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Awaken Studio

– …about so much more than Erotic Massage and Yoga practices.

– Enjoy the simple pleasures of being yourself in a group of men

– A sanctuary for men to gather and explore erotic energies in a community environment

Coming for the Fall and Winter of 2014

Weekly Programs
-♥- Orgasmic Energy Explorers
  • Weekly in 10 week segments or Drop In as you are able.
  • Explore – Feel – Experience the power of Orgasmic Energy
  • Opening segment third week of September to the third week of November
  • Ninety minute practice each week
  • $175.00 for ten weeks or $30.00 for an individual session
  • Nudity – NO Mutual Touch
-♥- Naked Yoga for Men
  • Weekly in 10 week segments or Drop In as you are able.
  • Breath Stretch and open you body
  • Opening segment third week of September to the third week of November
  • Ninety minute practice each week
  • $175.00 for ten weeks or $30.00 for an individual session
  • Nudity  NO Mutual or Erotic Touch
Monthly Programs – Evenings
-♥- Tantra Explorers
  • Once per month for 6 months or Drop In as you are able.
  • Explore Tantra and discover the power of PLEASURE as a healing source.
  • Opening the first Wednesday of the Month September 3rd
  • Runs each month to February 4th
  • classes are 3 hours
  • $150.00 for 6 sessions or $50.00 for a Drop In session
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual
-♥- Touch Practice
  • Once per month for 6 months or Drop In as you are able.
  • Explore Erotic Touch discover new techniques for an expanded erotic experience
  • Opening the second Wednesday of the Month September 10th
  • Runs each month to February 11th
  • classes are 3 hours
  • $150.00 for 6 sessions or $50.00 for a Drop In session
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual
-♥- PLAY Explorers
  • Once per month for 6 months or Drop In as you are able.
  • Explore KINK and BDSM in a safe and consensual environment
  • Opening the third Wednesday of the Month September 17th
  • Runs each month to February 18th
  • classes are 3 hours
  • $150.00 for 6 sessions or $50.00 for a Drop In session
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual
Monthly Programs – Sunday Afternoons
 -♥- Queen Heart Talking Circle
  • Sunday afternoon, once per month
  • Gather as a group to explore community and shine your Radical light
  • Continuing the Second Sunday of the Month September 14th
  • Runs each month through the year
  • gathering takes place from 1:00 to 5:30
  • Explore Radical Community heart of Toronto
  • NO Nudity – NO Touch
 -♥- Erotic Massage Touch With Taoist
  • Sunday afternoon, once per month Drop In as you are able.
  • Explore Erotic Touch with the Ritual of Taoist Massage
  • Continuing the third Sunday of the Month September 21st
  • Runs each month through the year
  • classes taken place from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
  • Any easy way to explore erotic connection in the heart of Toronto
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual
 -♥- Sensual Touch With Tantric Exploration
  • Sunday afternoon, once per month Drop In as you are able.
  • Explore Sensuality and explore the principles of Tantra.
  • Continuing the fourth Sunday of the Month September 28th
  • Runs each month through the year
  • classes taken place from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
  • Discover the pleasure of sensual freedom in the heart of Toronto
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual
Monthly Programs – Saturday Afternoons
 -♥- Let’s Talk About SEX
  • Saturday afternoon, once per month
  • Gather as a group to enjoy a conversation about SEX
  • Opening the Second Saturday of the Month September 13th
  • 6 subjects and 6 discussions
  • Groups gather from 1:00 to 5:00
  • Six classes for $100.00 or $30.00 each
  • There could be Nudity in Demonstrations or Visual Presentation
  • NO Nudity – NO Touch
 -♥- Exquisite Connections
  • Saturday afternoon, once per month
  • Gather as a group to discover new or different ways to connect with others
  • Opening the Third Saturday of the Month September 20th
  • 6 methods over 6 meetings
  • Groups gather from 1:00 to 5:00
  • Six classes for $100.00 or $30.00 each
 -♥- Self Pleasuring Practices
  • Saturday afternoon, once per month
  • Explore and unlock the pleasure of touching your own body
  • Opening the Fourth Saturday of the Month September 27th
  • Subject Method and Practice will vary each meeting
  • classes taken place from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
  • Six classes for $100.00 or $30.00 each
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual
Seasonal Events – Weekend Experience
 -♥- Opening the Ecstatic Path with William McMeniman
  • Friday October 31, Saturday November 1 and Sunday November 2
  • Gather with a group of like hearted men
  • Explore an ecstatic state while you remain connected to your body and to others
  • Friday evening 7:00 to 10:00 Saturday 10:00 to 7:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 7:00
  • Advance Registration – Full weekend $300.00 includes some meals
  • Registration from October 3 to October 30 – $400.00
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual
Seasonal Events – Summer Day Camp 2015
 -♥- Kama Sutra – the Journey to Pleasure
  • July 4th to July 11th 2015
  • details coming soon
  • Discover the Pleasure and Joy of Exploration in a Day Camp Setting in the heart of Toronto
  • Nudity with Erotic Touch Individual and Mutual

