Archive for July, 2014

WOO HOO
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This big ol faerie just put up a new page on my website!

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awakenstudiotoronto.com
Starting September 2014 there will be Naked Yoga classes on Tuesday evenings.
The bigger news is that on Thursday evenings there will be an Orgasmic Yoga class.

http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Orgasmic Energy Explorations -♥-
These Tuesday and Thursday classes are offered once a week over a 6 month period.

Where else in the world can you find so many offerings.

Next up on the website will be the Wednesday evening classes which include:
Tantra Explorers
Touch Practice for Men
Kinky PLAY


Orgasmic Yoga at the Awaken Studio Toronto  www.phillipcoupal.ca

Orgasmic Yoga at the Awaken Studio Toronto
http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

 

Starting a morning practice of LOVE.

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This morning as I woke up and got ready for the day I noticed that something was a little off. I was in a hurry, I was anxious, I was distracted.

I realized that over the past while I had dropped a practice. I had stopped doing something that I had very much enjoyed doing.

I began again. I simply looked closer at the day and with each thought of the day looked to how I could bring more LOVE to that part of my day.

How could I BE more LOVE?

How could I bring more LOVE?

How could I deliver more LOVE?

How could I create more LOVE?

When I got to the idea that I am simply a creature of LOVE I was able to relax, slow down, and concentrate more.

Looking forward to bringing back my morning practice of looking at LOVE.

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When you arise
in the morning,
think of what a precious
privilege it is to be alive
to breathe, to think,
to enjoy, to love.
~Marcus Aurelius

Bringing more LOVE to the world www.phillipcoupal.ca

Bringing more LOVE to the world http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

Naked Yoga for Men at the Awaken Studio Toronto

Tuesday July 29, 2014 8:00pm to 9:30pm with Gregory Saliba

We will resume Tuesday September 16, 2014.

Tonight, the 29th of July marks the end of  four cycles of this Yoga series. Grateful for all of the men who have come out to share their practice. Inspired by the teachers Andy Sinclair and Gregory Saliba. Join us in September as we start again. You are welcome to join in for the ten week series or you are welcome to drop in as you are able. All Men are welcome.

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Current Schedule http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto All Men are Welcome

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Current Schedule http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto All Men are Welcome

 

Awaken Studio Toronto Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Studio Toronto
Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

When you start to crack open, don’t waste

a moment gathering your old self up

into something like you knew before.

Let your new self splash like sunlight

into every dark place and laugh and

cry and make sounds you never made

and thank all that is holy for the gift,

because now you have no choice but to

let all your love spill out into the world.

 

Phillip Coupal Couynselling + Coaching + Bodywork www.phillipcoupal.ca

Phillip Coupal Couynselling + Coaching + Bodywork http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

 

 

Sharing my Practice Today

Today amid the maelstrom of media and the currents of fear floating around me, I find that I must meditate and flow into my heart.

Flowing into and opening my heart I can find the spot that is away from the sadness, fear and anger and fan the flames around the place in my heart that is full of love.

From this place in my heart I can find myself in a more neutral territory.

From this more neutral territory I can find the place to offer a kind ear, a loving hand, compassionate care and joyful empathy.

 

www.phillipcoupal.ca Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork Creating Sanctuary and Refuge for all men Awaken Studio

http://www.phillipcoupal.ca Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork Creating Sanctuary and Refuge for all men Awaken Studio

The Ecstatic Path

“You have to keep breaking
your heart until it opens.”
~ Rumi

Awaken Studio Toronto A Sanctuary for Safe, Wholesome and Uplifting Erotic Expression - www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Studio Toronto
A Sanctuary for Safe, Wholesome and Uplifting Erotic Expression – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

When you SMILE the world SMILES back.

ENJOY

Phillip Coupal practicing at the Awaken Studio in Toronto

Awaken Studio Fall 2014 Events and Programs for Men who LOVE and Have SEX with Men www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Awaken Studio Fall 2014 Events and Programs for Men who LOVE and Have SEX with Men http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Kindness

Today at the Awaken Studio

Where did you learn kindness from? Where did you learn tolerance from? Where did you learn compassion?

I have learned silence
from the talkative,
toleration from the
intolerant, 
and kindness
from the unkind;
yet, strange,
I am ungrateful
to those teachers.
~ Khalil Gibran

Learn about Kindness, Tolerance, Compassion at the Awaken Studio Toronto

Kindness Compassion and Care Awaken Studio Toronto www.phillipcoupal.ca

Kindness Compassion and Care Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

Yoga tonight was a wonderful experiment and a lovely flow into the body as well as spirit. With Breath, movement, stretch and focusing in… the body and spirit opens.  -♥-

The class for me, was an emotional voyage as I can feel the Awaken Studio becoming a Temple, Sanctuary, a Tabernacle for spirit. There is something for me that is very special as we who gather, create: space, community and synergistic QUEER energy that can bring PEACE to the world and PEACE to the individuals who share practice, community and space together. -♥-

PROUD that we welcomed a man who is both deaf and blind. What a wonderful powerful moment. Welcoming a man who has never felt a part of. Honouring him and being gifted by him as we all shared space and practice. -♥-

I am so glad that the Awaken Studio can welcome so much diversity. I am so glad and I am so gifted the the men of youth and the men of age, the men of colour and the men of big and the men of small, the men of short and the men of tall. All men are welcome and when all me gather we can create MAGIC. I am so glad that we can all gather peacefully together. -♥-


Thanks to out leader, Gregory Saliba for sharing his gifts and his light.  -♥-

I know that I will certainly sleep more peacefully tonight.-♥-

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Awaken Studio Toronto Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Studio Toronto
Naked Yoga for Men Tuesday 8:00 pm http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

 

Love

1.

a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2.

a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3.

sexual passion or desire.
4.

a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5.

used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like: Would you like to see a movie, love?

Hope

1.

the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
2.

a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning.
3.

grounds for this feeling in a particular instance: There is little or no hope of his recovery.
4.

a person or thing in which expectations are centered: The medicine was her last hope.
5.

something that is hoped for: Her forgiveness is my constant hope.

 

Life

1.

the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolismreproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
2.

the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, especially metabolism, growth, reproduction,and adaptation to environment.
3.

the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual: to risk one’s life; a short life and amerry one.
4.

a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul:eternal life.
5.

the general or universal condition of human existence: Too bad, but life is like that.

 

Wish

1.

to want; desire; long for : I wish to travel. I wish that itwere morning.
2.

to desire, a person or thing, t): to wish the problem settled.
3.

to entertain wishes, favorably or otherwise, for: to wish someone well; to wish someone ill.
4.

to bid, as in greeting or leave-taking: to wish someone a good morning.
5.

to request or charge: I wish him to come.
The great JOY of living needs Hope and LOVE and Wishing