Workshop 3 – The Pleasure of the Other: Becoming a Resource for Love
The ecstasy our lovers feel is proportional to our ability to experience it as our own pleasure. When we get to access this experience our education in the arts of loving can be considered complete. As artists of love, we will be the source of erotic ecstasy for our lovers in such sublime communion that the pleasure of the other will become our own.
As a principle of erotic/ecstatic communion, the pleasure of the other is not new. We can read about it in Sappho, Ovid, Veronica Franco, Giacomo Casanova, and others whose love lives have been celebrated in literature. But how can we learn to generate this pleasure in our own love lives? This workshop is designed to provide access to this experience.
The exercise intends to initiate participants in the practice of forming a pleasure team and receiving pleasure from multiple sources. It can be done in a conventional or clothing-optional environment. Participants form groups of 5 to 7 people and sit on the floor in a circle. One participant volunteers to be the ‘pleasure emitter,’ the others form the ‘pleasure team.’ The ‘pleasure emitter’ lies down at the center while members of the ‘pleasure team’ sit around in a circle. Boundaries are set as to what areas of the ‘pleasure emitter’s’ body are open for receiving pleasure and what areas are off limits. The pleasure team begins to focus on pleasuring the emitter. Members will stay tuned into each other and listen for signs of pleasure from the emitter. The emitter will express pleasure with words, moans, and body movements. These will reverberate as feed back with the team whose members will enhance the pleasure as they respond to the expressions of the emitter.
The exercise can be repeated as many times as there are volunteer pleasure emitters in the group. Each round lasts about 10-15 minutes. After two or three rounds, the group will discuss the experience. Participants will share about what it felt like to be in either position and why. What did participants learn about pleasure? Is the pleasure of the other better than our own?
A group hug can be used as a closing ritual.
A workshop designed by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD
Workshop 4 – Flogassage: The Bioenergetics of Multiple Loves
Learning the Arts of Loving with Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio
This workshop combines small group massage and mild flogging to convey the bio-energetic experience of polyamory compersion, tantric energy and kundalini, and love for the person.
Compersion is the ability to share love among three or more people. Practicing compersion helps to transmute jealousy into the joy and elation of being present to multiple loves, to give up exclusivity, and to express pleasure and ecstasy (or being the “pleasure emitter” in a multipartnering situation
Tantric Energy & Kundalini are modes of amorous expression that enable one to give, receive, store, and transmute erotic energy throughout the body and the chakra system. These modes are often experienced indirectly. In this workshop we focus on the back side of the body as a place to store and transmute these energies.
Love for the person is the ability to love someone independently of their gender and sexual orientation. Many experienced bisexuals practice this kind of love. In this workshop we focus on changing roles within a small group, exchanging erotic energy with diverse participants, adjusting degrees of participation, and experiencing full-body erotic pleasure, to convey the experience of loving the person.
“I was fortunate to attend a flogassage organized by Serena. It was not on the agenda for the weekend, but was one of the highlights of my experience. Serena expertly set the mood and our expectations, then smoothly guided us through hours of sensual touch experiences unlike anything I had ever experienced before. She is truly gifted,” said Michael from Massachusetts.
Notes: This workshop is open to everyone over 18. It is especially recommended for massage therapists and other kinds of holistic healers interested in exploring the sensual aspects of the healing arts. The workshop will be held in a clothing optional environment. Participation in the exercises is based on consent. Graded levels of participation are encouraged.
This workshop is designed to assist participants in becoming more aware of how bisexual cultures and lovestyles complement and integrate with Polyamory.
We open with a short poem about bisexuality by nonetheless that William Shakespeare. “Two loves I have,” from Sonnet 144. There is nothing new to bisexuality or Polyamory, since even the bard practiced them . . .
We continue with definitions and historical perspectives about the bisexual movement, especially in the late 20th century, with a special reference to the work of the late Fritz Klein, from a psychoanalytical perspective, and Lani Kaahumanu and Loraine Hutchins, from a cultural and earth-centered perspective. Participants will be invited to share in small groups about bisexual dreams, wishes, fantasies, and experiences.
