Lecture: Sex, Intimacy And The Spiritual Path
By Nando Raynolds
$3.00 - 20.00 Suggested donation, everyone welcome, no one turned away
Presentation Description:
Do you want great sex, meaningful emotional connection and alignment of all this with your spiritual path? Why not go for it all?! Come explore how the skills that allow us to truly be open with others, to predictably co-create great sex and to be open to and connected with our higher power are related. Learn how to use the three kinds of emotional intimacy to boost the quality of your sexual experience. Discover how honoring your preferences in sex and other aspects of relating can connect you more deeply to yourself, others and your higher power. This presentation will primarily be an experiential exploration. Come with your partner or alone ready to learn and grow and enjoy the evening.
There are three primary spheres of relationship in our lives: with ourselves, with others and with our higher power. Emotional intimacy and openness with yourself allows you to be open to lasting spiritual experience. When we are closed or defensive with ourselves or others, this undermines our connection with the moment. Correcting this and being open requires feeling safe - and this requires that we take our fears and defensiveness seriously and address them.
Sex is an active negotiation among the participants that vividly displays challenges we have with intimacy. Fears, defensiveness and boredom in sex are symptoms of this. Use the power of intimate foreplay to make your sex life electric and exciting. Come learn some fun processes to try together at home!
Many spiritual traditions do not factor the psychological foundation of developing emotional intimacy with oneself and others and the importance of fulfilling sex into their practices. As a consequence, it is common to meet people on the spiritual path who are critical of themselves and who have relationship challenges with others. And traditions that support or require celibacy are common. Spirituality for everyday humans must include our desires for emotional intimacy and great sex. As it turns out, by following these desires we can also move closer to our higher power and the present moment.
Presenter's Biography:
Nando Raynolds, M.A. is well known in the Rogue Valley, having worked here as a psychotherapist, life coach, and Tai Chi and Chi Kung instructor for the last 17 years. He specializes in helping people create more loving relationships with themselves (including their past), others, and their higher power. He has been sharing life and bed with the same woman for more than 20 years. Nando is known for his warmth and good humor. His presentations are fun, clear and transformative.
Contact: (541) 821-6623 e-mail: nando@mind.net
Website:
http://www.nando-r.com
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