PART I: SELF CONNECTION
THE GUIDE
In the Eastern esoteric tradition, the Sacral Chakra is the energy center around the pelvis where we move past sheer survival mode to explore our capacity for self-expression and connection through our emotions, relationships, sensual and sexual being, as well as through our sense of pleasure, abundance and creativity. Such self-expression can be fluid, embodied and empowered.
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But the Sacral Chakra can easily be one of the most wounded within us, destabilized by experiences like emotional abuse, sexual shaming and violence, birth trauma, infant circumcision and other invasive medical procedures.
Such primal boundary violations to our most intimate parts can create a split in our lives that recycles our pain in the form of dysfunctional relationships, addictions, and polarizing dynamics such as the extremes of lack and excess.
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In society, such splitting can be seen in the excess of consumerism, hyper-sexualized expressions in the media and advertising, and the reinforcement of gender posturing, expectations and stereotypes.
5. GENDER, SEXUALITY & SHAME
Essay by Katarzyna Vedah. July 7, 2018
On the other side of the coin is sexual shaming, online harassment, public humiliation and other forms of individual and collective predation.
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In terms of gender identity, sexual expression and intimate relationships, our wounds can run very deep. When we are consumed by our own personal pain, it can be easy to dismiss that of others, or to get stuck in blame, anger, deflection and aggressive self-defense.
By getting caught up in a Power-Over / Power-Under model of response, we may subconsciously re-enact our original trauma, and neither approach addresses the real issue.
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Healing our personal sacral wounds can mean listening to ourselves, learning to grieve what we’ve lost, acknowledging unmet needs and reclaiming our right to our bodies, emotional expression, and sensual / sexual being. And healing the collective wound can mean coming to meet with the intention of hearing one another with an open heart and mind.
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Whether we identify as male, female, gender neutral, or other, our lives are inter-connected and so is our pain.
To release the split thinking of Us vs Them means being open to the possibility that our lives are creative expressions of experience on a spectrum (not binary extremes). Let’s end the cycle of giving and receiving pain in our relationships and acknowledge that we need each other in this healing process.
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VIDEO (YouTube):
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Why We Pick Difficult Partners
(School of Life)
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Relationships as a Crucible to Awaken
(Science and Nonduality)
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VIDEO (YouTube): TED Talk
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The Price of Shame - Monica Lewinsky
Women as Leaders - J. S. Newsom
Trying to be "Man Enough" - J. Baldoni
DOCUMENTARY / WEBSITE:
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The Mask You Live In (J. S. Newsom)
Miss Representation (J. S. Newsom)
The Red Pill (Cassie Jaye)
RIPPLE EFFECT
CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS TO ENGAGE THE CAPACITY TO FEEL

POLARITY
AT PLAY
FILM (YouTube): Trailer
Hysteria (Tanya Wexler)
I am Not an Easy Man (Eléonore Pourriat)
Battle of the Sexes (Faris & Dayton)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
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FILM CLIP (YouTube): Tribeca Film
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ARTIST / VIDEO (YouTube):
WARPtv presents: Tara McPherson
Robert Longo - The Destroyer Cycle
WEBSITE: Tara McPherson
WEBSITE: Robert Longo
VIDEO (YouTube): Pop Culture Detective
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MUSIC / VIDEO (YouTube):
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HUMOR / VIDEO: College Humor
HEALTHY M.O.
HEALTHY MENTAL OUTLOOK & PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT

RECLAIMING
OUR SEXUAL
INTEGRITY
VIDEO (YouTube): TED Talk
Rethinking Infidelity -E. Perel
Owning Your Sexual Power -A.J. Goddard
Shame, Sex & Silence - F. Harper
Sex, Shame, Manifestation - A. Thurston
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DOCUMENTARY: Trigger Warning!
Liberated (Benjamin Nolot)
The Empathy Gap (Thomas Keith)
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VIDEO (YouTube):
The Secret of Sexism (Nerdwriter1)
Every Man Needs to Know (Teal Swan)
VIDEO (YouTube):
Men Need Meaning (The Guardian)
Robert Augustus Masters (Hart Centre)
To Be A Man (ManKind Project USA)
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WEBSITE: ManKind Project: Men's Community for the 21st Century
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BOOK: To Be a Man:
A Guide to True Masculine Power.
By Robert Augustus Masters
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WEBSITE: www.robertmasters.com
THE PROCESS
PRACTICAL REINFORCEMENT FOR SELF-CARE & DAY-TO-DAY LIVING

HEALING EMOTIONAL
& SEXUAL TRAUMA
VIDEO (YouTube): Adena Bank Lees
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Covert Emotional Incest - What is it?
ARTICLES:
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By Paul Dunion.
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VIDEO (YouTube):
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Trauma of Male Circumcision - PACE Hearing
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Men's Hidden Circumcision Grief & Trauma
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VIDEO (YouTube): Peter A. Levine
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Sexual Trauma: Healing the Sacred Wound
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Child Sexual Abuse & Relational Trauma
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AUDIO PROGRAM: Sounds True
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SHIFT GEARS
EXPANDING PERSPECTIVES, AWARENESS & CONSCIOUSNESS

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INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP
DYNAMICS
VIDEOS (YouTube): Teal Swan
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Why You Can't Leave the Relationship
‘The Great Rescue(r)’ of Relationships
I Can Have Me & I Can Have You Too
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VIDEO (YouTube): School of Life
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VIDEO (YouTube): TED Talk
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VIDEOS (YouTube): Teal Swan
How To Overcome Porn Addiction *
The Secret Behind All Sexual Fetishes *
Divine Feminine Vs. Divine Masculine
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* Mature Content