Way of the Graceful Warrior

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Video: Ian MacKenzie from The Mythic Masculine interviews Gary Dillon (Kekoanui)

The Wild Kindness: Sex and Spirit in Relationship

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with Elfi Emaya Dillon Shaw and Gary Kekoa Dillon Discouver, Engage, Learn, Mend Discover tools to dispel outdated messages about sexuality, enhance body pleasure, practise communicating wants and needs through lighthearted, fun experiments for erotic play and explore available resources to enhance your erotic life. Engage in intelligent and friendly conversations about eros, intimacy, sex […]

The Wild Kindness, A Creative Exploration of Sex and Spirit

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A free introductory talk with Elfi Emaya Dillon Shaw, a teacher and somatic sex educator on Gabriola Island, BC, on March 30, 2021. www.maji.events heartcoretouch.com 00:00​ A centering and grounding practice 5:33​ About Elfi, and the exploration of language and breath 9:36​ What desire can teach us 11:38​ All the wisdom you need is in […]

On Sexual Intelligence and Erotic Literacy

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— by Emaya (Elfi) Dillon My personal connection with Body Electric began twenty-five years ago when my heart and body ached under the weight of fractured relationships with sexuality, partners, and community. By then, I had submitted to talk therapy and studied sexuality from a psychological point of view. I wanted and longed for a […]

Celebrating the Body Erotic for All Genders

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Elfi is interviewed by Suzanne Blackburn from the Body Electric School Celebrating the Body Erotic for All Genders Interview Click the link to view the video.

Perspectives on Spirituality and Sexuality in Relationship

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Perspectives on Spirituality and Sexuality in Relationship

Sexuality and Spirituality in Relationship

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Our advocacy for relationship work now includes on line sessions on skype or zoom and to our surprise we are enjoying it more then anticipated!  In person sessions will resume when possible.   Elfi and Gary offer private sessions on Human Sexuality and how to navigate sexual energy in relationship skillfully, and with kindness. They […]

Embodied Sexuality

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 In August 2017 I was asked to present a video talk called “Embodied Sexuality” for the Justisse Fertility Awareness Educators Conference at the Bethlehem Centre in Nanaimo. I want to thank Lisa Leger for this opportunity and Cathy McNally for her support and for lending me her arms for a touch demonstration.

The Sword of Consequence

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When I was a boy I spent most of my time in the summer at my grandparent’s home in southern Colorado, usually in the company of several cousins. There was an old- fashioned root cellar under the house which contained many treasures; among these we found a magnificent sword and scabbard incised with regimental designs, […]

Dew of Heaven Observed

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This painting was executed four years ago, in 2013. I had been asked to work up an erotic subject to give honor to a particular non-artistic endeavor of teaching and learning in the sexual domain. In general terms, this is the endeavor to imagine the human body and the “natural order” with it’s full-fledged sexual […]

Lomilomi Heart

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Lomilomi Heart

This painting was inspired by a photograph that was taken during a Lomilomi training that took place two decades ago.  It depicts a particular “lift and fold” move that was once more common in the lomilomi session and is no longer approached except in moments of exceptional immersion in the well-spun flow of the natural […]

The Sexual Attitude Restructuring/Reassessment program (SAR)

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The Sexual Attitude Restructuring/Reassessment program (SAR) is a cutting edge intense learning event designed for people who wish to better understand their own sexuality and that of others. It is a program dedicated to fulfilling the need for advanced training in human sexuality. Didactic and experiential, SAR offers each person the information and experience necessary […]

Sexual Intelligence for Body, Mind and Heart

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Do you experience anxiety, heartache, confusion or apathy connected with sexuality and relationships? Do you want to learn erotic skills for enhanced arousal and orgasmic states as well as clarity, communication and connection? This new program in The Haven’s core curriculum teaches erotic literacy for body, mind and heart through surrendering to the ocean of […]

Eros and the Bowl of Light – opening to erotic life for couples – Introductory Workshop

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With great respect and honor we present the gifts of erotic teachings from ancestral wisdom schools and the Big Stories– like that of Eros and Psyche– to those couples who would like to find fresh ways of being with each other. Many couples grieve the loss of physical closeness in the form of erotic play or sex even […]

Sexual Intelligence for Body, Mind and Heart- reclaiming and celebrating erotic life

Heartcore Touch

Elfi (Emaya) and Gary (Kekoa) Dillon “The original primordial fire of eroticisms is sexuality; it raises the red flame of eroticism, which in turn raises and feeds another flame, tremulous and blue. It is the flame of love and eroticism. The double flame of life.” Octavio Paz, The Double Flame Sexual intelligence is to realize […]

Celebrating the Body Erotic for all Genders

Heartcore Touch

In 1997 a new Bodyelectric workshop was conceived and birthed through Selah Martha and Collin Brown and as an avid fan and facilitator of “Celebrating your body erotic for women” I attended. Five days of “Two Spirits for men and women” as it was known then, radically changed my life. I met my life partner […]

Journey to the holy well: honouring your erotic body – for women

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Stirring your Cauldron continued: A circle of women is a powerful cauldron for learning about the healing potential of sexual energy. By creating a consensual and relaxed container in time and space we can learn to let go into the pleasure of our body. We discover our deep innate wisdom when we commit to undergo […]

The Askable Parent/Adult

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Taking the Stress Out of “The Talk”- the Askable Parent/Adult It’s a talk that parents and caregivers often might dread.  “Where do babies come from?”  Many used to rely entirely on “The Talk” at school to provide sexuality information to their children, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that more information is needed. Parents and Caregivers […]

Celebrating the Body Erotic for all Genders

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A Body Electric School Workshop Persons of all genders have so much to learn from and teach to each other. This retreat creates a temporary community that explores and celebrates the potential healing power of all human beings. We use conscious breath, nurturing and taoist erotic massage to help us remember the connection between sexual […]

Body, Breath, Sex and Energy for Women – remembering your erotic self!

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In the bustle of our stressful lives we so often forget the deepest source of energy – our erotic and sensual body!  Sometimes we only become awake when we hurt or feel numb and then look outward to find healing, yet there is a way into your own innate body wisdom that is simple and […]