I’ll Give You Mine, If You Give Me Yours

Darlings,

It’s Thanksgiving.
I will show you mine, if you show me yours.
I will give you my top gratitudes, but you gotta give it right back to me–and reply to this blog.
We got a deal?
Good.

This is what I am grateful for:

1. My kid. My mom. And my crazy-amazing team at the Pleasure Palace.

2. Having just come back from the best Miami Worldwide Sister Goddess Reunion of my life, where I got to read brags like this:

I brag that I came to Miami only knowing one SG there (and SG Storm Lauren via phone/email) and left being introduced to more SGs than I have fingers and toes to count!! I wish I could remember everyone’s name, because I would give you ALL a “shout out” here for making this virgin feel welcome.

I brag that Saturday during the Unbound Olympics, I did things I would never have dared before:
> first time food experiences - calamari (at Nexxt) and sushi (at Blue Sky in the Delano). Much better than I ever expected!
> danced on “the wall” at the Pink Party! (I would have been standing in the corner before, hoping no one noticed me…)

In line with the Pink Party brag, I brag that there were several loving SGs who helped me at just the right time to get up on “the wall.” When I dared to climb, two SG hands reached out for me – one from above and one from behind. After a few minutes, the SG I was dancing next to saw me look down, planning my escape. She touched my arm and said “Not yet!” About 20 minutes later, we left the wall – together. Such an exhilarating feeling to break through that bond!

I brag that after the Pink Party was over, I stayed on the dance floor!

I brag that SG Camille helped me with my screen name for Sistergoddess.com. She called me “Denver” all weekend – and we modified that to “Denver Hottie”!

I brag that I signed up for Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp 2012 - and shared the desire with my SG friend that we participate in Boot Camp together!

I brag that my handsome husband gave me a sensual massage with aromatherapy oils when I arrived home last night.

I am grateful to find this community of incredible, beautiful, creative women. I have been desiring this kind of community for a very, very long time (without knowing it was a desire) and feel so blessed to know that you are here…and not going anywhere!

I want to share my favorite frame, too. At the Pink Party, the dance floor is filled with SGs. The music plays, a tribal beat for the beautiful tribe of women gathered in Miami. The beat becomes a heartbeat, the heart that beats within each of us and connects us together through love and sisterhood. Truly a sacred experience!

xoxo,
SG Denver Hottie
(SG Gwynne)

3. And the amazing privilege of doing my first-ever class in Copenhagen, where I got to ride the waves of this delicious reverb:

I brag that I’ve practiced pleasure for no reason since the FANTASTIC Mama Gena event in Copenhagen a couple of weeks ago and I FEEL SO Fxxxxxx GOOD even in challenging circumstances. Woooo Hooo!!!!

Instead of running around and focusing on satisfying everyone else’s needs, I’ve prioritized my own needs! Yes, my own needs BEFORE my children’s and my husband’s needs. For instance I went to get a massage on “Holy Family Sunday Time” (!) and when I came home they were all playing and having a great time, and I was just SO relaxed and became part of their joy immediately (before I usually had a guilty conscience if I did something for myself in “family time” and therefore felt “wrong” and outside of the “community” for a while, after having returned, but OH NO, not any more. NEVER EVER EVER AGAIN!) Now I don’t hesitate if I need to refresh during family time… I just inform my husband that I need some time alone and I go to bed, close my eyes and listen to my favorite guided meditation, and I just feel SO RELAXED AND HAPPY…and all turned on …wraaurrhhhhh…

And they are all so happy and much more relaxed than ever before, both my children and my husband. My children’s reaction is very interesting: They just want to kiss me and hug me and are all around me ALL THE TIME in such a nice way… And my husband… mmmmmmmmmmmmm…so good! We are having SUCH a great time. And my pussy purrs as never before…

I am so happy and feel so FREE! Thank you so much, Mama Gena, for directing me back to my pleasure as MY FIRST PRIORITY! I have broken free from the invisible cage of my mind! I can now step out as THE GODDESS OF FREEDOM I was born to be! Pleasure for no reason = Freedom!

Sister Goddess Sophie

4. And next week…I get to go to San Francisco, to speak at TedxFiDiWomen.  And the week after, off to LA, where I will attend a party featuring the work of Sister Goddess Tara, who was so inspired by her experience in Mastery and Inner Circle, that she created a series of gratitude paintings, leading to the creation of Gratitude Designs, which are being launched with a holiday party at Fred Segal.  The party will benefit Sister Goddess Janine’s Flawless Foundation, which advocates for, and improves the quality of care for children living with mental health and neurodevelopmental challenges. Janine has often shared that without the tools she learned at the School of Womanly Arts, she never would have started Flawless. She even has Sister Goddesses serving on her board of directors. Can you see how the connective tissue of radiance, sister to sister, is spreading like the most delicious aroma, wafting from one corner of the world to the other? The event takes place on December 8^th, and I would love for you to join us. My pal Sheila Kelley will be joining me on the host committee. Please RSVP to rsvp@flawlessfoundation.org.

5. And finally, I am grateful for you. For your sisterhood, for your stand, for your pleasure, for your defiant beauty.  I know, deep inside, that in a thousand ways, every day, it is your hand that keeps a dozen fires lit, your radiance that inspires multitudes, and your smile that lights up every corner of the world you inhabit.

