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Sex educator set to fight "marriage bed death"
by Theresa "Darklady" Reed
ay Area sex educator
and Somatic coach
Felice Newman has
long been a radical
woman. The might and
magic behind sex-positive Cleis
Press has promoted many a
“radical notion" during her life,
but she’ll be in Portland next
month promoting what might be
one of her most radical to date:
the idea that sexuality is a learned
and not innate skill.
By
“learned,"
Newman
doesn’t mean the how of using
one’s mouth or hands; she means
the how of using one’s communi
cation skills and knowledge of
self. “If you don’t have a sex life
that makes you happy, you can
learn,” she assures. “It’s within
your reach.”
Felice Newman helps people find the mind-body link to
Newman will be in Portland
successfully identify and articulate their needs and desires.
offering 60- to 75-minute Somatic
coaching sessions with singles, couples or multiples of any sexual or romantic inclination in order to find
the mind-body link that will help them successfully identify and articulate their needs and desires.
According to Newman, many people are not fully “embodied, meaning that they actually live in their
body and not just from the neck up." In order to have a full-body life, it’s often necessary to strip away
emotional armor that serves to keep vulnerability at a distance. While this armor might at some time
serve a purpose, as circumstances change, it can leave people feeling shut off to their sexual energy and
desire, unable to sustain quality sexual relationships and uncomfortable with intimate touch or emotional
situations.
Newman says happily sexual and emhxlied people can also benefit from the customized blend of fully
clothed body work and introspective dialogue. With her guidance, couples can begin or grow healthy and
productive conversations about fantasies, desires, goals, preparations for commitment and transition, and
how to consciously design sex lives that work.
“If people plan for a life together, it’s different from dating,” she points out. “So, we know there’s going
to be times when we’re not feeling sexual.” By exploring specific questions or issues within a Somatic
coaching environment, Newman believes everyone, regardless of gender or partnership status, can avoid
“married people’s bed death.’ ©
Those interested in scheduling an appointment with F elice N ewman can e-mail her at felice@felicenewman.com
or call Regina Perata at 503'235'3143. Newman is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators,
Counselors and Therapists.
THERESA “D arklahy ” R eep is a professional sex writer, erotic event impresario, Web radio personality,
assistant editor at YNOT.com and Ms. Oregon State Leather 2004. Learn more about her plans for world
conquest at www.darldady.com.
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
HERO
AND
his month Here Television launches
Lesbian Sex and Sexuality, a six-part,
groundbreaking original series that will
run through March.
Award-winning filmmaker Katherine
Linton offers an unblinking look inside
the world of lesbian culture in this
provocative and unprecedented docu
mentary. Lesbian Sex and Sexuality will
Lesbian Sex and Sexuality explores the taboo.
take viewers on an uncharted journey
where the subject of lesbian sexuality and desire isn’t whispered but celebrated.
In a nation where sexuality in general is taboo, lesbian sex, lust and sexual representation are even
more marginalized. By visiting writers, academics and “sexperts" and going inside sex shops, erotic dance
clubs and lesbian-owned pom companies, this series will go beyond mass appeal to find out what really
turns on lesbians and perhaps any woman who has ever had a girl-on-girl fantasy. ©
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Hearts Cracked Open
ust in time for Valentine’s Day, Hearts
Cracked Open: Tantra for Women Who
Love Women, the first-ever documentary on
tantric sex for lesbians and bisexual women,
is coming to town.
Q Center is presenting the Portland
premiere of this award-winning film and has
arranged for the director, Betsy Kalin, to do a
tantra demonstration and DVD signing after
the screening. In the demonstration, she will
teach tantra techniques for breathing, raising
energy and connecting to oneself or one’s
partner.
Hearts Cracked Open tailors the teachings
of tantra, an ancient spiritual practice that has
been mainly the domain of heterosexuals,
specifically to lesbians and bisexual women.
The documentary takes viewers behind the
dixirs of women-only workshops with the most
renowned tantra teachers in the field as they
reveal the secret of how to live in a daily
Hearts Cracked Open tailors the teachings of tantra
orgasmic state of being. Included are ancient
specifically to lesbians and bisexual women.
tantric techniques for increasing intimacy in
relationships, solo practice, extended orgasms, sexual healing and personal transformation.
The film features Annie Sprinkle, the prostitute/porn star turned acclaimed artist/sexologist; Pamela
Madison, sexual healer, tantric sex expert and founder of the Women’s Sexuality Center; Evalena Rose,
metatherapist, channel and founder of Lovejourney: The Healing Path of Tantra for Women; Marcia
Singer, director of the Foundation for Intimacy; Bruce Anderson, author of Tantra for Gay Men; and
Sharon Neal Williams, artist and Lovejoumey teacher.
Hearts Cracked Open has a far-reaching appeal for anyone interested in tantra of all genders and
sexualities. The film is filled with humorous anecdotes and favors a down-to-earth perspective that makes
tantra refreshingly easy to understand as well as enjoyable entertainment.
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Q Center screens H earts C racked O pen : T antra for W omen W ho L ove W omen 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at
69 S.E. Taylor St. The suggested donation is $10. For more information visit www.heartscrackedopen.com.
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