Pleasure Lab

It's time for Portals of Pleasure, Body Trust's annual deep-dive erotic residential retreat in New Mexico. Are you feeling the call this year? Find out more as Alex, Lizz, Zed, and Amy talk about the retreat, what to expect, how they are inspired by the work, and what their favorite Portals might be. Registration for the retreat is now open. This year's theme is "steadfastness" or what is steady and true in your body. Are you curious to learn more? Then head on over to bodytrustcircle.com/portals for more details. Portals of Pleasure is a 5-day erotic retreat for genderqueer folks and women folks, held July 24-28, 2019 at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit Patreon and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outr

Alex and Amy reflect on what they've learned from this experience of creating the Wonder Body coloring book, and specifically from the "4th chapter". Could it be that all these senses are really what intimacy is all about? Resources mentioned: Peter Levine's -  , In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us Plus here's your downloadable "4th Chapter" page to color along with us. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit Patreon and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.   Alex and Amy reflect on what they've learned from this experience of creating the Wonder Bod

In this episode of Season 3, Alex interviews Amy about her "hunting winter" adventure, and specifically about the sensory pleasures of light, pain, and temperature to be found in these colder climes. Resources mentioned: Rebecca Solnit's -  The Faraway Nearby Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us Plus here's your three downloadable pages pain, temperature, light for this episode, so you can color along with us. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit Patreon and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.  

Print out the coloring page for yourself and show us how it turns out. http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/Giveaway2ndCharka.pdf And don't forget there is a little audio outtake gift after the music at the end. Sometimes it's worth hanging around for. :) The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust. We're super excited about this as a tool to create even more intimacy and community. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Want to experiment with these on your own? Try going to a playground (feel free to take a kid or a dog as an escort). Or roll on a ball, jump in water, balance on one foot, or even do sun salutations. Print out the coloring page for yourself and show us how it turns out. And don't forget theirs a little audio outtake gift after the music at the end. Sometimes worth hanging around. :) Mentioned in this show: Beautiful video and sound of iceskating on black ice Dutch class that teaches the elderly how to tumble again I Love Hue app The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust. We're super excited about this as a tool to create even more intimacy and community. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Make sure to check our blog post for the accompanying photos. The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust. We're super excited about this as a tool to create even more intimacy and community The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust. We're super excited about this as a tool to create even more intimacy and community Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Share one of your colored "root" pages with us (download PDF). What do you see? We'd love to see through your eyes. :) The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust. We're super excited about this as a tool to create even more intimacy and community. You can get your own copy of the Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

In this episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex explore the sense of sight, one of the big 5. In a departure, they try and color the "sight" page while conversing about the sense (see if they can actually multi-task!). So you may find their conversation a bit more languid than normal as they try and choose colors and talk at the same time. Print out the page for yourself and join us at the coloring table. Sight, how it works, and how it creates pleasure. How is sight used to take in information about connection to others and our environment? Is the sense of sight a bully that dominates the other senses? When does our sight become habitual and at what cost? Share your colored "sight" pages with us (download here). What do you see? We'd love to see through your eyes. :) The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at www.patreon.com/bodytrust. Zed and Amy just came back from a Patreon conference and we're super excited about this as a tool

Season 3 of the Pleasure Lab podcast: The 3rd Chakra In this fourth full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the 3rd Chakra (the Solar Plexus). This is the potency center, where the question is "Can I be me?" yet the words and drawings that emerged are wacky. We can't wait to see how colorists bring this page to life (you can download it here). Amy and Alex deep dive into the back story and then connect this chakra to the "4th Chapter". This is the final section of the book that only emerged after the 2016 elections as we wrestled whether or not a coloring book was trivial in the face of all this tumult. We stake a claim to coloring as a pathway to embodiment which is the fundamental tool of empathy. And that's what we need. You can get your own copy of the Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us Plus here's your downloadable page for this episode, so you can color along with us.

In this third full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the sense of Taste. One of the big 5 sense, we often take this one for granted. But what is taste and what are the 5 types we can sense. Are you a super taster? Some experiments for you to try at home about taste and the pleasures of going slow and subtle. Resources mentioned: Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us Plus here's your downloadable page for this episode, so you can color along with us. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit Patreon and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.  

