Before sex was whispered, it was sung. Before the body became taboo, it was worshipped. There was a time when the erotic wasn’t something to hide— but something to honor. Where did that go? And what does it cost us to live in a world that’s forgotten how to revere what once was sacred? ???? Ancient Echoes: When Sex Was Ceremony
Some wounds aren’t visible. They don’t bleed or bruise. They linger quietly in the body— in the hesitation before a kiss, in the tension during touch, in the guilt that follows pleasure. Our bodies remember what we’ve been told to forget. ???? Inherited Silence, Embodied Fear Long before we discover desire, we absorb the rules su
Pleasure is one of the most natural human experiences— a pulse of aliveness in the body, a moment of connection, a breath of truth. And yet, for centuries, pleasure—especially sexual pleasure— has been cast in shadow, caged by shame, named sinful. Why? Because the body, when free, is powerful. And powerful bodies are hard to control.
Sexual shame rarely starts with us. It is passed down—whispered, preached, punished. A silence wrapped in rules. A body taught to obey. Before we even know what desire means, we’ve already learned how dangerous it is to want. ???? Shame Has a Lineage You weren’t born ashamed of your body. You weren’t born afraid of pleasure. You
At some point, many of us learned to leave our bodies. To float above ourselves during touch. To check out instead of tuning in. To perform instead of feel. It’s a quiet kind of disconnection— one that doesn’t always look like trauma, but feels like absence. This is the body saying: I’m not safe here. This is the nervous system whispering