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Nov 20
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Reclaiming Eroticism: Connecting to Life...

Kristen Timchak
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Send us a text In this episode of the Nourished Nervous System, I welcome the insightful Darshana Avila, a trauma-informed somatic educator, practitioner, sexological bodyworker and international speaker. Darshana takes us through her transformative journey from a corporate career to pioneering work in erotic wholeness, which fuses somatics, sex and intimac ... Show More
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