The Awaken Studio is open to all who manifest as MEN in the world. The studio welcomes Diversity. The studio acknowledges that we can learn, grow and develop through allowing diversity to enter our lives and experience. Participants are not segregated or delineated into categories of age, race, belief, sexual orientation or any other segregating factor. All MEN are welcome.

Let’s open the door and learn from each other.

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

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

 

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This week at the Awaken Studio
Events June 9 to 15

Tuesday June 10 – 8:00 to 9:30
Naked Yoga for Men with Gregory Saliba
$20.00 Drop In

Thursday June 12 – 7:30 to 9:30
Touch Practice for Men
$30.00 Drop In

Sunday June 15 – 1:00 to 6:00
Men 4 Men Touch Exchange
Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage
$45.00 Register On-Line

Events for Men at the Awaken Studio Toronto www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Events for Men at the Awaken Studio Toronto http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Information Questions phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
Online Registration http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Hello Lover

Here are the Events for June at the Awaken Studio

Please know that the Awaken Studio welcomes all  men. If you have questions or uncertainty of any of the events please feel free to give me a call at 416-557-7312 or send me an email at phillip@phillipcoupal.ca.

I take great pride in offering events and space for men to explore their desire. It is my pleasure to hold and offer space for all men to create a dynamic and fertile erotic life for themselves and their lovers. I hope that the world might be a better place as we communicate and live with whole hearts as vibrant and gracious sexual human beings.

Best of everything

Phillip

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Awaken Studio

News Update and Events June 2014

Phillip Coupal 

Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork

 

June Events

Awaken Studio – Toronto

Awakening the heart and spirit of men to the
peace and surrender of masculine erotic power.

Weekly Events

Tuesday evenings

Naked Yoga for Men with Gregory Saliba
Tuesday Evenings  – through July 22
You are welcome to Drop In to these sessions
$20.00 for the class
Email if you plan to attend

Sorry there is no touch exchanged at this event.

Phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May - http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Thursday Evenings

Touch Practice for Men with Phillip Coupal
Thursday Evenings – through July 17
You are welcome to Drop In to these sessions
$30.00 for the evening
On Line Registration

Touch Practice for Men www.phillipcoupal.ca
June Weekend Events

Queer Heart Talking Circle
Sunday June 8 – 1:00-5:30
PWYC Suggest $10.00

Sorry there is no touch exchanged at this event.

Queer Heart Talking Circle - Creating Radical Community Sunday January 12
Touch Exchange – Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage
Sunday June 15 – 1:00-6:00
$45.00 for the afternoon
on Line Registration

Fall 2013 at the Awaken Studio Toronto www.phillipcoupal.ca Men Touching Men
Sensual Experience with Tantric Exploration
Sunday June 22 – 1:00 to – 6:00
$45.00 for the afternoon
on Line Registration

Fall 2013 at the Awaken Studio Toronto www.phillipcoupal.ca Men Touching Men

World PRIDE Toronto Events

Celebrating my First Birthday and my Emancipation at www.phillipcoupal.ca
Self Pleasure Meditation for Men
Monday June 23 – 7:30 to – 9:30
$30.00 for the evening
on Line Registration

Naked Yoga for Men – World Pride Edition
Tuesday June 24 – 8:00 to – 9:30
$20.00 for the class
Email for Attendance

Sorry there is no touch exchanged at this event.

