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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 practice. 

We...

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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 Sacred...

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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 that his body and being ar...

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Why we no longer call our work “Tantra”? 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 couples in A...

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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 distance, ...

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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 wore it ...

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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 Bear” I knew when...

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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 to share about it.. And yet,...

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Transforming Sexual Shame sacred intimacy written by martina hughes Oct 30, 2020

As an intimacy coach, I see many men and women battle with sexual shame and how it can cause conflict in relationships, diminished desire and shut down the full expression of who they are.

Recently I presented to a group of ov...

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The Magnificence Of Touch Without Agenda sacred intimacy written by martina hughes Feb 09, 2017

One of the greatest and most simple joys we can experience is to feel love through conscious touch.

It’s not a ‘doing’ practice, it’s not busy and it’s not about making things happen.

Sadly, most people are only familiar with f...

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