Shaun Newman Podcast

Joseph Kramer founded two seminal institutions that have produced 1000s of somatic sex educators, sexological bodyworkers and sacred intimates all over the world, namely, The Body Electric School of Massage and Rebirthing, approved to train professionals in California in 1984, and the profession of Sexological Bodywork, approved as a profession by the State of California in 2003.  The curriculum for both institutes came to him during extended lucid heightened erotic states during which creativity and consciousness bypass the rational mind.  

Explore the journey of Craig's sacred erotic energy through The Body Electric movement, breaking through shame barriers and nurturing stored energy. Discover the transformative effects of integrating sensuality and self-love practices, evolving workshop programs, online experiments, and the relationship between porn consumption and emotional growth.

Dr. Laura Jurgens, a Somatica Practitioner, shares her journey of reclaiming pleasure and intimacy after childhood abuse. Topics include overcoming numbness, reclaiming boundaries, healing trauma, and exploring new patterns of connection and intimacy.

"When we touch someone, we touch their whole history, their deepest wounds, their secret identity, their healing powers, and their most profound capacities for joy.Sacred Intimacy is not rocket science, though it is neuroscience. We need to understand the neural learning zone, address the traumatic shaping we experience around the erotic, and create space for and welcome empowered choice and voice. We need to understand about attachment wounds, navigate power dynamics, and eschew relationship paradigms that inhibit loving connection. The lens of neurobiology helps us do this work in ways that are trauma aware, ethical and deeply grounded.  There is also a domain - specific knowledge we need, of sensual massage, genital anatomy, genital massage strokes, genital dearmouring, and the integration of science, sex and spirit."  From Caffyn Jesse's new site and new online course - a curation and culmination of their life's work and play.  

How can the wisdom and support of plant medicines aid in the healing of sexual trauma?  Today, we hear a first-hand account of how the Mother Plant Ayahuasca, psilocybin and cannabis can aid in the reclamation of one’s body, genital pleasure, and sexual wholeness with special guest, Salimeh Tabrizi, Psychedelics Integration Specialist/Educator/Advocate and Clinical Counselor. 

Ron & Pono Stewart are both certified Sexological Bodyworkers and Somatic Sex Educators who have focussed insights and experiences in tailor-designing individual and couples retreats for men/cock-owners.   We explore how some of the most common issues involving enjoying healthy erections and ejaculation choice are rooted from our developmental imprints where our connection and intimacy with our genitalia are formed, and how they each and together hold sacred space for men to embody, empower, and expand the capacity for sacred eros.

Olivia Naomi Bryant is the creator of Self-Cervix - a body of somatic education, research and call to revolution for reclaiming and developing a love affair with this often overlooked and medially mistreated part of the sexual and reproductive anatomy.   Studies show that 60% of orgasms by vulva-owners are experienced via the clitoris, 30% intra-vaginally, whilst only 10 % are experienced via the Cervix - despite the cervix being innervated by 3 sets of paired nerves (Vagus, Hypogastric, Pelvic) - the most of any part of the reproductive anatomy.  We explore reasons for why this is and how to sensitize and reclaim the pleasures and orgasmic capacity of the Cervix.   

Explore integrating shadow aspects of sexuality with Light/Dark Institute, emphasizing personal growth, empowerment, and deeper connections in relationships. Delve into the transformative power of embracing darkness, creating safe spaces for exploring primal tendencies, and achieving liberation through dark awakening.

How can we better attune to and listen for the guidance of the body’s pleasure for its own healing?  Listening for the answers to this question with his heart, intuition, and hands, combined with his deep understanding of how to restore healthy fascial lines, anatomical structures within the body, and hold a safe space for trauma resolution, Martin Beaudoin shares how he’s cultivated unique and effective practices for his clients and trainings including the little known, yet very potent erogenous area called the K-spot, and a most effective pelvic bowl tension release practice - Thiele stripping.  

Andre Lazarus is a Somatica Sex & Intimacy Coach, a Sexual Surrogate, and Sacred Intimate.  He shares the distinctions in -  scope of practice, boundaries, and common sexual issues resolved - that he facilitates in each of these roles.  It’s a unique soul that’s drawn to hold space for any one of these sexual healing modalities.  And an extraordinary life’s purpose to develop a realm of expertise in all three.