The Sensual Sessions

  🔥 Feeling stiff? Discover how to use breath to flow sensually through challenges here on episode #154 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Vianka Escalante, Ballet dancer, Engineer, Gyrotonic Expansion System® Certified Instructor, Owner of Inspiral Studio.   🔥 About Vianka Escalante Vianka Escalante is a former professional ballet dancer whose career spanned 23 years, with training in Mexico under renowned teachers and at the Boston Conservatory. In her pursuit of becoming a better dancer, she discovered the Gyrotonic Expansion System®️, a method that completely transformed her approach to movement. Captivated by its benefits, she became a certified instructor and has been teaching for over a decade. Today, she runs her own studio in Mexico City, where she guides clients of all ages and abilities—from those in rehabilitation to elite athletes—through personalized Gyrotonic®️ sessions that enhance mobility, strength, and overall well-being. Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/inspiralstudio/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

🔥 Feeling awkward in your body? Discover how to bypass judgment by embodying the self-image of yourself in a sensual way through somatic movement here on episode #153 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Dr Hillel Braude MBBCh PhD, Founder-Director of the SomaticWell Center, Feldenkrais Method Practitioner.   🔥 In this episode we discuss [00:00:00] - Welcome to The Sensual Sessions Podcast[00:01:06] - Meet Dr. Hillel Braude: Wizard of Embodiment[00:03:34] - Rediscovering the 3D Self[00:06:12] - Cultural Shame & Pleasure[00:13:46] - The Unconscious in the Flesh[00:20:46] - Body Image vs. Body Schema[00:27:03] - Magnetic Confidence Through Enjoyment[00:38:02] - Letting Go of Fixed Identity[00:48:04] - Time as Sensual Duration[01:00:03] - 🌟 Host Exercise: The Dinosaur Spine Practice[01:08:00] - Final Reflections on Sensual Vitality   🔥 About Dr Hillel Braude MBBCh PhD I first trained as a medical doctor in South Africa, the country of my birth. This medical education has provided an invaluable basis for my present work. Yet, I knew early on in my training that the traditional medical model has its limitations in terms of meaningful self-transformation and deep healing. After training as a medical doctor, I completed a doctorate in philosophy, focusing on the use of medical intuition in clinical reasoning. This study of intuition has provided me with the intellectual tools to understand the nuances of clinical reasoning. Intuition is still an invaluable clinical skill that I utilize and help develop with my clients. Through many years of intellectual study and personal somatic exploration I became a real therapist – developing my own ability for self-healing and transformation in order to help others. I am passionate about both the latest scientific studies of the brain and mind as well as ancient somatic movement practices. While I have progressed much since my early medical education in South Africa, there is one element of the African cultural heritage I still retain – an appreciation of ubuntu – the sense that we are all inter-connected. In my therapeutic work I bring compassionate personal care together with cutting edge, evidence-based somatic and neurobiological therapies. Working for five years as the director of research at the Mifne Center for early therapeutic intervention for autism has provided me with the opportunity to develop my expertise in early autism therapeutic intervention. I am proud to have developed the Genesis Protocol integrating evolutionary movement patterns together with the Feldenkrais Method® and play. Somatic Expertise The Feldenkrais Method provides the foundational backbone of Dr. Hillel Braude’s hands-on somatic practice. Hillel received accreditation as a Guild Certified Practitioner in 2013. Further accreditation and training with infants and children: Child'Space with Chava Shelhav - Jeremy Krauss Approach (JKA) Feldenkrais and Play with Uli Komay (based on the pioneering work of Yael Ophir). Hillel is presently studying Dynamic Embodiment and collaborating with Martha Eddy. Philosophical Studies & Biomedical Ethics Dr. Hillel completed his doctoral studies in philosophy of medicine and bioethics with the University of Chicago’s Committee for the History of Culture, obtaining his PhD cum laude (1998-2006). He has additionally trained as a Clinical Ethicist with the MacLean Center’s Center for Clinical Ethics, the University of Chicago ( 2002-2003 ), and completed Post - Doctorate Fellowships in Neuroethics with McGill University’s Biomedical Ethics Unit and Religious Studies Faculty ( 2008-2011). Dr. Hillel has published extensively in the field of Neuroethics, Somatics and Philosophy of Medicine. He sits on the board of the International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF) Journal and Research Committee. Hillel continues to research Somatic Practices, and specific processes and outcomes associatedwith hands-on therapeutic work. Book Chapters• Hillel D. Braude and Jean Decety, “The Affective Limits of Medical Empathy.” In , Edited by Smadar Bustan. Springer Publishing: New York, (Forthcoming)• Alonim, H.A., Lieberman, I., Tayar, Scheingesicht, G., and Braude, H.D. “A Comparative Study of Infants and Toddlers Treated with The Mifne Approach Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder.” In edited by U. Das, N. Papaneophytou and T. El Kour. Academic Press. 2019: 277-300.• Ami Shulman & Hillel Braude. “‘What If…’ A Question of Transcendence.” In, edited by Sondra Fraleigh, University of Illinois Press. 2018: 183-204.• “Clinical Reasoning and Knowing.” In Companion to Contemporary Philosophy of Medicine, edited by James Marcum, Bloomsbury Press. 2016: 323-342.• “Skilled Know-How, Virtuosity and Expertise in Clinical Practice.” In edited by Thomas Schramme and Steven Edwards, Springer Press. 2016: 699-716.• “Enhancing Cognition in the ‘Brain Nation.’ In , Edited by Fabrice Jotterand and Veljko Dubljevic, Oxford University Press. 2016: 131-146• “Affecting the Body and Transforming Desire: The Treatment of Suffering as the End of Medicine.” Republished in , Editors Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 211-233• “Radical Somatics,” in , Edited by Sondra Fraleigh, 2015. Indiana University Press: 124-134• “Between and Beyond: Medicine and Narrative in Dick Zaner’s Phenomenology.” In Osborne P. Wiggins and Annette Allen, eds. 2010. Springer Press: 119-138.Journal Articles• “Between Psychology and Philosophy: A Review of Thinking and Doing by Moshe Feldenkrais,” .2016. http://iffresearchjournal.org/volume/5/braude• “Human All Too Human Reasoning: Comparing Clinical and Phenomenological Intuition,” . 2013, 38(2): 173-189. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhs057• “Affecting the Body and Transforming Desire: The Treatment of Suffering as the End of Medicine,” . 