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Never asking...
Always knowing...
Silently...
Thinking the same thoughts...
And smiling...inside...

that's my Sunday kind of love

Never off beat/late...
Always on time...
Musically in sync...
Playing the same tune...
In harmony...as one...

that's my Sunday kind of love

Rising...
Melting...
Coming...together
Interwined...
Understanding each/the other...
Physically, mentally, spiritually...comfortably...

that's my Sunday kind of love


have you enjoyed being a woman lately?

Take this post as a reminder to enjoy your(woman)self this year!  Take pleasure in the joys of femininity and womanhood, whatever that means to you! 

Let me share with you a story that allowed me to realize the things that it means to me:  when I was younger, I always looked forward to the day when I would become an adult woman; that included my physical maturation (my breasts and my “need to shave”) and my personal independence (my ability to stay up as late as I wanted, my own place, my ability to make my own decisions from the food I ate to the sex I had).

best laid plans...

you came
to do it to me
then leave...

you left me/wanting/you
in every way
my imagination stretching
my inspiration soaring
my body aching
making it harder/to let go

damn you
for touching me/like that
for k/needing me/like that
for fucking/wanting me/like that
then leaving me/like this

now i am just confused
about
me wanting
us fucking
you leaving

(best)
you came
(laid) 
to do it to me
(plans)
then leave?

what the wait is worth

Remember that Heinz ketchup commercial (anticipation…anticipa-a-tion…it’s making me wait)?  It was all about something that was “worth the wait.”  For as long as I can remember, I have always enjoyed looking forward to something almost as much as the thing itself (that I was looking forward to).  The wait itself was even more exciting especially if I knew how much I would enjoy the thing I was waiting for.  And, ironically, the more I wanted it, the longer the wait seemed to last (so good thing I enjoyed it, huh?

touch me, ease me

For many years, I have read various articles discussing the power of physical touch to provide all kinds of benefits from faster growth in premature babies to improved immune systems and accelerated wound healing.  In fact, when we are first born, touch is one of our most highly developed senses.  As we and our other senses mature, it seems we lose some of that instinctual ability to give and receive through touch.  Given its potentially beneficial effects, shouldn’t we be trying to maintain and continue to develop our sense of touch as we get older?

my sensual metaphor...

I am like a book
waiting to be opened
to the right page
put your hand/s
on one or two sheets
lay them flat
feel the softness/coolness
run your finger down the spine
fingers up the seam
slowly
trace a shape
big words
or little letters
making up stories
about ways
lovers can please one another
fantasies/wishes come true
screams are made
orgasms are felt
don't close it just yet
pages fluttering
brushing
fanning
out...
 
set me on the nightstand
pick me up when you want a good read
 
have you found your sensual metaphor?

embrace your inner blonde...

In the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Marilyn Monroe is asked why she pretends to be dumb and she replies that men prefer it that way. 
 
Do men really prefer it that way?...
If so, is there a way women can be smart aboutpretendingto be dumb? 
By doing so, can we all have "more fun"?
 
I know a few women that are famous in my circle of friends for their ability to attract men.  Although their appearances vary, the one thing they have in common seems to be their attractiveness to the men around them.

Dance like no one is watching…

I started dancing because I loved how it made my body feel.  I started dancing because I am moved to dance by music.  I keep dancing because of these same reasons.  It can even be a workout but somehow it’s not like work… Samba, salsa, flamenco, yoga, jazz, modern, hiphop – the dance and movement styles I have incorporated intothe sensual movementplayshopsare based in a common sensual flavor that appreciates and acknowledges a woman’s curves and feminine nature.  These movements celebrate women and how we feel as feminine beings moving in the world.

losing balance to gain balance?

"'To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.'"  - Elizabeth Gilbert, eat, pray, love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (New York: Penguin Books, 2006). 
 
This quote from the book is about the loss of balance at the beginning of a relationship.  I am pretty sure that we all have (at least one time) in the beginning of a relationship lost balance (lord knows I have) both emotionally (with the newness of falling in love and the ecstasy of the honeymoon period) and physically (from having intense, frequent sex enough to cause a bladder/urinary tract infection).
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