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10.3 Sex & Pleasure

Deanna Sophia Danger

Queer Affirming
Deanna Sophia Danger (they/them) is a Certified Insight Meditation Teacher & Mentor, queer Dharma practitioner, social impact organizer, retired professional performance artist, and WEAVER. Deanna’s approach to the Dharma finds ground within the intersection of spirituality and social impact. In their full time work, they are the Systems Change & Healing Justice Facilitator for the St. Louis Queer+ Support & Helpline (SQSH), where they are also a member of the STARLING Somatic Healers Collective. Deanna supports the St. Louis community as the facilitator of “STL QUEER SANGHA: You Can Sit With Us,” a monthly, inclusive Insight meditation group and community gathering for all LGBTQIA+ folks and co-conspirators, cultivating a path of Spiritual Solidarity, and an Advisory Circle Member at Empowered Spaces, a trauma-aware, holistic, healing collective. Deanna is accredited to teach Insight meditation through The Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California at Berkeley, and accredited as a Mindfulness Mentor through Banyan (formerly Cloud Sangha). Deanna’s guiding teachers are internationally recognized authors, Theravada Buddhist meditation teachers, and psychologists, Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. Through an accessible, relatable, creatively expressive and engaged praxis of Spiritual Solidarity, Deanna is motivated by co-cultivating embodiment of liberation at the cellular and global levels. As a working class, queer, nonbinary, neurodiverse & chronically ill, IPV + trauma survivor, and former sex worker Deanna is passionate about weaving webs of support that take interdependence from transactional to reciprocal. Suitable for all experience levels & identities, Deanna’s interactive support meets you where you are. Their facilitation offers an intrinsically anti-oppressive, trauma-aware and neurocognitive-aware foundation supporting you to hone your self-agency, dissolve shame & self-blame, move from dissociation to embodiment, and increase your access to joy, pleasure and felt-sense belonging.
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deanna@deannadanger.com

Afrosexology

Afrosexology is a community for discussing and discovering Black sexuality, encouraging empowerment, and seeking sexual liberation. Afrosexology was birthed out of its founders' desire to experience a more sex-positive Black community. One that encourages self agency & promotes love in regards to our bodies, relationships, and sexualities. One that liberates us from the sexual shame & policing that we've inherited from generations of sexual & body oppression. One that follows in the tradition of Black sexual politics by seeking to rediscover & reclaim our sexuality outside of a White patriarchal supremacy system. Offers curated educational content and workshops intended to educate, explore, and reclaim a variety of Black sexuality topics. Each workshop runs about 1.5-3 hours.
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afrosexology@gmail.com

Empowered: A Center for Sexuality, LLC

Empowered is a local organization aimed at providing quality sexuality services to ALL people. Services include: - Sex Therapy for all populations, with specialty in LGBTQIAP, Polyamory, and Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Couple’s Therapy and Trauma Therapy - Intervention services - Sexuality Education and Partnership and/or Sexual Skills Training - Sexual Support Groups e.g. POZitive HIV+ Support Group Free parking
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nicholas.maio@empoweredcenter.com

Womb Care Womxn

Queer Affirming
Andrea is the owner and founder of Womb Care Womxn. She is a spirited and grounded black identified woman is from St. Louis Missouri. In May of 2019, she received her Birth, Labor and Postpartum training at Jamaa Birth Village in Ferguson Missouri. As a full spectrum doula, Andrea support Black pregnant folks create birthing plans, offers child birth education, offers continuous, 12-48 hour labor and birth support throughout their pregnancy journey. She believes transformation and liberation for Black & brown womxn, babies folks & families can happen when there is great advocacy and care giving. Her services include: - Birth doula consultation - Prenatal or postpartum visits - Pleasure doula consultation - Kundalini reiki consultation - Distant kundalini session - Pleasure mapping for singles & couples - Natal birth chart analysis - Chakra consultation Services range from 1.5hrs to 30min, and range in price from $83-$20 depending on service. See more info on [her website](https://www.wombcarewomxn.com/programs). --- __Now offering: Virtual 1:1 Pleasure Mapping Sessions for Singles & Couple__ Pleasure mapping is an intentional act of “mapping” what parts of the body loves very specific pleasure through touch/sensations. It’s a way to explore pleasure through touch. To figure out what intensity, temperature, tempo you love! You’ll find what brings you sensual pleasure. It’s a great skill that helps you get to know your body and your partner/s body better. __During 60-minute sessions:__ - you’ll learn more about pleasure mapping, it’s benefits & how they support yourself and partners. - we’ll map the body part of your choice (refrain from major erogenous zones) - we’ll talk about our ideas of sensual pleasure, thoughts, feeling and even memories that up while we’re mapping - we’ll co-create a list of & chat about exercises, activities you can do to prioritize your pleasure everyday. - I’ll sweetly check-in/follow up a week later to see how those exercises and activities are going. $60/session for an hour session. [Book your 1:1 here](https://www.wombcarewomxn.com/booking-calendar/pleasure-mapping-for-singles-couples)
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1-314-669-5182
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andrea@wombcarewomxn.com

Sex Positive STL

Sex+STL provides safe spaces for people to discuss and explore their sexuality. We host events that help the local community celebrate the many roles that sexuality plays in our lives. Website has calendar of local events for LGBTQ, BDSM and polyamory communities.
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Sex Positive Families, LLC

Sex Positive Families provides education and resources that help families raise sexually healthy children using a shame-free, comprehensive, and pleasure-positive approach.
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