2012, 19, vol. 4: 265-278. DOI: 10.1353/ppp.2012.0048• Unraveling the Knot of Suffering: Combining Neurobiological and Hermeneutic Approaches,. 2012, 19, vol. 4: 291-294. DOI: 10.1353/ppp.2012.0056• “Conciliating Cognition and Consciousness: The Perceptual Foundations of Clinical Reasoning,” . 2012, vol. 18: 945-950. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01898.• Hillel Braude and Jonathan Kimmelman. “The Ethics of Managing Affective and Emotional States to Improve Informed Consent: Autonomy, Comprehension and Voluntariness,”. 2012, vol. 23(3):149-156• “Normativity Unbound: Liminality in Palliative Care Ethics, 2012, vol. 33(2):107-122. DOI:10.1007/s11017-011-9200-2• “Clinical Intuition Versus Statistics: Different Modes of Tacit Knowledge in Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine,” , vol. 30(3): 181-98.• “Colonialism, Biko and AIDS: The Principle of Beneficence in South African Bioethics”. 2009, vol. 68: 2053-2060. Learn more: https://www.somaticwell.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drhillel/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Feeling awkward in your body? Discover how to bypass judgment by embodying the self-image of yourself in a sensual way through somatic movement here on episode #152 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Christina Sogl, Psychoanalyst, Sex, Relationships And Body Trauma Expert.   🔥 In this episode we discuss [00:00:00] - Introduction to Sensuality and Pleasure [00:15:00] - Reconnecting with Body Through Breath [00:22:00] - Discovering Self-Touch and Inner Sensations [00:30:00] - Slowing Down to Connect With Partner [00:38:40] - Vulnerability, Shame, and Intimacy [00:48:00] - Learning to Receive Love and Pleasure [00:50:30] - Communication as Sensual Invitation [00:55:00] - Erotic Intimacy Beyond Sexual Scripts [00:57:30] - Host Exercise: Sensual Self-Intimacy Practice   🔥 About Christina Sogl Having suffered from atopic dermatitis since early childhood, Christina was already sensitive to the fascinating interplay of mind and body as a teenager. She has always been a rebel – passionate about unconventional approaches and the development of new structures: integrating physical touch into psychoanalysis, giving birth to her two sons at home, and co-founding the Freie Aktive Schule Stuttgart as a life-serving alternative to the existing school system. Christina studied psychology and soon found herself among the therapeutic fringe group of psychoanalytically based body therapists. There, she experienced intense influence before later studying classical psychoanalysis to gain diagnostic insight. While working in her own practice, she soon realized that the health insurance system was too restrictive for her and decided to leave in order to be free, to devote herself to her major social concerns and to use all her abilities to do so. Since then, she has passionately immersed herself in the topic of collective sexual trauma and courageously explored paths to healing: healing touch as trauma healing, slow sex, radical honesty. Based on her own experiences, she is passionately committed to establishing a new culture of love, touch, and sex as a central foundation for peaceful coexistence: She seeks to transform the mutual control, fear, mistrust, lies, manipulation, contempt, and hatred between the sexes, deeply rooted in our culture and rooted in deeply internalized power structures, into sincerity, trust, and appreciation in encounters at truly eye- and heart-level. Together with her husband, she founded the Stuttgart Trust Space for Men and Women, where a sincere encounter of desire and intimacy between men and women is practiced and cultivated. A nationwide virtual trust space is being planned. In her podcast, LebensLiebesLust (LifeLoveLust), she delves deeply into the various facets of embodied trauma and offers physical paths to vitality, fulfillment, and ecstasy in life, love, and sex. Learn more: https://christina-sogl.de https://beruehrend-lebendig.academy https://www.facebook.com/christina.sogl/ https://buchshop.bod.de/ganz-nackt-christina-sogl-9783740786403 https://christina-sogl.de/blog   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Denying Yourself From Pleasure? Discover how to How to say YES to sensuality here on episode #151 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Anna Manoel, Teacher in Feminine MOVEment.   🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:00:00] - Introduction to Sensuality and Pleasure [00:02:30] - Journey into Feminine Movement [00:08:10] - Building Confidence Through the Body [00:14:20] - Owning Sensuality in Everyday Life [00:20:58] - The Power of Yes and Pleasure [00:26:00] - Overcoming Body Image & Comparison [00:31:50] - Slowing Down as an Act of Pleasure [00:37:24] - Engaging All Senses for Embodiment [00:41:02] - Pleasure as Resistance and Feminine Reclamation [00:26:00] - Host Exercise: Embodied Yes Practice   🔥 About Anna Manoel Anna is a sensual dancer with her roots in hip-hop, and is experienced in many different dance styles. She believes that dance should be full of enjoyment and has therefore, in recent years, focused on how dance can make us feel. Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/annamariamanoel/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

🔥 Want To Find Clarity? The answer is between your legs! Learn how listen for self-consent at a deep somatic sensual level here on episode #150 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Nadia Lune, The Pleasure Witch, VITA™ Certified Sex, Love, & Relationship Coach. 🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:00:00] - Intro & Nervous System & Pleasure[00:06:12] - Trauma & Self-Sovereignty[00:12:45] - Slowing Down for Sensual Awareness[00:19:30] - Fantasy vs. Embodied Pleasure[00:26:10] - Building Your Self-Foundation for Pleasure[00:32:05] - Rituals for Sensual Living[00:37:40] - Community & Shared Learning[00:44:20] - Writing to Your Body Exercise[00:50:15] - Integrating Sensuality & Relationships[01:03:00] - Closing & How to Connect 🔥 About Nadia Lune I am a 650hr VITA™ Certified Sex & Love Coach through The Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality™. With an extra 600hrs of specializations in Female body Sexuality, Sex Magic - Jade Egg, & Tantric Sex (200hrs each). I have been studying intimacy, Pleasure, Love, and Relationships for over a decade spanning academic and traditional methods and philosophies from many cultures all over the world. I am also writing a book on the cross cultural comparison of what it means to thrive in Sex, Love, and Relationships! I have multiple certifications in Dance Therapy from Adama Dance and Rio Abeirto and I am full 5 apparatus STOTT Pilates certified. In my Pilates career I specialized in Pelvic Floor. Along with many many workshops and lower hr certifications as well as consistent ongoing education. I am always happy to provide more specifics to anyone who asks directly. My work merges my hundreds of hours of in-person and 1-1 hands on work with hundreds of clients with the worlds of embodiment, physical health, body functionality, and psychological, social, somatic health, and magic! I have experience working with all different body types, abilities, and genders. Truly returning humans back to their wholistic health. It is my greatest gift to guide others to their own power and magic! Learn more:https://www.nadialune.com/https://www.instagram.com/itsnadialunehttps://www.tiktok.com/@itsnadialune 🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality    