This makes me crazy with the goodness of it all.
And fires up the urgency inside my soul.
If we have accomplished this much courage to live unbound, this much intimacy between ourselves and our men, this much delicious relaxed happiness between mothers and children, this much sensuality, this much Sister Goddess Activism, this much Sisterhood, then I cannot wait to see what the next year will bring.

Happy Happy Happy Thanksgiving.
Give me your gratitudes, right here.
I can’t wait to feel your radiance and be inspired.

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

Spinning Around the Global Dance Floor

Darlings,

So. Picture this:

Me, Davin, and Beth, at The Pleasure Palace, on the computer, and the phone.

With over 150 women from all over the world, connected, like little points of light.

For one fat hour.

On the topic of pleasure.

Whoa.

Everyone has their version of a dream come true.  This was mine.

International pleasure.

International sisterhood.

International community.

Right here, right now, in my lifetime.

How to describe the feeling?

Like spinning around a global dance floor.

Like being in a gang of gorgeous spiders, weaving the same web.

Like watching your greatest dream’s molecules assemble right before your very eyes.

A woman from Saudi Arabia gets to brag with a woman from South Africa.

Sister Goddesses from days of yore mix with brand new women who just read my book yesterday, for the first time.

Women who have all felt a calling, a yearning, a longing for something more, something deeper than what the culture offers as a life.

Women who want sisterhood, who want to live their power, who want their desires to design their destiny.  Who want great sex, great friendship, great careers, and no more compromise.

Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp launched last Friday.

And launched me right into a whole new stratosphere of sisterhood and deep appreciation and gratitude.

I could not be more excited to be on this adventure.

I am so grateful to each woman who has chosen to be virtual. And more importantly, chosen pleasure as her new paradigm.

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

P.S. Enrollment for Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp 2011 has officially closed. If Boot Camp is on your desire list and you’d like to be the first to know when we announce the dates for VPBC 2012, click here.

The Pleasure Revolution In the Middle East

Darlings,

When I very first started The School of Womanly Arts, thirteen years ago, I had a vision for global sisterhood.

Women—Sister Goddesses—standing in support of one another, internationally.

Technology has now expanded to support my dream.

We have the Internet, and Sistergoddess.com, and Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp .

What you are about to read would not have been possible, when I began this Pleasure Revolution, all those years ago.

But desire is that powerful.

And when a woman desires something deeply, the universe rolls out a red carpet to give wing to her dreams.

Read how my dream for women has impacted a Sister Goddess in the Middle East.

And think about this: how might your unleashed desires change not only your life, but the lives of everyone on this planet?

Yes, you are that powerful….

I heard about Mama Gena during an interview she did last year on Dr. Christiane Northrup’s radio show, “Flourish.” This woman instantly fascinated me. And let me tell you, I’m not that easily impressed. But the very name of The School of Womanly Arts (SWA) sounded so intriguing…almost too good to be true. I had lived in all continents and never encountered anything like Mama Gena.  I am a multicultural woman of African, European, and Arab descent, currently living in the Middle East, and where I live, terms like “goddess” do not even exist. The concept itself is a kind of sacrilege. I had never heard a woman refer to herself as a “goddess.”

But as I listened, her words struck a chord with me. I admired Mama Gena’s stand for women. I indulged in the thought of how fun it might be to take a class with her. But I didn’t live in New York City—I didn’t even live in the U.S. So I thought, “Well… someday…” That “someday” came sooner than expected. Just a few months after hearing the interview, I enrolled in my first course at The School of Womanly Arts. Did I move closer to New York? Absolutely not! I attended all the classes from the comfort and privacy of my own home, in an entirely different continent! The course that I joined was the brand new Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp.

I didn’t really know what to expect when I enrolled in the program, but I was filled with joyful anticipation. I knew that it would help me embrace my womanhood—something I had never been formally taught to do. Our culture is so starving for the Feminine. Women have been sacrificed for such a long time, and history is still repeating itself within us whenever we’re disconnected from our feminine core. I could certainly relate to this. For so long, I’d been torn between the play of feminine and masculine energies within me… I’d mostly drawn upon my masculine side to co-create my life as a brilliant engineer. But looking back, I wondered what it was costing me…

During my studies and at work, I wanted to be part of what I perceived to be the winning team: men. There were very few women in my college program and I was used to being the only female at work. I learned to blend in with a very masculine environment, where seemingly innocent comments like “She’s a woman but she’s technically very strong” were common and sadly supposed to be compliments….

Although I’ve always loved to cultivate my feminine appearance and behavior, at work I had to wear a physical uniform for years (coverall, hard hat, boots, safety glasses, etc.) and the mental uniform of pretending that I was very tough, like all of the guys. I learned to put up a huge inner shield, but deep inside, all I really wanted was to nurture my team and protect everyone.

The sisterhood I found in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp came as such a sweet relief. Finally, I felt free to express my nurturing side and safe to drop my armor within this community. Not only did the program connect me with amazing women, it gave me the Tools and Arts to celebrate the woman I am, every single day. My favorite tools were gratitudes, spring cleaning, and bragging. And I loved the practice calls, when I got to hear brags, gratitudes, and desires from my sisters. It made me pay more attention to the goodness and fabulousness in my life, because I wanted to have something wonderful to share when it was my turn to speak.

