In this episode, Laura Marianne Pickerill invites Tamar Raphael to speak about the Goddess archetype - how we can tap into goddess energy and authentically channel aspects of the divine feminine in our everyday lives.

This conversation is part of the series The Goddess, The Badass & The Boss for Laura's private Goddess Ascension facebook group where she supports women to step into their power.

Laura Marianne Pickerill is a Transformational Coach and Goddess Ascension CEO.

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I offer tantric mentorship to men & women supporting them to come into deeper alignment & embodiment through spiritual practice, healing ceremony, rebirthing breathwork & tantric bodywork. I support women specifically in connecting to their soft, sensual feminine energy. I offer private sessions & VIP retreats online and internationally.

On this episode, I bring on my girl Vikki Oriah, feminine energy dating coach, for our first bestie episode! Expect juicy vibes, lots of giggling and insight into our experience as tantra practitioners. 

We talk about:

✨Jealousy & comparison in female friendships

✨ Hot polarity & level 10 triggers

✨Healing relationship wounds

✨ From being attracted to unavailable men to securely attached partnership

✨ Dating in tantra land

✨ Why we both, as tantra practitioners, took some space from that scene

✨The shadow side of the conscious sexuality scene

✨ What we adore about the tantra scene & the people

✨ Getting triggered in the tantra temple

✨ What *actually* happens in a tantra temple

✨ What differentiates tantra temples from play parties

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I offer tantric mentorship to men & women supporting them to come into deeper alignment & embodiment through spiritual practice, healing ceremony, rebirthing breathwork & tantric bodywork. I support women specifically in connecting to their soft, sensual feminine energy. I offer private sessions & VIP retreats online and internationally.

Vikki Oriah is a dating coach and somatic feminine teacher. She helps women embody their feminine energy and create delicious polarity and secure attachment. Her work focuses on healing women’s relationship to the masculine and attracting/inspiring the King in a man.

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TIME STAMPS

✧ Introducing Vikki Oriah (01:09)

✧ Our friendship bio (02:59)

✧ Our experience with the jealousy & comparison wounds that can come up in female friendship (08:00)

✧ The relationship between hot polarity and level 10 triggers (12:33)

✧ Vikki’s personal experience with intense relationships (13:55)

✧ Mistake butterflies and excitement for dysregulation (16:37)

✧ From attracting unavailable men to securely attachment (21:06)

✧ We heal our relationship wounds in connection, not alone (23:23)

✧ You don’t need to be perfect to be in your dream relationship (24:59)

✧ Why we’ve both separately decided to take space from the Tantra scene

✧ Why Tantra workshops can be beautiful spaces to explore sexuality (30:10)

✧ The shadow side of the scene (31:53)

✧ What we recommend doing before exploring the tantra scene (35:10)

✧ Clearing up some myths around what goes on in 'Temple nights' (46:40)

✧ What differentiates 'Temple nights' from play parties (52:08)

In this solo episode, we dive into the nitty-gritty of how I define having sex vs. making love.

We explore what are the foundations create a sacred sexual experience and highlight some places where we may be hindering ourselves from deepening in our intimate connections.

We dive into the healing and spiritual benefits of sacred sexuality and how we can create soulmate connections through sexual union.

I address how singles can become iniatresses, bringing more depth into the bedroom and how conscious intimate experiences are accessible for all of us.

There are a few storytime moments, I spill some beans about my first experience of making love and another story from my teenage years.

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I offer tantric mentorship to men & women supporting them to come into deeper alignment & embodiment through spiritual practice, healing ceremony, rebirthing breathwork & tantric bodywork. I support women specifically in connecting to their soft, sensual feminine energy. I offer private sessions & VIP retreats online and internationally.

TIME STAMPS

✧ A note on terminology and the cringe of ‘making love’ : (02:06)

✧ If you’re struggling to drop into your erotic flow: (16.43)

✧ The Sexual Ego: (25.53)

✧ Having sex to get love: (27.31)

✧ How I define making love: (36.15)

✧ Going in with an open heart and what that means: (38:44)

✧ What if my partner doesn’t want to try this? (44:01)

✧ For my fellow singles: (45:15)

✧ A story about a pivotal reframe moment around sex from my teenage years: (48:05)

✧ The healing & spiritual benefits of love-making: (52:20)

✧ Why I am deeply passionate about this topic: (54:04)

✧ Re-imprinting our wombs & being with sacredness: (55:18)

✧ Creating our soulmates: (56:22)

✧ My first love-making experience and why I freaked TF out: (1:01:10)

✧ How love reveals our blocks & heals us: (1:05:55)

MENTIONS &  LINKS

Ma Ananda Sarita | Tantra Essence

‘Romeo & Juliet’ - The Killers (Dire Straits cover)

Welcome to The EM pod! ✨

We’re kicking things off by exploring one of my personal foundations for embodied mysticism - living life from the soul. In this episode, I break down my five key pillars to soulful living. Pretty Bali nature sounds included. See you in two weeks for our next episode. 

Tamar Raphael is a sacred sexuality coach, tantric bodyworker, ceremonialist & artist devoted to awakening through the body and guiding others into a deeper connection with self, spirit & the world around us.

She offers tantric mentorship to men & women, supporting them to come into deeper alignment & embodiment through spiritual practice, healing ceremony, rebirthing breathwork & bodywork. She works in private sessions & VIP retreats online and internationally.

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Time Stamps

✧ An experiment for you: (06:25)

✧ Why live with soul?: (08:24)

✧ Nourishing our depth: (10:34)

✧ The importance of silence: (12:55)

✧ The sacredness of a spacious start to the day: (19:22)

✧ Authenticity is a moving target: (23:58)

✧ Knowing how much of yourself to share, when and with whom: (26:12)

✧ One of the most precious things we can do in this lifetime is to bring our gifts: (32:42)

✧ Living our purpose as an offering of love: (33:06)

✧ You don’t need to share your art with anyone, here’s why: (34:25)

✧ Being here on earth and not trying to transcend our experience: (44:01)

✧ Stay in the field of those who inspire you: (48:17)