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Cultivating Pleasure, what wackaloon nonsense is this now?

I have studied, used & worked with shamanism for the last couple decades. One of the most impactful ceremonies I ever did was called ‘Cultivating Pleasure’.

Back then pleasure meant only one thing really, sex. Now of course I have expanded my pleasure palate.

I imagine most of you know what gives you pleasure. You may have some rules & laws around whether or not you allow yourself pleasure. That however is easily solved.

I invite you to start with one thing that gives you pleasure today, that impacts your life in a positive way. Crazy I know, just try it on, with no expectation of success, just curiosity.

I invite you to not talk about it with anyone for a full week after you begin. Keep that personal experience to yourself, keep your pleasure to yourself. This is just curiosity, play, no validation needed. Explore adding in more & more pleasurable moments into each day. See what works for you & your life.

Pleasure in my opinion is Self Care, and self care doesn’t equal selfish, in fact it’s the reverse.

We bring more, to any moment, when our own needs, have been met.

How can we not, we have been cared for,

& I hope all of us know what that feels like.

So make it easy on yourself, retrain, reframe, but for Goddess sake give yourself pleasure daily in as many ways as possible. 

(That doesn’t harm another being of course! Yes that means you too, you’re numero uno! No ‘sugar cultivating pleasure binges’ when you’re a diabetic! Stay safe people.)