Sensual Self-Care Academy
22 days of pleasure practice (an online pre-recorded course)
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This body-paced online course will guide you through a collection of 22 experiential prompts to (re)generate a sustainable, self-defined and trusting relationship with pleasure-oriented self-care.
This is not your average wellness course that is trying to sell you some perfectionist ideal.
This is a sensual experience that centers you as your own sovereign pleasure expert.
In a pleasure-oppressed*, erotophobic, colonial, cisheteronormative, capitalist, white supremacist, patriarchy, lack of self-care is an ethical + systemic issue. This is bigger than bubble baths and massages. This is about developing an integrated understanding of how essential pleasure is to your thriving.
I want to welcome you into a communal space that ripples far beyond 22 days, supporting you in building long-lasting liberation + unlocking the pleasure continuum that already exists within you.
*I learned the term "pleasure-oppression" from the incredible Luna Dietrich aka the Pussy Witch
Featuring the following pleasure guides:
This academy is for you if:
You are 18+ years old and any of the following apply...
~ You feel exhausted by systems of oppression that perpetuate body shame, pleasure guilt and fear of all things erotic
~ You feel stuck by limiting beliefs that say you have to do xyz in order to be worthy of pleasure
~ You’re tired of the capitalist scripts that market self-care as something to achieve, compete in or urgently purchase
~ You’re depleted and experiencing burnout from culture's pressures to be self-less + self-reliant, and you need help to find yourself again
~ You are a recovering people-pleaser who has put everyone else’s needs before your own, and you are ready to change that
~ You are desiring to expand your pleasure and connect with your sensual body
~ You are juggling a lot and want a pleasure-forward course that allows you to move at your own pace in the comfort of your own home
~ You are seeking novel, creative ways to engage with your sensuality and eroticism
~ You are looking for a trauma-informed approach to (re)learning self-care
~ Due to one or more of your identities, you are experiencing marginalization and are desiring a welcoming container that centers and affirms your existence
~ You are curious and open to the healing + transformation that body-based/somatic practices can elicit
~ You just want to play + feel yummy in your own body!
Pleasure practices in this course include,
but are not limited to:
An online portal of 22 pre-recorded experiential pleasure prompts. Each prompt comes with an introduction, practice container, journal prompts and a juicy invitation to share with other folx taking the course. You will have access to this online portal for at least 1 year.
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if you cannot afford this offering, please email [email protected] to see if there are scholarship spots open.
please know that there is only a limited number of scholarship spots available.
*enrollment is open from June 23rd, 2023 to July 31st, 2023
Accessibility:
Closed captioning will be provided.
Open to non-cismen + gender diverse folx of all races, abilities and sexual orientations.
This course is self-guided on purpose - allowing you to move at the pace of your own body without the stress of time restrictions. You will have access to this content for at least one year. This virtual portal will provide you with a container to detangle yourself from the urgency of capitalism, so that you can find the deep, luscious pleasure that blossoms through intentional slowness.
Community Building:
Since collective liberation and pleasure activism require interdependence, when you sign up for this course, you will be able to share your experiences, expression, breakthroughs, questions, writings, selfies and embodied pleasureful moments with other folks who are moving through the content.
This affirming space will invite you to chat, interact and witness others as they move through their erotic reclamation process, while also encouraging you to be seen and celebrated in yours.
This academy is not for you if:
- You are under 18 years old
- You are a cis-man
- Body-based/somatic practices feel too triggering for you
We often postpone the pleasure that exists right now because of an idea that pleasure lies in the future.
The thing is, once we place our pleasure in the future, that’s where pleasure stays. We’ll always be chasing pleasure without ever managing to catch it.
I want your pleasure to feel accessible, integrated and intimately yours.
Your Instructor
Che Che Luna (they/them) is a queer, gender expansive sex + pleasure educator, activist, dancer and sensual embodiment facilitator. Through their offerings, they aim to bridge the gaps in pleasure accessibility so that folks can (re)build consensual, affirming and liberatory relationships with themselves and others.
"What I received from this work was the gift of realizing that the person I already am is the person I want to be. I am learning to trust my inherent goodness and power, I am learning to cultivate my natural sexual desires, I am learning how to honor and prioritize my body, regard her needs as important and non-negotiable . I could not be more grateful to Che Che for guiding me as I step into this space of discovery."
- Hanna Bowens
“Lessons that I had been hoping to learn and internalize for YEARS finally became real for me, and it feels amazing to finally FEEL the things I had been pretending to feel for so long. To realize how different it feels. I feel privileged to be on this side of things now. Thank you thank you <3”
-anonymous
Frequently Asked Questions
"I've learned to view my body as a vessel of love and holiness. I can witness her curves, the dimples in my skin and instead of judgement I am in awe of the miraculous nature of my existence."
- Sarah Persitz
My intentions for those who take this course:
- Unblend from the narratives of systemic oppression that are keeping you disconnected from prioritizing your pleasure + well being
- Spend intentional time getting to know who you are as a sensual + erotic human
- Practice pleasure as a way to build safety + home within yourself
- Deepen understanding + mindfulness around what makes you feel good in your body
- Get intimate with your own nervous system so you can expand your capacity to love yourself exactly where you are
- Recognize that a lack of self-care is an ethical + systemic issue, and that your commitment to relearning how to value yourself, your pleasure + collective joy is activism*
- Experience the power of interdependence and healing in community
- Make more room for your yes’s and your desires
- Learn creative + affirming self-care tools
*please read Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
"The information I have digested thus far has shifted my world in more ways than one in the last few months. Che Che is incredibly skilled at co-creating an identity-affirming space where I am able to be seen and held in all of my vulnerabilities. It was incredible to be guided in such ways as I developed intimacy within myself."
- Olivia Hunte
Here is a full list of the prompts included in this course:
building a pleasure altar, bottom breathing, body boundaries, shaking + untaming, erotic art making, sensual eating, connecting to your heart + genitals, sensual touch, expanding your erotic literacy, sensual movement affirmations, hydration as pleasure, dancing for your own gaze, sensation play, pleasure-orienting, chest massage, genital visualization, genital gazing, self-love languages, erotic sound bath, edging, pleasure-focused free-writing, self-p*rnography
I want to welcome back the parts of you that have been labeled taboo or sinful.
I want to hold a safe haven for your deepest erotic truths to blossom.
I want to witness you come home to your body, your yes and your freedom.
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photos by Alex Kacha, Willie Jane, Emma Wondra Michelle Lepe + Kale Chesney
collages by Neal Wright + Skylark Macadamia
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