I’m Regena Thomashauer
Better known as...
Mama Gena
I’m Regena Thomashauer
Better known as...
Mama Gena
I’m a teacher and best-selling author, mother and media personality, and founder and CEO of the School of Womanly Arts,
which started in my living room in 1998 and has since grown into a global movement.
I believe, with every fiber of my being
that women are the greatest untapped natural resource on the planet.
And this belief has radically altered my sense of self. It has perfumed my days, powered my business, and placed me on the frontlines of women’s empowerment for 25 years and counting.
But before I became a CEO, a published author, or any of those big, impressive things…I was virtually invisible.
The kind of woman who chronically dims her light. I hid from love, hid from opportunity, hid from my own potential. My relationships with men were largely disempowering – abusive at their worst, unfulfilling at their best. And because of that, both my romantic life and my career were at a standstill.
As an aspiring actor, stuck waiting tables to make ends meet – I felt at odds with my life and myself. I was depressed and directionless, unknown and unknowable, and buried deep under a mountain of self-doubt.
And this belief has radically altered my sense of self. It has perfumed my days, powered my business, and placed me on the frontlines of women’s empowerment for 25 years and counting.
But before I became a CEO, a published author, or any of those big, impressive things…I was virtually invisible.
The kind of woman who chronically dims her light. I hid from love, hid from opportunity, hid from my own potential. My relationships with men were largely disempowering – abusive at their worst, unfulfilling at their best. And because of that, both my romantic life and my career were at a standstill.
As an aspiring actor, stuck waiting tables to make ends meet – I felt at odds with my life and myself. I was depressed and directionless, unknown and unknowable, and buried deep under a mountain of self-doubt.
Growing up, I understood early that the odds were stacked against me.
Like most of us, I was never taught to take up any space. I had no real role models. No evidence that a woman could do or be anything she wanted.
See, we are living in a culture that celebrates the masculine and devalues the feminine. That shames our bodies, fears our sexuality, violates our safety, and makes us wrong for existing at all.
I didn’t know it then, but the absence of the feminine, is really the absence of pleasure
It is the absence of listening to our desires, our dreams, our feelings. In short, it is the absence of pussy, which is a literal and metaphoric way to describe the greatest source of a woman’s power, her deepest intuition, her sense of community and collaboration.
And when you strip a woman of that essential life force – her ability to create and connect with others – you’re left with nothing but burnout, resentment, and massive self-doubt. Which is precisely the place where I, like so many other women, found myself.
I tried therapy, meditation, yoga, prayer...everything I could think of to feel better. I exhausted all the conventional methods for improving my life and my outlook, but nothing seemed to touch the sweeping emptiness I felt inside.
I didn’t know it then, but the absence of the feminine, is really the absence of pleasure
It is the absence of listening to our desires, our dreams, our feelings. In short, it is the absence of pussy – which is a literal and metaphoric way to describe the greatest source of a woman’s power, her deepest intuition, her sense of community and collaboration.
And when you strip a woman of that essential life force – her ability to create and connect with others – you’re left with nothing but burnout, resentment, and massive self-doubt. Which is precisely the place where I, like so many other women, found myself.
I tried therapy, meditation, yoga, prayer...everything I could think of to feel better. I exhausted all the conventional methods for improving my life and my outlook, but nothing seemed to touch the sweeping emptiness I felt inside.
It wasn’t until I discovered the innate power of my own pleasure that I was finally able to step out of victimhood and move in the direction of my desires.
Rather than looking outside of myself for answers, I journeyed inward. I traded in my therapist’s couch for classes in sensuality, and devoured book after book on the divine feminine. I became a student of my body’s inherent genius, of unsung courtesans, and women written out of history or pushed to society’s margins.
And sure enough, things began to shift. My self-confidence skyrocketed. Desires I never knew existed showed up on my doorstep, demanding to be known and lived.
It wasn’t until I discovered the innate power of my own pleasure that I was finally able to step out of victimhood and move in the direction of my desires.
Rather than looking outside of myself for answers, I journeyed inward. I traded in my therapist’s couch for classes in sensuality, and devoured book after book on the divine feminine. I became a student of my body’s inherent genius, of unsung courtesans, and women written out of history or pushed to society’s margins.
And sure enough, things began to shift. My self-confidence skyrocketed. Desires I never knew existed showed up on my doorstep, demanding to be known and lived.
One of those desires was to create a School for women, powered by turn-on.
There was no roadmap to show me how. No proof that taking a radical step in a new direction would land me where I am today. But I chose to believe. To allow that tiny voice of longing to speak louder than all of my inner critics combined.
And, sister, I'm so very grateful I did.
One of those desires was to create a School for women, powered by turn-on.
There was no roadmap to show me how. No proof that taking a radical step in a new direction would land me where I am today. But I chose to believe. To allow that tiny voice of longing to speak louder than all of my inner critics combined.
And, sister, I'm so very grateful I did.
In 1998, I launched the School of Womanly Arts and led my very first class with a group of 12 women in my living room.
I spoke my truth. Stood in my power. Broke rules. Made new ones. Created tools and arts that never existed before.
And the more authentic I was willing to be, the more my world expanded. In the past two decades, I’ve appeared on national TV numerous times. I’ve written four popular books, including the New York Times’ bestseller, Pussy, A Reclamation. And I’ve served hundreds of thousands of women from my deepest body and soul.
I know the transformative nature of connecting to my divine feminine, because doing so has meant the difference between a life of unmet desire, and the legend I am currently living.
Which is why I’ve dedicated my career to sharing the fruits of my research – my erotic awakening – with women just like you.
In my classrooms and through my books, I impart our foremothers’ knowledge and embodied wisdom from pre-patriarchal times – the thousands and thousands of years when goddess culture reigned supreme. Using this ancient precedent, and a modern tool kit of pleasure-based practices, I create communities of women who are so outrageously and wildly expressed that they are loving the world back to itself.
I am devoted to…
- Lifting women up to feel comfortable, strong, and powerful in their bodies and souls.
- Banishing shame and replacing it with irrepressible pride and joy.
- Reclaiming the forgotten majesty of the feminine, so that people of all genders can rebalance their inner scales and live in concert with their deepest truth.
If you have ever felt wounded by the patriarchy, unsure of your next steps, or less than you are capable of becoming…sister, I am here to help.
I am devoted to…
- Lifting women up to feel comfortable, strong, and powerful in their bodies and souls.
- Banishing shame and replacing it with irrepressible pride and joy.
- Reclaiming the forgotten majesty of the feminine, so that people of all genders can rebalance their inner scales and live in concert with their deepest truth.
If you have ever felt wounded by the patriarchy, unsure of your next steps, or less than you are capable of becoming…sister, I am here to help.
I am living, breathing proof that when you claim the name and address of your sacred power, nothing can hold you back.
Yes, it requires courage. Courage that this culture doesn’t recognize or celebrate.
Yes, it is uncomfortable. In the way that unfamiliar things always are.
But on the other side, so much is possible. Whole miracles. Whole versions of your greatness that you have yet to explore.
Take my hand, and let me show you the way.
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Author of Pussy, a Reclamation
Author of
Pussy, a Reclamation
This provocative, groundbreaking book ushers in a whole new paradigm for women. You'll learn how Regena become the feminist icon she is today, along with game-changing tools and practices for navigating every area of your life with pleasure and purpose.
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