Many ask if yoga improves sex. Yoga may create for some wild positions and great imagination poses. However sex is made better through understanding yourself and what turns you on. Erotic self-care begins with diminishing our inner-critic and giving ourselves simply the permission to feel beautiful, to enjoy our own company, to be more compassionate and realistic with ourselves without vacillating between excess and repression. When I ask people to complete the sentence, “I turn myself on when….” the answers usually have to do with taking time for self-care: going into nature; dancing; pampering; connecting to body and sensuality, nurturing. We turn ourselves on when we energize ourselves, when we are embodied and focused—not on any particular goal, such as having an orgasm, but on the present moment. Maybe it’s the sensation of a small square of dark chocolate melting on our tongue.
Self-care isn’t just about facemasks and mindfulness, though those are great, too. It’s about tuning into our bodies and letting them teach us what we like, what we don’t like, and what we don’t know about ourselves yet.
Sex has never been about what another looks like or can do. It's about who we are and our self care. The most powerful thing about sex is it comes from within to turn ourselves on, we are the drivers. Have you ever been so stressed you do not feel like sex? Here is an example how we feel challenges it. The reason so many people have trouble having good sex is they are not present within themselves and have too many worries or thoughts and do not know themselves.
The best way you can improve your sexuality is to get to know yourself. What makes you feel good, what calms your thoughts, what you like and do not like. What connects you to the moment and another etc.
Sensuality is a great way in every day life to calm the nerves and create self care. When we widen the realm of the senses, we invite the world in. I love to ask people the following questions. Answer them for yourself:
What's your favorite temperature of water?
What's your favorite temperature generally outside?
How do you respond to sun, wind, air?
Are you aware of what touches your skin, of what hovers around you?
When you wash yourself, what’s your relationship to the body that you’re washing?
Do you enjoy touching yourself? And I’m not talking about genitals only, but pleasing and soothing yourself.
When you drink coffee or tea are you just gobbling or savoring?
Are you aware of your experiences in sensory, sensual, and physical ways?
Which is the sense with which you make love the most?
Which sense do you barely notice or use?
Befriending our bodies and making peace with them is the beginning of one of the best relationships we can ever have: the relationship with ourselves and in turn that brings the best relationships to everything we do including sex.
If yoga and good looks was what made good sex, every yogi would be having it and no relationship problems. Brad and Angelina Jolie would still be together too beautiful people but they aren't. It's a pleasurable, sensual connection that reminds us that life is worth living even when we are in pain or struggling. If we want to be able to connect better with our bodies, we must invite ourselves to explore different experiences around our senses, and around our sensuality first without sexuality and in turn build to our sexuality and experiences we enjoy sexually.
Esther Perel.
We need to understand that most of society is still conditioned to equate nudity with sex…this might even include you! This conditioning, though, should not discourage us from exploring non-sexual nudity, nor should it deflate our hopes of becoming discerning in understanding the difference between sex and nudity.
We must also realise that social nudity is not yet a socially-accepted ‘norm’…(I’m working on it!)
Because of this, many people have never really experienced social nudity and are new to the concept and lifestyle. As a result, the concept of non-sexual nudity may be a little challenging to grasp initially.
Im the type of girl that sees art instead of pörn when she sees a human body
Im the type of girl that uses sensuality for healing and sees it separate to sexuality.
Im the type of girl who finds it easy to teach naked, share her art online, but in person is usually the last to get naked as she is mindful that the world and others do not have her views.
Im the type of girl that shares herself often looking brave to others, because she goes against the norms. But nearly lost her life trying to attempt on her life with trying to confirm. So she knows it is the only way to live to be herself unpologetically.
Im the type of girl that feels everything and wishes she cold help everyone and feels bad she cannot and like she is always the problem.
Im the type of girl that gives and gives and gives and thinks she never does enough and has so many tell her to do more. However does more than most and knows she has to find her value better and understand not everyone will see her.
Im the type of girl who uses movement for medicine. Without movement she would not be here, it is her mental health tool that allows her to breathe in the good shit and let go of the shit that might break her.
Im the type of girl who looks like she doesnt care what others think but does and gets hurt often.
Im the type of girl who is often misjudged because of the way she presents herself but is actually very innocent and kind and cares more than most, however most miss it because of the way society has taught us to look at only what we see.
