On expanding time - checkout Richard Rudd ( Gene Keys) on the power of contemplation - not meditation !! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TFJSIqJEHVk

Have you ever felt your connection with nature “wake up” a memory in your body? I’m sharing MY VERY FIRST (be nice because I get better) Somatic Pleasure Podcast episode, where I interviewed my friend Sarah Betcher — wilderness guide, ethnographic filmmaker, and deep listener to land, culture, and body wisdom. Sarah’s stories from shooting in Alaska, Hawaii, and Indigenous communities are WILD! At the moment of this posting, she actually is in a very remote village in Alaska called Unalakleet. She is so grounded, and full of life and such a fun spirit to listen too.... and kind of easy on the eyes - just saying ❤️‍🔥🐒😉🌈 Three beautiful somatic threads from this conversation: 🌲 Nature teaches through sensation 🤲 Touch connects memory, body, and place 👂 Real wisdom ALWAYS starts with quiet listening Watch the full episode on my YouTube channel - The Somatic Pleasure Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesHumecky And subscribe while you’re there 🐒❤️‍🔥 Sarah's Website is Farthest North Films

YES - I did a podcast all last year and IT WAS FUCKING AMAZING‼️🤩🦄🐒🌈 The Somatic Pleasure Podcast 24 Interviews with a whole range of incredible people. 💖🌸❤️‍🔥🔥 ‼️🔥☸️🟧 I am putting each episode in the the classroom in one place for easy access.... AND - I am highlighting one person and episode each day here. I would LOVE 💗🤟 to hear your thoughts SOME OF THESE INTERVIEWS ARE DEFINITELY NSFW ❤️‍🔥🙈🙉🙊❤️‍🔥 But all of them are fun!

In this excerpt from The Somatic Pleasure Podcast, Dr. Kirstin Hotelling Zona reframes Eros as a sovereign life force—not something sourced from a partner, but reclaimed within and then shared. She speaks directly to the tension couples face when one partner feels the call to more aliveness, creativity, and erotic truth, and why that call can actually mean the relationship is strong enough to evolve. Watch the full conversation here:  YouTube  Connect with Kirstin: https://www.kirstinhotellingzona.com Instagram: @kirstinhotellingzonacoaching

↓ Eros as Capacity - tapping into the Life force ​🎧 Podcast Premiere:Friday, January 2 at 10:30 AM PDT Arrive with your body. Press play when you’re ready. Eros doesn’t start with desire—it starts with whether you can stay present with what’s already alive in you. This episode of The Somatic Pleasure Podcast features a grounded, unsentimental conversation with Kirstin Hotelling Zona about eros as aliveness—how it shows up in the nervous system, how it gets mistaken for stimulation, and what it takes to remain with it without performing or collapsing. But here’s the thing—this isn’t really about her. It’s about how you meet intensity. Where you rush past sensation. Where you call it desire instead of capacity. If intimacy, leadership, or creativity matter to you, this episode will land. You’ll be sitting with tensions like: - aliveness vs stimulation - slowing down vs shutting down - desire vs capacity - presence vs performance “Eros isn’t something you chase. It’s something you learn to stay with.” — Kirstin Hotelling Zona