Shameless:

What you’ll learn:

• The hidden relationship between the “good girl” and the slut.
• How to celebrate your erotic desires and allow them to become your fuel.
• Tools to integrate wounds to your sexual expression caused by society, friends, family, and self.
• Practices to make friends with your whole sexual expression, from the good girl’s coy denial to the slut’s insatiable hunger.
• How the slut shaming of Mary Magdalene defined women’s sexuality for centuries, and how to take back the erotic power denied to our ancestresses.

This is for you if:

• you’re ready to eradicate shame from your body and your sexuality.
• you want to know what sexual desire feels like as a normal, human experience (without the “shoulds” and “should nots”).
• you want to have sex without the shadow of trauma.
• are ready to unlock your voice and say clearly what you do and don’t want in bed.
• you want to bridge the dichotomies of the good girl and the slut and find your inner erotic compass.
• you resonate with practices that stand at the intersection of sexuality and spirituality.

Our muse, Mary Magdalene

In this workshop, we’ll invoke the story of Mary Magdalene, the most famous woman ever to be slut shamed. 

You might know her as the prostitute that Jesus forgave despite her sins, but in truth, books that were removed from what we now call the Bible demonstrated that Mary Magdalene was a priestess and – quite likely – Jesus’ sexual, romantic, and spiritual partner. 

The world is finally recognizing Mary Magdalene for who she really was. In this workshop, we’ll bring in a bit of her magic to help us heal the slut wound in our own lives.

Your Guide

Hey there, I’m Sonja Semyonova. I’m a writer and somatic intimacy coach who helps women come home to their erotic power and create the relationships of their dreams. 

My work is grounded in 20+ years of study and practice – from my early days as a gender studies student (before it was cool) and initial career as a sexual trauma counselor to my ongoing study of mysticism, mythology, somatic sex education, trauma recovery, and more.

But more than anything I’ve studied, my work is born from my lived experience. I’ve sought out some of the world’s best teachers to heal many layers of sexual wounds and reclaim my voice, befriend my body, and unlock my pleasure after decades of silence. These days, I live without apology. I want to invite you to do the same.