A professional practice which includes therapeutic support for a range of physical and emotional issues around sex and intimacy. Sessions may also include authentic tantric education for increased wellbeing and enjoyment.

Common issues supported include premature ejaculation, vaginismus, erectile dysfunction, chronic health conditions and sexual trauma. Many practitioners have professional therapy training (for trauma work, make sure you work with someone who’s ‘trauma informed’).

Sessions for men may include therapeutic prostate and ‘lingam’ (penis) massage, and learning how to separate orgasm and ejaculation for prolonged pleasure and increased vitality. Sessions for women may include therapeutic ‘yoni’ (vaginal) massage and female ejaculation. Tantra is not gender specific, however, and everyone is welcome.

Qualified practitioners offer full consultation and abide by ethical practice, especially around consent and boundaries.

Ultimately, tantric massage is part of an ancient spiritual practice which focuses on opening the heart, bringing us into deeper connection with ourselves, our partners, and life as a whole.

Sexological bodywork, also known as Somatic Sex Education, is a certified sex-positive professional practice which was founded in California in 2003.  ‘Somatic’ means experiential learning through our body, rather than through talking therapy.

Somatic experiences offered as part of Sexological Bodywork can include breathwork, erotic massage, pelvic release bodywork, boundary-setting, sensory exploration, erotic trance and other body-based learning about sexuality.

Practitioners are professionally certified to offer genital touch for education, healing and pleasure. They commonly support sexual challenges such as premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, anorgasmia (difficulty to experience orgasm), in addition to couples’ work, gender identity, and increasing capacity to give and receive pleasure through erotic education.

Many Sexological Bodyworkers integrate other professional training and perspectives into their practice. However, they are all required to join the Association of Certified Sexological Bodyworkers, and abide by the organisation’s Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics.