An offering…
How I got to be where I am today and my departure from the Body Electric School or … being jetisoned into reality.
June 2012, just a few days before the Power Surrender and Intimacy workshop, here in Toronto, I was told by the school administrative assistant that I was “irrelevant”. This action on the part of the school and the subsequent defense by the school’s director clearly pointed out to me that I was not respected. I became very aware, very quickly, that in-fact for all of the work that I had done in my community and for the promotion of the school over the five years that I was coordinator, that I was held in contemptuous regard by the administrative staff and the director.
Shortly after being told that I was “irrelevant” I resigned from my position as local Coordinator for the Body Electric School in Toronto. The struggle had become intolerable. My resignation was tendered for two basic reasons.
- First, my values and the values of the director of the school were at direct odds. This confrontational relationship meant that everything was a struggle and that bringing the workshops to fruition was not happening with either ease or the respect for client care that I demand.
- Second, the school was misrepresenting itself as a business entity in Canada. This misrepresentation was putting me in serious jeopardy in relation to my business and my financial integrity. All of this in reference to the American company not being registered with Revenue Canada, in order to conduct business, collect payments and remit taxes in Canada. All this in addition to the fact that all payments for Canadian workshops were to be transacted in Canadian funds and despite all reassurance this was not happening.
Simply put, I was unable to accommodate what was being asked of me and I was unable to do what I had committed to do. All that I had done with relative ease for the past five years had fallen apart. I was unable to present to areas of my community that were interested in the work, I was unable to sell what had become an overpriced commodity, and I was unable to reconcile the lack of communication and inept client care that was being delivered to me by the school’s administration.
Alas, happily I am now working on my own. I have an exciting and dynamic lineup of workshops for the fall. The new work that I present has been inspired by Joseph Kramer, the founder of the school, and many of the school’s faculty, who have taught me well over the years. I am glad that I am able to present to areas of my community that are receptive to the work. I am relieved that I am able to price the work in a way that is affordable and reflects the needs of my surrounding community. I am delighted that I am able to work day-to-day in a transparent way without the struggle and encumbrance of an organization that felt unstable.
I am very glad to be where I am now. I am grateful for the release and expansion into the breadth and depth of operating a heart centered business.
If you would like more information about the workshops that I am producing, the events that I am facilitating, or the experiential body awareness programs I offer, or if you would simply like to know how you can become more a part of the experimental, experiential, educational, and embodied erotic community here in Toronto please check my website atwww.phillipcoupal.ca (click on the calendar button), drop me an email atphillip@phillipcoupal.ca or call me at 416-557-7312.
Generated with love, Namaste.
Phillip
Phillip Coupal
Counselling – Coaching – Bodywork – Group Facilitation
Sex Coach – Sacred Intimate – Erotic Educator
Awaken Studio 270 Carlaw Avenue, Unit 102 Toronto Ontario Canada
Erotic Embodiment Classes
Weekend Workshops Toronto Fall 2012
Awaken your Body Mind Heart Spirit
Erotic Embodiment – Dancing on the Ecstatic Path
August 31, September 1 and 2
Taught by Phillip Coupal
Desire, Breath, Trance and Full Body Exploration
Erotic Embodiment – Taoist Erotic Massage
September 21, 22 and 24
Taught by Phillip Coupal
Genital Massage for Men with Breath and Embodied Orgasm
Erotic Embodiment – Anal Massage
October 26, 27 and 28
Taught by Phillip Coupal
Anal Massage for Men with Breath and Prostate Exploration
Erotic Embodiment – Taoist Erotic Massage
November 9, 10 and 11
Taught by Phillip Coupal
Genital Massage for Men with Breath and Embodied Orgasm
Erotic Embodiment – Full Body Multi Orgasm
November 30, December 1 and 2
Taught by Phillip Coupal
Genital Massage for Men with Breath and Embodied Orgasm
It is never too early to register for any of these workshops.
Please let me know if you would like more information
phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
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