men’s sex&sexuality
exploring our possibilities for pleasure
spring 2024 cohort
welcome to the kinhood men’s sex&sexuality course and cohort!
this page is the portal into everything you will need throughout our journey together.
from here you will access all course materials, links, and information.
everything you need to know
as you begin preparing for the journey
a place to connect with the cohort
to share learnings and experiences
readings, exercises and reflections
for the weeks leading up to our first session
session 1
leaning in and meeting our edges
are you ready to meet your edges?
we will open up the course with an orientation and intro.
we will presence our intentions, dreams and longings for sexual and sensual growth.
we will invite in our discomforts, resistances and fears as we cultivate courage and permission.
welcoming ourselves in - embracing our fears and hopes
creating safety together - establishing group agreements and norms
feeling into the back body - finding ease and releasing the grasp
Sunday, February 25th
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible on Tuesday, February 27th
session 2
how we learned our stories of sexuality
how do you access pleasure in your body?
we will begin to explore the ways that sexuality and sensuality shape our identity.
we will explore what sensuality means to us where we learned what we inhabit.
getting into our stories - where did we learn our relationships to sexuality?
feeling into the body - where does sexuality flow? where is it stuck?
accessing sensuality - how do we create pleasure for oursleves?
Sunday, March 3rd
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible on Tuesday, March 5th
session 3
orgasm & the anatomy of pleasure
do you know what your own body is capable of?
with guest educator Alex Voynow
this session will look at the physical anatomy of our bodies to better understand their abilities.
we will revisit the sex education that we received as youth.
relationship to orgasm - finding new ways to experience pleasure
reproductive function - understanding the purpose of the body’s parts
brilliantly unique - celebrating our individual bodies.
Sunday, March 10th
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible Tuesday, March 12th
session 4
communication, intimacy
& liberating boundaries
what stories do you hold in your body’s memory?
with guest educator Elias Serras
in this session we will work feel into the pelvis to learn what our bodies are holding
we will unearth, grieve, and process our relationship to sexual harm
practices for feeling our pelvic muscles and releasing what’s held
understanding how we give, receive, and share sexual energy
grappling with sexual harms experienced and perpetuated
Sunday, March 17th
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible Tuesday, March 19th
session 5
kink, queerness & power
what parts of your sexual identity remain unseen?
with guest educator Amanda North
in this session we will explore queerness, gender, kink and taboo.
we will peel back layers of shame and reveal the desires beneath.
revealing and removing shame from our desires
exploring kink and sex as healing practices
working with sexual trauma and our relationships with pleasure
Sunday, March 24th
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible Tuesday, March 26th
session 6
the stories our pelvises hold
who are you in your wildest fantasy?
with guest educator Day Schildkret
in this session we will explore the role of imagination and ritual in courting our erotic energy
we will play with the relationship between creating beauty and sexual energy
inhabiting our wild - how to connect with our erotic being
creating fantasy - how to bring imagination into sex
making beauty - the role of ritual in our sexual practice
Sunday, March 31st
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible Tuesday, April 2nd
session 7
moving into wholeness
are you ready to ask for what you need and desire?
with guest educator Mira Viorst
in this session we will work with mapping needs, desires, and boundaries
we will explore ways to create more vulnerability with others and invite in deeper intimacy.
having your needs and desires met in relationship
speaking and receiving a clear yes & no
navigating monogamy, open relationship, and polyamory
Sunday, April 7th
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible Tuesday, April 9th
week 8
what’s left & what’s next
how will you commit to a lifetime of opening and evolving?
in this session we will begin to integrate all that has been opened during our time together.
we will explore what it looks like to hold ourselves and each other in loving accountability towards our own individual growth.
cultivating gratitude for ourselves and our relationships
establishing a prayer - how do you want to grow from here?
exploring the questions left unanswered and the heart’s desires
Sunday, April 14th
@5PM PST / 8PM EST
accessible Tuesday, April 16th