

If you're curious about our upcoming training, check out more info here- www.sensualarts.school/facilitator-training

Live from the Sensual Arts Facilitator training with Sanya Alaya!

We shared about how erotic awakenings can inspire creativity and a more passionate life, as well as chatting about how doing this work in community can be so powerful and healing!

Where Eros and creativity merge and combine
The red bindu awakening
The power of community in our erotic awakening

And much more....

Sanya has an upcoming retreat in Berlin for women you can read more about here!

@sanya.alaya on facebook

And check out our course The Art of Tantric Kink to see us in action together!

EcoSexuality is the practice of seeing the earth as a lover rather than a mother! Where we are in a co-creative, deep relationship with the earth, and one that can bring us sensual pleasure and aliveness.

I chat to Brittney Bliss, a Somatic Sex Coach and a Wilderness Witch. She helps people awaken their original erotic nature, while deepening their relationships with themselves, each other, and the Earth.

In this podcast we talk about

What is ecosexuality
Tantra and nature
Resourcing and healing with nature
How people can experience more sensual pleasure and aliveness by connecting erotically with the earth
Ways to integrate ecosexuality into your life
The activism elements of ecosexuality
and much more!

You can join her free online community and access some practices here- The Tantric Earth Academy. Follow Brittney on Instagram Here

I had a really amazing chat today with Mx Gili, one of the epic humans who you get to see content by on our Sensual Arts School social media who is also the creator of Queering Tantra @queeringtantra and an all round awesome human.

We talked about

Queer philosophy and Tantric philosophy and how they overlap
Their experiences navigating the Tantra world as a queer human
The modern neotantra world and how it diverts from original Tantra and gets damn confusing
The appropriation debate and misuse of the word Tantra
How queer folks can navigate the Tantra world and how Tantra folks can be more inclusive

I really loved this conversation and I'd love to hear what you think of it!

Follow Queering Tantra on Instagram for more, and check out our queer friendly online courses if you want to learn about Tantra and Sacred Sexuality at The Sensual Arts School

I have a special anonymous guest with me this week and a really great conversation around a type of erotic healing work many people haven't heard of... Sexual Surrogacy!

You'll get to hear...

What is sexual surrogacy?
Why do people hire a surrogate
A triad therapeutic dynamic and why it's so beneficial
The healing potential of slow and integrated approaches to sexual exploration
How going slow and learning boundaries is so beneficial
Discussing if you want to work as a sexual healer and the responsibility there

Our guest shares that he is available for private questions so if you want to be connected, you can email us ( info@sensualarts.school ) to get in contact.

In this episode, I chat with Sarah about her experience working as a camgirl.

We talk about

How exhausting it is to 'fake it'
How people are drawn to authenticity and fun
Building real relationships through the virtual realm
Learning boundaries in the adult industry
The healing potential in this work

We hope you enjoy!

In this episode Luna shares about her journey from self hatred and depression to radical self love, and how self pleasure was a huge part of that.

Being disconnected from your body and life
Moving into self care practices
From self care to self love
From self love to self worship
What Tantra teaches about self love
The power of self pleasure for healing

You can try the 3 free pleasure practices here- https://www.sensualartistry.com/Eros-liberation

Check out Deep Self Worship here- https://www.sensualarts.school/deep-self-worship

In this intimate episode, Tristen and Luna share about some of their favourite energy sex experiences, giving you an intimate peek into their erotic life.

They discuss 2 powerful awakening experiences they had with energy sex, one involving gender-swapping and one with full body energy orgasms with no touch during a kinky exploration.

What do we mean by energy sex?
Swapping genders and exploring queerness through energy sex
The importance of trust, surrender and presence
Energy sex without any touch
Submission and energy play
How you can learn to explore this

Check out our new course, a valentines special!

https://www.sensualarts.school/valentines-specials

In this episode, I chat with Serdar about his journey coming into an authentic expression of his sexuality and secure love after navigating the pitfalls in the polarity teaching world.

We talk about...

His journey from depression and anxiety to connection and authentic expression
The 'people pleaser'/'overgiver dynamic and how that was exacerbated through 'masculine' polarity teachings
Soulful attraction
Owning repressed parts and your whole humanness
Having permission to slow down and speak to insecurities
How having pre-connection discussions makes the sex so much better!

Serdar is an Authentic Intimacy Coach, guiding people from Insecure to Securely Attached relationships.

Follow him on facebook here- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/serdarhararovich

Opening To Love 2022 Updates Sign-Up: https://linktr.ee/EmeraldHeartHealing

In this special covid isolation episode (yep, we both got the 'rona!), my partner Tristen and I chat about our experience getting relationship coaching, and why we got support!