In this second full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the sense of Proprioception. How do you know where your body is in space, in relation to the ground, to your nose. They discuss the sense, some of the hidden gems behind the drawing, as well as some 'try this at home' exercises to help you feel into the erotic potential of the sense of proprioception. Resources mentioned: Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us Plus here's your downloadable page for this episode, so you can color along with us. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit Patreon and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Season 3 of the Pleasure Lab podcast: The origin story In this first full episode of Season 3, Amy and Alex talk about the Wonder Body coloring book. They explore how it came into being (hint: it's connected to mind-blowing sex, or not), what they learned, what were the surprise additions, and what got left on the cutting room floor. Resources mentioned: Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us Robert Lawrence and the Center for Sex & Culture in San Francisco The sensor map known as the Homunculus Plus here's your downloadable page for this episode, so you can color along with us. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit Patreon and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. xo, Amy & Alex Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-

While Season 1 was Zed and Amy in wacky conversation, and Season 2was interviews with leaders and innovators in the field of embodiment, Season 3will focus on Wonder Body: A Sophisticated Coloring Book for Curious Adults. Each episode will be a dive deep into one of the concept in the book: a sense, an energy, or a pleasure. We will link downloadable pages with each episode so you can color along as you listen. Not only will Amy and Alex describe what's in the book, but they'll also reveal the untold stories and surprises behind each spread of  poetic words and whimsical images. Won't you join us? Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit patreon.com/bodytrustand become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice(intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star

dr. liam “captain" snowdon - captain lives uninvited on the territory of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ peoples on Vancouver Island. Their background is in social justice, harm reduction, street outreach, sexological bodywork, performance art and poetry. Captain runs the Sex Positive Art and Recreation Centre in Victoria and co-teaches the Somatic Sex Educator Professional Training. They delight in teaching with the Institute for Sexual Education and Enlightenment, doing outreach for the Anti-Violence Project at the University of Victoria. Currently, captain uses the pronoun they/them, identifies as a genderqueer-queer radical faery-faggot witch, is in love with the ocean and facilitation for liberation, still loving it 30 years and counting. Somatic Sex Educator Professional Training - https://somaticsexeducator.com/ Institute for Sexual Education and Enlightenment - http://www.instituteforsexuality.com/ Anti-Violence Project at the University of Victoria - https://www.antiviolenceproject.org/ Captain recommends

Thanks to Joseph Kramer for spending time talking about his work! Here are a lot of places you can find more: Free Orgasmic Yoga Standing class New School of Erotic Touch Orgasmic Yoga Institute Joseph on Twitter Joseph recommends: The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being by Daniel Siegel King Kong Theory by by Virginie Despentes, translated by Stéphanie Benson Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust’s other work! Go visit patreon.com/bodytrust and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Jaiya is a somatic sexology expert, working with people in various forms for over twenty years. She has created a unique system for one's "erotic blueprint," which can help explain different needs, wants, and communications personally and interpersonally. She joins Zed for a conversation about her work and inspirations, and shares her most recommended resources. Thanks to Jaiya for being our guest! Find out even more about her and her work at ~jaiya.love~ Here are some of the resources that Jaiya mentioned: Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute; Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine; Body Mapping on Embody Pleasure; Rapid Transformational Therapy; The Relationship Skills Workbook by Julia B. Colwell Take the quiz to learn more about your personal Erotic Blueprint, Jaiya’s unique breakdown of systems of arousal at eroticblueprint.com Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And gi

Check out more of Sheri Winston's work at Intimate Arts Center, and pick up one of her books at your local independent bookstore (or, if you must, on Amazon: Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure & Succulent Sex Craft: Your Hands-On Guide to Erotic Play and Practice). Keep track of Sheri on Twitter and Facebook, too. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Thank you, Roz Dischiavo! Check out her work at the Institute of Sexuality and Enlightenment. Roz also mentioned TASHRA, The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance, and her research on fantasies is available directly from her, via info@instituteforsexuality.com Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Zed and Amy take note of December's Winter Solstice and describe why Body Trust is taking the month off. Our shortest podcast ever (00:02:12)! See you in January. :) Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Amy talks with writer, performer, and educator Jen Cross about her new book and how writing is an embodied practice available to all of us, not just to heal trauma but also to celebrate our passions. Find out more about Jen here: http://writingourselveswhole.org Jen's recently published book is Writing Ourselves Whole: Using the Power of Your Own Creativity to Recover and Heal from Sexual Trauma If you are in San Francisco, come to the book's launch party on December 5, 2017 in San Francisco (more info here) Other resources mentioned: Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma Pat Califia, Macho Sluts and other booksDorothy Alison, Bastard Out of Carolina and other booksPat Schneider, Amherst Writers & Artists methodClarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the WolvesLaura van Dernoot Lipsky, The Trauma Stewardship Institute Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes or Sticher. And give us