Next will be a practical exercise based on the Klein Grid, a bi version of the Kinsley Scale. Participants will be invited to place themselves on this grid. Then they will mix and mingle while they ask questions of each other as to where they best fit, so that in the end everyone will stand on the floor in correspondence to their place on the grid, to everyone’s amusement!
Bisexuality is largely in the mind of the beholder. Participants will play the roles of givers and receivers in small groups. The messages will be expressed via soft touch and/or flirtatious gazing. The givers will keep their intention secret, and the receiver will be invited to guess as to what that is. In many cases, a non-sexual intention will be interpreted as sexual, and vice versa, to the amusement of all.
We at 3WayKiss are delighted to bring a fabulous October Calendar of Events to you! We also wish to send our very very special thanks to all participants in the 9/26th Big-Push! That made a VERY big difference, with Gaia pushed to the top of the list for at least two subspecialties in Kindle Store, and staying there as we speak! Plus it sparkled a whole new bunch of digital readers, an absolutely eco-sexy thing to do! From the deepest depths in our heart, thank you!
For October, yours truly has been called to the Los Angeles area for three
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fabulous events we are happy to bring to you. We look forward to having you with us! Please have your Gaia on Kindle purchase receipt ready to claim your discount! Thank you!
October Calendar, in Reverse Order:
–23-24th Weekend with Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens
–19th Tuesday with Leanna Wolfe
–16-17th Weekend with SaRina and Robert Silber Scroll down for details!
–October 23-24th Weekend–Ecosex Wedding plus Symposium HoneyMOON in the LA Area
As announced, yours truly will keynote at the world’s first Ecosex Symposium, to be
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held Sun., the 24th, 3 to 6 PM, at the Highways Performance Space, 165118th St, Santa Monica, CA, 90404.
This unique event brings together ecosexuals from the world over to kickstart the ecosexual movement. The event is organized by Moon brides and Eco-Sex Bi-o-neers Annie Sprinkle, PhD, and Beth Stephens, UCSC. As for yours truly, she’ll be talking about “Gaia, the third planet, amorous hostess to many lovely species, sexy mother and lover too!” The Symposium is moderated by adult film director Veronica Heart, with relationship coach Deborah Taj Anapol, PhD, and sexologist Carol Queen, PhD, among many fabulous speakers.
The artist brides will be HoneyMOONing from a Purple Wedding to Gaia’s lovely satellite, the Moon, to be celebrated on Sat, the 23rd, 6-9:30 PM, at the Farnsworth Park Amphitheater in Altadena. The Wedding will be officiated by performance artist Reverend Billy of the Church of Life After Shopping. Yours truly, duly dressed in Purple, will announce the Symposium as a homage to Gaia’s hyper-generous hospitality to our unruly species.
The Symposium is meant to be “a public forum where art meets theory meets sex education meets practice,” artist brides Annie and Beth declare. As hundreds of ecosexuals are heading toward Los Angeles for this very special weekend, yours truly invites you to join this heady lot and help spearhead the movement. What could be more exciting than marrying an astral body and consuming the honeymoon with a whole bunch of ecosexual people?
Reading from seminal text of ecosexual theory, Gaia and the New Politics of Love
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, at the Casa de Pensamiento Libre, for the Sex and Culture Lecture Series, hosted by Leanna Wolfe, 14923 Marlin Place, Van Nuys, CA, 91405. A fabulous series, check it out here. Discussion. Refreshments. Donation: $ 10 at door, does not include books. Yours truly will be delighted to sign copies while supplies last. Ask Leanna at 818 510 0225.
–Weekend October 16-17:
Conscious Sensuality; Gaia at LuvHub: Sat., 16th, 7-9PM.
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Experiencing Gaia at LuvHub. An extended evening program for all participants in Conscious Sensuality Weekend Intensive, with Robert Silber and SaRina Goode. 12712 Dewey St, Los Angeles (Santa Monica), CA, 90066.