Im the type of girl who is more than what you see and hopes that she will be seen.
Im the type of girl who is always trying to bring light to stigmas and untruths because she has a little girl and wants to change this world, so her little girl does not have to suffer the shaming and judgement she has suffered.
Im the type of girl who's experience trauma and hard knocks of life but smiles and keeps standing up because there is only one life. It is never easy but she knows it is a gift.
Im the type of girl that is sad that we as humans are always using busy as an excuse to disconnect and make us feel important and always misappropriating free time of others to remind them that they arent doing enough.
Im the type of girl that does not understand why our differences make us fight, why we can't just observe and respect we are not the same in all our believes and ways we are, yet we are the same in we all deserve kindness and love and respect and dream of that.
Im the type of girl....
Thank you for being here this month looking forward to next month with you all.
If you would like to follow with me and some of my amazing inspiring friends at @audriasana please feel free to check out our videos like this one where I help you with sciatic relief https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sciaticatherapy
One of our dreams it to help the world to respect the human body more and see it as so much more and with love and respect. To be able to be whole as humans as well and still be able to walk side by side each other with kindness.
In my book I write about Embracing Our Divine & Innate Sexuality
In and of itself, the human body is a neutral space. Society, its beliefs and teachings create any labels that are attached to it. We are all naturally different shapes, sizes, races, creeds and colours. We are mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, and grandmothers and grandfathers. We are activists, innovators, achievers and inspirations. No one culture, company or concept could therefore ever hope to define beauty, or its expression through sex and sensuality, for these qualities are as multi-faceted as we are.
Our bodies are the physical shells that allow us to radiate our inner experiences and accomplishments into the world. They showcase our happiest and most incredible experiences for all to share – the remarkable and intoxicating experience of being alive. And they are also the way our souls get to interact physically with the world in all its wonder. I think that is tremendously empowering for women to discover their inner goddess and it is not diminishing in any way. Any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered. Through our bodies, we can express our divine and innate sexuality:
• by celebrating the connection between sex and sensuality;
• reclaiming our bodies as the miracles they are, rather than being ashamed of them;
• balancing the feminine and masculine energies (the yin and the yang) in ourselves.
From a very early age, most of us have been taught to repress our emotions and desires. We are told not to cry, not to express ourselves publicly and to be ashamed of our sexuality. All this suppressed energy can remain stuck in the sacral chakra where it causes imbalances. On a personal scale, these imbalances can manifest themselves as experiences such as depression, shame and broken relationships, while the ripple effect means that our personal hang-ups can affect society as a whole.
It takes great strength to keep being naturally sensual and sexual in a world that often pushes us towards robotic perfection. Yet when we see someone who is comfortable in their own body as it is, and who radiates confidence without needing other people’s approval – what could be more beautiful and sexy than that?
New podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bravebeautifulandbaringitalls-podcast/id1475795718?i=1000561747430 talking about consciously being you and building self love on and offline. Check out also my articles on elephant journal https://elejrnl.com?p=3377666
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2022/05/social-media-was-created-by-humans-it-can-be-fixed-by-humans-rhyanna-watson/
How we can use social media more wisely and create a beautiful experience online.
My dream is to walk side by side everyone being really human. Not just one facet and sharing my journey and knowing it can be received with love and help others to feel loved just as they are.
One of my greatest gift to creating art and sharing my art is connecting with like minded women. These beautiful souls at @audriasana Michelle, Kelelah, Maya, Jasmin, Dani and more have lifted my spirits and inspired me with our beautiful heartfelt connections and collaborations.
I love seeing women inspire each other and lift each other. I think it is instrumental in changing ourselves and the world.
We have been collaborating to create art together at https://vimeo.com/audriasana/vod_pages where we share workout and movement practices.
I met Michelle online through IG. She inspired me from the moment I saw her art https://www.instagram.com/michelle_yogogirls/
Many years later we met for the first time in person in Italy last year and did a photoshoot. Some of the content you have seen here. This year I flew to Miami to work and did some shoots with https://www.instagram.com/audriasana/ and met also https://www.instagram.com/kelelah/ Kelelah https://www.instagram.com/dellaine_yoga/ Dani and https://www.instagram.com/mayayaksa/ Maya. Some content I have also already posted.
