Episode #45: Pleasure, Toys and Opening the Body

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about why she does not want enlightenment, freedom, codependency in relationships, boundary function, and the power of energy distribution in the body. 00:00 - Why I don’t want enlightenment 03:18 - Enlightenment claims 04:36 - Co-dependency and proper boundary function 10:42 - The secret of energy distribution in the body 14:10 - Consequences of overstimulation and stress 15:21 - Explaining ‘The Push’ Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about spiritual disciplines, gradual training, introspection, and how to direct attention. 00:00 - Spiritual disciplines and preliminary trainings 03:17 - The importance of perception 04:20 - When to go deep and how to direct attention 06:40 - Chronic pain Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about individuation, coping skills, deity yoga, and how the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives. 00:00 - What is a living lineage? 03:26 - Why practice is useful for your life 06:05 - Enrichment and emergency 07:26 - Gaining more pleasure 08:14 - How to choose practices. 09:22 - Why do I experience visual imagery when I practice? Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about individuation, coping skills, deity yoga, and how the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives. 00:00 - Individual and tribe 02:56 - What is individuation? 04:12 - Coping skills and high functioning trauma 05:58 - The stories we tell about our lives 08:12 - Growing up 09:08 - Should we believe our stories? 10:42 - Myth, archetype, and deity yoga 12:35 - Why Michaela loves deity yoga Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about cosmetic surgery, beauty pressures, bodily changes after ageing and childbirth, and whether or not to go gray. 00:00 Beauty, adornment, and mate selection 03:59 - Beauty rebellion 05:25 - Body changes after children and ageing 06:44 - Should I have cosmetic surgery? 09:19 - Post-50 perspective 11:33 - Go gray or use colour? Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop and shares a powerful method to clear stored anger and pain. Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers questions in recent live workshop about energy vampires, setting boundaries with toxic people, how to undo a curse, and how to break a bad habit. 00:00 - Giving up smoking and breaking a habit 04:18 - Release and deescalation from fight or flight 08:48 - Clearing accidental pick ups 11:02 - Mental vs bodily imprints 14:32 - Energy vampires 17:06 - Clearing curses 18:16 - How to avoid being harvested in relationship 19:36 - Setting boundaries with toxic people Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she discusses the powerful impacts that past familial, ancestral, and relational imprints have on one’s current experience of relationship. 00:00 - Love, lineage, and liberation 02:17 - Parental imprints and attachment theory 04:12 - Assimilation and individuation 05:18 - Parental love imprints 10:02 - Ancestral imprints 13:00 - Previous relationship imprints 16:16 - Intimacy imprints and begin stuck on a previous partner 19:53 - Working with Michaela 
 Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she discusses relationship myths associated with Valentine’s Day, considers the pros and cons of cultural myths, shares stories from her own dating life, and gives her tips for how to have a great Valentine’s Day without falling into the commercial traps. 00:00 - Michaela’s Valentine’s Day date anecdote 02:15 - Misconceptions about Valentine’s Day 04:00 - Myth as cultural treasure 05:19 - Creating the Valentine’s Day myth 07:09 - Empty gestures vs meaningful relationship 10:06 - Anecdote from Michaela’s first months in Los Angeles 13:49 - It’s about being seen 15:12 - How to have a great Valentine’s Day 20:20 - The power of undivided attention 22:04 - Date night discipline 25:39 - Resources to enrich your relationship 27:37 - Finding out what you really want Purchase Michaela’s ‘Relationship Discovery Toolkit’ here: https://michaelaboehm.ac-page.com/the-relationship-discovery-toolkit Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Join Michaela Boehm as she answers a viewer question about how to remain adventurous in relationship, free oneself from past imprints, and live in the fullness of relational and intimate expression. 00:00 - Erotic skill development 05:23 - Staying adventurous in relationship 08:15 - How to reconnect with pleasure 10:47 - Energy distribution in the body 13:32 - The power of embodying flavours 18:48 - Training in different expressions 21:37 - How to have it all 24:33 - Past relationships and childhood patterns 29:49 - Next episode’s question Buy Michaela’s Flavors of the Feminine Deck: https://www.templeofthebodyintheworld.com/ For workshops, teacher training and courses: https://www.michaelaboehm.com To order Michaela's book "The Wild Woman's Way" : https://amzn.to/2BQ5WpY Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com