Resources to intrigue, nourish, inspire and support…

Somatics, Self-Help & Trauma Wisdom

Books:

  • Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure by Sheri Winston

  • Healers on the Edge: Somatic Sex Education edited by Cassie Moore, Caffyn Jesse and Mehdi Darvish Yahya

  • The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment by Dr. Jack Morin

  • Men’s Work: A Practical Guide to Face your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage and Find Freedom by Connor Beaton

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

  • The Science of the Sacred: Bridging Global Indigenous Medicine Systems and Modern Scientific Principles by Dr. Nicole Redvers

  • Mindsight: Transform Your Brain with the New Science of Kindness by Daniel Siegel

  • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

  • Rock the Boat: How to use Conflict to Heal and Deepen your Relationship by Resmaa Menakem

  • The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing and Social Justice by Staci Haines

  • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing by David A. Treleaven

  • The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner’s Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatmen by Alaine D. Duncan

Podcasts:

Social Media and Web:

  • Sex Positive Families- Strengthening sexual health and body awareness talks between parents and children through education, resources and supportive services.

  • Science and Non Duality Conference- scientists, philosophers, mystics and artists gather to explore and advance the new paradigm emerging in spirituality that is both grounded in cutting-edge science and consistent with the ancient wisdom of nonduality--the deep understanding of the interconnectedness of life

  • Generative Somatics- “to support social and climate justice movements in achieving their visions of a radically transformed society. We do this by bringing somatic transformation to movement leaders, organizations, and alliances.”

  • Ellen Heed- Scar Tissue Remediation, Education and Management, Embodied Autonomy

  • Institute of Somatic Sexology-For professional pathways to vital living, somatic learning & embodied pleasure.

  • Sea School Embodiment-leading edge, international trainings in the fields of  Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork .

  • Make Love Not Porn- The social sex video sharing platform that's improving sexual values and sexual behavior.

  • Pinky Promise- a co-created community of ethical hedonists who champion new ways to be sensual, playful and intimate.


  • Afrosexology—we are here: to discuss and discover Black sexuality, relationships, identity; to dismantle oppression; to claim our bodies as unique, progressive, and sexual beings; and, to be empowered and liberated!

Trainings:

  • The Sea School of Embodiment: leading edge, international trainings in the fields of embodiment, including the expressive arts, Foundations in Body Poem, Becoming a Body Poet Certification in Body Poem, the Wheel of Consent®, the UK certification in Somatic Sex Education and Sexological Bodywork

  • STREAM: Scar Tissue Remediation, Education and Management with Ellen Heed- to raise awareness of the impact of scar tissue on sexual and pelvic pain, to help people suffering from scar-tissue related problems, to educate practitioners who want to serve people with scar tissue who are experiencing birth-related, trauma-related, or surgery-related pain in their pelvis or pelvic floor. STREAM practices can restore correct organ alignment, sexual function and pelvic health. 

  • Association of Certified Sexological Bodyworkers: information on certifying bodies, training programs and additional training in related skills like Wheel of Consent.

Spiritual Ecology, Indigenous Wisdom & Decolonization

Books and Articles:

  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Medicine Woman by Lucy H Pearce

  • Ecosexuality: When Nature Inspires the Arts of Love edited by Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio and Lindsay Hagamen

  • Women who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD

  • Spell of the Sensuous by David Abrams

  • The Science of the Sacred: Bridging Global Indigenous Medicine Systems and Modern Scientific Principles by Dr. Nicole Redvers

  • Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine edited by Maria Papaspyrou, Chiara Baldini & David Luke

  • Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence by Leanne Simpson 

  • Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future edited by Melissa K. Nelson

  • “Introduction: Critical Relationality: Queer, Indigenous, and Multispecies Belonging Beyond Settler Sex & Nature,” article by Kim Tallbear and Angela Willey

  • "Making Love and Relations Beyond Settler Sex and Family" by Kim Tallbear  in Making Kin Not Population, ed. By Haraway, Donna J. and Adele Clarke

  • Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens

  • Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown

  • Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, and angel Kyodo Williams

  • Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings by Rob Brezsny

  • Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman

Podcasts:

Social Media and Web:

  • Science and Non Duality Conference- scientists, philosophers, mystics and artists gather to explore and advance the new paradigm emerging in spirituality that is both grounded in cutting-edge science and consistent with the ancient wisdom of nonduality--the deep understanding of the interconnectedness of life

  • Queer Nature- decolonially-informed queer futurism through nature-connection, ancestral skills & rites of passage for the LGBTQ2IA+ community.

  • Decolonizing Therapy with Dr. Jennifer Mullan-  the intersections of psychology, somatics, spirit work  and activism through politicized, therapeutic containment.

  • Queer Cosmos- astrology and comparative spirituality resource for queer identities and allies. 

  • Seeding Sovereignty- an Indigenous-led collective, works to radicalize and disrupt colonized spaces through land, body, and food sovereignty work, community building, and cultural preservation

  • Decolonizing Therapy with Dr. Jennifer Mullan-  the intersections of psychology, somatics, spirit work  and activism through politicized, therapeutic containment.

  • From Privilege to Progress- a national movement to desegregate the public conversation about race.

  • The Conscious Kid- Research and resources on parenting and education through a critical race lens

  • Soul Fire Farm- Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system.

  • Trainings:

  • Somatic Abolitionism: Embodied Anti-Racist Education with Resmaa Menakem

  • The Free Joy Experience: spiritual justice, creating programming, curating content, and holding space for community building around racial healing through ancestral accountability and expanding white consciousness and imagination

  • Embodied Transformation with rev. angel kyodo williams: a Zen priest (Sensei) and the second black woman recognized as a teacher in the Japanese Zen lineage, she is a social visionary that applies wisdom teachings and embodied practice to intractable social issues at the intersections where race, climate, and economic justice meet.

  • Yoni Shakti: a movement to “Eradicate abuse of women in yoga: reclaim yoga as a tool for planetary healing and justice”

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