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By Martina Hughes & Rod Gordon

Use your Relationship as a Spiritual Practice Part 2 (Embodied Love) our journey relationship sacred intimacy Feb 14, 2025

As I read through last week's blog, I realised if you practiced what's in there, it could literally be a mini workshop! I shared some of our insights and practice on how intimate relationship can be a spiritual...

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Use Your Relationship as a Spiritual Practice Part 1 our journey relationship sacred intimacy Jan 31, 2025

I feel nervous and a little shy writing about the essence of our relationship, and yet, I feel called to share a little more about the way we live. This blog is for those of you who are deeply curious about how to live...

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Trust, Love and Devotion: A Journey to Deeper Intimacy our journey relationship sacred intimacy Dec 20, 2024

What: Partner Sacred Intimacy Practices reflections

When: mid December 

By: Martina 

 

Rod’s heart is tender this morning. I feel for him, I can see that he’s been awake during the night. I feel...

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Unlocking Joy, Freedom & Love: A Personal Journey to Embodied Wisdom inner healing our journey women's work Dec 11, 2024

I feel vulnerable about writing today. I feel butterflies in my stomach, I have done a few laps of the house looking for anything else that needs to be done before I write. 

 

I feel afraid of not being...

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Why we no longer call our work โ€œTantraโ€? our journey sacred intimacy Nov 30, 2024

To be honest, it was Rod that started the move, and I was resistant for a long time. I had spent 15 years creating and building Tantric Blossoming. 

 

When I started in the neo-tantra space, there were only two...

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Overcoming Blame & Criticism in Intimate Relationship relationship sacred intimacy Nov 29, 2024

It's very easy in relationships to recognise the changes that your partner "should" make, especially in times of tension, conflict, and hurt.

 

Pointing this out to your partner rarely goes well. It often creates...

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Is Indepence Hindering the Quality of your Relationship relationship sacred intimacy women's work written by martina hughes Nov 26, 2024

I spent most of my life cultivating independence, it took a long time for me to see that independence hindered the quality of my relationship. 


There were so many reasons for me to be proud of my self-sufficiency, I...

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Creating More Love in the World our journey relationship sacred intimacy women's work written by martina hughes Nov 26, 2024

The desire for relationships, intimacy, and connection has fueled my entire life. 

 

I was a Chartered Accountant for 10 years, and it was the people who mattered most for me. They even called me “The Care...

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For Women: from Cringe to Thriving within Relationship relationship sacred intimacy women's work written by martina hughes Aug 28, 2024

Right now, I have this memory arising, and I feel a strong desire to cringe, I feel so uncomfortable. I feel shame, awkwardness, and a sense of “not getting things right”. 

 

I really don’t want...

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Why are Intimate Relationships so Hard? relationship written by rod gordon May 10, 2023

This is a question that comes up for both women and men. Relationships are not easy. It’s easy to believe that if we find “the right partner” the relationship should just work. That if we find the...

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How Do Men Navigate Sexual Desire? men's work written by martina hughes Feb 17, 2022

It can be a challenging path for men to navigate sexual desire. Even in a committed relationship men can feel like there is no space or permission to express their sexual desire.

In a world that has many examples...

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What Holds Men Back From the Freedom of Healthy Masculinity men's work written by rod gordon Feb 13, 2022

AM I TOO FEMININE?

So many questions about men being too feminine, women being too masculine, attraction, sexuality, polarity. What’s a man to do with all that?

Here’s my view on the foundational basics.

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