The New School
We at The New School of Erotic Touch invite you to experience how
humans learn sex. Profound embodied learning takes place when we repeat
a practice, or massage stroke, mindfully over time. Erotic practice is
fun, rewarding and transformational when we use this conscious, focused
yoga model of education. Our classes are based on this type of learning.
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Margaret Wade and Suzanne Blackburn
It’s been an amazing journey, really. The erotic exploration I
started doing first came from my body, but I would also say that there
were strands in the cosmic field that were helping me. When I think
back, my mind immediately starts to see how those strands converged,
leading me to integrate sex and spirit. I seem to have this particular
path of stumbling along, picking pieces from here and pieces from there
– pieces from various traditions. But ultimately, the way I work is not
traditional. Perhaps not having a teacher or a guru gives my
discoveries a fresh innocence.
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Margaret Wade and Suzanne Blackburn
I grew up in a Catholic family that was very service oriented, very
“other” conscious. My father was a lawyer who gave half of his time
providing free service for the unprivileged and folks in trouble, so
early on, I got this idea of service and connectedness to others. I was
a very religious, I would say ecstatic, boy. Something my father and my
grandmother instilled in me was a sense of awe and a love of nature.
Even in my suburban neighborhood, I tried to get away and spend time in
some little field or wooded area. As I got older, I channeled that
sense of awe and wonder into mystical Christianity.
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Joseph Kramer Ph.D.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male: A Review
By Joseph Kramer, Ph.D.
The budding eleven-year-old sexologist in me found Alfred Kinsey’s 804
page book at the main branch of the St. Louis public library in 1958.
Over a three-year period, I made over a dozen trips from my suburban
home to the heart of St. Louis to study what Kinsey discovered about
male sexual behavior. I was especially interested in his sections on
early sexual growth and activity, masturbation, homosexuality, and how
religious background influenced sexual outlet. I remember being
surprised that an eleven-year-old could read and make sense of this
adult, scientific text. I also remember after each pilgrimage, sighing
in relief at the diversity of human sexual behavior. Thanks to Alfred
Kinsey, I was able to let go of some of my early sexual shame.
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Joseph Kramer Ph.D.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female: A Review
By Joseph Kramer, Ph.D
Early in the 21st century, I had the opportunity to read both of Alfred Kinsey’s studies on human sexuality. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
(1953) is divided into three parts. Part one describes the history and
methodology of the study. Part two explores the various types of
sexual activities that females engage in. And part three compares the
data on female sexuality with the data on male sexuality.
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Jaiya and Jon Hanauer
There was a recent study in the UK that questioned whether or not the
g-spot existed. The findings of the study suggested that the g-spot was
a myth. The premise of the study was to ask female identical twins if
they had a g-spot. If both twins didn’t say that they had one, then the
study went on to form a theory that the g-spot may be a figment of our
imaginations. Of course the media got hold of the study and went wild
with it. Headlines began to appear stating that the g-spot didn’t
exist, that it was all in our heads. We were contacted to comment on it
and many of our fellow sex educators began a counter attack. And women
everywhere are speaking out. "Yes, we do too have a g-spot!"
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Joseph Kramer Ph.D.
Somatic education is a way of learning in the body through mindfulness and self-directed practice.
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David Guy
Joseph Kramer is warm, friendly, affectionate, expansive, and just slightly – shall we say – hyper. He had recently turned fifty when I visited him at his home in Oakland, but there is something boyish about him, like a boy genius who can’t keep the words from flowing. He kept reaching out to grab me as we walked along the sidewalk to
lunch, as if to make sure we were still in touch; he constantly - as a
practitioner of rebirthing – took in large gusts of air and let them
out with an audible sigh; he frequently burst into shouts of
barrel-chested laughter; and as we sat together at a sushi bar he let
out audible murmurs of pleasure at tastes. He took delight in
everything, even – it seemed – our footsteps as we strolled along the
sidewalk.
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Loren Johnson
Sexual energy is one of the greatest powers we have access to in the
human realm. Learning to tap that creative, life giving force in a
skillful way is the objective of the various tantric sexual practices.
Sexual kung fu, the Chinese medical form of tantric sex, literally
means skillful practice of sex.
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Barnaby Barratt Ph.D.
Although no teaching about this path can substitute for our immediate
experience in its practice, there is a role for tantric facilitators,
who are neither priests nor professors, but individuals who can share
some “pointers” derived from the practices of their own enlightening.
Drawing upon the wisdom of many tantric facilitators, here are thirteen
interrelated pointers. They are all different ways of expressing the
same three principles of method. May they be helpful for our
mindfulness as we dance into our spiritual practice.
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