During the course, I wrote my very first “womantra,” a personal statement that celebrates your essence as a woman. I proudly shared the draft of my very first “womantra” in English with one of my best friends, and she was floored. She adored my text so much that she did what we call “Sister Goddess Activism” in the community. She talked about me to her friend, the editor-in-chief of the leading women’s magazine where I live. The next day, I received an invitation to contribute to the magazine’s special gratitude edition. What a wonderful synchronicity. I was one of the few women who wrote an inspiring gratitude message about being a woman (Miss USA, Rima Fakih, was amongst the women featured!). My very first “womantra” got published within days! I wrote again for another women’s magazine, and my story was also featured in an upcoming book (amongst other women’s inspiring stories). It all started in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp…

I now know how to stay grounded and energized throughout my workday. I can log onto the brag forum and in just a few minutes, it takes me higher. I can pause to spring clean and release the pressure when things get intense. And I’ve become an expert at the Art of Having Fun No Matter What. One evening, my colleagues and I were working late to finish a project. We were so exhausted, and I decided to reach for a Tool called the “dance break.” I played a music video on the projector in the conference room, and after five minutes of dancing and laughing hysterically, we returned to our work full of joy and energy. The smiles on everyone’s faces were unbelievable.

I live my femininity and my light. I walk with style, as if I’m on a catwalk, totally owning my grace, attitude, and mysterious, exotic beauty. I could not have written this last sentence before Boot Camp! I would have surrendered to the inner voice asking me who the f*&^ I thought I was to brag and reminding me about humility…

One of the most inspiring lessons I learned from Mama Gena is to “enjoy the desires you have. Don’t edit them […]. Just love what you love, want what you want.” I learned to “conjure” my desires in record time, including everything from concert tickets to a free trip to Paris. One of my biggest desires while in Boot Camp was to eventually enroll in Mastery, even though I thought it was totally unreasonable since I lived abroad. Nevertheless, I really wanted it, so I decided not to censor my desire. I organized my vacation time around the Mastery class weekends, and eventually everything worked out perfectly. I would not have had the gumption to do this without my Boot Camp training in going for what I wanted.

All around the world, women are hungry for self-love and sisterhood. I am especially proud to be a global Sister Goddess, doing my part to empower women where I live. It hasn’t always been easy, living in a different culture compared to most women in the SWA community. But I had my sisters to support me through those moments. As Sister Goddesses, we are each contributing to birthing the new paradigm of the Feminine every time we choose to be a radiant woman who owns her unique gifts and is madly, passionately in love with her gorgeous self, with no apologies. I picture Mama Gena as a sacred midwife who helps us birth ourselves, challenges us, and cheers us on to bring to life our inner, unfathomable magnificence. I’m in awe of her love for women and her fierce commitment “to make every woman ready to inhabit every single drop of every secret corner of her soul in her lifetime.” We are each birthing the new paradigm of Sisterhood every time we choose to stand for and loudly celebrate each other. This is a privilege and responsibility, and it is exactly what I’m overjoyed to have experienced during Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp.

It’s now crystal clear to me that women who strive to live a pleasurable life are on the fast track for transformation. This is one of the best kept secrets it seems: a woman who owns her sensuality and fiercely embraces her goddess within is transforming her fate as a woman in a patriarchal society into the glorious destiny of a goddess who co-creates her legendary life. We are literally raising the vibration of the planet, one Sister Goddess at a time.

So much love,

Sister Goddess Malaika, aka Aphrodite’s Daughter

If you’re ready to unleash your desires on the world and arm yourself with the Arts and Tools to create your dreams, in community, then join us in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp! Enrollment closes tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 7^th, at midnight. If you have any questions about the program or are still wondering if Boot Camp is right for you, call The Palace at 212-787-2411 x 1 to speak to one of our enrollers live, before 6:00PM EST, Wednesday, Sept. 7^th. Online enrollment is open until midnight.

Listen, sisters. The time for Woman is now. As young girls, we were never taught how to get what we want. That’s what gives a Sister Goddess her edge. The path to making ecstasy your reality has been charted. But you have to do the research, practicing the Tools and Arts, in community. Learning to live as a Pleasure Revolutionary, in the face of a culture that has devalued a woman’s power for centuries, requires rigorous, in-depth training in the SWA technology, with an army of Sister Goddesses by your side. So the question becomes: are you ready to move from wanting what you want to getting what you want, on a daily basis?

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

P.S. Did you miss last Thursday’s incredible tele-class on the Art of Having Fun No Matter What? Click here to listen to the recording and get a taste of the Boot Camp curriculum…

Pop Quiz: Are You Fun?

Darlings,

I don’t know about your hurricane, but I got seriously Irene’d on Friday .
I was happily holed up on Fire Island, working on my book, hanging on the beach, sharing a house with friends, when I got evacuated.
My summer idyll was drawn quickly to a close, and I had to head back to the big bad city, facing a few days of concrete confinement.

Fortunately, I was preparing for this week’s phone call, and had opened the chapter in Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts called, “Having Fun, No Matter What.” (Love that book!)
And I knew I better turn the storm into my personal chance to party.
So I headed to Whole Foods, loaded up the larder, and invited my upstairs neighbors for dinner.
Which started a few days of renting movies, sharing dinners, and going on daily bike rides, in the rain, to the Statue of Liberty.

Which was fun, but yesterday, I found myself a little cranky, landlocked, and longing for adventure.
So I dipped into my School of Womanly Arts tool box, and spring cleaned, bragged, and did gratitudes and desires.
And decided to say yes to any offer that I received that day.
And the offer I got was a wild one.

A new friend of mine invited me to join him at the Russian baths.
And I said yes.
So I grabbed my bikini, jumped into a cab, and headed to the baths.
And proceeded to put myself utterly in his hands as we sat in heat, so scorching, I felt my skin would roll off.
And jumped into cold plunges that made my bones freeze in seconds.  And back to the heat again.
I felt lightheaded.
But no one was fainting.
The piece de resistance was when he and a friend of his (read: total stranger to me) offered to give me a full body scrub.
And sisters, you have not lived until you have been body scrubbed by two adorable men in nearly unbearable heat, and had them throw buckets of ice water over all your bits and pieces.
I felt so exhilarated, so alive, and so squeaky, squeaky clean.

The Womanly Art of Having Fun No Matter What is one of the most essential arts.
When you have this one down pat, you can guarantee your joy no matter what storm blows into your neighborhood. Let me ask you something: How much fun are you having, on a daily basis? Take this little quiz to find out (and post your answers in the comments below)…

Pop Quiz: Are You Fun?

1. When faced with news about the hurricane, you…

A)   Bought a 6-pack and picked up your remote control
B)   Obsessively watched CNN
C)   Threw a party for yourself
D)   Threw a party for others

2. When your date doesn’t show up on time, or blows you off, you…
A)    Lunge at his nuts or attack him verbally
B)    Call your girlfriends and complain about him and all the times this has happened to you in your life
C)    Start flirting with the guy next to you at the bar
D)    Take yourself out on an exquisite date, even more glamorous and fabulous than the one you were supposed to have with him

3. When waking up in the morning…

A)    You drag your ass out of bed, throw something on, and head for the subway with sweaters on your teeth
B)    You rue the day you were born, the expensive education you are still paying for, and the tedious job you are suiting up for
C)    Your alarm wakes you up with Beyonce’s “Love on Top,” you run through a naked Sun Salutation, shower with Jo Malone bodywash, and ride your bike to work in your miniskirt
D)    You roll over, grab your lover, take your pleasure, and head for work, soaked in ecstasy

4. You’re running a little chubby these days. Too much Fatty Cue and ice cream? Whatever.

A)    You hate your reflection and slip into your old, comfy, elastic waistband fat suit, for the third day in a row
B)    You head straight for the kitchen and open a bad of chips and French onion dip (who still eats that stuff, anyway?), followed by a freight load of Chips Ahoy. And then head for McDonald’s after that tidy snack
C)    You decide that no matter how chubsy-wubsy you are, you are the hottest thing that ever lived and you sprinkle stardust and fun everywhere you go
D)    You dress exquisitely, blow kisses to your hips, your belly, and your ass in the mirror, do a dance break, and flirt with every woman, man, and child you encounter during the day

5. You hate your boring, meaningless job…

A)    You punch the clock, and then proceed to watch the clock until you can escape at day’s end
B)    You complain about your boss to anyone who will listen, surfing the internet endlessly, and do as little as possible
C)    You decide to look hot, take pleasure breaks, put flowers on your desk, and make gourmet lunches for yourself to maintain your fun
D)    You decide to become the pleasure cheerleader for your office, bring homemade cupcakes to celebrate Monday, make your way around to everyone’s desk to give them a compliment, and organize a softball game after work.

Scoring:

Mostly A’s: You are a woman who takes zero responsibility for her pleasure and doesn’t even realize it.
Mostly B’s: You take little responsibility for your pleasure but know you could be having way more fun in life, you just don’t know how.
Mostly C’s: You know how to live life as a Pleasure Revolutionary and get yours by the day’s end!
Mostly D’s: You take such responsibility for your pleasure that you inspire others to do the same and spread your magic wherever you go, making the world an even more fun place to be!

I’ve said it time and time again. Pleasure is a discipline. Having fun doesn’t just happen to you, you’ve got to practice it, sisters, every single day. Need a refresher course in the Art of Having Fun No Matter What? Click here to register for my free tele-class this Thursday! I’ve got a juicy surprise that I’ll be announcing at the end of the call. And be sure to post your answers to the quiz in the comments section below, and I’ll check in with you next week to see how the call impacted you. And if you know you’re ready to become master of this and every other essential Womanly Art, join us in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp!

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

Top 5 Ways Women Blow It with Men and How to Triumph

Darlings,

First and foremost, to my sisters who love sisters: read “partner” when I write “men.”
I say “men” because it feels sassier to me.  But all this stuff works both ways; you can even pass it along to your gay guy friends.

Women, we are geniuses.  Brilliant.  Glorious. Powerful.
But if you want to bring a radiant powerhouse to her knees in no time flat, put her right dead across from a guy who she has a ginormous crush on. Or sit her next to her cell phone the day after a hot flirt and watch how many thousands of times she checks for messages.

Or watch what our married, glorious, genius powerhouse does when her well-meaning husband fails to remember her birthday. Or check out her response when she comes home from work, exhausted, to a messy house, no dinner, and her husband is sacked out on the sofa.

