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Today…

I am grateful for Music

The rhythms and the chords that resonate through me add to my pulse.

The music of my inner realms adds a symphony or a cacophony of resonance to my being. I adore when the music is serene. I appreciate when the music is more bombastic. I dance when the music is rhythmic and I sleep when the music is soothing.

 

Gratitude Day 50 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 50 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Today…

I am grateful for Moonshine

I know these flowers are actually “Rose Mallow” a form of Hibiscus. I always think of them as the glory of the moon and therefore think of them as moon flowers.

These flowers bloom along the walkway to my work and I am thrilled by their glorious faces lifting to the light as I tread my way to the studio.

 

Gratitude Day 49 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 49 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Create an Erotic Adventure – Ecstatic Path Weekend Experience

with Phillip Coupal and William McMeniman

Share a weekend of delight and information. Create a unique experience in a playful laboratory, a sanctuary and temple for erotic education and sexual awareness. For all men who love men and have sex with men.

at the Awaken Studio Toronto – October 31, November 1 and 2, 2014
Contact Phillip Coupal at the Awaken Studio Toronto

phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

website www.phillipcoupal.ca

Today…

I am grateful for Sunshine

Feeling the warmth of the sun fulls me with vibrancy.

Waking up to the brilliance rays of light casting across my bedroom fills me with hope.

Gratitude Day 48 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 48 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Today…

I am grateful for ENERGY

The vibrations that happen in an out of the human body thrill me and reinforce the vibrations of my life.

Gratitude Day 47 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 47 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Join me in 365 days of Gratitude. Follow Juicy Heart at https://phillipcoupaljuicyheart.wordpress.com

Today…

I am grateful for the FIERCE in my LIFE

BEAUTY the foremost identifier of FIERCE. Without BEAUTY everyday my life would be flat.

Gratitude Day 46 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 46 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Join me in 365 days of Gratitude. Follow Juicy Heart at https://phillipcoupaljuicyheart.wordpress.com

Today…

I am grateful for Kindness

“Remember there’s no such

thing as a small act of kindness.

Every act creates a ripple

with no logical end.”

—Scott Adams

Gratitude Day 45 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 45 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Join me in 365 days of Gratitude. Follow Juicy Heart at https://phillipcoupaljuicyheart.wordpress.com

Today…

I am grateful for Autumn

“Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground.”
― Andrea Gibson

 

Gratitude Day 44 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 44 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
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Join me in 365 days of Gratitude. Follow Juicy Heart at https://phillipcoupaljuicyheart.wordpress.com

Today…

I am grateful for Beauty

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” ― Khalil Gibran

 

Gratitude Day 43 at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Gratitude Day 43 at the Awaken Studio Toronto
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

 

Join me in 365 days of Gratitude. Follow Juicy Heart at https://phillipcoupaljuicyheart.wordpress.com

 

Taoist Erotic Massage for Men

A BODY Prayer

I am just home from delivering an afternoon of Taoist Erotic Massage for a group of men. The experience today was exhilarating and I found myself wondering what made a difference for me in the work that I offered today.

The first element was that the men who were there for this experience were: curious and willing. These men were resolute in their ability to address the individual concerns that brought them, powerfully diving into the experience where they would explore full bodied and genital touch with a group of other men. The courage and determination of these men was wonderful to see. I was inspired as these men came more fully into their bodies and became more of who they are as individuals and as human beings.

The second element of the afternoon was that the pace I took was slower than I have ever delivered. This slowness of pace brought forward a state of rich reverence with the men as they connected with each other. This state of reverence is an unusual place for men to be in. In everyday life outside of the Awaken Studio it is my experience, that men often: look and compare, look and objectify, look and diminish. Today was uplifting, without comparisons, without objectification and without diminishment. In this reverential experience of men connecting, looking and touching each other, the sacred quality of the body was delivered in ways that were mysterious and unknown. When men are able to look at each other and touch each other and stir erotic and sexual energies with each other, mystical and sacred energies begin to flow. Being in this energy was exhilarating for me, after the afternoon came to a close several of the men spoke of this exhilaration.

The third and most moving element of all is that there is a divine beauty in the men as they give and receive intimate and erotic touch. There is a section of the ritual where the back is touched and massaged. This is an introduction and way of introducing touch and breath and connection. The slow, gracious and graceful touch and connection between the men was beautiful and stirred passion. As the men circled further into a deeper place within themselves and with the fellows that they were touching and massaging, the beauty created a crescendo.  Today this beauty built, grew and spiralled into the heavens. This beauty became a prayer, an homagé, an adoration. As the afternoon unfolded the depth of beauty within the room and within the men intensified.

Today I felt inspired. I felt the need in me to deliver more and more and more of this intensely personal and totally relevant work with men. I felt the need in me to be more human with others, as I am more human with myself. I felt connected to these men and part of a community of lovers and men who were willing to the REAL with each other.

How and where and when does this happen?

Yes, you can travel to the far reaches of the earth in search of kindness and human connection. Yes, you can spend hundreds and thousands of dollars seeking community and relevance. Yes, you can be told and taught how to be gracious and graceful. Yes, you can escape the need for human connection by dwelling in the world of a smart phone. I say, WAIT! I say, don’t bother with all of that!

Get real, get connected, get into yourself. Come to an afternoon at the Awaken Studio and practice the human art of connecting and loving, being vulnerable and curious, willing and courageous and you can come away forever changed. You can come away from an afternoon and feel. Feel better about yourself. Feel more peaceful and deeply connected to yourself. Feel empowered to bring more of the beautiful and brilliant parts of yourself to: who you are, to a group of men and ultimately to the world.

I am enjoying the rich and vibrant feelings that I have from just now coming home having given myself an afternoon of praying to male bodies,  breathing in the richness of humanity, touching the divine and holding another man. All this from an afternoon at a Men 4 Men Touch Exchange exploring Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage at the Awaken Studio in Toronto.

Peace, Joy and LOVE

Phillip

 

There are many opportunities to practice touch and connect with other men.

Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage takes place on the 3rd Sunday of the Month.

Next presentations are:

·         October 19, 2014

·         November 16, 2014

·         December 21, 2014

·         January 18, 2015

·         February 15, 2014

 

Check the website for complete details at: http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Touch-Exchange-Phillip-Coupal-Counselling-Coaching-Bodywork-Toronto-Gay-Men

Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage at the Awaken Studio Toronto www.phillipcoupal.ca

Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.phillipcoupal.ca