Often quiet, easily overlooked, and markedly undertreated, sexual shame is something many women navigate in darkness and alone. The fact is, sexual shame is common. It can stem from a range of experiences – both direct and indirect – and manifest in a variety of ways. At its core, however, is the firmly-held belief that our bodies aren’t safe spaces to inhabit, let alone enjoy. This dampens intimacy, constricts self-expression, and has the power to diminish the identities of

My story of awakening my ancestral wisdom and practices If you’re just learning about me, my name is Nuria. It is my given name and it means un-manifested divine light*. My ancestors come from dark forests, cold lakes and snowy lands. I am a practitioner of the old ways: Living in connection with nature, celebrating sexuality, and relating to all seen and unseen beings. While I can now own the titles of healer, mentor, initiator, witch, teacher and eternal student, it took de

I tried so many approaches to heal my sexual trauma and problems with intimacy and pleasure: EMDR, years of psychoanalysis, energy healing..

How somatic-based coaching resolves those chronic issues, for good. Somatic-based coaching is not talk therapy, nor is it yoga/meditation. The word "Somatic" comes from the Greek word Soma, which loosely means the body's wisdom or body consciousness. While it might seem like a buzzword these days, this modern therapeutic modality has ancient roots. The first step to understanding somatic-based coaching is learning, contrary to centuries of mind/body dualism, that the body an

The key somatic practice to regulate your nervous system so you can expand. With clients lately, we have been working on cultivating internal safety through nervous system regulation. Internal safety is, in my experience, the most critical part of our healing journey. When we feel internally safe (not externally because lions, diseases, racism, etc) we judge, criticize, react, blame and shame less. Feeling safe is the foundation of lasting growth. If you think about it, a lot

In my teens and early twenties, I lived a life of restriction. Battling anorexia, my days consisted of obsessing over how little I ate...

Recently, on my office floor (where I do all my best work ), I cried in celebration. There was no crisis. Everything was beautiful....

Try this celebratory way to create lasting habit change Have you considered that there could be a delightful way to create sustainable habit change and meet big goals without gross ideas of restriction, discipline, carrot/stick motivation, and willpower? I hadn't. Frankly, I was done with all mainstream habit change ideas - they smacked of patriarchal dogma. That is until my teacher introduced me to Celebration and Shine and the work of Stanford's BJ Fogg (an expert on behav