The erotic has been reduced to sexuality for so long, that many of us have forgotten its deeper power.
As womanist writer Audre Lorde reminds us, the erotic is not simply about sex—it is a source of feeling, intuition, creativity, joy, and self-knowing. It is the life force that emerges when we are fully present to ourselves. As Lorde names, it is “not a question only of what we do; it is a question of how acutely and fully we can feel in the doing.”
Yet, many of us have been taught to distrust our bodies, suppress our desires, and prioritize survival, performance, and desirability over aliveness. In doing so, we become disconnected from the instincts, creativity, and vitality that live beneath expectation and self-abandonment.
This intimate gathering is an invitation home to our bodies.
Rooted in the erotic as a source of power and inspired by the Wild Woman archetype, we will use movement as a doorway into deeper feeling, authentic expression, and embodied self-trust. Through sensual yoga, guided movement, improvisation, journaling, storytelling, and collective witnessing, participants will be invited to explore their relationship with desire, intuition, play, and presence.
Together, we will create space to soften, unravel, and remember what has always belonged to us: our bodies, our feelings, our instincts, and our wild knowing.
What to expect:
Sensual grounding and yoga flow
Guided movement exploration
Improvisational dance and play
Reflective journaling and womanist-inspired prompts
Partner and witnessing exercises
A curated musical journey
Ritual space for intention, release, and return
What to bring / what to wear:
Comfortable clothing you can stretch, move, and sweat in
Layers to support comfort, self-expression, and changing energy throughout the gathering
Pants and socks are encouraged for floorwork
A journal and pen
Water or anything else that helps you feel nourished
An optional scent, oil, perfume, or sensory object that helps you feel connected to yourself
No dance experience is required. Bring only what supports your comfort, curiosity, and willingness to explore.
~ A Note on the Cosmic Weather ~
We gather on July 21st, as the Sun prepares to leave Cancer and enter Leo—a threshold between reflection and expression, tending and becoming. The Moon will be moving through Scorpio, offering support for emotional truth, transformation, release, and courageous self-expression.
This gathering is intentionally held in relationship with these cycles. No knowledge of astrology is required—only a willingness to remember that we are not separate from nature, but part of its rhythms and wisdom.
~ A Note on Inclusion ~
This intimate gathering is devoted to women and all who feel called to explore the landscape of their femininity. The language we use will be rooted in womanhood, while honoring the vast, wild, and ever-expanding expressions that live within it. There is no right way to be a woman, no singular way to embody the feminine—only an invitation to arrive as you are and explore what feels true.
This event is for FLINTA* folks only! We offer sliding-scale rates to expand access to those with financial barriers.
Who’s facilitating?
Ashlea (she/her) is a storykeeper, poet, tarot reader, dream doula, artist, sourdough baker, craftwitch, and eternal student.
Raised by a matriarchy of loud, unruly women who taught her that the crude, lewd, and obscene are sources of deep feminine wisdom, Ashlea is called to the work of remembering through rebelling. Using dance—pole, improvisational movement, and lunar ritual—as a sacred pathway to selfhood, Ashlea explores how desire, grief, pleasure, and transformation live in the body.
Through erotic embodiment, play, somatic storytelling, and collective witnessing, she creates spaces where women can reconnect with sensation, authenticity, and their own wild knowing. Ashlea explores the body as not something to fix or transcend, but a source of intuition, wisdom, and unabashed aliveness.
Tiara (she/her) is a student of nature, yoga teacher, embodiment guide, and birth doula-in-training. Her passion lies in creating spaces where people can return to the wisdom of their bodies and the truth of their desires through movement, breath, presence, and embodied inquiry.
Deeply curious about the processes of transformation and becoming, she is drawn to the ways that listening to the body can uncover deeper layers of knowing and expand our sense of what’s possible.
Tiara is particularly drawn to the thresholds of birth, death, and rebirth that shape our lives, and to supporting people as they navigate these passages with greater trust, presence, and clarity.