Workshops
Daily Pleasure Practice for Healing Unwanted Patterns & Wounds
Daily prompts, practices, meditations and teachings to re-inspire your inner zestful, spontaneous, joyous, loving self. 49 assorted practices designed to engage your sense of curiosity, playfulness and presence.
Self-directed learning: Move through the practices as you wish, at your own pace, for as little or long as you like. You’ll have access to the library of prompts and practices for a lifetime so if you miss a day, or you love something, you can always come back to it. You can do as much or as little as you like.
Nervous System Support: Orient to pleasure in a way that doesn’t involve pushing past your own boundaries or enduring patterns you want to transform. This course utilizes the tools of polyvagal theory and the science of neuroplasticity to help you if you notice if/when you get stuck in freeze or dissociation, and to help you notice and pause if you’re in fight, flight or fawn.
Daily practice is known to affect deep change. Even when done imperfectly, simply by turning your attention towards a practice, or in this case, towards a pleasure practice, it will grow. Devoting yourself to pleasure each day, even for just 10 - 20 minutes will enhance it. In fact, just noticing and savoring pleasure for 10 seconds at a time will allow new neuro pathways for more pleasure to strengthen.
Explore pleasure and the erotic as a way to deepen into your own “yes”, “no” and “maybe”, both inside and outside “the bedroom”. In this offering you will develop your inner compassionate witness while engaging in mindful exploration of your own erotic intelligence. The practices will offer a vast range of experiences to deepen your erotic presence, your capacity for feeling, receiving and giving pleasure.
Consider it a playground for your erotic curiosity. How, where, when, and with what do you want to play?
This program offers guided daily ritual in self-pleasure that goes way beyond your genitals, or deep inside them, however you prefer. Practices that help spark life in even the most mundane of moments. An opportunity to practice your aliveness, feeling your wild body, your vibrating body, your slow and tender body - feeling all that life has to offer! All of you will be welcomed and celebrated in this container.
The Down & Dirty Deets
Suggested Time Commitment:
10-20 minutes a day (or more) for as many days as you’d like.
This offering is designed as a daily practice, though it’s not another opportunity to punish yourself or force yourself to do something. If you practice once, that’s great. You will learn something about yourself no matter how many days you engage in the practice. You will gain insight into your own pleasure preferences, or your blocks to experiencing them, even by choosing to invest in this offering.
Bonus: Live Booster Calls
Live calls for support, integration, and tool building will be offered sporadically over time. You’ll have indefinite access to these.
Online Platforms
We will be using Zoom for all live calls and Teachable for all of the prompts, music, meditations, and other teachings.
FAQ
Do I need to participate in the live calls/groups?
Nope! Those are there if you want them, when you want them. You can come to some or all. You can show up with your camera off or engage fully.
Is this offering for all genders?
Yes! I tried my best to use gender inclusive/expansive language and anatomy (please feel free to let me know if I slipped somewhere). All welcome!
What format are the practices offered in?
Most of the practices are written, some with photo illustrations, others are sound based, and a few are audio only. There are some music suggestions linked through Spotify playlists.
I’m not sure this is for me, how do I know if I will benefit from this course?
Great question! I invite you to pause for a moment, maybe take a deep breath or a little wiggle and ask yourself: “Am I ready for the challenges and joys of exploring intimacy with myself right now?” And see how your body/mind/heart/spirit respond. “Maybe” is a solid answer and might mean not right now. This course will be here for the foreseeable future, so no rush. If you are a “yes!” that’s great, come on in! And if you are a “no!” that’s also great! I honor your choice not to.
Can I get a refund if I don’t like it?
I will honor partial (50%) refunds within 24 hours of purchase if you decide its not a good fit. But after that, its yours to keep. I have to sustain myself as a small business and cannot afford to handle the administrative labor and costs of refunds beyond the 24 hour period. I hope you can understand that.
Investment & Payment Options
100 - SUPPORTED ACCESS
For those with currently limited financial resources who will benefit from access supplemented by the community.
150 - FAIR ACCESS
For those with sufficient financial resources and who can pay fair value for the experience.
