Archive for May, 2009

What’s Up?

Posted on May 29, 2009. Filed under: LGBT, Sex, Spirituality | Tags: , , , , , |

I’ve recently updated the calendar page on my website.  It includes a couple of events in New York City, the first weekend of June:

SOMA, a nude evening of yoga, dance and meditation on Friday, June 5
Seed Saving: True Food Security with Ken Greene on Sunday, June 7

Both of these events are, for me, a part [...]

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How I Work with the Chakras

Posted on May 25, 2009. Filed under: LGBT, Sex, Spirituality | Tags: , , , |

When asked about my workshops in chakra energy, I begin by explaining that chakras, for me, are a way of thinking about energies, emotions and abilities being localized in different parts of the body. Common language bears this out. We say, “I have a gut feeling”; “I have a lump in my [...]

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The Dance Between Power and Intimacy

Posted on May 18, 2009. Filed under: LGBT, Sex, Spirituality | Tags: , , , , , , , |

For twenty years, I’ve been writing about erotic spirituality; and I’ve facilitated workshops and retreats that combine non-erotic and erotic touch with meditation, movement, and other techniques of spiritual awakening. The following is based on my experience.
There is a strong part of every person’s psyche that thinks of itself as separate.  Einstein called this “the [...]

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Folleterre and the Serenity Prayer

Posted on May 11, 2009. Filed under: LGBT, Spirituality | Tags: , , , , |

Last August I posted an article that quoted Niebuhr’s Serenity Prayer. This prayer begins, “God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.”  My trip to Folleterre tested my ability to accept what I cannot change.
Whenever I visit a radical faerie sanctuary, there’s always some tasks that would be simple at [...]

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