Hanging with these women reminded me how beautiful it is to be amongst women that enjoy life, celebrate life and each other. Each of them are unique and beautiful and women that are changing the world.
The challenge of being body positive
Yet becoming body positive isn’t simple. Finding unadulterated self-love every day is tough when we’re surrounded by pressures that continually demand we transform and conform.
If we start to shift the conversation away from what we think is “wrong” in ourselves to what is wrong in the way that society treats our bodies, we may just have a more powerful effect: we may just encourage society to start celebrating every body.
The truth is that your body is not the problem. It never was.
Celebrating one another
I made a conscious choice to live in the spirit of loving and celebrating all women for who they are, as we can do such immensely beautiful things when we all work together – in union, rather than in a spirit of competition, judgement and fear.
The more we can love those who are struggling and ourselves in our own struggles, the more strength we will all have to reclaim our past, heal our hearts and love our present!
Let’s give support back to our struggles and our scars so we can all heal. And let’s see self-doubt and self-loathing for the needless, fruitless activities that they are in order to make more room for true love and acceptance of ourselves.
Join my first retreat
Spots filling fast. All levels welcome for men & women. Join my first retreat, spend 3-4 days with me in person, learning new skills, workshops focusing on handstands & splits, daily classes, transformative empowering experience awakening hidden potential. https://startyouradzenture.com/retreat/zion-august-25-28-2022-3-night-4-day/
You can now practice in the privacy and comfort of your own home, in your own time and at your own convenience, with online naked yoga, fitness classes on the 100 and 250 tier p@treon link in Bio or DM for link.
My online naked classes help you redefine your relationship with your body and improve your sense of body image whilst experiencing the expansive and infinite benefits that yoga has to offer.
I also included art on both tiers from artist Ive worked at raw, uncensored and beautiful.
Whether you’re looking to practice once a week, twice a week or everyday; go at your own pace and find a flow that works for you, as you now have the option to watch the classes back at any time and replay them til your heart’s content!
Now in your inbox a PPV
Nude Pole Dancing with 2 beautiful souls waving and swirling our bodies around the pole. Sensuality and art creating magic and beauty. With @audriasana and @danidrishti
Sharing some of our Miami time together. It is such a gift to crests with these beautiful souls.
Growing up, I really didn’t have much confidence. I was super skinny, red faced, bad skin, shy and awkward. Dancing has allowed me to own my body in away the world shames you for it. To enjoy being a woman and sensual. To feel the moment unapologetically and own it even in my imperfections. It has allowed me to feel beautiful in my skin and scars and empowered by myself as a human.
It helped me to learn control and awareness no other movement has ever taught and reminded me that pain comes with everything but we can still find the beauty and joy.
Every time I practice pole I am bruised and sore but also exhilarated with its magic of reminding me growth exists through the pain.
I have always been shy about myself and never felt comfortable or beautiful in my own skin. Some days I still feel shy my skin goes red, I get rashes and wish I was more curvy. However when I dance or move I forget all my wishes and enjoy who I am, feeling beautiful in my skin.
Blessings Rhy
Playing in the Dark
A while ago, when my inner demons reared their ugly heads again, I decided to take up pole dancing - something I had always been intrigued by. By playing and practicing on my pole and dance, I put myself in a safe place when I could step into the darkness and explore gently my demons what they had been feeding on. As I danced and swayed and enjoyed the sense of being physically strong and alive, I confronted my demons, telling them that I love myself - that I am enough. The thing about confronting chaos is that while it disturbs us, it also forces our hearts to roar in ways we secretly find magnificent and inspiring. So facing the darkness in our lives doesn't always have to be an oh so serious business. We can each find our own unique light - powered and joy filled strategies for tackling resistance. So what activities might you be up for exploring, getting lost in and using as a spring board for exploring your Dark Side? Extract from my book - Brave, Beautiful and Baring it All on Amazon. Many asked to see a full dance. Although full videos are on P@treon. I would love to see this as a PPV for those that requested. My dances range from clothes to Naked each exploring the ability to gently tackle my resistance. Dance has become a healing ritual.
If you would like to Purchase this full Dance message me or check your messages it may already be there for a PPV (Paid Per View) to Purchase Now. Link in Bio to join P@treon and see years of dances and movement.
