When I don’t ignore my body, I don’t disappear

Expressive painting of a nude woman with closed eyes and relaxed posture, evoking surrender, embodiment, pleasure, and emotional intimacy.

I’m noticing a connection. On Saturday when I saw M., we tried sitting down to talk. Almost immediately, I felt uncomfortable. There really isn’t a comfortable way to sit in that room. He even admitted that. Usually he takes the chair and I sit on that weird folded futon. It’s not comfortable. And there have…

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Learning to Leave What I Love

woman sitting in underwear holding her legs, grounded and self-connected body pose

There is a kind of intimacy that doesn’t just touch your body—it reorganizes it. It opens pathways you didn’t know were there. It teaches you how to feel, how to soften, how to let yourself be met. And then, sometimes, it leaves you with that opening… without the person who helped you find it. That’s…

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presence

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure drawn on crumpled white paper, isolated on white background

I’m noticing a connection. On Saturday when I saw M., we tried sitting down to talk. Almost immediately, I felt uncomfortable. There really isn’t a comfortable way to sit in that room. He even admitted that. Usually he takes the chair and I sit on the weird folded futon. It’s not comfortable. And there have…

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I Don’t Know What It Means

Here’s something I’ve been carrying for years, something I’ve never really spoken about until now. One of the hardest parts of intimacy with men for me is understanding what their actions mean. I remember one session with M. where I was being massaged and he put his cock in my hand. I felt it there…

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space between

I keep circling the same question: does S feel something for me beyond our sessions? For more than three years, S has touched me, held me, witnessed me. We’ve moved between massage and conscious intimacy, weaving back and forth across boundaries that feel both clear and porous. The exploration of our naked bodies never feels…

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the rock + the river

We keep moving—between massage and conscious intimacy, between silence and speech, between giving and receiving. We flow back and forth, like river and rock. Our sessions evolve into something co-created, something we shape together each time. This is what I want: not a script, but a landscape to explore. Not a routine, but a ritual.…

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transactional intimacy

Sometimes I wonder if it’s only ever a transaction between us. I keep experiencing it as more—feeling the sweetness, the closeness, the ache—but then I feel foolish for believing in that more. Like I’m gaslighting myself. You care about me. You’re present within the transaction. But still… it’s a transaction. And maybe sex and intimacy…

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the intimacy within

conscious intimacy

There is a kind of intimacy that isn’t about another person. It isn’t about being touched, chosen, or understood. It’s about returning home to yourself. For so long, I thought intimacy meant letting someone in. Letting them touch me, hear me, see me. Letting them love me. And maybe it still does. But lately, I’m…

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conscious intimacy

conscious intimacy

What is conscious intimacy? What does it mean to me? What does it feel like? I want to explore deeply so I can create more of it in my life. When I think of intimacy, I long to feel comfort and at ease in my body, mind and spirit in the presence of my lover.…

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