🔥 Feeling Stuck In A Role? Discover mask play to tap in and out of sensual archetypes on episode #148 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Sasha Ostara, Somatic Intimacy Healer. 🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:00:00] - Intro: Masks, Pleasure & Patriarchy[00:02:04] - Sasha’s Healing Journey with the Jade Egg[00:04:48] - Trauma and the River of Chi[00:10:50] - Catholic Conditioning and Body Shame[00:16:42] - Somatic Memory and Safety[00:34:00] - Internal Family Systems and Archetypal Masks[00:58:03] - Sexual Archetypes as Playful Healing[01:14:01] - Host’s Somatic Practice: Holding the Rejected Body[01:28:01] - Pleasure as a Healing Force[01:33:50] - Closing Reflections and Guest Info 🔥 About Sasha Ostara Hi, I'm Sasha OstaraI teach people how to connect to their body wisdom with compassion.Mujer Medicina, VITA™ Certified Sex, Love, and Relationships Coach,specializing in Female Sexuality, and Jade Egg.Ontological Integral Coach.I am a Somatic Trauma Resolution Practitioner. I am a: Neurodivergent,Storyteller, Writer, Tarotista, and Mystic. I am a Mexican-Lebanese multicultural woman who was always fascinated with Archetypal psychology, and understanding and healing what I called "family ghosts" -I later learned they were transgenerational trauma, and my emotional wounds -or CPTSD. One day, I had a spontaneous kundalini awakening during a deep meditation practice. Connecting to my sexual energy allowed me to reclaim my wholeness. Sexual energy itself is the energy that fuels those very things I thought I had lost at some point in my life, not just my eroticism, but my playfulness, innocence, laughter, and capacity to dream.It allowed me to embrace all of myself, the parts I was told I must abandon to be worthy of love. This experience led to me embarking on a new adventure, one filled with empowering pleasure, orgasmic expansion, cultivating deep sisterhood, and the gift of sharing this magic with other women along the way. And witchy woman, beautiful rebel soul, I want this for you, too. Are you feeling the call? Learn more:https://www.sasha-ostara.com/https://substack.com/@sashaostarahttps://www.instagram.com/sasha_ostara/ 🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality

🔥 Loosing Yourself In Your Relationship? Discover how to sensually embody self-love when you´re partnered on episode #148 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Majo Torreli, Oxford grad turned somatic coach. 🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:00:01] - What Does Self-Love Really Feel Like?[00:02:00] - Majo’s Journey Through Disempowering Relationships[00:04:30] - Beauty Standards and Body Trauma in Latin America[00:10:00] - The Body Keeps the Score: Why Awareness Isn’t Enough[00:15:00] - Somatic Coaching and Embodied Healing[00:24:00] - How Embodiment Changed My Relationship Dynamics[00:32:00] - The Fear of Listening to the Body[00:38:00] - Self-Love in Micro Moments[00:48:00] - Loving Taboo Desires Without Shame[00:50:00] - Erotic Breath Practice for Sensual Self-Love 🔥 About Majo Torreli I know all this, because I’ve been where you are. I know that things can look very shiny on the outside, while being not so shiny within. In fact, for many years, I thought I loved myself because I was highly educated, had great friends, traveled a lot, was health conscious, etc. etc. And throughout, I kept falling in the same dating and relationship cycles that left me anxious, confused, and constantly second-guessing myself. I even fell into the most disempowering relationship of my life right after graduating from Oxford (with distinction!) and landing a dream job while starting a shiny new life in London. I had done everything right—the therapy, the journaling, affirmations, mindset work, you name it… and still my patterns in love just… persisted. Until that relationship crumbled and I followed a gut instinct to join a certification in somatic (body-based) coaching—the Somatica Method. It was like a journey back to myself. One that completely transformed my life, my relationships with others, and most importantly, with myself. For good.Practicing somatics reconnected me with my body in a way that allowed me—for the first ever—to really feel self-love, self-worth, confidence, and all those juicy things we all want to feel. And that’s how I realized that throughout all those years I had known about self-love in my mind, but I had no clue what it looked like or felt like in my bones. And that was why those healthy, loving things I wanted hadn’t yet materialized in my life.Now, I feel it in my bones. And with that deep, felt sense of self-love has come: - Finally breaking free from 10+ years of repeating the same painful patterns in love- Feeling more confident and magnetic in all areas of life, career included- Feeling more comfortable in my own skin than I ever thought possible - Attracting love that actually feels safe, easy, and like home- Really trusting myself and feeling like no matter how hard things get, I’ve got thisAnd while challenges still come up in my life and relationships, they are way less intimidating and there is much more ease. I feel more empowered and alive than ever before.And we can do the same for you.  Learn more:https://www.shesembodied.com/about-mehttps://www.instagram.com/shesembodied/ 🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality

