Live Touch for Two Couples Night in Phoenix

Come Join Us For the next Live Touch for Two Couple’s Night

An elegant evening of guided sensuous Touch for couples.

When? August 20th 7:30 - 11 pm

Where? near 40th Street & Shea, Phoenix

Cost? $69 Per Couple

Contact: shyena1@gmail.com

Register now, only a few spaces left.

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FREE conference call CELEBRATING Quodoushka

You are invited to a FREE conference call
CELEBRATING Quodoushka

Spiritual Sexuality from the Shamanic Traditions

Thursday evening • July 1, 2010 • 7 - 8 pm (Pacific time)
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ALL WELCOME • Q graduates too!

Your hosts are Q facilitators
Amara Charles & Mukee Breezes Love

CLICK HERE for all details about how to join the call
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What is Chuluaqui Quodoushka all about?
How can it make a difference for you in your everyday world?

And for your vitality, your passion and well-being?
Your happiness? Your aliveness and fulfillment in all relationships?

How can you be in daily energy gain rather than energy loss?

What is the difference between Tantra and Quodoushka?

When are the next Q programs available?
Q1 for singles and couples in
San Diego, Quodoushka 1 July 8 - 11,  2010.

Enjoy an informative and fun conversation.
And have your questions answered too!

In beauty, Amara

CALL TIME ZONES for JULY 1
Pacific time: 7 - 8 pm
AZ Mountain time: 7 - 8 pm
Mountain time: 8 - 9 pm
Central time: 9 - 10 pm
Eastern time: 10 - 11 pm

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Quodoushka Spiritual Sexuality Workshop San Diego

QUODOUSHKA
A Shamanic Approach to
Spiritual Sexuality

A transformative workshop of shamanic teachings, guided exercises and ceremonial experiences for singles and couples.

Imagine that sex is natural, sacred and beautiful.

July 8 - 11 for singles & couples
Thursday evening – Sunday evening

Early Registration extended to June 11
Experience how the gift of your sexuality is your most powerful resource for full self expression,
health, hope, happiness, harmony and humor.

The first level of Quodoushka is all about you!  Your own sexuality and how this incredible “catalyst” energy is
actually life itself.  Through the shamanic wisdom of an ancient Matriarchal Medicine Society you will learn about energy
laws that govern everything we do, starting with the beauty and power of your own sexual energy.

Through your understanding that male and female sexual energy is the source of all creation and inspiration, you will learn
how to apply the power of this in your everyday life for gains in your happiness, humor, hope, health and harmony. As you
learn how to raise your sexual energy you’ll discover the gateway to connection and spirit – and even come to understand
that your sexuality can become your natural blissful path towards enlightenment. Illuminated teachings take you on a
journey of discovery of all the levels and elemental types of orgasm. Discover how your inner elemental balance
determines how you experience them. You’ll discover what is your own “genital sense of self” and learn how that
influences your personal experience of pleasure and patterns of living.

Please register me for: Quodoushka 1, July 8 - 11, Q1

o Individual $695         o Paid in full by June 4 $595

o Couple $1300          o Paid in full by June 4 $1150

o  Q1 GRADUATES SPECIAL & SMSD Apprentices: $495 paid in full by June 4  $395.

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Spirit Fire Productions, PO Box 22133, Phoenix, AZ 85028

Make checks payable to Spirit Fire Productions.
Registration is limited and subject to confirmation.
Specific location and all the information you will need to attend will be given upon registration.

CANCELLATION POLICY:
You must notify us 10 days before the event. There is a $100 fee for office expenses.
Within 10 days, it is $250 non-refundable.
$100 nonrefundable when you notify us more than 10 days before the event. Within 10 days it is $250.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
AMARA  602.765.9551 • amaracharles123@gmail.com

YOUR FACILIATORS:

AMARA CHARLES Keeps the Fire has been an apprentice of the Sweet Medicine SunDance Path of
Turtle Island since 1987. She has traveled teaching Quodoushka Sexuality workshops internationally for
over twenty years. Amara is the author of Sexual Agreements, Aching to Open and Erotic Touch for
Two. From 1993-2000 she helped establish the Red Lodge Yearlong shamanic ceremonial program for
the Deer Tribe Métis Medicine Society and has led teen Rites of Passage, Wondercamp and Vision
Quest programs for many years. She is the founder of Nourishing Arts, providing courses in Shamanic
sexuality and Taoist Sexual Arts. www.nourishingarts.com