A CEO who runs her company with one hand tied behind her back, becomes utterly tongue-tied.
A world leader twitters and swoons like a tweenager at a Justin Bieber concert.
A perfectly reasonable social worker turns into a raging, nail-spitting shrew.
And many, many, many women feel so clueless they just pull themselves out of the game and sit on the sidelines, watching the rest of us make fools of ourselves.

And what you don’t know is this:  I wrote the Womanly Arts as a way of giving myself, and all women, a method to stay grounded and centered as we navigate the world of love, sex, and partnership–with the alien.

Because as soon as we give ourselves up and try with all our might to please our partner, the whole boat sinks.

Click here to listen to my audio guide to the top five ways women blow it with men and how to triumph:

Top 5 Ways Women Blow It with Men and How to Triumph

To recap, here are the top five ways women blow it with men:

1.  They try to stuff the guy into a husband suit way too fast
2.  They don’t tell him what they want, and expect him to read their minds
3.  They do not express their gratitude
4.  They expect him to turn them on, and they stop flirting
5.  They wait, rather than act

And here’s the Pleasure Revolution solution:

1.  Finding fun, no matter what
2.  Desire list
3.  Man-training cycle
4.  Flirtation
5.  Owning and Operating Men

Wanna really have your way with the world of men? Join us in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp.

Let me know what you thought of this audio and whether or not it was helpful. I love getting your feedback. Be sure to leave a comment below!

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

Top 5 Ways Women Lose Their Pleasure and How to Find It Again

Darlings,

It is always hiding in the last place you look.
Yesterday, I was looking everywhere for my bracelet that I took off the previous day, just before my shower.
I remembered taking it off.
But I could not remember where I put it down.
And I looked everywhere, had my kid and my mom looking everywhere, on our hands and knees, but no bracelet.
It was like it vaporized.
But I did not stop looking.  And I became more and more hysterical inside, with every spin through the house.
Because I knew it was there, I just could not find it.

Neglected pleasure feels just like that.
Just like that.
You have done whatever you could to make good decisions.  You have worked hard.  You have hit the marks that everyone told you about.
And there is still something vital that is missing, that fills you with an uncomfortable upset inside, that intensifies the harder you try to find it.

So, I want to give you the roadmap to the top five ways that women lose their pleasure and how to find it again, so you can stop your search, and find yourself, in a whole new way. Click here to begin your audio lesson:

Top5WaysWomenLosePleasure

To recap, here are the top five ways women lose their pleasure:

1.  She is stuck in the misery of a long-term relationship where she feels stifled, undervalued, and ignored, or she is not dating because all the good ones are taken, and she is certain she will never find a great guy, even before she gets out of the starting gate.

2.  She hates her job and feels underpaid and under-appreciated.

3.  She feels fat, even though she’s not, she feels old, even though she’s not, and she feels like everyone else is sexier than she is.

4.  She has it together, and she has created a lot of what she wants, but there is still a nameless longing inside of her that leaves her sad and lonely at her core.

5.  She feels a deep sense of hopelessness and immobility as she looks at her options.

And here are the simple, proven methods you can implement right now to find your pleasure again:

1.  Start your day with the Daily Fluffs for a little morning pleasure inspiration.

2.  Every Thursday, create a new desire list and send your desires out into the twitterverse on #DesireThursdays with Mama Gena.

3.  Choose a theme song, for your day, every day, that speaks to your soul.  Give yourself a dance break and sing-along break every couple of hours.  Today, mine is “Manhattan” by Kings of Leon.

4.  Pretend that the streets are your runway, you are the hottest woman on the planet, and that everyone wants you, as you head for work, run a meeting, or do your supermarket supermom thang.  I have learned to rock this in flip flops, sneakers, or stilettos.

5.  Lip gloss.  Always lip gloss.  It never fails.  Current fave:  Laura Mercier’s Bellini.

Wanna really press your pleasure edge? Join us in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp!

What other tips do you have as a safeguard against the top five ways women lose their pleasure? Be sure to leave a comment below!

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

The Move to Make When You Want to Make a Move

Darlings,

When I want something, I know how to get it.
How many women can say that?
Most of us were taught everything, but.
Learning how to fulfill someone else’s desires for us is a very different game than fulfilling our own.
Learning how to defer your dreams is a very different game than getting what you want, exactly how you want it, exactly when you want it.
Having a community of support for every twist and turn in your adventure, is very different than slogging it through, alone.

What happens when you are 67 years old, moving across the country to a town where you don’t know anyone, leaving your grown-up daughters to start a brand new life with your retired husband, and you just gotta have some fun, some community, and sink some strong, fast roots in your new life?

* * *

Before joining Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp, I had just moved from upstate New York—my home of thirty years—to a small town in South Carolina. My husband is a horseback rider, and this particular town offered a variety of riding events, making it an ideal place to retire. But never in a million years did I think I would end up there, so far from everything I had ever known.

I couldn’t have stepped further outside my comfort zone. And it scared me. I knew not a single soul. Was this really worth the sacrifice of living near my friends and family, particularly my two daughters? Would I be missing more than I would gain? I had traded deep-seated comfort for pervasive uncertainty. I wanted something of my own…but what? How would I begin to create a new life, hundreds of miles away from the people I loved the most?