We aim to get rid of the stigma of 'getting help' and share about why it is better to get support earlier on in your relationship to deal with core wounds and issues so they don't fester.

Why we decided to get support
What we uncovered over the course of our 10 couples sessions
The importance of a sacred space to explore core wounds
How this has helped our relationship
Ways to integrate our lessons into your relationship if you can't afford to get coaching yourself.

If you're looking for relationship support you can check out my offers for couples here- https://www.sensualartistry.com/couples-coaching

We also have some valentines specials coming up with the Sensual Arts School soon so keep an eye out for that.

And a shout out to our amazing coach, Sheeana Leigh- https://www.sheeanaleigh.com/

In this episode I chat with my colleague Seani Love, an amazing conscious kink teacher who loves to explore the potential for erotic awakenings and healing through BDSM, ritual and sacred sexuality.

CONTENT WARNING: Talk about sexual assault, consensual non-consent exploration

In this episode, we chat about...

Seani's story of how his shameful sexual desires became a healing gift for his lover as she healed her trauma
Why people are interested in consensual non-consent
What can make kink therapeutic or healing
What it takes to be a male sexworker
How consent and boundaries can save the world

Seani Love has been exploring the fields of conscious and sacred sexuality for 20+ years and has been teaching for 12 of these. Seani has specialised in how erotic experiences can be healing, empowering, educational as well as a huge amount of fun. His combined background is in the Western Mystery tradition, ritual theatre, various therapeutic modalities and neotantra. In 2015, he won the Sex Worker of the Year award in London and has appeared in films such as the Berlinale Film Festival winner Touch Me Not.

Along with his many amazing colleagues, Seani presents us with 2 courses: Level Up (A course for men wanting to be better lovers of women) and Getting Conscious With Kink (a course for all of us who want to learn more about the power of kink, BDSM.

Course links:

Level Up Lover course
Getting Conscious With Kink

With our discount code of SENSUALARTISTRY you can get 30% off the price of both of these courses.

In this episode, I talk to Ico about their experience in Kink, the importance of conscious communication and enthusiastic consent and their awakening experiences through this exploration.

We chat about

How communicating desires gets our needs met
Why we miss out on so many juicy interactions and experiences when we can't speak our needs
Why learning communication skills makes sex and kink so better
Why it's a gift for a submissive to say no and speak their boundaries

Here is the desire form mentioned in the episode-

Getting to Know Your Sexual Desires Worksheet: https://bit.ly/MySexDesires

Enjoy!

About Ico

Ico, the Incredibly Caring Organism is a Wandering Love Mystic and uses They/Them pronouns. They are the founder of Enlightened Consent Foundation, which is causing a global paradigm shift in how humanity relates to sexuality and sexual expression. Their nonprofit provides kinky, polyamorous and LGBTQ+ identified people with transformative experiences and supportive resources so they get to experience being completely seen, honored, and loved. They are co-creating a world where everyone feels that they belong.

Ico's superpower is authentic sexuality and this matters to their clients because they get to experience being unconditionally loved and accepted no matter what position they are in. They work with individuals and groups of people to discover, embrace, and communicate what is true and authentic to their soul and what they need to have the most fulfilling love life and relationships that their heart desires.

Kinky, polyamorous, and queer people hire Ico to ignite their deepest darkest desires and manifest their hottest fantasies because most aren’t clear on what they actually want for themselves, are told that there’s something wrong or bad about their sexual desires or feel shame and guilt around what turns them on. Ico helps you get down, dirty, and direct with your desires, fantasies, and partners.

Ico has been studying the subjects of love, dating, sex, and attraction since 2004. They have had over 300 hours of training in recovery from trauma, Therapeutic Kink, Somatic Sensual Healing, and Energy Sex Facilitation. From these trainings, Ico has been able to empower their clients to get clarity on their needs and desires, become okay with wanting what their heart wants and learn the communication skills to be able to share those needs and desires with others so they get to experience them!

Ico is also a 2 time Amazon internationally best-selling co-author. Their first anthology, “Sexy Secrets to a Juicy Love Life” came out in March 2014. Their second book collaboration, “Ignite Love: Real Stories of Defining Love and Manifesting More of it in Your Everyday Life”, came out July 31st 2020, which made #1 in 11 categories across 7 countries.

To find out more about their nonprofit, Enlightened Consent Foundation, we invite you to go to EnlightenedConsent.org.

To find out more about Ico and their sacred sexuality coaching, we invite you to go to EnlightenedConsent.net, where you can get our FREE worksheet Getting to Know Your Sexual Desires, which will bring you another step closer to manifesting the love life that your heart currently desires.

