Posts Tagged ‘Joyful living’

What is growing in your garden?

Living with shame can be toxic… dry… frozen. A life full of regret, anxiety and fear.

  • What can happen in life when one can shed the layers of shame, guilt, stigma?
  • What can happen when one replaces shame with honour, pride, respect?

Living without shame can be verdant… juicy… hot. A life full of joy, peace and love.

I believe that when we drop the layers of shame that we carry in our lives we can live more fully and freely. We will have more time and energy to express the verdant nature of our selves and true heart.

When you want to have  a conversation about how you can create a detox from shame, let me know I would be glad to have this conversation with you.

Phillip Coupal – Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork

Living life with less shame and more love. www.phillipcoupal.ca

Living life with less shame and more love.
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Men 4 Men Touch Exchange.

Sunday May 12, 2013 Join with a gathering of Open Hearted Men. Men experiment with giving and receiving erotic touch in a safe, honouring, uplifting environment.

Experiential Embodied Erotic Exploration – Healing Bodywork for Men

Touch exchanges are offered at the Awaken Studio on a monthly basis. Curious? Please contact Phillip Coupal at phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

Celebrate your erotic nature, honour your self with heartfelt touch.

This gathering of men delivers the opportunity to give and receive full bodied touch. The elements of Taoist Erotic Massage and erotic and genital touch as originally taught by Joseph Kramer are incorporated into each exchange.

There is a practice of Breath Work, Body Awareness and Conscious Heartfelt Touch. Each exchange is offered on a weekend afternoon and is held in the comfortable, well equipped and private space provided by the Awaken Studio.

You will be asked to make a personal agreement before you attend this event. This agreement about group behaviour will be outlined in a confirming letter and delivered to all participants.

Spaces are limited this group is limited to 12 participants.

If you are curious about this group and would like to have more information before you register please email and let me know your questions, comments or concerns at phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

Check the website for complete information and registration details: Touch Exchange for Men May 12 Toronto

Men 4 Men Touch Exchange. Celebrate your Erotic Nature. Sunday May 12, 2013 www.phillipcoupal.ca

Men 4 Men Touch Exchange
Celebrate your Erotic Nature – Sunday May 12, 2013
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This from a very personal outlook today as the warmth and light of spring awaken me with their warmth …

Why am i so very distrustful when those I barely know, speak to me and say things to me about “brotherhood”, “camaraderie”, “shared community”… Both my heart and mind say “Sorry, I have barely met you?… I find myself withdrawing and moving to a place of separation… I can easily find myself… (Yes like Alice) in a place where everything is very unfamiliar.

My imagery and thoughts go to how quickly everything moves in the world that we live in and how very little is left to the nurture and trust that can be built when we take getting to know each other a little slow.

LOVE and LIGHT to all out there..

Slow LOVE -♥- Awaken Studio -♥- www.phillipcoupal.ca

Slow LOVE -♥- Awaken Studio -♥- http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

Conscious Expression of LIFE Force Energy www.phillipcoupal.ca Awaken Studio

Conscious Expression of LIFE Force Energy
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April Events at the Awaken Studio.

Soon you will be able to book your counselling sessions online.

Very EXCITED about the Kama Sutra Camp in July!

Contact me for more information.

Create Your OWN Kama Sutra The Journey into Pleasure and Healing - Erotic - Awakening Spirit and Desire Summer Camp for Men www.phillipcoupal.ca

Create Your OWN Kama Sutra The Journey into Pleasure and Healing – Erotic – Awakening Spirit and Desire Summer Camp for Men
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Creating a sense of Safety for all that is and developing and experiencing a sense of Comfort.

Becoming a better LOVER.

After the event at the Awaken Studio yesterday I was struck by how often men would comment on how safe the exploration felt. From that sense of safety these men seemed to derive a sense of comfort in the experience. This in-turn seemed to release a sense of pleasure into the room.

My question to myself was, “How did that happen?”

Building Safety

  • Breathing 
  • Eye-contact
  • Slowing the process down
  • Being informed of what will happen and how
  • Simple, solid and “grounded” touch
  • Smiling

All these above and being able to hold the part of one’s intention where one can access a sense of graciousness and kindness. This graciousness and kindness concentrated on oneself, the other and the group. This is when the sense of comfort comes into play and the sense of safety within is amplified and then begins to move through the individual, the couple or the group.

When we are breathing and smiling and connecting to the other and our highest powers are being utilized. One might find that one can be a “better” LOVER.

NOT, to say that we are not wonderful LOVERS to begin with and these elements of concentration and physical release in the face for fears, anxiety, critical self thought, self doubt and strong emotion can bring us into a place where we can connect and find ourselves in that Exquisite and Ecstatic state where we can feel everything that we might be and we are joined in giving and receiving in a what can be described as a Sacred Union.

 

I live my life in widening circles

that reach out across the world.

I may not complete this last one

but I give myself to it.

