Sex Is Medicine REBOOT

Join Devi and Dr. Chris Erickson as they share the intimate secrets of how they cultivate and maintain a tantric relationship.Find out:What makes a relationship Tantric?What does sexual tantra practice involve?What does non-sexual tantric practice involve?Do you have sex with other people?Does Tantra include kink?How do you deal with triggers?Why relationships keep getting better!Tantric RelationshipsDEVI WARD & DR. CHRIS ERICKSONDevi Ward Erickson is the Creator of the Authentic Tantra ® Modality and Founder of IATE. She is an author and Host of Sex is Medicine with Devi Ward Podcast on iTunes and tunein.com. She has been featured as a Tantra and Female Sexuality Expert in countless articles and over 30 different radio and television networks worldwide including Playboy Radio, Men’s Health Magazine, CBS, NBC, Rogers TV and the movie Sexology with Gabrielle Anwar and Catherine Oxenberg.Dr. Chris Erickson is the Senior Educational Administrator & Director for The Institute of Authentic Tantra Education. Dr. Erickson is an accomplished Vajrayana Tantra practitioner, and one of the most advanced male Tantric practitioners in North America. He is deeply interested in weaving his academic understanding of society with his wisdom as a Tantric practitioner. Dr. Erickson specializes in teaching Tibetan Buddhist Meditation theory and practice, cultivating mindful presence through pleasure, and mastering the art of semen retention. He holds a BA (University of British Columbia; International Relations, Philosophy), MA (Bond University; Philosophy), Ph.D (University of Massachusetts Amherst; Political Science; Director and Senior Educational Administrator of IATE (and Muse to Devi Ward Erickson).Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

Join Devi Ward Tantra and Holistic Educator Julie Archambault and learn how to “sex up your life” in this fascinating and revealing portrait of sex.Everyone is dealing with something —and that something has a lot to teach you about yourself. Sex Up Your Life offers a unique Continuum of Connection for Sex— brought to life by collected stories of struggle and triumph— to guide you from destructive disconnect to blissful sexual connection, and offer you a whole new possibility for sex in your life.Find out:What the Sex Continuum isIntegration and fragmenting sexThe layers to our wholenessWhat we decide to engage in our sexual relationshipsPLUS! Learn about Julie’s upcoming book and the Sex Up Your Life Soiree!Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

In this episode we will discuss how to use Shamanism to cultivate sexual healing which includes the use of ritual and ceremony during sexual experiences, why its so important to unite sex and spirit, and how non-monogamous sex can be spiritual and healing.Find out:How to use plant medicine during sexual experiences Working with the elements and why its important for healingHow to prepare for a shamanic journeyHow to choose a Shaman/ sexual healer.Charging or programming objects with sexual energyHealing sexual trauma with pleasure and Shamanic workJHOSELYN THOMAS | CERTIFIED TANTRA PRACTITIONERJhoselyn Thomas is a Licensed Registered Nurse with over 16 years of experience, a Sacred Sexuality Guide, Sexual health advocate and Certified Tantra Practitioner. A Shaman training with the indigenous Shuar culture of her native country of Ecuador; a plant medicine retreat facilitator, and intuitive healer. She has worked with clients of all ages, genders and backgrounds in both Spanish (her native tongue), and English. Sharing her medical and holistic knowledge about health, healing and emotional balancing life. Working with knowledge passed down from her South American Indigenous lineage, as well as her western training.When Jhoselyn is not living her path as a healer, she spends her life as a nurturing parent to 2 wonderful girls, a wife to her amazing husband and girlfriend to her lovers in a polyamorous union of 18 years. She also enjoys traveling, teaching, and growing her own edible garden and cooking healing meals for her loved ones.Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