MUKEE OKAN Breezes Love: aka Your Orgasm’s Best Friend. Originally from Australia, Mukee is a
Quodoushka spiritual sexuality teacher and guide in the Twisted Hairs tradition. Her foundation is in the
essence of Tantra, since initiation in 1984. Mukee is also a surrogate partner therapist in the western
medical model since 1995. She facilitates sexuality programs internationally. She loves to share how
your life-force energy fuels your full self expression of your energy, creativity and abundance. Her
presence inspires you to open to your natural erotic intelligence and surrender to your infinite orgasmic
nature and capacity for pleasure. She is also the founder of Wisdom Women and a tantra artist.
www.spiritfireproductions.com

MICHAEL STEIN Star Mountain, NLP, C. Ht. has been a member of the Quodoushka teaching team for
13 years. He is a Sweet Medicine SunDance Path apprentice. Michael has served as a trainer for the
Men’s Health Teaching Group of the UNC Chapel Hill Medical School and has been a guest presenter
for the American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors and Therapists. Michael is a Certified
Trainer of NLP, an Ericksonian style hypnotist and a master storyteller. For the past 25 years he has
been facilitating team-building programs for corporations and organizations. He is based in Chapel Hill,
NC.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: AMARA  602 820 4661  • amaracharles123@gmail.com
MUKEE 602.482.9691 • mukee@spiritfireproductions.com
PLAN  TO ATTEND NOW AND SAVE • nonresidential in a private home
Individual $695: paid in full by June 4. $595 • Couple $1300: June 4 .$1150 • Q1 GRADUATES SPECIAL and
SMSD Apprentices: $495 pd in full byJune 4 $395. (Visa/MC/checks to Spirit Fire)

Send payment in full or a deposit of $100 (US) per person to: Spirit Fire, PO Box 22133,  Phoenix, AZ 85028

Free Quodoushka Spiritual Sexuality in San Diego & LA

San Diego & LA FREE INTROS

You and your friends are invited to a

Complimentary introduction to Quodoushka, SPIRITUAL SEXUALITY

with Amara Charles

June 1 San Diego, June 3 Los Angeles

Discover your vibrant erotic nature with an evening’s
introduction to Quodoushka Spiritual Sexuality. These
ancient shamanic teachings will open your mind and awaken
your body & spirit to the natural beauty of sexual intimacy.

For Singles
Please come and join us for an empowering preview into the delicious world of spiritual sexuality.
Bring stimulating ideas to your sex life and experience a more intuitive approach to intimacy and
sex.

For Couples
Come with your partner for an evening that will awaken more passion, playfulness and pleasure in
your relationship. All sexual preferences welcome.

“Brilliant teachings! I wish I knew them 20 years ago. I recommend this workshop to anyone who
wishes to transform his or her sexuality. I’ve gone to a much deeper level of understanding sex
and myself.” Steve Wright, Australia

AMARA CHARLES has been an apprentice of the Sweet Medicine SunDance
Path of Turtle Island since 1987. She has traveled teaching Quodoushka Sexuality
workshops internationally for over twenty years. She helped establish the Red
Lodge Yearlong shamanic ceremonial and teen Rites of Passage programs for the
Deer Tribe Métis Medicine Society. Amara is the author of Sexual Agreements,
Touch for Two & Aching to Open. Her new book Liberating Sexual Pleasure will be
out next year.

Quodoushka Free Preview Evenings:
San Diego, CA.
Tuesday, June 1st Contact: Bonnie bonniez2010@gmail.com (858) 353-4175
Los Angeles, CA.
Thursday, June 3rd Contact: Russ Bryant editor@mainstreamerotica.com (310) 491-8997

Quodoushka 1 Spiritual Sexuality Workshop
July 8-11th San Diego, California amaracharles123@gmail.com

because beauty is a living state of love
www.nourishingarts.com (602) 820-4661

Upcoming

Qoudoushka Spiritual Sexuality Workshop

Register Now for San Diego Q1 July 8-11

San-Diego-Q1 Workshop July 8-11

Spiritual Sexuality Workshop with Amara Charles

Quodoushka One     with Amara Charles

January 14-17 , 2010   Phoenix, AZ

Awaken your spiritual-sexual catalyst energy for the new year.

