HOLISTIC SEXUALITY EDUCATION
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Role:    Sexuality Educator (CHSE)
Year:    2017 onward
City:    Global



After hosting events on sexuality since 2017 through HOTTAKES, I decided to formally study sexuality education to have a stronger practical and theoretical foundation for our programs. In 2023 I became a Certified Holistic Sexuality Educator through the Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment. This training approaches sexual pleasure and solving sexual dysfunction from a holistic perspective, integrating biological and anatomical knowledge with the psychological, social and cultural perspectives that shape our experiences with sexuality. It is an intersectional and relational approach that looks at many factors, recognizing that sexuality is inextricably linked to every area of our lives. While I am interested in many facets of sexuality, I have a special focus on the world of kink and BDSM, and the liberatory healing potential within exploring, accepting and expressing our deepest desires.
 

Recent Work:

Pleasure Society x Museumnacht | Moderator, Sex Positive Spaces in the City | 2024

InnerScapes on Echobox Radio | Guest, Speaking on sexuality and education | 2024 

Queer Intimacy Festival | Workshop Host, Queer Fantasy Fun | 2024

Research | The Bravest Researcher’s Imagination: Towards Understanding the Development of Sexual Fetishism | 2023
Research | Not Tonight Honey, I Have A Headache: The Relational Impact of Headaches Associated with Sexual Activity | 2023

melanie bonajo | Publications Editor, When the Body Says Yes, Venice Biennale | 2022

Reimagine Sexuality Festival | Speaker, Sexuality in Art: The Power of Pleasure | 2022

Seksfestival Utrecht | Speaker, Interview on Kink and BDSM Basics | 2022

Company New Heroes Erotic Easter | Speaker, the Power of Bondage | 2022

Turn Me On Podcast | Speaker, COME ALIVE and the power of pleasure | 2022

COME ALIVE | Workshop Program: The Mouth is a Microcosmic Pleasure Portal * Day of Sex Work * The Army of Love * Sexual First Aid with GGD * What Does It Mean To Be A Man? * Embodied Tour: Playing with Movement, Touch and Breathing * What About Scissoring? * Ask Me How It Works * Shibari and Energy Play Workshop * From Fantasy to Film: Design Your Own Erotic Movie * Breaking Gender Myths to Increase Sexual Pleasure * MUSE Dutch Premiere * Sex with More People * The Pleasurable Sex Session | 2022 

HIV & STI World Congress | Speaker Relations & Producer | 2021

Pleasure Society on Echobox Radio | Contributor, Kink as healing | 2021

AXS ART | Curator & Speaker, Don’t Bother Me, I’m Healing, kink panel | 2021






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