“The Big ‘O’ – All About Orgasms” - A Program For Women

Societal myths and misconceptions still prevail around the subject of orgasms. Women present in counselling feeling a sense of shame, embarrassment and a feeling of being a failure if they are not able to be orgasmic at all or within their sexual relationship. This is compounded if their partner’s sense of sexual adequacy is reliant on them being orgasmic. This paper will discuss key ideas and give an overview of techniques and strategies that are presented in a women’s workshop entitled “The Big ‘O’ – All About Orgasms” that the author has developed and been presenting in Adelaide Australia for the last 2 years. This program uses a combination of Eastern and Western approaches and is both educational and experiential. The workshops provide a safe, comfortable and fun atmosphere for women to learn information about orgasms and how to stay focused in their body in order to build enough arousal to be orgasmic. Exercises are conducted to enable women to step into the visual brain so they are more receptive to tantalising stimuli. They learn that the breath is the mechanical process to focus. They learn a powerful breathing technique to charge their body up with energy and feel the vibrations flow throughout the body. An important outcome is that women feel normal whatever their orgasmic status and find they are not the only ones with these challenges. Some women have their first orgasmic experience with this breathing technique and others have a full body blissful experience. They leave with a number of strategies and techniques to assist them in achieving orgasm or if they are orgasmic to have a more powerful body experience as well as feeling energised, enthusiastic and hopeful about their orgasmic potential.

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Sydney, Australia, April 2007