Learn to understand how sex work is a caring, female dominated profession and a healing art. In this episode of Sex as Medicine we will discuss the misconceptions and stigma around the trade and how this impacts sex work law and workplace safety. Plus the different ways that governments and lawmakers put ideology over human life with respect to ‘moral’ issues like sex work and drug use; for example, a commonly-quoted statistic that ‘the average age of entry into the sex trade is 14 years old’ was taken from a study about MINORS in the street-based sex trade.Find out:The difference between decriminalization, legalization, full and asymmetrical criminalization. SESTA/FOSTA and censorship and how these laws violate everyone’s right to sexual expression, and put sex worker’s lives and livelihoods at risk.How sex trafficking is conflated with sex work, and other ways that statistics are intentionally misleading.The ways that anti-sex-work feminists erase the agency of sex workers, and how they creepily intersect with the ideology of the religious right.Examples of sex workers as healers and why our work is valuable.How sex worker’s right intersect with the rights of other marginalized people who are overrepresented in the sex trade, and how you really can’t support the rights of economically marginalized people without supporting sex worker’s rights.The old matriarchal religion of ancient Babylon, where the high priestesses were also known to provide sexual services, which were seen as sacred, in the temples. The biblical Whore of Babylon refers to the goddess Inanna, who I like to think of as a patron of sex workers.The ways that we, as a culture, can treat sex workers better, and how that shift in our consciousness can help us learn to treat our environment better as well.Join us live @7pm on CTR Network!tantra podcast - sex work as a healing artCARMEN SHAKTI | SEX WORKER & ACTIVISTCarmen Shakti is a writer, visual and performance artist, sex worker and activist. In 2016, she co-wrote and starred in The Hooker Monologues, a theatrical production featuring the stories of sex workers and their allies. She sits on the Board of Directors of PACE Society, a sex worker’s support service organization and drop-in centre in Vancouver.She holds certification in the healing modality of Authentic Tantra at the Institute of Authentic Tantra Education, and she weaves those healing arts into her sessions. She wrote a chapter about her journey of healing with Tantra for Joe Vitale’s Amazon bestseller The Abundance Factor. She has a long history of activism, including working on the SlutWalk organizing team, meeting with Canadian senators to talk about sex workers rights and the need to decriminalize sex work transactions between consenting adults. She is a guest lecturer in Women’s Studies at Langara College. She lives and works in the Greater Vancouver area.Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

What is the impact of hormonal contraceptives on female libido and sexual function?Learn to understand the impact that hormonal contraceptives have on your overall health and sexual function while discovering the incredible connection between your menstrual cycle and your overall health.Find out:Why we should consider the menstrual cycle a vital sign of overall health?How do hormonal contraceptives impact libido?What does the research say about this link?What is the connection between hormonal contraceptives and painful sex?What impact do hormonal contraceptives affect your ladyparts? (i.e. clitoral shrinkage and thinning of the vaginal introitus)Impact of hormonal contraceptives on partner attraction and the possible implications of thisThank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

The stigmatization of abortion fosters feelings of guilt and shame from many womb owner’s. These feelings of guilt and shame can impede our ability to fully heal from and release the experience of abortion, and can foster illness later in life.And yet, as womb owner’s, it is OUR choice, and only OUR individual choice, about whether or not it is in our highest good to bring forth another being into this world.In a time when our reproductive rights are quite literally under attack, it is our time as womb owner’s to take our voice back. This means freeing ourselves from ANY guilt, shame, or blame associated with the choices we have made concerning our reproductive health.Shamanistic practices can help release the conscious and unconscious emotions we may still be harboring about abortion, and free us from the burden of culturally imposed guilt and shame.Find out:What is a shamanistic abortion healing ritual?Where did this practice come from? Who would be best served by having this work?The health impact of unreleased guiltWhat carrying heavy burdens can do to your sexual and reproductive healthHow you can free yourself from the burden of culturally imposed shame.Join us live @7pm on CTR Network!ELENA SALAZAR | SHAMANIC HEALERElena Salazar has been in the healing arts for over 22 years. For the past 13 years, she has traveled to Peru to apprentice with the indigenous shamans and learn the ways of plant medicine. Elena’s passion is to heal the wounds that bind us and help her clients know that within us all, is pure love and light. In 2015, Elena was granted permission by a Peruvian Shaman to bring a womb healing ritual to the United States. This ceremony offers women who have experienced the loss of an unborn child the time and space to fully heal.Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

According to Vox Magazine – “In 2015, health officials in Rhode Island released data showing a dramatic spike in cases of syphilis (79 percent), gonorrhea (30 percent), and HIV (33 percent) in the previous year. The uptick, they said, wasn’t an outlier — it was part of a national trend. According to a September report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 2 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported in the United States in 2016 — the highest cumulative number ever recorded.”The biggest culprit for this huge spike in STI’s? Online dating apps, which some say foster a culture of casual sex that could be linked to the dramatic rise in STD’s by enabling users to meet people and hook up more efficiently than ever before.Many health experts see online dating as the new frontier for STD prevention — but major sites don’t want to make changes.Incomes Swagger Scan! A revolutionary new way of dating that is designed to help users prevent the spread of STI’s by REQUIRING testing and full disclosure for all members.Find out:The most important thing to learn about someone when getting to know themHow SwaggerScan is changing the online dating world Diseases that are NOT STD’sThere’s a smarter option for online dating that addresses your biggest dating fearsDIA HICKS | SWAGGER SCANFive years ago my dream was to create a safer alternative to online dating and to give people a reason to get tested. After three years of building and branding, I’ve created what medical professionals have confirmed as “a powerful online tool” for users of similar values to meet and have the freedom to discuss awareness & safety. After three hard years of growing a movement, SwaggerScan will soon be launching and that dream will be realized. I encourage you to pursue your dreams, and hope you are compelled to help me follow mine.Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