This is 38. I’m so grateful to be here with you all. My love and gratitude. Thank you all for allowing me to share movement through freedom, no censorship naked yoga and fitness, just love and acceptance. For more workouts join p@treon link in bio or dm me for link
I feel this world is evolving to new heights of body love, human compassion, kindness and acceptance and it’s all thanks to your open hearts and souls supporting people like me.
Now is the time if you’ve always wanted to train with me. Join my first retreat in August a few spots left, for all levels. Don’t miss it filling fast https://startyouradzenture.com/retreat/zion-aug-25-28-2022-3-night-4-day/ and Michelle from @audriasana will be our photographer.
Today I will be 38 and moments like this make me realize what a blessing it is to age and share life with like minded souls. How do you feel about getting older.
Check out @audriasana @danidrishti @sens_muse artist i collab with. See full art shoot at https://www.p@treon.com/openheartscanunite take out @ at a for correct link
New workout now available with @audriasana https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sciaticatherapy Fantastic Sciatica relief and strengthening workout! Riana takes you through several stretches and strength-building moves that are sure to help your back feel better.
Plus Three BONUS VIDEOS WITH PURCHASE
• 7-minute gorgeous nude yoga flow
• 5-minute snow yoga video
• Amazing pole dance art video
This is how I spent my Easter Monday this year in Austria. Getting up at 3.30am to hike to the top of a mountain and catch the sunset not barefoot, but footloose and fancy free. Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world. Everyone wants to live on top of mountains but all the happiness and growth occurs while climbing it. Explore. Dream. Discover. Hello Austria full shoot coming https://www.p@treon.com/openheartscanunite take the @ out and put a
Happy May, my birthday comes on the 10 of this month. Now coming up 38 I am learning to appreciate my body with love more and more. This photoshoot was done by an incredible Artist and musician Fernando. It was the first body paint experience I have ever had. I wrote about this experience on IG and Elephant Journal Here if you wish to read https://www.elephantjournal.com/2021/04/the-true-stories-behind-the-art-and-selfies-we-share-on-social-media-and-offer-misappropriate/
how my daughter got face painted after this as a butterfly. The human body in Europe is treated with such normalcy and respect. Statues everywhere of naked women and men, whilst children play football and in parks around them. Saunas and changing rooms that are mixed at pools for families and female and males.
In Australia I did not grow up this way. The body was much more taboo and shamed. As a swimmer we had mens and woman's change rooms and separate saunas. Unless you had your swimsuit we could sit mixed in a sauna.
I was blessed my dad had developed an open mind about the body, which rubbed off on me to understand it was a tool for life and so much more than how our society sees it.
What is it like in your country?
Do you feel uncomfortable in your skin or feel your body is shameful?
How would you like society views to change?
If you would like to see more from this shoot please private message and I can organise a Paid Per View of 9 photos for you of the full body-paint experience of two shoots from Fernando.
The reason I share content in the uncensored form is that it is apart of healing for me. It is apart of rawness and vulnerability that the whole world is not ready to witness because there is still so many limiting beliefs held for many that can project and can stop the healing of those that are ready or in the process of. Healing is the greatest gift to ourselves and the world but it must be done in a place and with people who are ready to witness or receive it, as it is individual and is not meant to be labeled or judged just loved, accepted with kindness and compassion. It is also a gift for others to receive as it lights the way for their healing and a gift for me or the person healing to share when shared with the right people as love is received back. The more we can be ourselves in this world the more the world will benefit. However we must learn also that not everyone is ready for this and not everyone deserves to witness this and not every space is for this. This is why I created the top tiers on p@treon link in bio of DM me for more (at a limited number and in general) for those that see the value and also want to feel the value in themselves. What I am learning from sharing is huge. I will try to put what I am learning into words for those that want to understand or grow into the top tiers that I have here and learn more about them.
One of the things I have learned about sharing my yoga and art and flowing in my nude body is that my body is not an obstacle, it is a tool for life. It also teaches me it is not the shame, stories or judgment of others that stop me or the scars that adorn my body. It is my ability to accept me as I am that stops me. The more I consciously choose self love and acceptance in all forms the more I become free and comfortable in my body and life and person I am. It helps me to know I am not the stigma or untruths of this world, I am not the trauma that often holds me captive or the worlds words that try to make me feel like I do not belong or am not worthy. It brings me home to me knowing that my body is a gift to experience life. My body is a tool I use to create my actions and my actions are what will show my heart, soul and intention. My body however, is just simply a body like the trees are just simply trees. So the labels we all get thrown at I am learning we can choose to let them hold us captive or let them go.