🔥 Lost touch with sensuality? Discover how to embody curvaceous movement dancing Kizomba on episode #147 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Tzer, Dancer, Instructor, Winner of Olympiads of Kizomba 2019 Amsterdam and Dance & TALKS Podcast, Host.   🔥 In this episode we discuss [00:00:02] - Introduction to Sensuality and Pleasure[00:03:44] - Reconnecting Through Kisomba Dance[00:08:20] - Cultural Exploration and Sensual Movement[00:13:05] - Hip Hop Foundations in Sensuality[00:17:50] - Overcoming Inhibition & Shame[00:22:30] - Teaching as Pleasure Practice[00:27:15] - Daily Life Sensuality Practices[00:32:00] - Enhancing Intimacy Through Movement[00:36:45] - Expressive Freedom & Self-Discovery[00:40:10] - Sensual Curve Awareness Exercise   🔥 About Tzer Tzer is a dance performer & instructor, Winner of Olympiads of Kizomba 2019 Amsterdam, dance & event project manager, host & Podcast owner: Dance & TALKS. Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/tzerfuse/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Self-conscious About Your Age, Weight Or Shape? Discover how to tap into Body-Positive sensuality to feel confident in your skin today on episode #146 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Sharon Dumfries Model, Teacher and Coach.   🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:00:00] - Welcome to The Sensual Sessions [00:01:14] - Sharon’s Journey into Sensual Modeling [00:04:34] - Candia’s Ballet Story and Body Image [00:13:34] - Dance as Somatic Healing [00:22:57] - The Trap of Changing Yourself for Love [00:30:47] - Self-Compassion vs. Self-Esteem [00:36:38] - Confidence Creators: Healing Through Visibility [00:44:40] - Mirror Ritual: Let Your Beauty Be Seen [00:45:48] - Posing Tips for Embodied Selfies (Exercise) [00:49:17] - Booking Sessions & Final Reflections   🔥 About Candia Raquel Candia Raquel is a Mexican sensualist, scientist and artist who helps workaholics overcome anxiety by embodying sensual pleasure through somatic movement. Hosts The Sensual Sessions Podcast, held the top pilates brand national franchise for training teachers at her studios, ran a wellness program for the government and loves contemplating trees. Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality   🔥 About Sharon Dumfries Sharon is a Fashion Model, Teacher and Coach. Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/sharondumfries/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality

  🔥 Feeling guilty around doing things with ease? Overcome the shame of doing what comes naturally to you and unleash your sensual strengths here on episode 145 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Kevin Kepple, Coach and host of Unlocking Your Freedom Podcast.   🔥 In this episode we discuss [00:00:00] - Welcome to The Sensual Sessions [00:01:15] - Kevin’s Journey from Burnout to Pleasure [00:03:51] - The Myth of Hustle Culture [00:05:39] - Guilt Around Ease and Sensual Flow [00:10:02] - Spiritual Sensuality and Ego [00:13:01] - Standing in Your Sensual Truth [00:17:59] - Reclaiming Pleasure Through Identity [00:21:29] - Voting for Your Sensual Identity (Exercise) [00:23:13] - Coaching as a Mirror for Pleasure [00:24:20] - Daily Practice of Embodied Freedom   🔥 About Candia Raquel Candia Raquel is a Mexican sensualist, scientist and artist who helps workaholics overcome anxiety by embodying sensual pleasure through somatic movement. Hosts The Sensual Sessions Podcast, held the top pilates brand national franchise for training teachers at her studios, ran a wellness program for the government and loves contemplating trees. Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality   🔥 About Kevin Kepple Great teams don’t happen by accident. For over 10 years, I’ve helped leaders and teams transform from disconnected, stressed, and burned out—to unified, energized, and high-performing. I help leaders and teams break through chaos, burnout, and underperformance—so they can build aligned, high-performing cultures that deliver sustainable results. With over a decade coaching organizations from solopreneurs to companies like Chick-fil-A, Bobcat, and Ford, I specialize in helping leaders and teams: • Build sustainable, strengths-based systems that drive clarity, accountability, and growth • Transform silos and miscommunication into seamless execution and collaboration • Reduce turnover, boost retention, and unlock new levels of performance and profit • Develop the next generation of leaders, so success doesn’t depend on one person My PA Solution framework and the Brilliance & Beast model make excellence repeatable—not situational—by helping you and your team discover and align with your unique strengths and natural genius. Why does this matter? Because when people lead from their strengths, work becomes more meaningful, teams become more engaged, and organizations thrive. My clients regularly experience transformational shifts—more time, less stress, and massive leaps in results. One client grew her income from $500k to 7 figures in just 12 months by applying this approach. Learn more: kevinkepple.us/retreats https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocking-your-freedom-with-kevin-kepple/id1464079618 https://www.instagram.com/kevinkepple   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Hungry For Pleasure? Discover how to use food to ignite sensual delight with the tantra somatic practices here in episode #144 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Florian Filtzinger, Somatic Educator and Movement Therapist.   🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:01:00] - Sensuality Beyond the Bedroom [00:03:20] - We Feast Berlin: A Somatic Celebration [00:08:00] - Permission to Play with Food [00:16:00] - Gratitude & Embodied Nourishment [00:22:45] - Tantric Eating & Oneness [00:34:56] - Cultural Shame Around Bodily Pleasure [00:43:00] - The Myth of Earned Pleasure [00:47:00] - Sensuality as Connection to Life Force [00:54:00] - Sensual Eating as Erotic Preparation [00:57:00] - Host Exercise: The Tantric Bite   🔥 About Florian Filtzinger Florian Filtzinger is a somatic educator and therapist with a unique perspective on life, viewing it as a choreography to be danced with grace and mindfulness. His deep studies in spiritual approaches, particularly classical tantra and gnostic Christianity, have enriched his understanding of the human experience. With a background in communication science and anthropology, as well as project and event management, Florian brings a multidisciplinary approach to his practice, helping individuals navigate their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being in a holistic way. By integrating movement, spirituality, and communication, Florian supports his clients in achieving deeper self-awareness and personal growth. Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/somatic.me/?locale=sl&hl=en https://www.somatic.me/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Stress Put Off The Fire Of Pleasure? Discover how to tend to your sensual inner beast with cranial nerve sequencing and Alexander Technique here on episode #143 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and Guest Clare Maxwell, Dance Artist. Alexander Technique Teacher. Mobile Body Alignment™ Creator.   🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:00:00] - Why Sensuality Is More Than Desire [00:06:02] - First Steps to Reclaim Pleasure in Daily Life [00:12:18] - How the Body Stores Stress and Blocks Sensuality [00:18:25] - Using Breath to Awaken Physical Pleasure [00:23:52] - Rethinking Regulation: Beyond Control [00:29:44] - Releasing Tension Through Embodied Movement [00:35:58] - Simple Sensuality Practices for Busy Days [00:42:16] - How Pleasure Helps Heal Emotional Pain [00:48:39] - Recognizing Cultural Myths About Sensuality [00:55:14] - Building a Sustainable Pleasure Practice [01:00:12] - Key Takeaways to Embody Sensuality Every Day   🔥 About Clare Maxwell Sitting still and being quiet was never my forte! I was born with joyful connection to my body and a natural trust in my physical intelligence. I loved dancing just for fun. I was aware of my body and loved my body. That connection was broken by overtraining when I became a professional dancer. I worked so hard at it that I started to dissociate from my body just to get through the pain. My standards for myself during my dance career were extremely high. I was forced by multiple injuries and emotional pain to re-examine those standards and see that they were destroying my career, not sustaining it. The Alexander Technique, which I encountered by accident in a dance class, showed me how to let go of self-destructive attitudes and replace them with positive movement practices that were more in harmony with the actual design of my unique body, mind, and spirit. The Technique calmly centered me in my own perceptions. I could stay present in myself without dissociating even under stress. I recovered my ability to dance easily and expansively—to fly!—with just the right amount of tension. I found my real voice as an artist and stopped trying to be like other dancers. The Technique restored my trust in and love of my own body. I healed multiple injuries while still staying active professionally and was astonished at the growth in my technical skill and range. All this was possible without toxic overthinking and unnecessary muscular effort of the past. The Alexander Technique became the foundation on which I built an joyful and sustainable career as an independent dance artist and embodiment educator. I worked with choreographers John Jasperse, Ann Carlson, and many others. Surprise surprise, I became one myself! I toured the US and Europe and had a blast. Eventually my dream to train as a teacher of the Alexander Technique came true, and I settled down in NYC. After two decades of teaching, however, I became frustrated with the lack of life-affirming motion in traditional Alexander Technique teaching and practice. I wanted to help my students and fellow teachers apply the AT principles more freely to all movement. To that end, I trained extensively with a group of AT teachers that use developmental movement as a framework for learning, inspired by Professor Raymond Dart and the Dart Procedures. This led me to a deep inquiry into the central nervous system and the segmental structure of the human body. I created Mobile Body Alignment™ four years before the pandemic as a way of communicating what I had learned. Now it is taught worldwide by a growing group of teachers because it can be used easily in activity and online. MBA helps all kinds of teachers use movement freely and fearlessly in their class room, whether they teach art, music, theater, dance, or the Alexander Technique itself. I also mentor embodiment professionals in their creative & business development. I believe that it is our responsibility to communicate the value of embodiment in the marketplace and create profitable businesses. This is the only way to really change a profoundly disembodied culture. I continue to work on live theater productions as a movement coach. Over the years I've worked with Sarah Cameron Sunde, Marielle Heller, and most recently on the brilliant play What to Send Up When It Goes Down by Aleshea Harris. Learn more about Clare Maxwell´s work at: https://embodiedlearningsystems.com/clare-maxwell/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLis_Kr0eYqwBVb7v0394D2V_0KDMhRqgV https://www.instagram.com/claremaxwelldotcom   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

🔥 Pessimistic? That´s just a bad habit. Discover how to sensually embody goodness and get good at it on this episode of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Upasaka Upali, Meditation Teacher and Founding Member of Open Dharma Foundation.   🔥 In This Episode We Discuss [00:00:00] - Why Mindfulness Feels Different in Practice [00:03:12] - The Subtle Shift From Struggle to Ease [00:06:45] - How Orientation Shapes Your Inner Experience [00:09:58] - Using Compassion as a Daily Anchor [00:13:27] - The Surprising Link Between Pleasure and Suffering [00:16:40] - Practical Ways to Return to the Present Moment [00:20:05] - Embodying Joy Without Forcing It [00:23:42] - What to Do When Your Mind Resists Stillness [00:27:18] - Turning Ordinary Moments Into Sacred Rituals [00:30:56] - The Lasting Impact of Embodied Awareness   🔥 About Upasaka Upali Upali teaches that the cessation of suffering is not achieved by suffering. Journey alongside Upali and discover an innate joy and ease for meditation and life. Upasaka Upali (aka Paul Peterson) began meditating because he felt bad and thought it would help him feel better. It worked beyond anything he could have imagined. Through his success in not feeling bad, Upali realized he had little practice in feeling good. He learned a new practice of “getting good at feeling good.” This is the compass that currently guides him. With support from his spouse, friends, teachers, mentors, supervisors, meditation community, therapists, dog, garden, education, training, Buddhist lineage, and local ecology, Upali has devoted his professional life to the practice of teaching Sukkha (Joy/Satisfactoriness) and its proliferation. You can connect with Upali through 1:1 support, classes or workshops, meditation retreats, and walks in nature.   Credentials Word-of-Mouth Dharma Teacher with Buddhist Lineage Completed Three Years of a Two-Year Teacher Training The Mind Illuminated Took Upasaka (layperson) Vows in 2015 Trained in Neurosystemics Trained in Mental Health First Aid Founding Member of Open Dharma Foundation Co-Host of Teaching Meditation Podcast Board Chair of Center Space - A Community Meditation Studio Has a Dog named Willow   Learn more: https://www.instagram.com/upalimeditation/ https://upalimeditation.com/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Lost Your Sensual Power? Take it back embodying the mistress trifecta here in episode #141 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and Malissia B. Lovsky, Mentor of Sacred Female Dominance. Founder Of The Dominatrix Academy.   