Websites/Social Media Links:
Personal Coaching: EnlightenedConsent.net

Nonprofit: EnlightenedConsent.org

FB: https://facebook.com/bigfish0

FB Business page: https://facebook.com/EnlightenedConsentFoundation

IG/TikTok: @EnlightenedConsent

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZSLm293LpKtLKcY2RodZA

Twitter: @NlightenConsent

In this episode, we talk about Grief, emotional alchemy and the link with pleasure and sensuality.

We discuss

Sara's story of how she discovered the power and pleasure behind her grief
The bravery and courage of diving into painful memories
Solo or group exploration of emotion
Emotional Alchemy

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Sara Chizek is a Grief and Sensuality Coach. After losing her dad when she was 4 and being largely numb to the pain of loss for many years, she learned how to alchemize her pain and turn grief into her superpower. Now, she empowers women to harness the energy of grief, anger, stuckness and turn this energy into joy, pleasure and power to unlock their desires. Sara leads workshops, has an online membership program and offers private and group coaching.

Free Meditation Bundle: https://www.sarachizek.com/meditation-bundle Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/swampingcircle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesarachizek/

Want to dive into Shadow Work and explore these themes deeper? Check out Shadow Self Worship here- https://www.sensualarts.school/shadow-self-worship

In this Episode Luna shares about Shadow work- what it is, what it's not and some stories of her own experience integrating shadow pieces to come into wholeness.

What is Shadow Work in the Jungian (psychotherapy) regard
How your shadow can be positive, empowering aspects of yourself
What happens when you bring these unconscious aspects to the conscious
How we do Shadow Work

If you want to explore a Tantrik Shadow Ritual for liberation and self love then join my free workshop coming up next week https://www.sensualartistry.com/tantric-shadow-alchemy

Or check out my 6 month Shadow Integration journey here- https://www.sensualarts.school/shadow-self-worship

In this episode, I talk with my dear friend Jenna (aka @Darling.ropes) about her initiation into the art of shibari, how it has impacted her romantic relationships and her relationship to her sexuality.

Jenna was my model for my new free mini-course 'Sensual Ropes 1-2-3' where you can explore an introduction to sensual rope flow. Get it here! https://www.sensualarts.school/sensual-ropes-123

In this Episode I talk to my friends Arianne and Beatriz from BLIXX conscious sexuality about some of their most powerful awakening sexual experiences.

We talk about

Releasing shame and trauma through BDSM and Kink
Why consent and integrity is key
Merging into oneness through Tantra
What Tantra and Kink have in common
Why exploring your sexuality and kinks can improve your whole life.

If you're interested in conscious Kink, check out Luna's free e-book here. https://www.sensualartistry.com/pl/2147512424

More about our guests....

BliXX is a brand and a community around personal growth through conscious sexuality, more specifically around conscious kink. The founders, Ariane and Beatriz have a business & management background in leading international companies in Dubai and Singapore and both have been on the path of self-development and spirituality since more than ten years, each individually exploring classic and neo-tantra, yoga, massage, movement, breathwork and BDSM. They met in Berlin 3 years ago and they started BliXX as a conscious sex party mixing Neotantra, Ropes and BDSM where all sexual expressions and orientations were welcomed and celebrated.

Today, BliXX has touched more than 1000 beings in our xperiences, workshops and retreats. Our mission is to spread the power of conscious kink as a tool for personal and spiritual growth, due to its many benefits: Radiance, Creativity and Empowerment that impregnates all areas of life: work, relationships, health & spirituality Somatic trauma healing Somatic shadow work Leadership and Control of power If you want to work with BliXX, they offer online 1:2 VIP coaching sessions and transformational in-person retreats in the Netherlands, for individuals and couples. https://www.xperienceblixx.com/conscioussexualityretreats Links for people to plug in: https://www.instagram.com/xperience_blixx/ https://www.xperienceblixx.com/conscioussexualityretreats

Welcome to the first official episode of the Sensual Artistry Podcast!

I'm joined by my partner Tristen as we talk about how our relationship developed, how we moved through a lot of resistance, fear, and stories into deeper layers of unconditional love and support.. and how the universe dommed us into submitting to this relationship!

In this episode, we chat about

Going slow and intentional! Why we slowed way the f* down when our relationship began and why that worked for us.
Safety, secure attachment and freedom
What it means to unconditionally love someone -Releasing stories and fears to come into new depths of relating.
How we got dommed by the universe and submitted again and again into love.

Tristen and I are running a course for couples called Awakening Through Intimacy- you can read more and sign up here! https://www.sensualarts.school/awakening-through-intimacy

This is a little introduction to your host, Luna Agneya! I wanted to start the podcast with this introduction to me and my story for people who are interested to know more about who I am and how I got into doing this work.

www.sensualartistry.com

www.sensualarts.school