All I knew was that I needed to feel more alive again. Having been a two-time graduate of the Womanly Arts Mastery Program, I understood the difference between a Sister Goddess who consistently engages the Tools and Arts and one who does not. One is juicy, the other is…crusty. And I was feeling pretty crusty.

That’s the thing about crustiness—it can be so insidious. Before you know it, you wake up every morning with a general feeling of malaise. You don’t want to get dressed up anymore. You hold back. You stop putting yourself out there. It would be easier to just stay inside your own cocoon…

I found that I desperately needed a sense of connection, and on top of that I worried it would be harder to meet people, now that I was not working. So when I heard about Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to reconnect with the Sister Goddess community and get my emergency juice transfusion.

I hesitated signing up because I wasn’t sure it would be worth the money to try to interact with Sister Goddesses I had never met, just by computer and over the phone. But because I didn’t yet know anyone in my new hometown, I felt I needed the support to prevent myself from isolating and missing my daughters and friends and family so intensely. I knew I needed to reach outside myself and find my footing in community again. So despite my nervousness and doubt, I made the move.

As soon as I joined Boot Camp, I found myself opening up to many experiences in my new environment. I became more courageous at taking chances and reaching out to people. I created a Desire List (my favorite Tool), and during the program, two of my biggest desires came about simultaneously. I had wanted to meet strong, confident, open-minded women that I could relate to. I also wanted to ignite my passion for journaling. And it just so happened that I was invited to attend a lecture as part of a women’s group called “Sisterhood of the Spirit,” on the topic of journaling! I joined the group immediately and eventually formed my own journaling group with some of the women. These new friends added such dimension to my life. On top of that, I even started taking Tai Chi. And all of these new experiences stemmed from my decision to become disciplined about my pleasure, in community with my Sister Goddesses.

One of my favorite features of Boot Camp was the teleclasses with Mama Gena and Dr. Anne Davin. These two women really play off one another in a beautiful way. I loved how Anne was able to dissect the Arts and Tools on a technical level, and Mama Gena added her outrageous flair. Even though I had taken Mastery twice, I was amazed at how much I continued to learn. And because I tend to be a more logical person, I appreciated the technical breakdown of each Art and Tool. I began to understand the technology on a whole new level, and the best part was that I could do it at my own pace.

The practice calls were intoxicating. It was such a turn-on to hear women introduce themselves by their nicknames (mine was Pink Goddess of Peace). The leaders of the calls were all super coaches. It was just like working out. I got to practice brags, gratitudes, and desires with my sisters and participate at my own level. We also had breaks in between the calls, with time to practice the Tools and Arts in our day-to-day lives.

Traveling to Miami for the World Wide Sister Goddess Reunion was another highlight—when I could finally meet my sisters in person and put a face to a name. I was totally immersed in the Pleasure Revolution. The whole experience made me realize that I am always a Sister Goddess, even if I don’t feel like it at any given moment.

I now practice the Tools and Arts so frequently that I can share them even with other women who are not a part of the Sister Goddess community. I am constantly writing Desire Lists before every event, phone call, and family function. I used to tell myself, “I can’t have that,” or “It’s too much money.” I’ve now learned to hone my skills with the Womanly Arts and Tools to such a degree that when I want something, my mantra is “Go for it, girl!” My eyes are more open. I feel a greater sense of possibility. I go out more. I glow. I make much more of an effort to own my beauty, not because of what someone else will think but just because it makes me feel so much more alive and juicier.

It’s easy to revert to old ways of thinking, feeling, or acting when you are not in touch with women who are empowered to radiate their own divinity. My experience in Boot Camp reminded me how important it is to keep in touch with Sister Goddesses in order to feel the juice that gives me inspiration. Our enthusiasm is contagious!

–Sister Goddess Geri

Woman, it’s your time.
We have charted the course.
The Tools and Arts are in place.
All you have to do is show up, do the work of pleasure, and you will get results that will light your hanky pankies on fire. Join us in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp!

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

And That’s Why I’m Here…

Darlings,

Did you catch that line in the video?
When Anne says, That’s why I’m here?
I love that line.
You know why?
You have genius.
I have genius.
We all have genius.

But—how many of us have trouble taking that gorgeous, clear line of beauty and striking it, like a match, against the surface of the world, and igniting our deepest desires?
We were all taught to go out and make something of ourselves.
But sometimes the thing we made doesn’t exactly suit us. Or doesn’t exactly allow us to live and embody our deepest soul’s longing.

I meet so many women who feel they have a calling that they have not yet begun to answer, and live, no matter how hard they have tried.

The refinement program for being able to distill and live one’s dreams is not a solo journey.
It is inside community that our deepest dreams take root and wing.

I was a successful author, TV personality, and educator.
But it was not until I encountered the work of Dr. Anne Davin, and we forged our sisterhood and partnership, that I really became grounded in my creation, and The School of Womanly Arts really came into its own.

We all require sisterhood to gain the courage to stand for our deepest dreams.
What gifts does the Sister Goddess community hold in store for you?
What desires, that live inside you, will spin into life, as a result of drenching yourself in the sweet waters of support that is Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp?

The community is now forming.  It is an incubator built to precisely grow your most closely held dreams.

If the time for you is now and you feel itchy to strike the match and ignite something more wonderful, more courageous, and more you, in your life, then join us now for Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp.

You deserve to live your dreams in your lifetime.
That’s why I’m here.

