Yaz Harris is a non-binary sex-worker, Middle Eastern queer who loves making people feel welcome. They developed a self-intimacy practice called YINTIMATE which uses movement and other practices that calm the nervous system enough to make space for play and pleasure. Yaz is an in dungeon pro-dominant as well as a queer community organizer. Their program Wake The Fuck Up is a (mostly) queer virtual community space for making the mornings not just tolerable, but joyful, specifically in the winter months.

In this episode, we dive into:

• Yaz shares their own personal journey with claiming queerness and gender expression
• How the pandemic catalyzed more authentic expression vs. Performative living
• The role that fashion can play in empowering gender expression
• We talk sex work, Yaz work as a dom & why it’s harmful to fixate on the empowering perspectives
• Finding joy in the morning and why so many of us struggle with waking up
• Shifting out of spiritual bypassing and into social awareness (whole approaches to spirituality)
• The power of community > personal responsibility 
• Imposter syndrome and owning our nerves; letting go of perfectionism and the pressure to hide insecurity

Resources/Links:

• WTFU Club:  https://www.yazthehuman.com/workshops-series/wake-the-fuck-up-bookend-edition  
•  Follow Mx. Aerys, Yaz's dom persona https://www.instagram.com/nonbinarydom/
• Revolting Prostitutes Book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3039-revolting-prostitutes
• Marlee's Free Training for Sensual Self-Love & Embodied Safety: https://www.marleeliss.com/freetraining