200 - REBALANCING ACCESS
For those with more than enough financial resources and a desire to support access for others to help rebalance systemic inequity.
*Financial scale borrowed from the Embody Lab
Please be in touch if you’d like to arrange for a different payment option or a payment plan. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Please sign up below by “adding to cart” & then proceed to ‘cart’ in upper right hand corner of your screen to check out.
An email with further information will come from me: Lahind@gmail.com
A ritual workshop to connect you to your most intimate parts
Genital Mapping is a practice of non-sexual, non-medicalized touch that can help you to become aware of numb or painful areas, pleasure spots and sensitive bits, as well as help cultivate a more harmonious relationship with your genitals, inside and out. It is a way to connect DEEPLY with your most intimate parts.
Genital mapping is a s-l-o-w-e-d down way of touching and deep listening. It can be profoundly healing to touch yourself in ways that aren’t necessarily for arousal or for medical reasons. It can be illuminating to access parts of you that are rarely touched.
The workshop will take place over 3 intentionally spaced apart calls where you have time to integrate and then time to come back and notice places you have gained more awareness and/or more pleasure.
The ritual workshop will include:
2 hours each class of nervous system regulated guided self-touch (off screen)
Basic pelvic & genital anatomy: Anatomy -> Awareness -> Arousal
Teachings on nervous system activation & regulation
Time to savour & option to share & be witnessed in group space
Recordings to follow along after as many times as you want.
The Down & Dirty Deets
2 hours on Zoom Three times:
Monday July 17th 7-9p central time
Monday Aug 7th 7-9p central time
Monday Aug 28th 7-9p central time
FAQ
Will I have to show my genitals? Absolutely not! There will be no on-screen genital showing and even though we will each be touching ourselves, there will be no live genitals shown or invited to be seen. This practice is for you! You may be invited to look in a mirror at your own genitals but never asked to show them.
I identify as Trans or Gender Non-Conforming, can I still come? Absolutely yes! I give space to name your gennies whatever you want to, and while I am sharing about the anatomy of a vulva, or someone with a front hole, all genitals are pretty much homologous (meaning they have the same structure). I will do my best to make the space accessible and trans-inclusive.
Will this be recorded? Yes, the recording will be available to you after each class.
Do I have to attend all 3 classes? No, you do not have to be but my recommendation is that this is a practice that builds and you will benefit from doing it more than once.
I have sexual trauma, will this be triggering? I can’t say it won’t trigger something but with the nervous system regulating tools I have built in, and because you are touching yourself and can stop anytime, this practice is relatively safe. You might notice an edge: maybe you disassociate or your attention wanders or big feelings come up - all of that will be welcomed and is important to notice. I will give cues to notice these things and ways to come out if you feel overwhelmed.
I have chronic pain in my genitals, will this help? Very possibly yes! This is a great practice to notice where you hold pain and tension and even where you might not. I will invite cues to notice pain and how to
Investment & Payment Options
88 - SUPPORTED ACCESS
For those with currently limited financial resources who will benefit from access supplemented by the community.
128 - FAIR ACCESS
For those with sufficient financial resources and who can pay fair value for the experience.
188 - REBALANCING ACCESS
For those with more than enough financial resources and a desire to support access for others to help rebalance systemic inequity.
*Financial scale borrowed from the Embody Lab
Please be in touch if you’d like to arrange for a different payment option or a payment plan. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Please sign up below by “adding to cart” & then proceed to ‘cart’ in upper right hand corner of your screen to check out.
An email with further information will come from me: Lahind@gmail.com
A Devotional Pleasure Practice for Healing Unwanted Patterns & Wounds
Daily prompts, practices, meditations and teachings to reinspire your inner zestful, spontaneous, joyous, loving self. 49 assorted practices designed to engage your sense of curiosity, playfulness and presence.
Weekly live calls with facilitated somatic practices, tools, group support, and & integration.
Self-directed learning: Move through the practices as you wish, at your own pace, for as little or long as you like. You’ll have access to the library of prompts and practices for a lifetime so if you miss a day, or you love something, you can always come back to it.
