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Finding Patience with my Aging Body While Loving All My Orgasms

by Laura | Body Connection, Bodysex, Orgasm, Self-love

How do I feel about my body? Thanks to Bodysex, today I can say that I love my body unconditionally. However, that doesn’t mean that I always like everything about my body. At 65, my latest challenge is finding patience with my aging body. Every decade has brought its...

Releasing Shame, Embracing Pleasure

by Laura | Bodysex

My heart pounded with excitement as I drove up Pantherkill Mountain Road to Menla. I stopped at the gate and got out of the van to take in the view and breathe the fresh air. My body felt alive with anticipation as I remembered what it’s like to spend quality time...

My Tribute to Betty Dodson®

by Laura | Bodysex

It’s been almost a year since Betty left the planet on October 31, 2020. I wrote this tribute to be read during her recent memorial at the Museum of Sex in NYC. Betty Dodson® wasn’t my friend. But I was her student even before I knew she was my teacher. When I...

Masturbation Energy Healed My Body Shame

by Laura | Body Connection, Self-love

From the time I was a young child, I thought there was something very wrong with my body. In particular, I despised my round belly. My mother had a round belly and so did her mother and my father’s mother too. The message was that a good stomach was lean and flat. I...

My Vulva is on Netflix

by Laura | Bodysex, Vulva

Last spring, those of us in who are members of Betty Dodson’s “army of orgasmic women” knew that Betty and Carlin were working on a big secret vulva project. In early July, Carlin contacted me to ask if I’d be willing to share a picture of my vulva for the project:...

A Gathering of Goddesses

by Laura | Bodysex, Uncategorized

I eagerly anticipated this workshop since Betty’s 90th Birthday Retreat at the end of July. The joyful orgasmic energy that flourished within me during those incredible five days of sisterhood was overflowing and I felt anxious to move it forward into the world. As...

A Shift Toward a More Authentic Self

by Guest | Bodysex

A guest post by Wendy . . . I was invited to assist ( a.k.a. Stunt cunt ) In Laura‘s bodysex circle this last past weekend in Ohio… I humbly except her invitation…. I knew there be a bit of driving involved…. but I wasn’t going to pass up an...

I Spent the Weekend with a Bunch of Naked Women, and I Liked It!

by Guest | Bodysex

I knew it would be a positive experience. Intellectually. Emotionally, I resisted for a very long time. I knew what was holding me back. Saying I have body issues seems so commonplace. Doesn’t everyone have body image issues to one degree or another? While some...

Just Show Up for Yourself

by Laura | Bodysex, Uncategorized

Everything was prepared for our first Bodysex circle in Columbus. Our location was a charmingly cozy older home rented through AirBnB. It couldn’t have been more perfect! I felt especially excited as the women arrived. There was a time that I thought this circle...

This Sisterhood Is Our Destiny

by Laura | Bodysex

Everything fell into place, just as it does when a Bodysex circle is meant to be. The right women were there at the perfect time for each of us. There were seven in the circle: two in their 20’s, two in their 30’s, one in her 40’s, and two in their 50’s. Most of us...

Bodysex in Ohio

by Laura | Bodysex, Uncategorized

After taking two Bodysex workshops with Betty and Carlin in New York, I really wanted to share the experience with a group of friends in Ohio. I figured this would give me valuable practice as I pursue my certification as a Bodysex facilitator. I hosted a movie night...