A big shout out to Michelle who has been a light in my journey and created this art above with me and many of my top tier videos and photos: @audriasana
Amazing souls @audriasana @danidrishti that light up my world and I love creating art with.
A goddess what is a goddess to you?
If you would like to see a Behind the Scenes of us working together DM I can send you a paid per view message
This pose is a pose I have been learning to play with more. It has been a pose that has been in my practice for many years. However to make it feel good and use it to transition between wheel and handstand, it has taken me years and years and hours of hours of practice. From a picture it looks simple and looks easy. However in reality it is a lifestyle choice that I made to show up every day and learn and grow. From rest days, through to my nutrition and training days. Even in my ordinary days finding time and space to make time for me and my training.
Ive loved sharing my art shoots with you all of my movements via photography here and I love sharing my practices in video format on P@treon. Link in bio click and follow and see the video art of these movements or learn with me.
When you see a pose like this or a photo of video of someones practice.
Do you think it is easy for them?
Do you think they work hard?
Or do you feel that you will never be able to?
Or are you inspired?
Do you know they have worked hard and it makes you even more determined to work on your goals?
What is your fav month of the year and why? This pose took me years to be able to do. Even some days I still feel challenged by it. It is a great warm down after backbends or warm up before leg behind the head. Do you know the name of this pose?
Some workouts and yoga available for you through @audriasana
Dm me for the links or tip below let us feel the burn and create our real wealth our health together.
A photo from my latest shoot. My body, my personality, my life experiences create my movement game. I take the memories of movement and my mind and experience the flow. Full uncensored art from shoot coming https://www.p@treon.com/openheartscanunite take @ and make a
PPV are something I am working on creating more what is the next PPV you are all looking for? In the mean time for those looking for more I was asked the share a little more about my P@treon by many, this is where I began sharing my art and body freedom and my go to site for anyone who wants to see everything I’ve ever created. Link in bio.
So many ask about the top tiers and nude content where they can find it. Here is a small example of a dance I am in the process of creating and am working on for the top tier on P@treon. Many don’t realize the energy and time it goes into creating art nor the years of work and skill learning that it is required. This pole practice took me 4 years of training plus the 9 years of yoga and contortion training and saving to purchase the pole. On top of that managing my work and home life to find time. It is so much more than one video. Plus many years of working with self love to love myself enough and then years of shame and judgment and courage to share with you all to overcome these feelings of shame and others judgment, which I still battle with. It is not simply a video.
The 100 tier was the beginning of learning to be comfortable in my own skin, teach and share with others my personal practices and people who are like minded souls and see more than societies limitations and with love instead of fear. See 100s of videos and shoots raw nude and uncensored on the 100 tier.
Now the new top tier will include 6 nude uncensored movement practices a month (fitness, yoga and dance) starting in May (next month) and 18-20 raw Photos monthly. These two tiers are for anyone who wants to see everything I have done through body freedom, art and self love at its most pure form or for those who resonate with with moving in freedom without restriction and with open hearts and minds.
Thank you for those who requested to see an example. Limited number on both tiers as these tiers are heart creation from my heart to yours for like minded souls.
A big thank you to Michelle for being a heart that reminds my heart to shine in a world that often does not see hearts like mine. Her art is healing and beautiful and her soul and gorgeous being are making the world a better place.
Find Michelle: https://onlyfans.com/audriasana @audriasana
Sensuality is the ability to feel life within me and life outside of. My full senses be alive with the experiences that exist in this moment. What does Sensuality mean to you?
A beautiful free flowing stripping to the bare essenstials nude yoga flow with @followthebuti and @yogagoddess. It was such a gift with these two incredibly talented women. Unlock to see us flow in our unique styles, twist and bend together in all kinds of shapes, in strong and flexible ways.
Flowing with incredible @followthebuti and @yogagoddess two beautiful souls who's movement practices inspire me and hearts are made of gold.
Some readings say Naked yoga is the practice of yoga without clothes. It has existed since ancient times as a spiritual practice, and is mentioned in the 7th-10th century Bhagavata Purana and by the Ancient Greek geographer Strabo. It is the embodiment of freedom.