Rosebud Anal Exploration for Men
Wednesday June 25 – 7:30 to – 9:30
$30.00 for the evening
on Line Registration

Touch Practice for Men – World Pride Edition
Thursday June 26 – 7:30 to – 9:30
$30.00 for the evening
on Line Registration

Surrendering to Sensation
Friday June 27 – 7:00 to – 10:00
$50.00 for the evening
on Line Registration

Pleasure Play with Cross and Sling
Saturday June 28 – 10:00 to – 6:00
$125.00.00 for the day
on Line Registration

Registration for all events at http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

World Pride 2014 Events at the Awake Studio www.phillipcoupal.ca

World Pride 2014 Events at the Awake Studio http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

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“The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge.” – Audre Lorde 

Awaken Studio 270 Carlaw Avenue Toronto, ON Canada 416-557-7312 phillip@phillipcoupal.ca www.awakenstudiotoronto.com The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

Awaken Studio
270 Carlaw Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
416-557-7312
phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com

Awaken Studio – A welcoming, safe and
supportive environment for all men, to explore erotic and sexual experience, through exploratory
education, experimentation, play
and willing curiousity.

The Awaken Studio provides a space where with communal and humanistic intention all men are
welcome to dynamically and fluidly, create, explore and or re-experience sexual story and history.

Men transform and ascend to a state of  powerful, peaceful, joyful, and ecstatic transcendence.

Kama Sutra – the Pleasure Journey

Early Registration continues until May 15, 2014

The Awaken Studio July 5 to 12 2014

Information and Questions: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

Registration on the Website

 

 

Kama Sutra Pleasure Journey Awaken Studio July 2014 http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Kama-Sutra

Kama Sutra Pleasure Journey Awaken Studio July 2014 http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Kama-Sutra

Kama Sutra – the Pleasure Journey

The Awaken Studio July 5 to 12 2014

Information and Questions: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

Registration on the Website

 

 

March 2014 – Awaken Studio – Tantric Quest -♥- Juicy Heart

Reminder of Weekend events March 28th through 30th

At a glance:

Awaken Studio – Toronto

Awakening the heart and spirit of men to the
peace and surrender of masculine erotic power. 

Weekly Events
Breath and the Body Mediation for Men
Tuesday Evenings – March 11 to May 13

Naked Yoga for Men with Andy Sinclair
Thursday Evenings – March 13 to May 15


Weekend Events
Saturday March 29 – Exquisite Connections  – 10:00 to – 5:00
Sunday March 30 – Opening the Ecstatic Path – 1:00 – 6:00


Special Events
Make it a Weekend Trio Combination  March 28 to 31

“The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge.” –Audre Lorde 

Awaken Studio 270 Carlaw Avenue Toronto, ON Canada 416-557-7312 phillip@phillipcoupal.ca www.awakenstudiotoronto.com The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

Awaken Studio
270 Carlaw Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
416-557-7312
phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com
The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

Awaken Studio 270 Carlaw Avenue Toronto, ON Canada 416-557-7312 phillip@phillipcoupal.ca www.awakenstudiotoronto.com The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

Awaken Studio
270 Carlaw Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
416-557-7312
phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com
The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

 

March 2014 – Awaken Studio – Tantric Quest -♥- Juicy Heart

At a glance:

Awaken Studio – Toronto

Awakening the heart and spirit of men to the
peace and surrender of masculine erotic power. 