Learn more about what a conscious relationship looks like and how you can create a sacred connection between you and your partner.In this episode of Sex Is Medicine, Devi speaks with Transformational Coaches, Judith Ansara and Robert Gass about creating a conscious relationship, sacred sexuality and much more.Tune in to find out:-What “Sharing the Path” means-What does it mean to have a conscious relationship?-What are some of the practices of a conscious relationship?-How do you relate from that place; authenticity, self-responsibility, empathy, appropriate boundaries, sacred sexuality, deep listening and effective problem solving?– Is there an intersection between “sacred relating” and social justice?JUDITH ANSARA & ROBERT GASS | SACRED UNIONJudith Ansara MSW and Robert Gass EdD are internationally known teachers synthesizing rich backgrounds in spirituality, psychology, social action and the arts. For over 40 years, they have shared their work on relationships, spirituality and the art of living at centers such as Omega, Hollyhock and Esalen, and conferences throughout North America. Robert and Judith have also offered executive coaching and organizational transformation to institutions ranging from Chase Bank and The GAP to the Sierra Club, NAACP, Greenpeace, MoveOn.org the U.S. Senate, and the Obama White House.Judith is a gifted movement artist, and weaves into her teaching a focus on embodied presence and feminine leadership. She also provides transformational coaching via video and phone and personal retreats.Robert, a highly-regarded musician, has produced 15 CDs of sacred chant with his vocal ensemble On Wings of Song, including the best-selling Om Namaha Shivaya, which paved the road for the revival of sacred chant in the West. They love to combine their gifts in music, movement and ritual to bring groups of people together in joyful communion.Their teachings on Sacred Relationship bring a depth a compassion and insight and effective practice, forged in the living laboratory of their 50-year marriage. and their work with thousands of students.Throughout the varied forms of their work, Judith and Robert embody the teachings of love, compassion, respect, joy, and a sacred connection to all of life.Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

Learn to understand and dispel the myths around Trans Sex Workers and their need for advocacy!Have you ever wondered why it is illegal to pay someone to give you an orgasm? Does it make sense for the government to dictate the framework in which two consenting adults are allowed to experience sexual pleasure?Sex work is a Taboo topic, yet not discussing it allows for the perpetuation of many misconceptions and falsehoods about what it means to be a consensual and empowered Sex Worker.Sex workers and Trans people are some of the most vilified and therefore vulnerable people in our society. So what would it look like for society to be supportive instead?In this episode of Sex Is Medicine, Devi speaks with Trans Right Activist, Corey Keith, about the oppression of sex workers and Trans folks and what we can do as individuals, and as a society, to flip that script.Tune in to learn more about:-How society oppresses sex workers and Trans folks-Perceptions around exchanging sex for money-The intersection of Trans Sex Workers-Why Trans folks enter the sex trade-Dispelling the myths-Present Oppressive laws-Need for advocacy-Ancient societies – Sex Workers were seen as Sacred/ Healers/ PriestessesCOREY KEITH | SPECTRA CONSULTINGCorey Keith uses the pronouns per and pers. Per provides passion, experience and knowledge through peer counselling, consulting, and workshops in the areas of sexuality and gender since 2006. Integrating Western and Eastern wisdom to enhance already existing practices to further create a sense of Radical Self Love, Authenticity, Spiritual Connection and Sacred Relationships. Per taught in the Bachelors of Social Work program, Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression, in 2013 and 2015. In 2009, Corey received a Bachelors of Aboriginal Social Work from NVIT, a diploma in Professional Counseling in 2011 from Rhodes Wellness College and then in 2016, a Masters of Education from Thompson Rivers University.In addition to this work and education, Corey has also been a proud Sex Worker off and on for the last 15 years. Per presently resides in Victoria BC, continuing the work of Counselling, education and advocacy.Connect with Corey!Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina

What does it mean to have a “good death”? Is there a way to ensure that our end of life transition is peaceful? How can we support those friends and family who are in the end stages of life? "What makes a “good death”?*What you can do to ensure the people you love are supported through their end of life process*What does the “end of life process” look like and what is needed for support*Busting the “Hospice Myth” *Books and resources to support you and your loved ones*Specific Tantric practices to support you and your loved one leading up to and through the death process.Thank you for listening to Sex Is Medicine! We appreciate YOU! :-)Please make sure you LIKE + SUBSCRIBE to Sex Is Medicine REBOOT! And please leave us a comment... we love to hear your thoughts!Do you have a question you want answered on air? We are delighted to answer!Send your questions to Questions@holisticsexologyinstitute.comLearn more about our work at HolisticSexologyInstitute.comFind out more about our government-accredited Holistic Sexology Certification Program. See you next week!With Love,Devi and Alaina