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Oct 2023
1h 5m

How To Experience A Sexual Awakening wit...

Layla Martin
About this episode

Shownotes

  • What are other people actually experiencing in their sex lives?

  • What questions you should be asking yourself to discover your sexual desires

  • How a sexual awakening (or many!) can guide you toward your whole self

  • What IS a sexual awakening?

  • Why you’re going to get hurt regardless of your level of surrender

  • The art of discerning if someone is truly safe

  • How to have a sexual awakening 101

  • Plus, why we squirted watermelon juice all over each other ;) 

Bio 

Dr. Cat Meyer, PsyD, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in sex, trauma and psychedelics. She is also a ceremonialist, kambo facilitator, author, teacher of yoga and international speaker dedicated to evolving the relationship between sexuality and our bodies.

Dr. Cat’s clinical work with psychedelics combines her skills, knowledge of trauma, sex and energy psychology. She approaches the work with her clients from a multi-layered and spiritual perspective for powerful activations and transformations. 

She’s the founder of SexLoveYoga.com, an online platform integrating various schools of thought that include science, tantric yoga, indigenous ceremony culture and psychology. This work is designed to help people create a deeply fulfilling, prosperous relational and sexual life. 

As an expert and published researcher on the topic of sex, Dr. Cat sees clients in her private practice office in Beverly Hills as well as leads workshops, lectures and retreats internationally. 

Dr. Cat is the host of two podcasts, Sex Love Psychedelics and Erotically Wasted, author of the book sexloveyoga and co-founder of Un.done, a women’s sensual yoga experience.

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Intro clips

0:00:40

This Tantric Life with Layla Martin

0:01:15

Dr. Cat Meyer, Licensed Psychotherapist, with her own podcast: Sex, Love & Psychedelics with Dr. Cat.

0:02:52

Let’s talk about sex! What are people actually experiencing? 

0:05:20

Examples of people’s types of sexual expression, what kind of sexual person can you be?

0:07:32

Connect with Layla - join the email list: https://laylamartin.com/join-list/

0:08:17

Evolving from the preconception of sex as a monolithic experience

0:15:51

Owning your sexual desires and recognizing longing - what questions are you not asking about what you might really enjoy?

0:20:06

Making your way towards ‘wholeness’ and having many sexual awakenings

0:28:30

VITA Coaching certification: https://vita.laylamartin.com/vitacoaching

0:29:50

What is a sexual awakening and how can you have it? Journey to eros 

0:30:41

Let’s try Sex Magic ~ https://shopmood.com

0:33:33

Dom feed me watermelon

0:35:26

Not surrendering never stopped you from being hurt. Why not open yourself up to surrender?

0:40:10

How to discern if someone is safe

0:46:07

MOOD Supplements - Sex Magic https://shopmood.com

0:47:18

Dr. Cat’s first sexual awakening and introduction to BDSM

0:54:44

Sexual awakening akin to spiritual awakening when your energy opens up and you dive deep into your true self

0:57:54

101 on how to have a BDSM sexual awakening, a tantric awakening and/or a general sexual awakening 

1:03:08

Learn more on Dr. Cat - https://www.sexloveyoga.com/

1:03:46

Practice: what are your top 10 desires?

1:04:24

Conclusion - thank you for watching This Tantric Life with Layla Martin

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