The workshop yours truly has been invited to lead focuses on witnessing the energy of love, holding space for the magic of it, experiencing the pleasure of the other, learnign about the arts of loving and about sharing resources of love. Gift yourself with the whole weekend and claim your discount as a Big Push-Up participant here. We at 3WayKiss sincerely hope you’ll choose to join us at ll times, at least in spirit. Please let us know if we can answer any questions or assist you in any way. We are a not-for-profit corporation based in Puerto Rico that intends to “educate the public about the arts of loving and their infinite forms of expression.” Plese visit and find out all about our new and exciting Mission. You can also pledge your donation here. We are persuaded the events above will spearhead exciging new projects, and are extremely interested in exploring the connections between ecosex and the noosphere. We see Big Push-Up Day as an experiment in this line of thoiught. Two weeks into the process, we can tell it’s interesting and will follow up with more data in due time. The LA area is a beloved Matria of yours truly–a special land that has kindly hosted her at one point in her journey. How exciting to be there soon! Reconnecting to long-time friends from the region is a wonderful gift! Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you are one of them. With a full teaching schedule at the home institution, travel time is at a premium–the opportunity not to be missed!
With deep appreciation for your interest and business, we at 3WayKiss remain yours truly in devotion and ecosexual friendship.
Namaste,
Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD @ 3WayKiss
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author of Gaia and the New Politics of Love, a Silver Winner for Cosmology and New Science for the 2010 Nautilus Awards, and many other fabulous books Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
The Big Push-Up Date for Gaiaon Kindle has come! This world wide event starts on Sunday, September 26th, as early as 12:01 AM your time and lasts for the next 24 hours. It is an ecosexual way to reclaim the power to generate best-seller status for books that offer community-based knowledge, research, and wisdom. You can attend from wherever you are. When you download your digital copy of Gaia within this timeframe, you get to decide what a best seller feels, looks, reads like! Also, you start building your own digital library, with streams of ecosexual wisdom flooding your knowledge store without the waste of a single twig! What could be more ecosexually savvy?
This book is considered an avatar of ecosexual theory. A winner of the Nautilus Award for Cosmology and New Science, it already rates quite highly in ‘health. mind, body’ and ‘women’s studies.’ The title just needs that little extra push to make it on the general Amazon.com digital best seller list! We at 3WayKiss thank you for that little extra push today! We are a non-profit devoted to spreading knowledge about love as an Earth-saving arts, and will reward you with a discount of up to $ 20 discount on any forthcoming event on our author’s calendar.
Keep your receipt as proof of purchase to redeem your up-to$20 3WayLKiss Reward!
Here’s what’s featured for Serena in the October calendar, Los Angeles area:
—October16-17th: Gaia and the Wisdom of Love, author’s Special Appearance in Conscious Sensuality experiential workshop with SaRina and Robert Silber. Hosted by LuvHub in Santa Monica, Ca. Sign up now for weekend and enjoy this special feature, among others. Only $ 225 for weekend. Learn how to witness love, how to share and multiply the amorous resources of your life. Click here for details and to sign up!
—October19th, 8:00 PM: Reading from Gaia and the New Politics of Love in Sex and Culture Lecture Series, hosted by Leanna Wolfe in Van Nuys, Los Angeles area, Ca. Don’t miss this fabulous Casa de Pensamiento Libre Production. $ 10 Donation. For details and address, go to Ask Leanna.
—October23rd, 6-9:00 PM: Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens‘s Purple Wedding to the Moon performance ceremony, produced by Love Art Lab. Officiated by Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping Choir. At Farnsworth Park Amphitheater in Altadena, Los Angeles area. This event is free of charge and open to the public. Serena is featured for special announcement. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the ecosexual community and be inspired! For details, donations, volunteering, click Purple Wedding to the Moon.
—October24th, 3-6:00PM: Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens‘s Ecosex Symposium HoneyMOON. Not to be missed! First ever event of its kind! Moderator Veronica Hart. Panels, presentations, discussion. Serena featured in Ecosex Panel as expert on Gaia. Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, Ca. $ 15 charge. Can’t be sure to comp you to redeem your 3WayKiss Reward but sliding scale at door might apply. For details and to sign up click Ecosexuality Symposium.
More events to be announced in the next few months. More ways to reward your participation in the Big Push-Up! Do keep your proof of purchase to redeem your reward!