Gentle Support: Option to have link up with a ‘pleasure buddy’ for the duration of the course to help keep you accountable, engaged, and inspired.
Nervous System Support: Orient to pleasure in a way that doesn’t involve pushing past your own boundaries or enduring patterns you want to transform. This course utilizes the tools of polyvagal theory and the science of neuroplasticity to help you if you notice if/when you get stuck in freeze or dissociation, and to help you notice and pause if you’re in fight, flight or fawn.
Daily practice is known to affect deep change. Even done imperfectly, simply by turning your attention towards a practice, or in this case, towards a pleasure practice, will grow it. Devoting yourself to pleasure each day, even for just 10 - 20 minutes will enhance it. In fact, just noticing and savoring pleasure for 10 seconds at a time will allow neuro pathways for more pleasure to strengthen.
Explore pleasure and the erotic as a way to deepen into your own “yes”, “no” and “maybe”, both inside and outside “the bedroom”. In this offering you will develop your inner compassionate witness while engaging in mindful exploration of your own erotic intelligence. The practices will offer a vast range of experiences to deepen your erotic presence, your capacity for feeling, receiving and giving pleasure.
Consider this a playground for your erotic curiosity.
A guided daily ritual in self-pleasure that goes way beyond your genitals, or deep inside them, however you prefer. Practices that help spark life in even the most mundane of moments. An opportunity to practice your aliveness, feeling your wild body, your vibrating body, your slow and tender body - feeling all that life has to offer! All will be welcomed and celebrated in this container.
This course follows the calendar of The Omer, a time in Jewish spiritual practice where we say a blessing each day as a time of fertile change, and as a way to prepare ourselves to receive the word of G-d. Even if you are not religious, or Jewish, this spring moon cycle practice is one you can tap into to amplify your deepest desires and grow into receiving more of what you want in your life.
The Down & Dirty Deets
Suggested Time Commitment:
10-20 minutes a day for 49 days
1 hour per week for 7 weeks
These are *suggested* and are not mandatory.
This offering is designed as a daily practice, though it’s not another opportunity to punish yourself or force yourself to do something. If you practice once in the whole 49 days, that’s great. You will learn something about yourself no matter how many days you engage in the practice. You will gain insight into your own pleasure preferences even by choosing to invest in this offering.
Live Calls
Live calls for support, integration, and tool building will take place Thursdays at 2p central time. They will last an hour and include led practices and time for sharing, and live coaching.
*If there is enough interest, additional times/days will be made available.
Online Platforms
We will be using Zoom for all live call and Teachable for all of the prompts, music, meditations, and other teachings.
FAQ
Do I need to participate in the live calls/groups?
Nope! Those are there if you want them, when you want them. You can come to some or all. You can show up with your camera off or engage fully.
This isn’t the right time for me, can I still access this offering at a later date?
Yes! While the live calls won’t be available at a later date, the daily prompts and other tools will be yours to keep forever after purchasing. Buy it anytime before April 6th and it can be all yours at this price indefinitely.
7 weeks feels like a long time, can I do it partially?
Yep! Even trying some of the exercises some of the time will teach you something. However, if you stick with it for the full 49 days, you’ll likely see some big transformations.
Investment & Payment Options
200 - SUPPORTED ACCESS ***AND EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION PRICE UNTIL MARCH 15th
For those with currently limited financial resources who will benefit from access supplemented by the community.
250 - FAIR ACCESS ***March 16th price bumps
For those with sufficient financial resources and who can pay fair value for the experience.
300 - REBALANCING ACCESS
For those with more than enough financial resources and a desire to support access for others to help rebalance systemic inequity.
*Financial scale borrowed from the Embody Lab
Please be in touch if you’d like to arrange for a different payment option or a payment plan. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Please sign up below by “adding to cart” & then proceed to ‘cart’ in upper right hand corner of your screen to check out.
