Sex That Changes the World

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Kimberly Ann Johnson is a sexological bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing® practitioner, yoga teacher, postpartum advocate, and single mom. She helps women heal from birth injuries, gynecological surgeries, and sexual boundary violations. She is the author of the book Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It for Good, as well as the early-mothering classic The Fourth Trimester. Kimberly Ann Johnson joins Sounds True founder Tami Simon to speak about her new audio learning program, Reclaiming the Feminine: Embodied Sexuality as Spiritual Practice—and the journey many of us need to make to work through shame, heal from patriarchal oppression, and begin to prioritize ourselves and our need for pleasure. Kimberly and Tami discuss the code of ethics of the sexological bodyworker; the shroud of shame that surrounds sexuality in many cultures, and the vital task of “unshaming” work; dealing with the pressure to “want to want to have more sex”; determining and expressing your genuine wants and needs; the concept of feminist sex; the social nervous system—the first branch of determining safety and how we relate with others; building your arousal capacity; “jaguar work” and healthy aggression; a self-care lovingkindness practice; and much more.

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0:00.8	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by SoundsTrue. My name is Tammy Simon,
0:06.9	I'm the founder of SoundsTrue, and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the SoundsTrue
0:12.2	Foundation. The goal of the SoundsTrue Foundation is to provide access and eliminate financial barriers
0:20.5	to transformational education and resources, such as teachings and trainings on mindfulness,
0:28.0	emotional awareness and self-compassion. If you'd like to learn more and join with us in our
0:34.0	efforts, please visit SoundsTruefoundation.org. In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
0:44.1	my guest is Kimberly Ann Johnson. Kimberly is a sexological body worker, a somatic experiencing
0:52.1	practitioner, a yoga teacher, doula, postpartum advocate, and a single mom. She helps women heal
0:59.8	from birth injuries, gynecological surgeries, and sexual boundary violations. She's the author of
1:06.8	the book Call of the Wild, how we heal trauma, awaken our own power, and use it for good,
1:14.6	as well as the early mothering classic for fourth trimester. With SoundsTrue,
1:20.9	Kimberly Johnson has created a new audio learning series. It's called Reclaiming the Feminine,
1:28.4	Embodied Sexuality as Spiritual Practice. Kimberly makes talking about our sexual urges and topics
1:36.9	like female erectile tissue and the arc of female arousal feel like normal and illuminating
1:45.6	conversation, which it is. She's a courageous spokesperson for women centering our own pleasures
1:53.7	and needs and the journey many of us need to make to work through shame and prioritizing other
2:00.8	people and not ourselves. Here's a brave space conversation with Kimberly Ann Johnson.
2:07.6	It sounds Kimberly like you went through a major life change when you gave birth to your daughter,
2:21.6	and this was 14 and a half or so years ago, and the new series Reclaiming the Feminine,
2:27.3	you say, Motherhood cracked me open and showed me the absence of both the feminine and the sexual
2:35.6	in spiritual practice that I hadn't known to that point. I wanted to start with how did giving birth
2:43.8	change you and your view of the spiritual journey? When I gave birth about a half an hour after I
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