In addition, as you read Gaia, don’t forget to go back to the Kindle Store webpage and post a Customer Review! You’ve decided to be at cause in the making of best-seller status: your perspective is ever so valuable. Thank you!
Finally, the free software Kindle for PC is also available to get you started on a digital library: For detail and to download click Kindle for PC.
Thanks for your contribution to the Big Push-UP. We at 3WayKiss are absolutely proud of you! Please spread the word as widely as possible to all interested parties. And, don’t forget to become a follower of PolyPlanetGAIA!
With love and wishes for a juicy, healthy, hospitable ecosexual planet!
Namaste,
Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD
Author of Gaia and the New Politics of Love, a 2010 Winner for the Nautilus Book Awards, and many other fabulous books
Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Could it be as simple as an ecosexual politics of love where Eros makes peace with Gaia?
These wise women have it all figured out. Find out from what they write and then lobby for their ideas with Obama!
Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, Deborah Taj Anapol, and Dossie Easton at Open Secret Bookstore in San Rafael, Ca, on July 3rd celebrating Interdependence Day as they outline the future of love on Planet Earth.
We will be back with more about this historic event where the future of love on the planet was outlines. Meanwhile, please send us your thoughts, ideas, comments, poems, rants, plans, critiques, strategies. What’s a new politics of love that would serve Gaia and us? What does it look, feel, smell, taste like to you? tell us and we will publish it on Poly Planet GAIA!
do you call yourself ‘ecosexual’? would you date someone who does? if yes, or no, why?
‘Ecosexual,’ the new ‘sexual orientation people use in personal ads, we learn from Annie Sprinkle, ‘sybaritic cougar,’ and participant extraordinaire. Do you call yourself ‘ecosexual’? Would you date someone who does? If yes, or no, why?
Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens, Cunning Minx: more love, more wisdom!
We will be back with more about this historic event where the future of love on the planet was outlines. Meanwhile, please send us your thoughts, ideas, comments, poems, rants, plans, critiques, strategies. What’s a new politics of love that would serve Gaia and us? What does it look, feel, smell, taste like to you? Tell us and we will publish it on Poly Planet GAIA!
And, don’t forget to look up for ‘ecosexual’ dates next time you go out!
Is humanity at war with Mother Earth? Can the wisdom of love save the day?
Three pioneers of polyamory come together in the Bay Area to share experiences with you in a momentous series of events.
Deborah Taj Anapol, Dossie Easton, and Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio: June 22nd to July 3rd.
As buried fossils from liquefied ancient forests gush to the Earth’s scorched surface, humanity realizes it is at war with Gaia, the gracious hostess that has allowed our blessed species to grow. In science, a host and a guest are symbiotic, a form of love. But what happens when the guest inadvertently tries to kill the host? Can the wisdom of love help to bring this mutually destructive war come to an end? Intuitively, we know it can. But do we know enough about love to use it as an effective remedy?
Between June 22nd and July 3rd three wise women in polyamory will be in the Bay Area to explore the future of love on planet Earth. Dossie Easton, Deborah Taj Anapol, and Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, authors of groundbreaking works, can explain how the arts of loving can contribute to the health of planetary life. The ecosexual movement brings this need for planetary balance to the surface. What’s the role of Eros, the energy of love, in keeping Gaia, the planet, in balance with herself? With a total of over 100 years of practicing, studying, and teaching poly love all over the world, Easton, Anapol, and Anderlini put their wisdom on the table and open up their store of experience to lead this epic journey into the future of love. There isn’t a position they haven’t tried, a sexualoving event they haven’t hosted, a taboo they haven’t broken, an open relationship they haven’t been part of. Each has been a pioneer in some area of erotic expression related to planetary consciousness. Whether you’re a visitor or a resident, it’s a momentous time to be in the Bay Area, where they’ve chosen to bring the wisdom of love. If you’re a conscious lover, a healer, a sex-positive person, you can’t afford not to participate!
Calendar:
June 22nd, Open Secret Bookstore, San Rafael, 7-9 PM
The Wisdom of Love
Double book launch for Deborah Taj Anapol’s and Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio’s latest books: Polyamory in the 21st Century and Gaia and the New Politics of Love, respectively.