I circle around God, around the primordial tower.

I’ve been circling for thousands of years

and I still don’t know:

am I a falcon,

a storm,

or a great song?

~ Ranier Maria Rilke ~

The next Men 4 Men Touch Exchange events will take place on Sunday April 7 and Sunday April 21. For more information visit the website at:

Phillip Coupal – Men 4 Men Touch Exchange Events

Awaken Studio - The Gathering www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Studio – The Gathering http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

Holi – a festival of abandon.

References to this event are often made as playing Holi. This festival of colour and a celebration of the riot that happens as Spring takes over the world holds a place dear in my heart.

I love the idea of playing with abandon and letting oneself get into the muck of what is. Playing in all this colour and the riotous quality of what one has no control over can be exhilarating and freeing.  The story of Krishna playing with the milk maids as a lowly goat heard is inspiring… The thought that good can transcend evil and that everything will be okay as long as we remain faithful is a source of strength. God to me is the divine nature and internal source that we all have in our own individual self.

Here is a description of the background of the festival:

Originally known as the ‘Holika Festival’, this ancient Indian festival has been part of the nation’s tradition for over centuries already. It is celebrated on the last full moon day of Phalguna, a month in the Lunar Calendar which falls between February and March. It marks the beginning of the spring season where colors spring to life to beautify the surroundings even more. Furthermore, it is the day when the Hindus pay homage to their legends.

According to Hindu beliefs, Holika is a devil who has the gift of immortality. He was defeated by Vishnu, the main Vedic god of preservation and the universe. It is this story of good triumphing over evil which is the main cause for the Holi Festival. It constantly reminds the people that everything will be okay as long as they remain faithful to their gods.

However, it is not only the religious anecdote in which the whole celebration is based. The act of wetting people with scented water and subsequently dumping them with bright powder colors came from the Hindu belief that the god Krishna is fond of playing pranks on little girls. He loves dumping them with water and bright colors.

Healing through play… smiling helps and the JOY of life to be found in the act of Celebration.

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Next eventSunday April 7th 1:00 to 6:00 at the Awaken Studio

Men 4 Men Touch Exchange

Men learn to give and receive erotic and sensual touch in a healthy, safe,supportive,  uplifting and honouring environment

  • Explore your erotic, sexual and sensual self,
  • Explore in an environment  that supports, encourages and assists emotional and erotic journeys that promote holistic healing,
  • Explore within a group of heartfelt and courageous men, feel less isolated and create more connections within a supportive community
  • Explore the connection between erotic expression and a sense of well-being and wholeness

This event welcomes all men no matter their sexual identity or orientation. Men of all levels of experience and knowledge are welcome, together we are able to learn from and with each other.

This event welcomes all who can open themselves to a sense of adventure and exploration in the realm of their body, on a physical level as well as on an erotic and sexual level.

If you would like further information please make certain to contact Phillip Coupal at phillip@phillipcoupal.ca

If you would like complete information or to register for the event please visit Men 4 Men Touch Exchange – Toronto

Visit the website at http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

Intimate Erotic Touch Exchange for Men - Toronto

Intimate Erotic Touch Exchange for Men – Toronto

Awaken Studio www.phillipcoupal.ca Conscious Expression of Erotic and Life Force Energies Events and Programs for Men who LOVE Men and Men who have SEX with Men

Awaken Studio
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Conscious Expression of Erotic and Life Force Energies
Events and Programs for Men who LOVE Men and Men who have SEX with Men

Everything always seems easier with Gratitude.

I woke this morning and found that my heart was filling with fear at all that was in the day and the week…

Some of the questions that rolled in the fear were…”Had I not been asking for this for so very long?” “Here it was and what was I going to do? ” Would I be good enough?” “Would everything work out?”

All these thoughts filling me were not what I wanted. They were all elements that I had no control over.

A few breaths in and out and mind-fully letting go of the fear I wondered what might I fill my heart with.

What washed through me in my wondering, was GRATITUDE.

Gratitude that there was so much. Gratitude that everything was really so simple,   Gratitude that I was full of LIFE and LOVE and that everything was just as it should be.

There was such a release in me that I could feel the whole of the day and the week falling together as I let the sense of Thank-fullness seep into every pore, nook and cranny of my being.

Grateful today.

Gratitude www.phillipcoupal.ca Counselling + Coaching + Bodywork Gay Men - Male Couples - Queer Men

Gratitude
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For more about practicing an Attitude of Gratitude in your life Contact Phillip at http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

 

 

 

 

Reassurance…

What will we know when it is all over? How will we know it is the end?

In the mean time I plan to live Joyfully ~ Awake.

I can always rest in the reassurance that it is not over.

Awaken Joyful Living www.phillipcoupal.ca

Awaken Joyful Living http://www.phillipcoupal.ca

For more information or questions about the work that I do with:

  • Counselling,
  • Coaching,
  • Bodywork,

please drop me an email at phillip@phillipcoupal.ca