Wonder Body and Winter: light, temperature, and pain

Portals of Pleasure Preview

It's time for Portals of Pleasure, Body Trust's annual deep-dive erotic residential retreat in New Mexico. Are you feeling the call this year? Find out more as Alex, Lizz, Zed, and Amy talk about the retreat, what to expect, how they are inspired by the work, and what their favorite Portals might be. Registration for the retreat is now open. This year's theme is "steadfastness" or what is steady and true in your body. Are you curious to learn more? Then head on over to bodytrustcircle.com/portals [https://www.bodytrustcircle.com/portals] for more details. Portals of Pleasure is a 5-day erotic retreat for genderqueer folks and women folks, held July 24-28, 2019 at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust's other work! Go visit Patreon [http://patreon.com/bodytrust] and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice [http://opsound.org/artist/littledogbigears/] (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasure-lab/id958055099] or Sticher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/body-trust/pleasure-lab]. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Intimacy through the Wonder Body

Alex and Amy reflect on what they've learned from this experience of creating the Wonder Body coloring book, and specifically from the "4th chapter". Could it be that all these senses are really what intimacy is all about? Resources mentioned: * Peter Levine's book - In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556439431] * Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us [http://wonderbody.us/] Plus here's your downloadable "4th Chapter" [https://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/Giveaway4thChapter.pdf] page to color along with us. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust's other work! Go visit Patreon [http://patreon.com/bodytrust] and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice [http://opsound.org/artist/littledogbigears/] (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasure-lab/id958055099] or Sticher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/body-trust/pleasure-lab]. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers. Alex and Amy reflect on what they've learned from this experience of creating the Wonder Body coloring book, and specifically from the "4th chapter". Could it be that all these senses are really what intimacy is all about?

Wonder Body and Winter: light, temperature, and pain

In this episode of Season 3, Alex interviews Amy about her "hunting winter" adventure, and specifically about the sensory pleasures of light, pain, and temperature to be found in these colder climes. Resources mentioned: * Rebecca Solnit's - The Faraway Nearby [https://www.amazon.com/Faraway-Nearby-Rebecca-Solnit/dp/0143125494] * Wonder Body Coloring Book! - http://wonderbody.us [http://wonderbody.us/] Plus here's your three downloadable pages pain [http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/GiveawayPain.pdf], temperature [http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/GiveawayTemperature.pdf], light [http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/GiveawayLight.pdf] for this episode, so you can color along with us. Thanks to the folks on Patreon who are supporting this podcast and all of Body Trust's other work! Go visit Patreon [http://patreon.com/bodytrust] and become a patreon yourself to support the free podcasts, newsletters, and resources that we create for you. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice [http://opsound.org/artist/littledogbigears/] (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasure-lab/id958055099] or Sticher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/body-trust/pleasure-lab]. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

The Little Engine that Could: Vitality, erotic, the Second Chakra, and the Wonder Body

Print out the coloring page for yourself and show us how it turns out. http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/Giveaway2ndCharka.pdf [http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/Giveaway2ndCharka.pdf] And don't forget there is a little audio outtake gift after the music at the end. Sometimes it's worth hanging around for. :) The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com [http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust]. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust. We're super excited about this as a tool to create even more intimacy and community. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice [http://opsound.org/artist/littledogbigears/] (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasure-lab/id958055099] or Sticher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/body-trust/pleasure-lab]. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.

Vestibular pleasure and the Wonder Body: how balance, equilibrium, orientation turn us on!

Want to experiment with these on your own? Try going to a playground (feel free to take a kid or a dog as an escort). Or roll on a ball, jump in water, balance on one foot, or even do sun salutations. Print out the coloring page [http://bodytrustcircle.com/wp-content/uploads/GiveawayBalance.pdf] for yourself and show us how it turns out. And don't forget theirs a little audio outtake gift after the music at the end. Sometimes worth hanging around. :) Mentioned in this show: * Beautiful video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3O9vNi-dkA] and sound of iceskating on black ice * Dutch class [https://nyti.ms/2DQb5Mo] that teaches the elderly how to tumble again * I Love Hue app [http://i-love-hue.com] The Pleasure Lab podcast is supported by YOU! through Patreon.com [http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust]. Please join the community of folks supporting this work at http://www.patreon.com/bodytrust. We're super excited about this as a tool to create even more intimacy and community. Music: Grateful to Little Dog Big Ears for their Creative Commons licensed music She Sees Mice [http://opsound.org/artist/littledogbigears/] (intro and outro). Make sure to subscribe in iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasure-lab/id958055099] or Sticher [https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/body-trust/pleasure-lab]. And give us a 5-star review in iTunes, it helps us reach more beloved explorers.