A Silver Winner in Cosmology and New Science for the 2010 Nautilus Book Award, Gaia is a political theory that claims education in the arts of loving is humanity’s wisest way out of our unwinnable war against planet Earth. These arts include sharing pleasure, cultivating amorous resources, and practicing holistic sexual health. When Anapol read Gaia, she exclaimed: “I’m so glad Serena wrote this book because now I don’t have to! In 1992, I said that polyamory is good for the planet. Serena has done a masterful job of fully explaining exactly what this statement means.” Anapol’s Polyamory in the 21st Century (to be released imminently), resonates with Anderlini’s intent to expand the horizon of polyamory on the future of love. The author taps on her wide ranging travels to present polyamory as the force that can transform the practice of love across cultures and continents. Polyamory is a movement with deep roots in the Bay Area. The two authors are coming together from Puerto Rico and Hawaii respectively to present its wide ranging effects and transformative, ecosexual, healing ramifications around the globe.
Prepaid door charge is only $ 6 per person if three sign up. Sign up for both the 6/22 and the 7/3 events, and you get a signed copy of Serena’s memoir Eros at the workshop (a value of $ 35).
July 3rd, Open Secret Bookstore, San Rafael, 11AM-7PM
Three Wise Women on Polyamory Explore the Future of Love on Planet Earth
Dossie Easton, author of acclaimed classic of poly education, The Ethical Slut, now on its second edition, joins Deborah Anapol and Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio in this one-day experiential journey into love.
Through multiple perspectives of three expert facilitators, the workshop will address related questions, including: Can we practice love so as to end the war our species is perpetrating on mother Earth? What’s a Gaian way to be sexual, or ecosexual? Is Gaia an ecological path to the communion, the joy, the pleasure of erotic ecstasy? How can a healthy politics of love be put into effect on a local and global scale? How can we practice polyamory in emotionally and ecologically sustainable ways? These are some of the question the journey will explore in practical and discursive ways.
If you’ve been to the June 22nd reading, the workshop expands your experience on a deeper level. The paradigm shift toward a Gaian awareness has great possibilities for those with the potential to love more than one person. The workshop brings this awareness to your body at the cellular level. If the workshop is your first attendance, it brings you up to speed and complements the theory with the experiential level.
Whether you are straight, monogamous, gay, polyamorous, bisexual, lesbian, polysexual, ecosexual, asexual, metrosexual, or any other preference; whether you are female, male, intersex, transgender or any other gender; regardless of your relationship status, age, nationality, trade, profession, race, ethnicity, religion, spiritual practice, this workshop exposes you to an awesome combination of perspectives on the arts of loving practiced today. It helps to access the multiple ways that these practices can serve one’s personal, communal, ecosystemic, and planetary health.
As part of a planet whose body is alive, we humans are already always related. Planetary consciousness corresponds to the potential of this overall relatedness. The challenge in creating a sustainable amorous life is actualizing each potential in the most authentic way. As Easton says, “Each relationship finds its own level, if you let it.” The combined wisdom of Anapol, Easton, and Anderlini creates the space where your own potential can manifest. Anapol emphasizes polyamory’s potential to design a future for love on planet Earth. Easton explores multipartnering as key to embrace hidden yet essential aspects of our nature. Anderlini connects our amorous potential to Gaia’s planetary consciousness. As you bask in these multiple wisdoms of love, you can surely synergize your own.
When three wise women of polyamory invite you to be part of the unique series of events that brings them together, you better treasure this opportunity coming your way! The cost of a day that could change your life forever is only $ 63 per person. It goes down to $ 45 when you sign up by June 25th along with two friends! Team up with others intent in saving the planet and participate! Please plan to be on time. There will be a lunch break. A healthy meal will be available on site for a reasonable extra charge. Please spread the word to amorous communities and networks. You can preorder your books as well.
7/3 – Full Price with 1, 2, 3 Person Discounts – Last day is July 2nd
Sign up for both the reading and the workshop, and you get a signed copy of Serena’s memoir Eros at the workshop (a value of $ 35).
