I couldn't help but think of Tory Giardina when Cheryl and I launched our sexy summer series. I’m excited to have her on with us to talk about pleasure and to talk about the joys of loving our body and being in our body.
I met Tory when we both lived in Brooklyn. We lost touch for a while, but we’ve reunited and I’m so happy to share her with you as she talks about her self exploratory journey and what she’s done since we first met. We talk about how she got the nickname “Death Doula” and why that makes perfect sense.
Tory was having a conversation with her Mom when she had an aha-moment that changed the trajectory of her life. She learned over the next several years that what she was doing was feeling like a death star and dancing became her way out.
But over the next few years, as Covid hit, Tory felt like she was burning her house down, and then rebuilding. A friend of hers watched from the sidelines and offered to work with her. She did a sacred Yoni body work ritual on Tory and as she explains she “went from dead to radiant in like in two hours”.
We also get into what it really means to be a witch. Tory has coined the term “Woman In TouCH”. She says, “I'm a witch, I'm a healer, and my focus is on connection related to sexuality. It's about integration. It's a holistic process of becoming who you really are. Really at its essence,what I call my work is rituals and ceremonies for liberation.”
In this episode we talk about being in a very dark place, what it takes to come out of that, and what it feels like to be on the other side. It’s a journey. One that we have to do ourselves, but not alone.