Join us in a conversation with Olaiya Land, a Seattle based certified pleasure and sexual empowerment coach. We discuss growing up in rural America surrounded by the Christianity of the 80s and 90s, and then finding a new path and calling later through sexual and sensual liberation rooted in Tantra and Daoism. Olaiya shares about her work guiding people with vulvas through trauma informed practices focused on finding healing and restored self in sexuality and pleasure. For more information about Olaiya and her work, visit her at wearelionesse.com and on Instagram @wearelionesse

In the polyamory community, compersion is the word used to describe celebrating the joy and pleasure of another persons experience, even if it doesn't involve us. Particularly when it involves a metamour or a partner's other partner. This may seen strange in a culture that embraces jealousy and mono-normative relationship structures.

This isn't saying that jealousy is "bad" - all emotions are valid! All human beings experience it, along with envy. Often it is what we do with the information that our emotions give us - do we react in anger or respond with curiosity?

In this episode, Sandra and Justin share about their own experiences with jealousy and compersion, and how it informs their relationships as a spiritual practice.

Relationships are inherently spiritual in nature because they involve emotion and connection. Spiritual practices are a way for relationships - friends, couples, partners, polycules, lovers - to experience deeper intimacy and vulnerability. In this episode, Sandra and Justin discuss their own spiritual practices. Then the possibility of developing spirituality in relationship structures.

That's right! We're talking about.... MASTURBATION! On this episode we're going on a dive into cultural and spiritual beliefs about self pleasure. Ideas of transforming beliefs around pleasure and the body. And ideas for rituals and ways to approach masturbation from a spiritual perspective.

In this episode of PolyTheism, Sandra and Justin explore religious and spiritual trauma and how to heal from those wounds. Themes in the discussion:

On this episode of PolyTheism, Sandra and Justin interview Lee Harrington about the Joy of Kink!

Lee (he/they) is a spiritual and erotic authenticity educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist, and award-winning author and editor on erotic and sacred experience. He engages playful engagement and thoughtful academic dialogue to broad audiences, and believes we are each beautifully complex ecosystems who deserve to examine the human experience from that lens. Learn more at passionandsoul.com

This episode of PolyTheism is about S3X! How do sexuality and spirituality intersect?

"The Poly in the Theism" is an episode about polyamory, sexuality, and identity.

Episode 1: Welcome

Wow, it's the first pod of the series! PolyTheism is a podcast at the intersection of sexuality, identity, relationships, and spirituality. In this episode we talk about polyamory, spirituality, and what we hope to accomplish with our podcast!