An email with further information will come from me: Lahind@gmail.com
With this Aquarius New Moon comes a time to get a little weird. In these still quiet times of winter, this “party” of sorts will create space to explore subtle body listening, authentic expression, and creativity as resource. The organs hold deep wisdom as they are the parts that make use whole. It is here we can tap into deeply held fears, blocks, doubts, pain, and longing to see how they serve us, and what they need from us to move into tender loving relationship.
This workshop will draw from parts work, Internal Family Systems, Somatics, energetics, breath, touch, and movement modalities. It also comes from practices I have been researching in my own body in relationship to chronic pain and illness, sexual assault survivorship, and trauma healing.
Connecting with our organs is a way into the visceral body that can be very empowering, especially for many of us who have been disconnected or have fraught relationships with out bodies.
The practices we will explore can also help build skills and capacity for somatic awareness, aka your ability to sense yourself holistically. These practices will also help you move into acceptance - a place of being with yourself compassionately, gently.
The workshop will be AUDIO ONLY. This way you can drop in to yourself, your experience without any distractions.
Who is this workshop for?
If you’d like to deepen into a trusting, safe enough and gentle relationship with your body.
If you suffer from thinking “something is wrong with me'“.
If you currently or previously have suffered from chronic pain & illness.
If you are interested in Somatics practices but new to tuning into your body.
Conversely, if you are a experienced in Somatics but never spent time with your organs.
If you feel curious but a little afraid of ‘going inward’ to parts of your body.
If you feel emotionally stuck, numb, or in pain and are curious about it.
If you have a sense a part of your body is telling you something but you don’t know what.
If you’re curious to deepen your relationship to your body’s wisdom.
If you like to geek out on the relationship to health, emotional intelligence, and nervous system functioning.
If you’re sick of having do something to feel better & want a practice that can help you be rather than do.
$21 *
*Please be in touch if you’d like to arrange for a different payment option.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
The workshop will be recorded and a download link sent after class.
Please sign up below by “adding to cart” & then proceed to cart to check out.
An email with Zoom link will come from me: Lahind@gmail.com
Check out some of our previous workshops:
In-Person Class @Dancing Grounds
New Orleans
Sundays 4-6 pm November 27th - Dec 18th
We will be playing with mooovement in the broadest sense of the word. Movement in tiny dances, slow motion, in the eyes, in touch, in breath, in our energetic & emotional bodies…
It’s an invitation for co-created brave space…space where you can self & co-regulate, space where you can take space 😚
We will play with the senses & get weird for pleasure. There will be sooo much room to say “no” & participate as much or as little as you want.
We will explore pleasure & perhaps anything that gets in the way of it. Classes will build on one another but you can come drop in anytime.
$10-20 for BIPOC folks. Everyone else $20-40
Free for Dancing Grounds SOAR members & 20% off for LEAP & STEP members
In this time of continued collective unease and cultural contraction, orienting to abundance, pleasure, and joy is more important than ever. Join Somatic Sex Educators Lauren Hind and Noah Klöze as they offer a variety of somatic inquiries exploring joy cultivation and orienting to pleasures woven within the body and wider world. Learn new skills on how to discover, attend to, and expand the joy and pleasure that is possible in your life at any given moment in an intimate 2.5hr community workshop with other pleasure seekers and curious souls.
The Earth may be our biggest teacher in understanding the phenomena of the life-death-life cycle. She is forever decomposing and regenerating herself as a multi organism of bacteria that forms new life and new meaning as she decays the old. Similarly, as humans, we experience birth and rebirth in every breath we take by the oxidation (death) and oxygenation (life) that occur in our bodies as we breathe. Can we integrate this continuous cascade of events in our bodies, minds and spirits? Can we continue to look to our Great Mother Earth for ways to expand into the teachings of death, dying, and rebirth?
Together, we will dive into the basics of cultivating a pleasure practice that works for you; at your own pace, in your own special way. We will practice meeting your erotic self, greeting them, and seeing how they would like to be nourished and cared for. We will expand our notion of The Erotic, what can be pleasurable, and what we think we deserve. Consider it a date with yourself, supported by a community of others dedicated to their own journey of self-pleasure.
