Pussy Empowered
The 1st ever episode of Pussy Empowered Podcast is now live!
In this first episode I break down what I mean by Pussy and Power and what happens when they unite. I dissect and dismantle notions of patriarchal power and redefine it for a new paradigm of Pussy Power.
I would LOVE your help! Can you listen and write me a 5 star review? It’s just 11:11 minutes long!
I appreciate you!
To celebrate, I am giving away a Radiance bundle including my 21 min. Sensual Radiance Movement Ritual and 17 min. Lunar Radiance Womb Meditation.
Record a video of yourself dancing your truth to the song of your choice. Or use a song from my Dance Yourself Free playlist here.
Share the video either on your IG and tag @sensual_radiance or share in my free private group, Pussy Empowered Coven, allowing yourself to be witnessed embodying your truth.
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Enter before Monday 7/6 at midnight PST.
2 winners will be chosen at random!
I humbly dedicate the above dance to the memory of Dr. Amie Harwick.
Diba is a multi-national, multi-lingual boss research scientist in the male dominated industry of tech. She was desiring to root into her feminine side and stay embodied during a stressful time at work, a time of uncertainty in her personal life and in the era of Covid. In my 6 Week Group Course, Sweat, Play, Twerk, Diba felt held in sisterhood and reconnected to her body, voice, and the spirit of play.
"... being reconnected into my body, being reconnected to the space it takes, and being reconnected to my voice- I think thats a big thing and I can see it c...
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“... being reconnected into my body, being reconnected to the space it takes, and being reconnected to my voice- I think thats a big thing and I can see it coming out in small places.
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Diba was feeling weighed down by the masculine dominated environment of her workplace and heaviness it involves. In the midst of challenging work developing harassment policy, in the process of moving to another city, and during the pandemic, Diba was desiring a space to ground into her body.
Diba felt held amongst the community of fellow womxn and comfortable to show up just as she was- in whatever emotional state or experience she was having. In our dance parties and Pussy Empowered Dance Classes, the variety of music was grounding and felt like home for her. She enjoyed tapping into the elements of fun and silliness -the Play in Sweat, Play, Twerk.
Diba is finding herself more embodied, taking up space and channeling her voice even off of the dancefloor
She catches herself activating her hips throughout her day.
She feels grateful for the safe haven to root into joy and silliness in the midst of heavy times
I’m so grateful to have shared this sacred space with Diba!
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Tina comes from a technical dance background. In the midst of the pandemic, she felt called to find grounding in community and reconnect with her love of dance. Tina also felt it was time to stop feeling bashful in her expression of sensuality once and for all. She decided to join my 6 Week Course Sweat, Play, Twerk for a safe space to explore this with consistency, in supportive sisterhood.
Tina comes from a technical dance background. In the midst of the pandemic, she felt called to find grounding in community and reconnect with her love of dan...
Watch the full discussion here.
“I was grateful that I could see progress in a way that I wasn’t expecting to- like not being in my head at all and catching myself being present instead of thinking , ‘so what am I looking like now?’”
At the start of the pandemic, Tina found her movement routine disrupted and was desiring to experience community. Tina came from a technical background when it came to dance and was looking for an opportunity to let go of old stories, get out of her head and feel empowered in her sensual expression.
During our 6 Week Course, Pussy Empowered Dance Classes helped Tina move out of her head and get grounded into her body. Practicing sensual movement and being witnessed in community, Tina got to deepen in embodiment of her truth and trust in her authentic expression.
Tina is dancing like no one is watching with her blinds wide open
She’s reframed old stories around performing
She’s found herself feeling present vs thinking about how she is perceived
She is accessing her empowered, Highest Self
She is feeling liberated in her sensual movement
I’m so grateful to have witnessed this transformation in Tina and honored to facilitate this sacred
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These last few weeks and months we have witnessed darkness come to the forefront of our minds, newsfeeds, conversations. With this weekend’s New Moon, Solar Eclipse and Summer Solstice, we can run but we cannot hide from facing these shadows.
Shadows are not the enemy. But ignoring them is. Because no matter how hard we try, we know the truth. And when we embody that truth, we can begin the process of alchemy.