June 25-27, World Polyamory Association, Harbin Hot Springs
Deborah Taj Anapol and Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio are also coming together at this wonderful conference that combines poly and tantra. Their talks are scheduled on the 25th and 26th respectively. Join them at one of the most holistic naturist retreats in the world.
Deborah Taj Anapol, PhD, is a relationship coach who leads seminars on love, sex and intimacy all over the country and around the world. She is the author of Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits, The Seven Natural Laws of Love, and Polyamory in the 21st Century. Website: www.lovewithoutlimits.com. “Let jealousy be your teacher.”
Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD, is a professor of humanities at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. She is the author of Eros: A Journey of Multiple Loves, and Gaia and the New Politics of Love. She teaches and lectures about the practice of love and the science of Gaia. Blog: http://polyplanet.blogspot.com. “A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live.”
Dossie Easton is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco. She is co-author with Janet Hardy of The Ethical Slut, now in its second edition, and Radical Ecstasy. She lectures and leads workshops on polyamory and ecstatic spiritual practices at conferences and universities. Website: www.dossieeaston.com. “Each relationship will seek its own level like water if you let it.”
Choose the wisdom of love for your interdependence calendar!
What is the future of love on an imperiled planet? What’s the global, cultural, emotional, spiritual, and body ecology of love? Will sex save the planet? What combination of ‘free’ love, polyamory, and imaginative styles of erotic expression will do the job of making peace with Gaia, our mother Earth?
The connection between sex and the environment has been on people’s minds lately. As top-rated writer of conscious love Tinamarie Bernard has put it, “At first glance, sex and the environment don’t make obvious bedfellows. How can the answer to our environmental problems . . . possibly be found in the satin sheets of lovers? According to a growing number of greenies, free love may just save the planet.” We have only to look around us to see that this salvation hasn’t happened yet. Why not? Is the whole idea of a politics of love just a flakey new age fantasy? Or have we not taken it far enough? Has the wisdom of love been forgotten, distorted, and misunderstood for so long we are only now starting to penetrate this mystery?
On July 3rd, three brilliant, passionate, and courageous avatars of polyamory will address the theory and practice of loving in freedom, consciousness, and compassion. We’ll integrate the wisdom of our bodies, hearts, souls, and minds in guiding this fast moving experiential journey into love.
Dossie Easton, Deborah Anapol, and Serena Anderliniare all authors of groundbreaking books on polyamory. Their combined poly life experience totals well over 100 years! Each is an incredible teacher in her own right and by choosing to join forces they have co-created the most amazing context ever for sharing of wisdom of love. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to stand on the shoulders of these pioneering leaders! From this vantage point we’ll appreciate how your intimate, erotic life is instrumental in weaving the web of life we call Gaia.
If you are among the first 15 people to register, you will receive a complimentary copy of ONE of the following books at the event:
Dossie Easton. The Ethical Slut. Celestial Arts, 2009.
Deborah Taj Anapol. The Seven Natural Laws of Love. Elite Books, 2005.
Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio. Gaia and the New Politics of Love. North Atlantic Books, 2009.
Interested in Work Trade/Press Pass/Fee Reduction? Contact:
Dossie dossie@dossieeaston.com until June 1st, Serena serena.anderlini@gmail.com after June 1st
See also www.lovewithoutlimits.com Bios
Deborah Taj Anapol, PhD, is a relationship coach who leads seminars on love, sex, and intimacy all over the country and around the world. She is the author of Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits, Compersion,The Seven Natural Laws of Love. Polyamory in the 21st Century (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010) will be available in July! Website: www.lovewithoutlimits.com. facebook fan page: Polyamory in the 21st Century. “Let jealousy be your teacher.”
Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, PhD, is a professor of humanities at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. She is the author of Eros: A Journey of Multiple Loves, and the editor of numerous collections. Her latest book, Gaia and the New Politics of Love is Silver Winner in Cosmology and New Science for the 2010 Nautilus Book Awards. She teaches courses, workshops, and seminars on the practice of love and the science of Gaia. She blogs at http://polyplanet.blogspot.com “A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live.”