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

The Single Most Important Truth of Man-Training

Darlings,

Man-training.

When I say those words, does your heart sing?  Or sigh?

Do you feel a sweet “Oh, yeah, sister, I am so good for that!”

Or do you want to turn the page, change the channel, and cancel your subscription to Match.com?

Here is the pure truth:

Whether we like it or not, whether we take advantage of this opportunity or not, women are the source in the man-woman game.

The relationship lives or dies depending on your desires, and how good you are at training your man (partner). A man is not, nor has he ever been, in control of the relationship. Great partnership is up to you, me, us–not him. If you have the desire, and if you have the Tools and Arts, you can set the stage for an incredible relationship, when you get your hands on some really good raw material.

No man can say that. Just like a horse requires a great rider to become the champion he was born to be, a man requires a skilled, passionate woman to become the magnificent partner he was born to be. And deep down, every woman knows this, and longs for this kind of education.

Where to acquire it?

The School of Womanly Arts Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp is an incredible training ground for a woman to up-level her man-training skills, and learn how to take pleasurable control of her relationship life.

Read how Sister Goddess Nicole, aka Sorceress, totally turned her marriage around, in a matter of weeks…

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Picture this: living in Australia, newly married, purchased our first home, sold our family company, unemployable, new baby, from career woman to stay-at-home-mum, renovating a house with a six-month-old, moved in with my parents, etc.—all within a two-year period. Aghhh!

I felt like life had just chewed me up and spat me out. I was searching to find me again. It seemed that everything that I did, in those days, was about serving the men in my life (my husband and my little man). It was part agony and part ecstasy—like a pendulum swinging back and forth—and I wanted it to STOP. My marriage had really gone to the dogs. My husband Gavin went from being my best friend to just a guy that I occasionally shared a bed with. Our conversation had disintegrated to “How’s the baby? How did he sleep today? What did he eat?” I felt so alone.

I’d had enough of living this way, and one night I stumbled across Mama Gena while searching for YouTube clips that would help me get out of this rut. Mama spoke about Sistergoddess.com, and my heart began to beat again, my body tingled inside. I joined the online community without knowing one thing about her. The moment I entered the site I felt like my soul had found a home amongst the most amazing women on the globe, and I was fascinated. “Spring Cleaning,” “womantras,” “bragging”—what was this language? What the hell are “the tools?”

My journey of self-discovery had only just begun before I heard Mama Gena mention Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp (VPBC), and my soul screamed for more. I wanted to master my life, not just get it back on track. Back on track is no way to live, not when you are a Goddess, right, girls? One night when the boys were asleep, I flipped through my wedding photos. I stared for ages at a photo of Gav and I kissing on our wedding day. God, I wanted that back! I wanted the passion, I wanted the excitement, I wanted the love and lust. I wanted to be more than just a mum.

But I had one major hesitation about signing up: the price. At the time, we had only $2,000 to our name. Logically, there was no way I could afford the course, especially with a baby to take care of. But my whole body was telling me that I had to do it. I remember flipping through Doreen Virtue’s Goddess cards while on the phone with another Sister Goddess, asking myself the question, “Do I do this?” And I drew a card that read, “Leap of faith.” My husband even said, “F— it Nic, we’ll work it out.” So…I decided to jump into the great unknown and join Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp. Two days later the bank extended us a $200k secured credit—I had completely forgotten that might be coming! And that was just the beginning…

Honestly, to be drenched in Mama Gena and Dr. Anne Davin’s wisdom and to have the support of the Pleasure Revolutionaries on the Q&A boards and my VPBC sisters was nothing short of mind-blowing. Every time I listened to the Womanly Arts tele-classes or talked to my fellow sisters on the practice calls, I plunged further and further into the depths of knowing myself as a woman. When stuck, I would post a question to the Pleasure Revolutionaries (E.g., How does the Inner Bitch love the prick?) and receive the most profound answers that gave me so much clarity and direction.  It took me higher and higher.

The most exciting thing that happened was that while I soaked in my pleasure, my husband, who used to sit on the sidelines, decided to join in. He and I went from grunting at each other to spending candlelit nights “spring cleaning” together in a bath full of rose petals and milk. Yep, you read right, he was my spring cleaning partner on the topic of “what is right with our marriage?” At one point I said to him “My love for you is what’s right,” and he looked at me with tears in his eyes. We sat in connected stillness. Now that is Man-Training.

Our relationship turned into pure gold. We found a new kind of passion and respect for each other and the best thing about it was that it just organically unfolded because I finally respected me. I served myself first and my world changed. (I am going to let you in on a secret of mine: my ultimate weapon is the tool “Bitte et Chat.” I would do VPBC just to learn how to master this one!)

Since VPBC I have continued to study the Womanly Art of Owning Your Beauty. I got my colors done, re-learned how to apply makeup, joined a gym, studied the Nia movement practice, etc. I am continuing to master my Man-Training and am leading my husband and I into a relationship that I could have only dreamed of. We have now studied Tantra and Sheri Winston’s profound online seminars together and are taking our relationship to the most celebratory heights. He is in full service to me and we are both loving it.

Not to mention, on my one-year VPBC anniversary, we are going to receive a huge amount of money from the share in my husband’s grandfather’s home. In one year, we have gone from broke to living in a totally mortgage-free million-dollar home. I know I am being rewarded for my initial leap of faith. And on top of that, I am getting ready to launch my own business venture. So as you can see, I have also become highly adept in the Art of Inviting Abundance.