🔥 In This Episode We Discuss: [00:00:03] - Reclaiming Your Power With the Dominatrix Trifecta Candia opens with a powerful invitation to rediscover your inner authority. [00:03:20] - Becoming a Mistress: Power That Was Always Within Malissia shares how she embraced her dominant identity—and how it fit like Cinderella’s slipper. [00:06:23] - Why We Give Our Power Away A deep dive into childhood conditioning, trauma, and the illusion of lost power. [00:09:27] - Breaking the Pattern of Disempowerment How awareness, metaphor, and play help us shift habitual power loss. [00:12:34] - Reframing Shame Through Erotic Roleplay Discover how BDSM transforms shame into empowerment with conscious consent. [00:15:42] - The Submissive’s Power: Choice and Expression Submissives aren’t powerless—learn how they lead with their desires. [00:18:45] - Erotic Healing and the Power of Being Seen Why being witnessed and accepted in your taboo desires heals emotional wounds. [00:21:58] - Culture, Control & Erotic Liberation Explore how cultural conditioning shapes submission—and how pleasure rewrites the script. [00:25:05] - From Shadow to Spotlight: Owning Your Pleasure How stepping into your fantasies helps reclaim joy, voice, and authenticity.   🔥 About Mistress Malissia Malissia leads women on their path to personal power through coaching and mentoring. She uses the skills and tools she learned as a Professional Dominatrix. In every interaction there is a power dynamic and Malissia is an expert at navigating that exchange. She also hosts women only events that allow the women of her community to connect and collaborate. At the core, Malissia is an Experience Curator, a Visionary and a leader who's mission and vision is to dismantle patriarchy and destigmatize kink. And she does this through her courses, programs, events, content creation and writings. Learn more: https://www.mistressmindset.com/dominatrixacademy https://www.instagram.com/the.wicked.woman/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

🔥 Can´t Manifest? Discover how to harness the sensual power of intention with the internal wellbeing and general vibe management tips here in episode #140 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and Kelli Cooper, Law of Attraction Coach at Life Made to Order.   🔥 This is what you´ll discover in this episode [00:01:42] - Why desire isn't the enemy of contentment [00:05:21] - The difference between efforting vs aligning with pleasure [00:09:58] - How conditioning blocks your access to sensuality [00:14:47] - The pain beneath desire and why it matters [00:19:36] - Can you feel good before you get what you want? [00:24:22] - Using embodied pleasure to shift your vibration [00:31:01] - Why mindset alone isn’t enough to change your reality [00:37:12] - A daily emotional detox for resetting your energy [00:44:04] - General vibe management and emotional resilience [00:50:07] - Final thoughts on authentic well-being and joy   🔥 About Kelli Cooper Kelli is a coach who specializes in the law of attraction and spirituality. She believes there are many misconceptions about this powerful, life-changing teaching, and she hopes to educate others in hopes they can use this information to tap into their natural ability to influence their reality in positive ways by way of their inner world. Since 2011 she and her husband have been running their location-independent businesses from all over the world, calling all sorts of places home from Fiji to Thailand. You can learn more about her work at https://www.livelifemadetoorder.com   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

🔥 Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality   🔥 Hating Your Body? Dismantle the limiting beliefs holding you down and love your sensual nature with the reflections in episode #139 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast “Reflections To Love The Sensual Body” with Lise Brenner, Choreographer, Meditation Teacher, Emotion Code Practioner, Writing Coach and creator of the “Boobs and Ballet” substack.   🔥 Here´s What You´ll Discover In This Episode [00:00:00] - Why Sensuality Isn’t Just About Sex [00:03:44] - The Daily Practice That Rekindled Pleasure [00:08:20] - Trauma, Tension & How the Body Stores Emotion [00:13:05] - From Ballet Discipline to Somatic Freedom [00:17:55] - The Power of Pleasure in the Healing Process [00:23:00] - What the Pelvis Reveals About Suppression [00:29:12] - Using Writing to Awaken Sensual Self-Awareness [00:34:40] - Reframing Self-Care with One-Minute Check-Ins [00:39:58] - Sensuality as a Respectful Self-Relation [00:45:25] - Exploring ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ & ‘Boobs and Ballet’   🔥 About Lise Brenner Lise Brenner is an artist, writer, choreographer and dramaturg. Her location-specific interactive pieces spotlight the everyday sites where history, memory and meaning interact. Her work, in the form of dances, site-specific events, and an organization, has been supported by, among others, NURTUREart, Culture Push, Chance Ecologies, Works on Water, Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Fund, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NYSCA Media Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Dance Theatre Workshop, iLAND art/iLAB, White Oak Foundation/Artward Bound, Netherland-America Foundation, Mondriaan Stichting, Harkness Foundation, Chance Ecologies. She is on faculty at Movement Research, has been a Field Agent for Atlas Obscura and is a freelance writer. Learn more: https://www.lisebrenner.com/ https://www.lisebrennercreative.com/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

🔥 Feeling objectified? Discover how to be proud of your desires, take ownership of your sensual pleasure and advocate for your choices in this episode of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Suzannah Weiss, MA, MPS, CSE, AMFT Writer and Sexologist.   🔥 What you´ll learn in this episode [00:00:00] - Reclaiming Desire: From Objects to Subjects Candi and Susanna open the conversation on women owning their desires and sensuality. [00:02:30] - How Objectification Shapes Choices & Self-Expression Exploring how cultural conditioning affects women's pleasure and autonomy. [00:05:40] - Media Messages & The Predator-Prey Trap A raw look at how pop culture distorts sensuality and fuels fear. [00:09:00] - Feminine Power, Pleasure & Macho Culture Candi reflects on Mexico’s macho mindset and the hidden power within female desire. [00:15:00] - The Feminist Conflict: Provider vs. Independence Unpacking the tension between enjoying old-school chivalry and claiming feminist agency. [00:24:00] - Period Positivity & Redefining Womanhood Why embracing the female body, cycles, and sensuality is an act of rebellion. [00:30:00] - Breaking the Myth: Pleasure Doesn’t Require Pain How cultural beliefs—and biblical misinterpretations—block authentic pleasure. [00:36:00] - Self-Inflicted Suffering: The Hidden Saboteur Uncovering how guilt and self-denial keep us from joy, love, and sensuality. [00:42:00] - Feminism, Femininity & Radical Sincerity Why expressing raw emotions and bodily truth unlocks deeper connection and pleasure.   