Dossie Easton is a licensed psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and moresomes in her private practice in San Francisco. She is co-author with Janet Hardy of The Ethical Slut, now in its second edition, and Radical Ecstasy, among others, and she lectures and leads workshops on polyamory and ecstatic spiritual practices at conferences and universities in the United States, Canada and Europe. Dossie has been an active sex radical since 1961. Website: www.dossieeaston.com.“Each relationship will seek its own level like water if you let it.”
Gaia, Eros, & the Sacred:
Learning the Arts of Loving with Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio
Class # 1 Gaia Theory: The Scientific and Spiritual Principles
How does Gaia theory work? What does it mean? What difference does it make to us? How can we contribute to Gaia’s joy, health, and well being?
Gaia is the scientific and spiritual principle based on which the Earth, and its biota in particular, is a living being, a web of interconnected ecosystems whose health is proportional to the health of each cell in them. All of us human and non-human animals, plants, microbes, and minerals, are little specks of life in this all-encompassing being. As humans, we are more complex than other Earthlings, and there fore more vulnerable. In this symbiotic system, the health of Gaia is proportional to the health of each live element in it. An active knowledge of Gaia theory empowers today’s humans to resolve the ecological crisis we’re in, just like an active knowledge of Heliocentrism empowered Renaissance people to resolve theirs.
Exercises for this class include meditations that connect us to our inner symbiotic ecosystems, to other Earthlings, and to our first ancestors, bacteria.
Testimonials: “Galileo, Issac Newton, and Louis Pasteur have something in common with Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio. Based on their own personal observations, they have had original ideas about how the world functions . . . and . . . the strength of character to . . . and communicate these ideas despite . . . the commonly accepted “truth” of their time. The controversial ideas of Galileo, Newton and Pasteur have since been shown to be correct and have changed the way we view the world we live in. Serena’s ideas and her strength of character in communicating them are equally important to us now,” said Pat from Carolina.
Notes: To schedule this class for your community write an email to Serena: serena.anderlini@gmail.com
This class is a body/mind educational experience
Its topic is interconnected with the two subsequent topics in the series
The class can be taken alone or as part of the series
The class includes:
a SEMINAR to delineate its major ideas (with open Q & A period) – 60 to 90 minutes a WORKSHOP to practice and experience them – additional 30-60 minutes
From the contents of Gaia and the New Politics of Love, by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2009
Learning the Arts of Loving with Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio Class # 2 Sacred Erotic Energy and its Circulation in an Amorous Community
What is sacred erotic energy? How can we perceive it, absorb it, channel it? What makes us part of an amorous community? How can we contribute to its joy, health, and well being, and why is this good for us?
Eros was the god of love in ancient Greece and is often perceived as a spiritual force that pervades the material, that blows health and vitality in it, similarly to the prana, ki, and universal energy of Eastern traditions. Erotic energy is sacred because it is part of a sacred tradition and because it denotes life, which is sacred in most belief systems. Eros is a vital force that manifests in infinite ways and takes the form of the energy field where its presence is felt. The ability to register this presence, to absorb and channel its energy that each of us has corresponds to the wealth we bring to our amorous and erotic communities. Eros is what keeps Gaia alive. The more we contribute, the more we receive.
Exercises for this class include safely giving and receiving sacred erotic energy in small groups and sharing about the experience and one’s interpretations of it.
Testimonials:
“Thank you so much for being you. I have longed to meet another person who . . . understands the importance of sustainability, the sharing of resources and the idea that Poly can save the planet . . . Oh, I am so happy that you exist . . . Sending you my thanks for the amazing healing under your facilitation, I am so very thankful for that gift,” said Jason from Washington State.
Notes:
To schedule this class for your community write an email to Serena: serena.anderlini@gmail.com
This class is a body/mind educational experience
Its topic is interconnected with two other topics in the series
The class can be taken alone or as part of the series
The class includes:
a SEMINAR to delineate its major ideas (with open Q & A period) – 60 to 90 minutes
a WORKSHOP to practice and experience them – additional 30-60 minutes
From the contents of Gaia and the New Politics of Love, by Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2009.
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