“The way to save the world is more embodiment.”
“Love all of your body just the way it is.”
What You’ll Hear:
- How somatic experiencing can help us connect to our core self
- The pervasiveness of “sexuality trauma” in our society
- The pushback against sexuality in the United States and how it has affected practitioners’ training
- Ariel’s unique journey to somatic experiencing and what she has learned from over 40 years of being involved in the healing arts
What Ariel Shares:
- Sexuality trauma and its connection to disembodiment and cultural shame (2:28)
- Infertility and disembodiment (5:00)
- Why being sex-positive doesn’t necessarily mean being embodied (5:58)
- “Our definition of trauma is so narrow.” (7:30)
- Birth as a somatic experience (9:40)
- We are out of touch with our organic, primitive selves (11:08)
- The role of fear in disembodiment (13:23)
- The relational aspect of trauma work (20:33)
- “Sexological body work…everybody needs it!” (23:10)
- Why is sexuality missing in somatic experience training? (24:00)
- The pushback against sexuality in the U.S. (31:55)
- How the collective influences our personal experiences of sexual trauma (38:55)
- Can trauma and pleasure coexist? (41:10)
- Somatic experiencing as a guided meditation (46:15)
- Sexuality work is important for men too! (47:08)
- The balance between self-responsibility and societal change (52:10)
- Self-acceptance to change the world (54:38)
- Her new book (56:49)
