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The way we experience emotions is intricate and often combines our bodies and minds together -- so what about the therapy for our emotions? Let's take a look at the history of bringing the somatic into thereaputic practices.

Sure, erotic trance states happen. But what are the pathways that Back to the Body retreats specifically take to get you there?

A woman speaks about her own experience with Back to the Body...

An Exploratory Paper By Back to the Body

Curious about the study featuring Back to the Body but not great at all that science-y language? We're here to break it down for you!

The study on sexological bodywork retreats for women, which used Back to the Body for its data, is finally published! So why does this matter so much and why should you care?

Have you ever felt stalled in your sex life? Like your libido has left the building? Well you're not alone. We all struggle at some point, but we get to choose how we handle that struggle.

Women have been carefully taught to suppress the notion of the "powerful erotic creature" --- but why is there this myth of being small to succeed? What do we risk when we give in to it? And what is possible on the other side?

Do you have touch worth having in your life? Do you know how you want to be touched? Have you been offered that? What could the magic of touch worth having unlock for you?

Want to change your mindset? Open yourself up to deep experiences? Well spoiler alert: it's not only psychotropics that can take you there.

Let's learn to "sip" erotic energy, practice a "catch & release" style of fishing, or to put it plainly: let's flirt!

Not a mind experience, or an emotional experience, or a spiritual experience. Yes, it can have aspects of all of those, but at its heart -- the erotic is in the body.

Trust me, the scenic route makes the journey even better.

You remember that old adage, right? Practice makes perfect? Or how our teachers used to tell us to practice learning through our homework? Well what if I told you that what really matters in our lives needs practice too...

You can't un-know love. But maybe that's actually the biggest blessing of them all.

What is it about women? Or rather: What is it that's so POWERFUL about women? Let's talk emotions, and sexuality, and change, and power.

If I accept the gift do I owe the giver? So many of us are frightened to receive because we are frightened of obligation.

Reflecting on the movement it feels like I'm in and leading.... What does looking back at more than 10 years show us about this work?

I have a confession to make.... I hope it won't shock you...

Erotic energy can be a game of solitaire. Sexual energy can be explored alone. But it can also be explored and amplified in a group, workshop, retreat or with a teacher.

Does it ever feel like "self love" is just one more job you're not living up to? This proclamation that we have to love ourselves totally before we can be loved? Or worse; if we are not deeply self loving that we're somehow broken? Well, screw that.

Our sexuality is a holistic experience that's unique in it’s expression from human to human. Sexuality is not geometry; it’s a living container. If we agree we don’t have sexuality “all figured out”, how do we support women to explore, feel safe, and heal?

How does our own self-perception, or self-consciousness, affect our sexiness?

We all dream of "happily ever after", but how do we keep things "passionately ever after"?

Reflections on sisterhood, and why women thrive when they surround themselves with other women in love and nurturing. Influenced just a tad by the current state of things in the world.

A story about "finding" our bodies again.

I'm not sure many little girls say they want to grow up to be the great celebrator of vulvas, but here we are!

Do we really need to "re-wild"? Or is the wild within us, just waiting for you to give her permission?

Are you truly heart-open with other women? Do you ever feel in competition with your lady friends? Let's talk about a hugely under-discussed hunger that women have....

I'm a woman of Love. I'm a victim of Love. I'm Love's champion. What about you?

This is about sex, but I will start with food. And it's about adding to the conversation, too, and finding the new and the expanded. So what's the first course?

Recent research findings of Dr. Betsy Crane and her research team featuring Back to the Body was presented at the June 2019 AASECT conference in Philadelphia. See what all the buzz is about.

Aka what to do when your partner wants more sex than you. Or tips to share if you're the one with higher desire!

A Cornell study highlights what the key to sustainable happiness is -- and it's easier than you might assume.

What if instead there's just something blocking the dam? Embracing our rivers and wetness.

Letting go of the easy band-aids and embracing the wisdom of arousal...

Learning to recognize historical trauma in the body, and find new paths forward.

How to create your own "sex rehab" and find pleasure again!

How Back to the Body changed this practitioner's life -- Court Vox shares a deeply personal reflection.

What somatic hands-on practices can be like -- revealing the possibilities, the offering, and how I found my prayer.

Why your greatest partner is yourself, and how self-partnering helps us break unhealthy dependent relationships in our life. (And protect us from future ones.)

Your sexuality will change during your life -- ebb and flow, shift and grow and recede, be easy or difficult -- but that doesn't ever mean its gone.

A pilgrimage is a rite of passage. There are few rites of passage for us to meet our erotic selves. For us to learn about our body and it's connection to our pleasure and our soul. So how do you begin such a pilgrimage?

Ever heard of expansion and contraction? Sure, athletes might be quite familiar, or maybe you've felt that way after a night out. But what about in your heart?

Why tapping into pleasure is not as simple as you would think, and how we hold generational influence in our bodies.

There is a lot of attention on older women seeking younger men. I think that men get better after 40. Here's why.

Your sexuality is a delicious journey and I have some ideas to support you on its road.

what is erotic immersion? what can its magic transform? join the whole back to the body™ team in this free webinar as we discuss the magic of erotic immersion and how we use it in our work!

Wise words from a friend lead to deep self-awareness. Also, why I'm a "Fucking Sensitive Flower" and love it.

Thank you for always considering my invitations. All of them are made from the deepest parts of me. They are never causal. They are always made with intention, love and the hope.