men’s sex&sexuality
exploring our possibilities for pleasure
spring 2023 cohort
welcome to the kinhood men’s sex&sexuality course and cohort!
this page is the portal into everything you will need throughout our journey together.
from here you will access all course materials, links, and information.
everything you need to know
as you begin preparing for the journey
a place to connect with the cohort
to share learnings and experiences
readings, exercises and reflections
for the weeks leading up to our first session
session 1
leaning into the unknown
are you ready to meet your edges?
we will open up the course with an orientation and intro.
we will presence our intentions, dreams and longings for sexual and sensual growth.
we will invite in our discomforts, resistances and fears as we cultivate courage and permission.
welcoming ourselves in - embracing our fears and hopes
creating safety together - establishing group agreements and norms
feeling into the back body - finding ease and releasing the grasp
Passcode: jk9teb$X
accessible on Thursday, March 2
session 2
sexuality & sensuality
how do you access pleasure in your body?
we will begin to explore the ways that sexuality and sensuality shape our identity.
we will explore what sensuality means to us where we learned what we inhabit.
getting into our stories - where did we learn our relationships to sexuality?
feeling into the body - where does sexuality flow? where is it stuck?
accessing sensuality - how do we create pleasure for oursleves?
Passcode: 8!nCRZ5L
accessible on Thursday, March 9
session 3
anatomy of pleasure
do you know what your own body is capable of?
with guest educator Alex Voynow
this session will look at the physical anatomy of our bodies to better understand their abilities.
we will revisit the sex education that we received as youth.
relationship to orgasm - finding new ways to experience pleasure
reproductive function - understanding the purpose of the body’s parts
brilliantly unique - celebrating our individual bodies.
passcode: LD%605C=
accessible Thursday, March 16
session 4
whats held in the body
what stories do you hold in your body’s memory?
with guest educator Elias Serrasin this session we will work feel into the pelvis to learn what our bodies are holding
we will unearth, grieve, and process our relationship to sexual harmpractices for feeling our pelvic muscles and releasing what’s held
understanding how we give, receive, and share sexual energy
grappling with sexual harms experienced and perpetuated
passcode: ih8$UM4i
accessible Thursday, March 23
session 5
our hidden sexual selves
what parts of your sexual identity remain unseen?
with guest educator Amanda North
in this session we will explore queerness, gender, kink and taboo.
we will peel back layers of shame and reveal the desires beneath.
revealing and removing shame from our desires
exploring kink and sex as healing practices
working with sexual trauma and our relationships with pleasure
Passcode: ih8$UM4i
accessible Thursday, March 30
session 6
myth, imagination, and eros
who are you in your wildest fantasy?
with guest educator Day Schildkret
in this session we will explore the role of imagination and ritual in courting our erotic energy
we will play with the relationship between creating beauty and sexual energy
inhabiting our wild - how to connect with our erotic being
creating fantasy - how to bring imagination into sex
making beauty - the role of ritual in our sexual practice
Passcode: 8vC^5XnH
accessible Thursday, April 13
session 7
communication and consent
are you ready to ask for what you need and desire?
with guest educator Mira Viorst
in this session we will work with mapping needs, desires, and boundaries
we will explore ways to create more vulnerability with others and invite in deeper intimacy.
having your needs and desires met in relationship
speaking and receiving a clear yes & no
navigating monogamy, open relationship, and polyamory
password: 1ZF%.fMS
accessible Thursday, April 20
week 8
integration and accountability
how will you commit to a lifetime of opening and evolving?
in this session we will begin to integrate all that has been opened during our time together.
we will explore what it looks like to hold ourselves and each other in loving accountability towards our own individual growth.
cultivating gratitude for ourselves and our relationships
establishing a prayer - how do you want to grow from here?
exploring the questions left unanswered and the heart’s desires
Passcode: yB!6!V63
accessible Thursday, April 27