The Founder of Sexological Bodywork: Joseph Kramer on Touch, Arousal & the Body Electric

What if touch could change your consciousness?

What if sexual arousal wasn’t something to rush through… but a doorway into clarity, creativity, and deep embodiment?

In this landmark conversation, Rahi Chun sits down with Joseph Kramer — founder of the Body Electric School and architect of the profession of Sexological Bodywork — whose teachings have trained thousands of somatic sex educators and erotic healers around the world.

Often called the grandfather of modern somatic sexuality, Joseph has spent over four decades exploring one radical idea:

That sustained, conscious touch can awaken the “Body Electric” — a state of aliveness, presence, and expanded awareness.

From his early years as a Jesuit seminarian forbidden to touch…
to founding the Body Electric during the AIDS crisis…
to developing erotic massage, breathwork, and non-ejaculatory arousal practices…

Joseph shares how sexual energy became not just pleasure — but a path to embodiment, healing, and insight.

Inside this episode:

• The origin story of the Body Electric School
 • How Sexological Bodywork became a recognized profession
 • Touch as communication and consciousness
 • Why chasing orgasm limits erotic potential
 • The power of sustained (non-ejaculatory) arousal
 • Breathwork and sexual energy circulation
 • Erotic massage as meditation
 • “Erotic massage dancing” and active embodiment
 • Porn, presence, and reclaiming attention
 • Sexual rituals for staying embodied in a digital world

This is both a masterclass and a transmission — a rare chance to hear directly from one of the pioneers who shaped the field of somatic sex education.

If you’ve ever felt called to explore the deeper intelligence of the body, this episode is essential listening.

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https://www.orgasmicyoga.com/
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