Weekly Events
Breath and the Body Mediation for Men
Tuesday Evenings – March 11 to May 13

Naked Yoga for Men with Andy Sinclair
Thursday Evenings – March 13 to May 15


Weekend Events
Sunday March 9 – Queer Heart Talking Circle 1:00-5:30
Sunday March 16 – Touch Exchange – Erotic Touch with Taoist Massage 1:00-6:00
Saturday March 29 – Exquisite Connections  – 10:00 to – 5:00
Sunday March 30 – Opening the Ecstatic Path – 1:00 – 6:00


Special Events
Make it a Weekend Trio Combination  March 28 to 31

“The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge.” –Audre Lorde 

Awaken Studio 270 Carlaw Avenue Toronto, ON Canada 416-557-7312 phillip@phillipcoupal.ca www.awakenstudiotoronto.com The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

Awaken Studio
270 Carlaw Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
416-557-7312
phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com
The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

Awaken Studio 270 Carlaw Avenue Toronto, ON Canada 416-557-7312 phillip@phillipcoupal.ca www.awakenstudiotoronto.com The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

Awaken Studio
270 Carlaw Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
416-557-7312
phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com
The erotic is the nurturer or nursemaid of all our deepest knowledge. ~ Audre Lorde

 

Breath and Body Kundalini Meditation for Men with Phillip Coupal at the Awaken Studio Toronto

  • Tuesday Evenings
  • Opening Session of Winter/Spring Session
  • Session Number 1
  • March 11
  • This session continues on Tuesday Evenings until May 13

A weekly gathering to share Breath, Meditation and Silence with men.

This meditation experience will focus on relaxing and stress relieving exploration through breathing exercises and a mindful meditation practice. All men are welcome.

Register for ten Sessions Beginning March 11 ending May 13
Pay only $17.50 per session with your $175.00 payment

Drop ins are welcome, the fee is $20.00 for each class.
Send Phillip a note and let him know you will be joining in: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

The sessions will be held on Tuesday evenings from 8-9:30 at Awaken Studio (270 Carlaw Ave Unit 102). This is a quiet, warm and private space to make discoveries and deepen our practices. There is a washroom onsite.

Please email Phillip for information about dropping in or if you want to reserve a space for the 10 week segment.

Namaste

email: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
website: http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

“It is reported that Kundalini awakening results in 
deep meditation, enlightenment and bliss. 
This awakening involves the Kundalini physically
moving up the central channel to reside within
the Sahasrara (7th) Chakra above the head. 
… Many systems of yoga focus on the awakening
of Kundalini through meditation
pranayama breathing, the practice of asana 
and chanting of mantras. In physical terms, 
one commonly reported Kundalini experience 
is a feeling like electric current 
running along the spine.”
Breath and Body - Kundalini Meditation for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May - http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Breath-Body-Kundalini-Meditation-Men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Breath and Body – Kundalini Meditation for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Breath-Body-Kundalini-Meditation-Men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Breath and Body - Kundalini Meditation for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May - http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Breath-Body-Kundalini-Meditation-Men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Breath and Body – Kundalini Meditation for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Breath-Body-Kundalini-Meditation-Men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Breath and Body - Kundalini Meditation for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May - http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Breath-Body-Kundalini-Meditation-Men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Breath and Body – Kundalini Meditation for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Breath-Body-Kundalini-Meditation-Men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

 

 

Naked Yoga for Men with Andy Sinclair at the Awaken Studio Toronto

  • Opening Session of Winter/Spring Session
  • Session Number 1
  • March 13
  • This session continues on Thursday Evenings until May 15

A weekly gathering to share a naked yoga practice with men.

This yoga experience will focus on gentle and safe exploration through an alignment-based Hatha practice. All men are welcome.

Register for ten Sessions Beginning March 13 ending May 15
Pay only $17.50 per session with your $175.00 payment

Drop ins are welcome, the fee is $20.00 for each class.
Send Phillip a note and let him know you will be joining in: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

The sessions will be held on Thursday evenings from 8-9:30 at Awaken Studio (270 Carlaw Ave Unit 102). This is a quiet, warm and private space to make discoveries and deepen our practice. There is a washroom onsite.

