65. To Be Young, Black, and Asexual
Sensual Self with Ev'Yan Whitney
Ev'Yan Whitney, Sexuality Doula®
4.7 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
A deeper dive into the ace experience with asexual activist + educator, Yasmin Benoit. In this one, Ev’Yan speaks to Yasmin about her work as an asexual educator and experience as a Black ace person. Yasmin talks about the racism she faces within majority white asexual spaces. She also unpacks what acephobia is and offers advice to those who are nervous about coming out as Ace because of the abuse they’ll face. And a sweet moment during the conversation: Yasmin talks about the joys of being asexual, which is something that is often missing in these conversations about asexuality. Then, Ev’Yan closes us out with a meditation to help us tap into our sensual selves on our own terms.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to sensual self. |
| 0:15.1 | I'm Evian Whitney, and this is a space for you to slow down, tune in, heal and feel the sensations |
| 0:26.0 | and pleasures of your sensual body. |
| 0:30.0 | Thank you for being here. |
| 0:35.1 | Hey y'all. |
| 0:36.9 | I hope you're feeling soft and connected to your body today. |
| 0:41.4 | If not, I invite you to take a breath, let it out slowly. |
| 0:47.9 | And who knows? Maybe this conversation will get you a little more connected. |
| 0:54.1 | Before we get into today's episode, I want to tell you |
| 0:58.2 | about a workshop I'm teaching this week. This will be a sensual dance meditation practice |
| 1:05.3 | slash full moon ritual that I'm doing with my friend Sarah Faith Godestina. She is the host of the moon |
| 1:12.9 | beaming podcast. And this workshop is based off of a piece that I wrote for Sarah's mini |
| 1:19.0 | moons planner for the full moon and Libra. And in this piece, I talk about the binary and I invite |
| 1:26.3 | folks to embrace the nuances and complexities that they hold. |
| 1:30.7 | And I'm so excited. I'm so jazz to be teaching this class and bringing literal motion to the |
| 1:38.9 | words that I explored in the piece. So during this workshop, I'll be inviting you to connect to, release, and reclaim the |
| 1:47.8 | full spectrum of who you are outside of the binary through organic movement. And that's what |
| 1:54.5 | sensual dance meditation is. It's an organic movement process that helps you to feel into your body, your senses, and your |
| 2:02.8 | emotions. |
| 2:04.1 | There will be gentle breath work. |
| 2:06.3 | There will be journal prompts, Q&A, and also some community sharing. |
| 2:11.3 | I really love teaching workshops where we can share with each other, you know, about what's |
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