One thing that I teach in my Pussy Empowered framework is how to digest and embody your emotions through movement. I call this Dance Your Truth and it falls under the umbrella of Alchemizing Your Herstory. It incorporates modalities I have learned including the technology of swamping by Mama Gena, author of Pussy: A Reclamation.
No matter your race, you have likely been visited by any or all of the following emotions in recent weeks (perhaps many of these within the same day): fear, sadness, guilt, shame, rage, hope, optimism.
Maybe you experienced what Sonya Renee Taylor calls in her book, The Body is Not an Apology, meta-shame: shame for feeling shame. Or shame for feeling whatever it is you are feeling for that matter.
How do I know? Because, so have I.
Our emotions are powerful and you and I both know what happens when we stuff that shit away. It is BOUND to erupt when we least expect it.
So I propose that you LISTEN to what is coming up. Hear what you are telling yourself, what stories are presenting themselves from your past, and what worries you are projecting into the future. Allow yourself to embody these emotions by dancing your truth. And once you’ve taken that time to fully feel it, ask yourself, how can I use this raw material to inform my next steps?
The point is not to move into the land of rage, but to let rage pass through you like a storm. To cry and cleanse the toxins out of your eyes, to feel the fire, to find where that emotion is living in your body and physically move with it.
Our emotions are NOT WEAKNESS.
A video of my share last week, allowing myself to be witnessed in dancing my truth.
Quite the opposite. Our emotions are a source of power. Stifled emotions cause mental, physical and emotional harm. That energy does not dissipate on its own, but instead it manifests in ways that we may not be consciously aware of such as defensiveness, disease, passive aggressiveness, allowing the racist patriarchy to continue unrivaled, fight/flight, feeling helpless and numbness.
But what if we took the time to honor and fully process our emotions? What if we truly listened for the information they are sharing with us.
The best part of our cycle to do this is, well every part. It is always helpful to have a moment of truth with you and your body, mind, spirit, Pussy.
The second best time is during our pre-menstrual/luteal phase. If you have not processed your emotions throughout your cycle, your emotions will come forth during this time. Sometimes they will feel like they are out of nowhere, sometimes they will be very specific. Always they will make their presence known. This is a built in phase useful in leaving behind what is no longer serving us, parallel to waning moon vibes.
Unfortunately, we have many stereotypes associated with this phase and with our emotions in general. We are dismissed as hysterical, bitchy, we are asked if we are menstrual, told we are weak.
In our society, it seems like a luxury and a privilege to have the time and space to feel. We are told emotions are in the way of our productivity. And many are simply over scheduled, overworked, and in survival mode, leaving no time to explore the inner realms.
But you’re not a machine. Your emotions tell you whats up in your inner world. Carving out sacred, safe space on your own and in community to feel is integral to accessing the power to create change. Fuck being desensitized to violence, pain, racism, inequality, poverty. Look where that has gotten us.
Instead, lets allow our emotions to empower us and remind us what we are passionate about. Let us learn from them and translate them into action steps.
For example, in the last weeks I, myself have felt powerful shame overcome me. When I took the time to hear the message this emotion was delivering to me it was this: I am not doing enough. I am not showing up for my Black community. Sitting with this message I identified the underlying desire: I desire to do more. I desire to be part of real change. I refuse to accept helplessness. Reflecting and moving with this gave me the opportunity to recognize this message and create a tangible plan of action as I outlined in My Commitment to Active Anti-Racism.
If I had bypassed those emotions, I may not have allowed that message to resonate through me. Which I think is how we go so long in our lives without facing and standing in our truth. We sweep it under the rug and say we are “fine”, until one day we experience rupture when we least expect it. Thats where the phrase “deal with your emotions, or they will deal with you” comes from.
Instead, I invite you to access your power. Dance in Your Truth today. And if you want to take it a step further and be witnessed in community, feel free to share a video of your movement in our Pussy Empowered Coven or check out the movement playlists I’ve curated and shared there.
Now is not the time to numb out. It is the time to rise up. Are you with me?
Comment “I’m ready to Dance My Truth!” below if you are.