Please email Phillip for information about dropping in or if you want to reserve a space for the 10 week segment.

Namaste

email: phillip@phillipcoupal.ca
website: http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May - http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May - http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May - http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Naked Yoga for Men Toronto Winter/Spring 2014 Session March to May – http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/Naked-Yoga-for-men-Awaken-Studio-Toronto

Phillip Coupal wants to set sexuality free

Published Mon, Jan 20, 2014 2:08 pm EST

From Daily xtra Toronto Sex and Sexuality Awaken Studio in xtra Daily

Phillip Coupal wants to set sexuality free…

The owner of Toronto’s Awaken Studio uses erotic massage and tantric exploration to help queer men explore their sexuality

I have known Phillip Coupal for barely two hours when I find myself browsing through his collection of leather jackets, high heels and a variety of flogging tools. Coupal smiles and laughs as he demonstrates his favourite, a black faux-fur whip, on my arm. A massage table sits in the middle of his studio, which is decorated with Coupal’s own artwork and an array of eccentric ornaments, including a wooden penis sculpture and a full-sized St Andrew’s cross. Behind cupboard doors, visitors can find neatly labelled bins containing ropes and ties, a few wooden spoons and more dildos than the average imagination knows what to do with.

Regardless of what his collection might suggest, Coupal’s work at Awaken Studio , located at 270 Carlaw Ave, seeks to take the focus and emphasis off sex and create a safe, pleasurable environment for queer male individuals, couples and groups to explore their sexuality.

Visitors can book part-day, full-day or weekend sessions with Coupal, which he describes as an “experiential embodied erotic exploration,” or attend structured group-touch exchanges, like “Taoist Erotic Massage” and “Sensual Touch and Tantric Exploration.”

Clothes are removed at the beginning of these five-hour group seminars, which usually consist of about 10 people. Coupal welcomes the tension that accompanies stripping down with a group of strangers. “Being naked makes everyone equal because clothing takes away from who we are as sexual beings,” he says. “We as a society are not educated that it’s natural to be sexual.”

Coupal says that there is sometimes a misconception about what takes place at his studio. His practice’s goal is not to contribute to the unattainable standard that the queer male community is presented with, but rather to teach his visitors to come as they are and accept themselves. “Sex sells. Naked sells. Communication is different,” Coupal says. “The focus is on the whole body to be an organism of sexual pleasure.”

Sexual pleasure definitely makes its way into the seminars. During “play days” at Awaken Studio, guests are put into pairs for 20 minutes to experiment with their own sexual desires. One activity has partners take turns filling in the blanks in the sentence, “For my pleasure, I would like you to ___________.”

“The biggest thing people take away is asking for what they want and not giving what they think they should be giving,” he says.

However, Coupal also works with clients who keep their clothes on during their time at his studio. He says his role fills Toronto’s need for a bodyworker that isn’t all about sex, but he also describes himself as a counsellor, sex coach and educator.

Coupal holds a certification in life skills from George Brown College and has worked as a counsellor since 2005. He became a coordinator for Body Electric School, which offers workshops in personal growth, eroticism and consciousness, but after leaving his position to host his own seminars, he was able to open Awaken Studio in January 2012.

The Queer Heart Talking Circle is a new monthly session Coupal is offering to queer males who feel isolated from the “big gay world.” The circle held its first meeting at Coupal’s studio on Jan 12, and he says the group is already looking forward to its next meeting, on Feb 9 at 1pm.

The eight members will be seeing Manon, Sandra and the Virgin Mary at Buddies in Bad Times as part of their plan to go on cultural outings in the queer community. Coupal looks forward to new members joining the circle, and says, “This is about building community right here in the city. It’s open to the queer world; everyone is welcome.”

Phillip Coupal at the Awaken Studio Toronto www.awakenstudiotoron

Phillip Coupal at the Awaken Studio Toronto
http://www.awakenstudiotoronto.com