In this episode, Michaela Boehm discusses the practice of pleasure as a spiritual path.

00:00 - Can pleasure be a spiritual practice?
00:22 - What is pleasure?
02:46 - Tantric approach to pleasure 
03:34 - The spiritual potential of pleasure 
04:35 - Pleasure as a discipline 
07:26 - Tracking your life through practice 
09:11 - Gaining skill and training the body
10:49 - Tuning the practice 
15:20 - How to build a practice
18:12 - A simple pleasure practice
20:07 - Exploring different types of pleasure 
23:26 - What to expect when you begin a pleasure practice 
26:22 - Improving technical skill 
28:30 - What if I don’t feel like it?
28:52 - The power of ritual 
34:45 - Awakening the pleasure body
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Episode #60 - The Path of Pleasure

Listen to international teacher and relationship expert, Michaela Boehm, as she answers questions about intimacy, dating and relationships. 

Learn how to create 'the spark', and keep it alive, while staying deeply connected to yourself and others in an increasingly busy world.

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Michaela Boehm teaches and counsels internationally as an expert in intimacy and relationships. Born and raised in Austria, Michaela combines her training in psychology and extensive clinical counseling experience with her in-depth training in the yogic arts. A gifted speaker and counselor, her unique body of work centers on the intersection of intimacy and embodiment. Known for her work with high-performing individuals, her ongoing private clients include Oscar-winning actors, multiple Grammy-winning musicians, producers, and business pioneers. Michaela is the Author of “The Wild Woman’s Way” and the founder of The Non-Linear Movement Method®, a powerful somatic release modality. Her work has recently been featured in Gwyneth Paltrow”s Netflix Show “Sex, Love & goop” and Will Smith’s bestselling memoir ‘Will’. She lives on an organic farm in California where she rescues and rehabilitates animals.

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Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about trauma, how to heal maladaptive coping, curating relaxation, and establishing boundaries.

00:00 - What is trauma?
04:00 - The pain of maladaptive coping 
06:04 - How to heal what’s underneath
08:00 - Curating relaxation
10:32 - Establishing boundaries in relationships

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Ep123: Heal Your Maladaptive Coping

Michaela Boehm tells a story of how she trained herself to face danger after suffering a home invasion in LA and answers questions in a recent live workshop about how to recovery from traumatic violation, dialogues with a woman who’s massage therapist assaulted her, and describes how to train oneself to be a fighter rather than a freezer. 

00:00 - Coping tendencies of victims of violation
01:45 - Becoming a fighter not a freezer
02:54 - Surviving dangerous situations and the genius of freeze
06:40 - Michaela’s story of home invasion
10:03 - How Michaela trained herself to face danger

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Ep122: Surviving Dangerous Situations

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about why she does not want enlightenment, freedom, codependency in relationships, boundary function, and the power of energy distribution in the body.

00:00 - Why I don’t want enlightenment
03:18 - Enlightenment claims
04:36 - Co-dependency and proper boundary function 
10:42 - The secret of energy distribution in the body
14:10 - Consequences of overstimulation and stress
15:21 - Explaining ‘The Push’

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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Ep121: Enlightenment & Codependent Romance

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about spiritual disciplines, gradual training, introspection, and how to direct attention.

00:00 - Spiritual disciplines and preliminary trainings
03:17 - The importance of perception
04:20 - When to go deep and how to direct attention
06:40 - Chronic pain  

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Episode #120: Spritual Discipline & Introception

Michaela Boehm answers questions in a recent live workshop about individuation, coping skills, deity yoga, and how the stories we tell ourselves affect our lives.

00:00 - What is a living lineage?
03:26 - Why practice is useful for your life
06:05 - Enrichment and emergency 
07:26 - Gaining more pleasure
08:14 - How to choose practices.
09:22 - Why do I experience visual imagery when I practice?

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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James at https://www.guruviking.com

Episode #60 - The Path of Pleasure

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