🔥 About Suzannah Weiss I write, teach, and speak about women’s sexuality, relationships, and empowerment. I am the author of Subjectified, a memoir/treatise on ending the objectification of women through playful dances with language, and Eve’s Blessing, a personal, political, and spiritual story of overcoming the Edenic curses by embracing pleasure where women previously accepted pain. From The New York Times wedding section to Glamour‘s sex guides, my writing is all over the internet, with over 8,900 articles published. I have edited for Teen Vogue, Vice, and Complex and contributed to The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and more. I am a marriage and family therapist (AMFT #15292) currently seeing a variety of clients including couples, neurodiverse individuals, and people with eating disorders and body image issues. I am also a sexologist and AASECT-certified sex educator, offering one-on-one sessions and courses to help people improve their sex lives and relationships. In addition, I am a sexual assault counselor and a doula specializing in ecstatic and orgasmic birth. I also provide mentorship for writers and consulting for PR professionals. My work has been discussed on The Today Show and The View and appeared in anthologies including Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World and The Big Book of Orgasms. I’ve been quoted in Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Pop Sugar, Healthline, Woman’s Day, Forbes, Fortune, and the BBC and spoken at South by Southwest, the AASECT Conference, the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, and other major conferences. I was named PR Hacker’s Top Beauty Journalist of 2020, one of The League’s Inspirational Feminists to Follow on Twitter, an XBIZ Sexpert of the Year Award Nominee, a We-Vibe Pleasure Pioneer, one of Kinkly’s Top Sex Educators to Follow on Twitter, and one of Feedspot’s top sex educators and feminist influencers of 2025. I hold a Master of Arts in Psychology from Antioch University with specializations in Spiritual Psychology & LGBT Psychology, a Master of Professional Studies in Sexual Health from the University of Minnesota, a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience from Brown University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Gender & Sexuality Studies and Modern Culture & Media from Brown University. Previously, I worked in tech marketing, scientific research, and academic publishing. I write poetry, erotica, and memoir in my spare time. Join my email list for updates and offerings at: https://suzannahweiss.com/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Dissociated From Pleasure? Discover how to be present for sensual pleasure by embracing safe spaciousness, curious inquiry and sovereign playfulness; here on episode #137 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Lillian Kemanis, Master of Arts, Writer, Dancer, Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist.   🔥 This Is What You´ll Learn Here [00:00:00] - Welcome to Sensual Presence & Play Intro to embodiment, curiosity, and sensuality in daily life. [00:06:30] - The Juicy Paradox: Pleasure Amid Global Chaos Exploring the tension between sensual aliveness and world challenges. [00:12:00] - Escaping the Trap of Chasing Ideal States Why grasping for perfection blocks authentic experience. [00:17:45] - Embodied Sovereignty: Choosing Like a Child Rediscovering playful, honest decision-making through the senses. [00:23:15] - Presence in Motion: Dance, Awareness & Choice Maintaining mindfulness and sensuality while moving through life. [00:29:30] - Feeling Is Knowing: Truth in the Body How sensation and presence guide real-time knowing. [00:35:50] - Beginner’s Mind: Awakening Curiosity and Wonder Accessing play and sensuality by suspending assumptions. [00:41:10] - Befriending Inner Parts for Freedom Using somatic tools to soften resistance and reclaim play. [00:46:50] - Play, Safety & Pleasure: Reclaiming Your Rules Creating safety to unlock embodiment and joyful exploration. [00:52:00] - Erotic Aliveness: Presence as the Gateway How cultivating safety and presence fuels creativity and sensual joy.   🔥 About Lillian Kemanis Lillian Kemanis, is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist (RSME/T) with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA), and holds a master’s degree from University of Central Lancashire in Dance & Somatic Well-being: Connections to the Living Body. Lillian completed her studies under the guidance and supervision of Mary Abrams at Moving Body Resources in New York City. Lillian offers support to individuals seeking a holistic and alternative approach to navigating life’s challenges. With over 10 years of professional experience in the movement healing arts, Lillian supports her community through personalized 1:1 Somatic Therapy sessions, immersive group workshops, and accessible online education. Her sessions prioritize body awareness as the primary pathway to address underlying emotional, mental, and physical needs, following a "bottom-up" therapeutic approach. Her methods facilitate the development of internal self-awareness and mind-body integration, helping clients restore a deep sense of connection to their vitality. Lillian blends the therapeutic dimensions of the Expressive Arts with her extensive background as a professional dancer, performer, filmmaker, and choreographer. She integrates somatic techniques such as Authentic Movement, Continuum Movement, Body-Mind Centering, Somatic Parts Work, yoga, and meditation, offering a holistic and immersive experience for her clients. With an embodied psycho-spiritual approach, Lillian addresses the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—to foster deep and transformative healing. As a facilitator, Lillian aims to provide experiential, creative, and dynamic learning environments for self and relational exploration. Lillian believes in each individual’s inherent capacity to heal, expand, and evolve. She leads her clients into the depths of their bodies and psyches, empowering them to unearth their hidden gems and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery. Learn more: https://www.lilliankemanis.com/about-lillian https://www.instagram.com/lilliankemanis/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Kegels Ain´t Making The Trick? Sensually reconnect with the pelvic floor even if you struggle with constipation, post partum leaking or painful sex on episode #136 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guest Elyse Sparkes Core and Pelvic Floor Movement Rehab Specialist.   