I now look at my wedding photo and no longer want that life back because girls, I have so so so much more, and honestly I could not have done this just by reading a book. So if you are considering joining VPBC, just jump in and get ready to have your life changed forever.

–SG Nicole, aka “Sorceress”

P.S.  Will I be doing VPBC again? Hell, yeah. Mastering my pleasure is now my way of life.

The Radical Step That Changed Everything

Darlings,

I was 32 years old.

My career was stuck in reverse.

My relationship life was nonexistent.

I was on tenterhooks with my family.

And I had no good girlfriends to set me straight.

(Because most of them were in the same boat.)

And I took one radical step that changed everything.

Everything.

Yup, I said everything.

Within a year, I created love, work I was thrilled with, new openings with my family, and a sense of community.

How?

 

Well, there was a missing ingredient in my life—in all women’s lives—that, once put in place, is a power source like no other.

And it is the last place we were ever taught to look.

And it is called: pleasure.

It is an essential ingredient, a trace element that has transformed thousands of women’s lives, and started a revolution.  The Pleasure Revolution.

And I want to bring it to you, right here, right now.  So, I am coming to wherever you are with a program designed by my creative and business partner, Dr. Anne Davin, and with that trace element that has the power to transform everything, in Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp.

If you feel a sense of urgency…

A deep longing, that nothing you have reached for ameliorates…

A craving for more that keeps you up at night and restless during the day…

Huge desires that are so big, you cannot even name…

…then Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp just might be the release button and the roadmap you have been requiring to take your dreams out of cold storage and live them—right here, right now.

Over the next few weeks, we will be slowly rolling out the stories of how women have used Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp to completely change their lives and live their dreams.

And on September 9th, you will have a chance to become one of those women, as we launch Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp.

Every Boot Camper will get:

•         24/7 online access to the private “Pleasure Boot Camp” group on Sistergoddess.com! This will be command central during the 10-week course. It will be home base for the recordings, the homework, and your pleasure research!

•         Live Launch Tele-class* with Mama Gena and Dr. Anne Davin: You’ll be instructed on how the course works and how to get the most out of it. (*This call will be recorded and posted on the Pleasure Boot Camp group on Sistergoddess.com.)

•         Weekly Live 60-minute Womanly Art Tele-class with Mama Gena and Dr. Anne Davin: Every Monday (with the exception of 10/31) you’ll learn about the Art of the week and have a chance to ask questions about its application. (*All calls will be recorded and posted on the Pleasure Boot Camp group on Sistergoddess.com.)

•         Boot Camp Tool Sheets: After each weekly Womanly Art call, we’ll post cheat sheets for all the tools related to the Art that month. Each cheat sheet will give you a thorough description and application instructions for that particular tool. It’ll be like carrying Mama Gena in your back pocket!

•         Ask a Pleasure Revolutionary Q & A Forum: Monday–Friday, you’ll have access to a special forum on Sistergoddess.com where you can ask seasoned Sister Goddesses questions that arise as you’re applying and perfecting your Art and tool use.

•         Weekly Teleconference Practice Group Calls – Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8pm EST and Thursday at 12 noon EST: Attend one a week, attend all three—these Practice calls will be hosted by a seasoned Sister Goddess and are considered your pleasure drills. There will be no “drop and give me twenty” on these calls! There will be round after round of bragging, dancing, and gratitude until these practices become as second nature to you as brushing your teeth or conjuring first-class trips to Paris!

•         Weekly Homework: Each week you’ll receive pleasure assignments that get you out there, in your life, using the tools and Arts. This pleasure research will be the keys to your Queendom!

•         Boot Camp Buttkicker Award – Who wants to win a two-on-one PRIVATE 30-minute coaching session with Mama Gena AND Dr. Anne Davin? Every two weeks, each Boot Camper can submit a written or video-recorded testimonial about how using the Arts/Tools have impacted her life during that time frame. Mama will pick each winner and announce it via video. Plus, the winner’s submission will be highlighted on the Global Forums on Sistergoddess.com!

•         Boot Camp Graduation at the World Wide Sister Goddess Reunion in Miami! This is our time to come together and celebrate! Boot Campers will meet with Mama Gena, Dr. Anne Davin and the Palace Gang on Friday night for a private party to celebrate the completion of the course. And you get to enjoy all the World Wide Sister Goddess Reunion sessions for FREE! Look OUT South Beach—highly trained Pleasure Revolutionaries are about to be unleashed!

Virtual Pleasure Boot Camp is in session: September 9, 2011, to November 18th, 2011. Click here for all the dates and times of the calls.

Your Investment: $950. Early Bird Rate: $800 for the first 50 women who register!

This price includes everything listed above, PLUS:

•         FREE 10-week subscription to Sistergoddess.com global forums! (a $75 value)

•         FREE registration to the World Wide Sister Goddess Reunion in Miami this November, which includes an exclusive Boot Camp Graduation ceremony on Friday night, three live sessions with Mama Gena, the famous Pink Party, and access to the special hotel rates (a $350 value!)

Are you ready to change everything? Enroll online, or if you desire a payment plan, call 212-787-2411 x1. See you on the front lines!

With so much love and pleasure,

Mama Gena

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