For so many years I struggled with accepting, loving, trusting and connecting to my own body, my femininity and my sensual nature. While this is always going to be an evolving, ebbing and flowing, waxing and waning journey for me (and any other woman on the planet), the awareness of my sensual side is there for good. It’s like an ancient tree rooted firmly in the ground–my sensuality is my sacred power forever ingrained in my heart, body and soul.
Awareness is always the first step in realizing and fully accessing the feminine power that lies within our sensuality. As women, we are incredibly and innately sensual. Sensuality to me is when we are tapped completely in to our own bodies and senses, our feminine power, our needs, desires, and our pleasure. Sensuality is so much more than the typical sexual sensuality, but that’s a big part of it too. Sensuality is our ability to know what we want, desire and need in any given moment. We’re fluid, cyclical creatures and our constant flowing emotions and desires mean that within seconds everything can change for us.
The beauty of being a Sensually Embodied Woman is that you’re dialed in to your emotions and desires naturally. You’re not afraid to explore, accept or express them fully.
Something I used to wonder and perhaps you are too is…what is sensuality? What does it look like? What does it feel like?
I personally believe that sensuality is a unique experience and feeling that we each embody in our own way based on our desires, what we like and what brings us pleasure. Every woman on this planet is unique and beautiful in her own feminine way, but how one woman relates to her sensuality may be different than how you relate to your sensuality.
Honestly, anything can become a sensual experience if you’re aware and awakened to your senses. If you’re taking a walk, sway your hips deliciously. If you’re listening to music, close your eyes and solely use your sense of hearing to allow the lyrics and notes seduce you on a journey within your heart and soul. Before you take the first bite of your lunch, take a few deep breaths and a couple of moments to tease yourself with the food. Bite, lick, suck the food gently. Make the food your lover and seduce your taste buds and senses with it.
When you become sensually awakened, you can start to make love to the world in a new way. As if you’re seducing everything with new eyes. You’re aroused, juicy and alive. You feel called to your truth and ready to bring pleasure in to whatever it is that you’re doing. You receive a lot easier and you take great pleasure in doing so.
I don’t think that being, looking or feeling sensual has anything to do with whether you have make-up or lingerie on. You can lounge around in your pajamas on a Sunday afternoon drinking tea and feel completely sensual. It’s a state of bliss that you can access within you and your marvelous physical senses are the portals that allow you to reach transcendental levels within your body, mind, heart and soul.
Being naked is one of the most sensual experiences for me personally because I feel raw, open and vulnerable. I also tend to get more aroused when I’m naked simply because I’m in my most natural state and I feel especially connected to my feminine energy. Some other things that make me feel deliciously sensual are taking a hot, goddess-style bath, eating raw, organic chocolate (or drinking my Shakti Cacao hot tonic!), gifting myself a breast or full body massage with warm coconut oil, dancing, listening to music, mindful eating and exploring in nature.
If I feel particularly drained or out of it for whatever reason, I ask myself “how can I tap into my sensual energy right now?” or “how can I bring pleasure into my body right now?” Usually the first step is to just get out of my mind and into my body by breathing. I love placing my hands on my sacral chakra and womb area and just breathing deeply into my belly, womb and yoni (Sanskrit for vagina meaning “sacred space”).
Sensuality is not limited to sexual experiences or feelings, but sexuality and sensuality do tend to go hand in hand. Chances are if you’re sensually awakened and embodied, you’ll also become sexually awakened and embodied. It’s important for us women to own and explore our sacred, sensual and sexual energy as it’s where our feminine power lies–our ability to create, receive and birth things into the world, whether it be a baby or a creative project.
The best way to really connect your sensuality with your sacred sexuality is to explore all of your senses. Touch your body with love. Massage yourself. Dance seductively with yourself. Adopt a daily self-pleasure ritual and breathe deeply throughout the whole process. Have orgasms and honor your body at all times. Thank her for being the sacred vessel for your thoughts, dreams, hopes, desires, emotions and physical organs, etc. Find ways to bring your senses into any activity or experience. Slow down and focus on what FEELS good for you. Your pleasure and sensuality are interconnected and will help you soften into your natural feminine rhythms.
So honor yourself for that and honor the other women around you for their own sensual style. Only you can know what you like and what feels good for you sensually. There’s no need to force, control, change, compare or manipulate your sensuality. It’s there within you at all times, you just have to tap into it completely and allow it to flow freely with love and appreciation.
Now I want to know what’s something that makes YOU feel sensual? How do you express your sensuality?
Want more info on sensuality? If you haven’t already, check out my recent article on MindBodyGreen {4 Pleasurable Rituals to Awaken Your Sensuality}!
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