🔥 Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality   🔥 Here´s What You´ll Learn In This Episode [00:00:00] - Introduction & Pelvic Floor Sensuality Overview Set the stage for understanding pelvic floor health in relation to sensuality. [00:06:38] - Why Kegels May Not Support Sensual Pleasure Discuss common pelvic floor exercises and their limitations. [00:14:50] - Breath, Posture & Core Alignment for Sensuality Explore the connection between breathing patterns and pelvic health. [00:22:41] - Diaphragm and Pelvic Floor Coordination Understand how breath and core muscles interact for optimal function. [00:30:15] - Recognizing Dysfunction & Sensual Awareness Identify signs that indicate pelvic floor issues impacting sensuality. [00:36:12] - Guided Somatic Practice for Sensual Body Awareness Engage in practical exercises to feel and connect with your body. [00:43:05] - Standing Alignment to Support Pelvic Floor Health Learn posture tips to maintain pelvic floor and sensual well-being. [00:52:26] - Candle Breath Exercise for Core & Sensuality Practice breathing techniques to engage the pelvic floor reflexively. [00:56:03] - Combining Rib Expansion & Exhale for Sensual Flow Integrate breath and posture for deeper pelvic floor engagement. [01:00:45] - Pelvic Floor Elegance: Less Is More in Sensual Pleasure Reflect on subtle pelvic floor engagement for enhanced sensual experience.   🔥 About Elyse Sparkes I'm a Personal Trainer and a Core and Pelvic Floor Movement Rehab Specialist. After years as a professional dancer stuck in a stressful loop of under-eating → binging → over-exercising, I realized this cycle was destructive to my mental and physical health. I experienced amenorrhea (loss of menstrual cycle) for seven years, and was worried about my reproductive and bone health. I became passionate about healing my own relationship to my body and movement, and started to help others with their healing as well. When I became a mom it became clear to me that I had been experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction for years and didn’t even realize these were issues I could improve (all women pee their pants a little bit, right?? Turns out… you don’t have to!). I’m on a mission to help educate people about their pelvic anatomy and movement patterns so they can seek appropriate care, advocate for their healing, and be able to return to any and all activities they want with self-kindness and body confidence. I've been honored to work with hundreds of private clients and program participants, and have taught workshops and group classes for companies such as Lululemon, Netflix, and The Foundation for Living Beauty. Degrees and Certifications: . BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase Dance Conservatory . ACE Certified Personal Trainer . OM Yoga Center 200 hr Registered Yoga Teacher . Advanced Certification in Thai Yoga Massage from the Traditional Thai Yoga Massage Center, additional certifications from David Lutt, the Sunshine Massage School in Chiang Mai, and private studies with Pichest Boonthume in Thailand . Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute . Certified Restore Your Core® Movement Teacher Additional trainings and continuing education courses, such as: . Yoga4Cancer Teacher Training with Tari Prinster . Moving Into, Through, and Beyond Trauma with Tom Myers . The Franklin Method® Pelvis Fascia Training with Eric Franklin . Kegels That Work and OT Elevate: Colorectal Conditions with Lindsay Vestal . Every Step You Take Anatomy Trains Dissection with Todd Garcia and Wojtek Cackowski . Multiple courses with Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews at The Breathing Project Learn more: https://www.bekindbodymind.com/ https://www.instagram.com/elysesparkes   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality  

  🔥 Performance Anxiety? Get the confidence of a master lover by listening to your body here on episode #135 of The Sensual Sessions Podcast with host Candia Raquel and guests Leah Piper & Dr Willow Brown, co-founders of the Sex Reimagined Podcast.   🔥 Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality   🔥 What You´ll Learn In This Episode [00:00:00] - Welcome to Sensual Sessions: Exploring Sensuality & Pleasure Introduction to the podcast’s themes—sensory awareness, self-expression, and embodied pleasure. [00:07:00] - Tantra & Daoist Sexual Embodiment Leah and Willow share insights on blending Tantra and Daoist sexology for deeper somatic experiences. [00:18:30] - Sex as a Path to Somatic Awareness & Self-Realization How sexuality enhances embodiment, fosters pleasure, and supports holistic well-being. [00:29:00] - Awakening Sensuality Through Somatic Practices Practical techniques for deepening pleasure by tuning into sensory experiences and bodily awareness. [00:38:00] - Living a Turned-On Life: Pleasure Beyond the Bedroom Bringing sensuality and embodiment into everyday activities for a richer, more engaged life. [00:46:30] - Reimagining Sex Through Embodied Practice Resources, retreats, and learning opportunities for expanding pleasure, sensual awareness, and somatic depth.   🔥 About Leah Piper Leah Piper, co-founder of the Sex Reimagined Podcast and founder of More Love Works, is an intimacy expert with multiple advanced certifications in Tantra Yoga, Positive Psychology, and Somatic Therapies. With over two decades of experience facilitating groups and supporting couples and individuals in her private practice, she's witnessed thousands of people heal from sexual trauma and awaken sleeping pleasures. And it all started with a little book on tantric sex that she stumbled upon 20+ years ago that completely transformed her life. As someone who had a rocky start to their own sexuality, Leah knows firsthand just how challenging relationships and sex can be. But through her journey with tantra, she learned to understand sexual healing and the profound power of intimacy, as a result she overcame her own sexual challenges, and now it’s her mission to help others do the same. Learn more: https://www.moreloveworks.com/ https://www.sexreimagined.com/   🔥 About Dr. Willow Brown Willow holds a doctorate Chinese Medicine. She blends ancient taoist philosophy with sexual and spiritual practices that ignite the souls true calling. She is devoted to the sexual healing of humanity and works to promote and open receptive pleasure pathways in each person she works with.As the pleasure pathways open you up on a cellular level, your experiences deep sensuality and love, you shift somatically. Clearing away all previous pretenses about who you are and who you should be so that you may become who you are. According to modern neurological studies being in peace, happiness and bliss is better for a long and happy life than any diet fad, exercise regime or supplements.These avenues to health and vitality can augment the inner peace and happiness that you will arrive at when you work with Dr. Willow. She works with her clients and patients on every level, physical, spiritual, emotional, and psychological. You will not find a more holistic approach to a long happy and healthy life. Learn more: https://drwillowbrown.com/ https://www.sexreimagined.com/   🔥 What´s next? Get FREE guide to awaken sensuality, special promotions and The Sensual Sessions podcast delivered on your inbox clicking here: https://www.candiaraquel.com/awaken-sensuality