This Journey is the Evolution of the experience formally known as 'Master Your Pleasure'
The Pleasure Journey is a space to explore
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To open, to connect, learn, unlearn, reclaim, practice and expand your pleasure capacity.
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What is Pleasure? Pleasure is a subjective experience arising within us, different for each of us and in every moment. And while there is no one correct definition; what is apparent to those who are committed to deeply exploring the power of Pleasure.
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Pleasure can be a healing, rejuvenating, restorative and empowering medicine for the body, mind and soul. Pleasure is not something that someone or something outside of you can give you. Pleasure is something you choose to open to and allow yourself to experience.
"I feel like I now know what pleasure means.
My awareness and feelings around pleasure have expanded beyond sexuality
and permeates all areas of my life.
I now have tools that empower me to see life in all its light and shadows with clarity.
Thank you for continually changing my life!"
Andre Mai
The Pleasure Journey is all about...
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This Journey is designed to explore and expand your relationship to your own Pleasure, not anyone else's. Often in life, we focus on others and the outer experiences; the key to our pleasure capacity is always within us.
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The explorations are inspired by a number of the ancient wise Temple Arts, including Tantra, Meditation and Shamanism and some 'modern' specialities like Sexological Bodywork, Somatics, Breathwork, Conscious Communication and Consent.
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This Journey maps to an 8-level human development pleasure model, encompassing our experiences from the womb to sexual - and spiritual bliss.
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This Journey is a space to discover our power and limitations in each of the pleasure portals, including safety, relief of discomfort, elemental play and emotional, mental, sensual, sexual and spiritual aspects of Pleasure as a medicine and prayer.
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The power and potential of this Journey is founded in extended focused attention to the pleasure body over 7 days, enabling a somatic and belief reset for a longer-lasting shift in your individual pleasure capacity.
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In addition to the time of the experience, the breadth, range and diversity of the practices increase the possibility of unlocking and awakening your latent pleasure potential. Our approach includes the mind, body, soul, heart, emotional body and importantly; your inner child, to invite a reset to your whole being and your neurology for safety, receptivity, permission and trust.
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We will take this Journey into our Pleasure as individuals and as a group, using practices, structures, rituals, sharing circles and meditations.
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On the Journey to open more to Pleasure, it is often the case that ‘all that is not open to Pleasure within us" shows up to be felt and transformed. This week is not designed to be a feel-good journey, although you may feel good. Please know that aspects of the factors that prevent you from embracing Pleasure may arise as part of the process to open and expand. Alongside the deep transformation that occurs in the week itself, this Journey will offer knowledge, skills and practices that you can take home with you into your daily life.
Please know you will be welcomed, supported and held in your authentic truth throughout this week-long exploration. This journey can be life-changing and potentially challenging as we invite strong energies. You are asked to apply for this Journey by filling in 8 in depth questions that allow you to find your truthful WHY; Why do you feel called to this Journey?
Read more about applying for this Journey:
Some of the Groups that have been Journeying with Elaine
About the Creator & Facilitator
ELAINE YONGE
My journey has involved a lifelong fascination and inquiry into awareness, purpose, the human condition, love, sexuality, spiritual connection, soul wisdom, expansion, learning, unlearning, meditation, physiology, health, disease, exploring aliveness, death and grief.
I am a Group Facilitator, Educator, Coach, Guide, and Energy-/Bodyworker in the fields of Consciousness, Breathwork, Sacred Sexuality, Somatic Sexology and Shamanism. Some of my certifications include specialities such as Certified Sexological Bodyworker and Certified Shamanic Breathwork Facilitator.
For over 10 years I have been working with groups and individuals, to create integrated journeys that support the intention of the retreat spaces that I offer. I draw from different lineages and modalities, including Tantric and Shamanic practices, Somatic Sexology, Sexological Bodywork and Shamanic Breathwork.
The areas of my experience most relevant to The Pleasure Journey:
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I love to work with the integration of sexuality & spirituality, the body, the mind and the soul energies.
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My work with clients often begins with reconnecting them to their body and their sexual energy.
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I have been a sexological bodyworker & Somatic Sex Coach for over 10 years, working with individuals, couples and groups.
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I love to support clients to live life as emotionally and sexually expressive beings.
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My work includes sexuality issues, lack of libido, orgasm & self-pleasuring, understanding and changing unhealthy sexual/relationship patterning, genital somatic clearing of pain or disconnection, freeing yourself from shame and guilt around sexuality, consent and boundaries.
Until recently, I was a Lead Faculty member of the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA) from 2015 to 2022 and part of this global Tribe of humans since 2012. I led many level 1 (called SSSEx) and level 2 (called SSSIn) journeys in many countries around the globe.
Currently, I mainly offer deep-dive experiential retreats. ‘The Journeys’ is a series of 7 Day retreats I created and facilitate to explore and reset our relationship to Pleasure, Breath and Energy. These retreats include educational components however they are primarily deep embodiment journeys harnessing Somatic, Tantric & Shamanic Explorations.
About the Organiser
A lover of life, passionate about dance, bodywork, community-building, and creating magic in every day moments. In awe for the sacred and with a full heart for the brave. Joyce is living and working from the Netherlands. She's assisting for ISTA's level 1&2 and has assisted Master Your Pleasure in both online editions aswell as In-Person.
JOYCE VANES
Elaine speaks about The Pleasure Journey (22 min)
Elaine is interviewed by Laurie Handlers (38 min)
