When I use the term self pleasure I am not referring to masturbation. Masturbation insinuates a goal of orgasm and touching the genitals. ⠀Self Pleasure is tuning into sensation in the body, communicating with it through touch, breath, movement and sound. ⠀It is the modality of connecting to our aliveness. ⠀Self pleasure can be done with all your clothes on, it can be as simple as tracing your fingertips over your hands. ⠀We refer to it as self pleasure because what happens when we connect and relate to sensation without attaching a story is, pleasure arises. ⠀Beneath all the sensations is a current of erotic energy, your pleasure and bliss. ⠀When we are in a state of pleasure, life flows easefully. Being in the frequency of pleasure means our nervous system upgrades, we are less reactive and less permeable to stress.⠀This kind of guidance that comes through will be dependent on where you’re at, what you’re hoping to get out of the session and what your intention is. ⠀Being witnessed in a self pleasure practise is powerful, healing and enlivening because our Feminine (emotions, intuition, movement, creativity, sensuality and even primal energy) is given the space and permission to be fully expressed, as the witness holds the pillar of the masculine (consciousness, containment, presence, space holding). The witness is the anchor. And we are able to fully let go with the knowing that the anchor will bring us back.
