Love, Sex & Freedom Podcast

Pleasure, Shame and the Sacred Art of Holding Space


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Can you let yourself feel good? Like, really good... in your body, in your life, in your truth?

In this live recording from the Body Transformation Retreat in Bali, Chantelle Raven invites us into a deeper reckoning with what it truly means to expand our capacity for pleasure. So often on the healing path we focus on pain, shadows, trauma, but what happens when life offers you joy, love, beauty, and Eros? Can your nervous system hold that too?

This isn’t just about bliss. It’s about reparenting your body to trust the goodness. It’s about staying present when shame rises. And it’s about recognizing that our ability to hold others: clients, children, lovers, is always mirrored by how gently, how powerfully, we’re holding ourselves.

If you’re a practitioner, coach, parent, or partner… this is the episode that will open you to a new depth.


Inside This Episode:

  • Why pleasure is just as transformational as pain
  • The real reason shame is the gatekeeper emotion
  • How your inner parent shows up in your space-holding
  • What most people misunderstand about Eros and embodiment
  • Why deep presence matters more than any technique
  • How to be with a loved one or client’s breakdown without rescuing or retreating


There’s something sacred that happens when we stop trying to fix and start choosing to feel. When we stop holding back our pleasure or running from our shame. This is what it means to live and lead from the body. 

To guide not from perfection, but from presence. If this episode touched something in you, let it take root. 

And when you're ready to walk deeper, come find us: at the retreats, the trainings, the moments that change everything.


Top Quotes:
“Pleasure can burn you into truth just as deeply as pain.”

 “Shame is the guardian of every other emotion. If you can’t feel it, you’ll keep denying the rest.”

 “Don’t expect your clients to go anywhere you haven’t gone yourself.”

Resources + Links:

Sign up for the waitlist for the 18-month Tantra Practitioner Program: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/tantra-practitioner-training/

Check out our Self-Paced Program here: https://embodiedawakeningacademy.com/self-paced-tantra-practitioner-training/

Follow us on Instagram: @embodiedawakeningacademy

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