Listening to Your Body

It can be easy to neglect our bodies with the demands of our fast paced, work and media filled world. We can become cut off from our feelings, sensations and physical needs. We may experience a sense of emptiness, low libido, negative body/self-image, and more.

It is important to take time to slow down and begin to listen to your body. What are you needing – more sleep, more movement, more pleasure, more self-connection, etc.? Taking the time to listen to your body and giving yourself time to breath, to move, to rest, to enjoy pleasure can greatly improve your sense of self and well-being.

Developing a sexual relationship with ourselves, rather than looking to have all our sexual needs met by someone else is an important part of listening to your body and healing body/self-image. We have found that engaging with yourself in the mirror, while initially very challenging for most of us, over time, can prove rewarding in finding and deepening your capacity for loving yourself just the way you are.

>	Follow along in this beautifully produced video to discover a technique of opening up to yourself. This is a section of the DVD, Opening the Gates: Intensifying Male Erotic Play through Tantric Yoga and Movement, produced by David M. Burke, MA, CMT (640×480 22:43)
	David M. Burke, MA, CMT talks about Sensory Energetics and the individual and group classes he offers in Oakland, CA. (640×480 7:55) Free Video!
	So many of us struggle with body-image. Looking in the mirror evokes so many emotions, yet it can also bring healing. Follow along as Betty Martin guides Kris in an explore  opening up to truly seeing herself. We encourage you to explore seeing yourself in a new way with your mirror at home.
	Erotic mirror work is one of the most powerful techniques to heal our relationship with ourselves and begin to see ourselves as we truly are. This worksheet presents a structure and some personal experiences of this technique.