It is going to be another fabulous gathering of amazing people and a fantastic experience of new Quodoushka teachings.

Save these Dates!

Free Quodoushka Previews
Everyone is welcome.

Free Preview: December 3rd
Free Preview: January 5th
Introduction: January 8th Phoenix Tantra Meetup, Center for the Divine Awakening  7-10pm $10

Quodoushka Workshop: January 14-17, 2010

Enroll Now and Save.

See flyer for Registration Details.

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In Beauty,
Amara

For more information:

amara@nourishingarts.com

602 765 9551

Illuminated Sex Workshop in San Diego

New Workshop!!

Illuminated Sex

For Singles and Couples

October 23, 24 and 25, 2009

San Diego, CA

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With Amara Charles and Shyena Venice

These world famous teachers will be offering a special loving and beautiful class for two and half days.
Presenting a blend of ancient Shamanic and Taoist practices for experiencing illuminating sexual encounters, this new workshop is for singles and couples who wish to restore their passion for life and reclaim their naturally sexy selves.

For those who want to:

• Bring illumination and light into your sex life
• Learn Shamanic and Taoist Tigress sexual restoration practices
• Experience elemental erotic touch
• Have more deeply intimate sexual experiences

Join us for an amazing opportunity to:

• Strengthen your orgiastic power
• Learn the feminine arts of seduction and the masculine arts of prowess
• Learn Sexual Healing and Restoration practices
• Create loving, endearing kindness in your sexuality

Join us and learn these amazingly wise and healing sexual practices. Experience the true meaning of your sexuality.
For more information on how to register in advance, reserve a place and save now, contact Tom McGrew at:

tomcgbooks@pacbell.net
760-801-3639

Pricing for Workshop

The full price is $348 with lunch is included.

Paid Deposit by September 1s is $298

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The Tenacity of Hope; Massai meets Quodoushka for Sexual Healing

While every Quodoushka that I have taught has been a remarkably healing experience, once every twenty years or so, something truly extraordinary happens…

I’ll start by explaining how two Massai women from a rural village in Kenya managed to attend a Quodoushka in Phoenix Arizona. In 2007, Annetta Luce, a friend I met during an Australian “Q,” volunteered to go to Africa to work and live with a local family. After returning to the U.S., she was later contacted by Jane, a woman from the same Kenyan village who was now in Philadelphia, seeking asylum to remain in the USA.

Jane is the mother of three children, including a 12-year old daughter, Esther. Like all women in the Massai tribe, Jane was “cut” as a child, near the same age as her own daughter and soon thereafter pledged by her father into an arranged marriage.

I must admit, I had heard about the “cut,” a primitive form of female genital mutilation. I read that it is done by women who, to this day, physically hold down the young girls, cut off their clitorises with a knife and then pour cow’s urine over the open wound. Yes, I knew of this gory insanity, but it seemed like yet another God-awful, far-away, unsolvable problem - that is, until Jane came into my living room.

I was immediately smitten by the grace of her quiet, yet formidable determination to prevent her daughter from suffering a similar fate. I was floored by her audacity to stand up against tribal elders, to rebel against the bondage and beatings, to earn the money, to overcome anything that would dare stand in the way of her love for her daughter ...and her intelligence. You see, according to Massai custom, if the mother is alive, but not physically in the village, the elders may not perform the “cut.” By seeking asylum here, refusing to return to Kenya, she forestalls the process.

As I share the details of Jane’s story, I must explain that I have had but a brief glimpse of a complex situation and I make no claims to understand the nuances of Massai customs or culture. It wasn’t my idea for Jane to come to a Quodoushka - it was her idea. She told the story of her daughter at our Tigress Moon Woman’s Group, heard about the Q and promptly decided she would attend with Agnes, a Massai friend living in the US who also managed to escape after being beaten for refusing as a girl, to marry a sixty year old man.

Unfortunately, their stories are not unique and escapes are rare.

The Quodoushka
There are times as a teacher when you are not sure who is teaching who. We all inevitably fell in love with Jane and Agnes. Gradually, without pomp or proclamation in front of the group, during shy personal conversations with each of them, we realized the cultural tsunami that was occurring in our midst.

First, they tell me that if I had been seen wearing what I wore at the Q in their Massai village I would be speared. (Hey, it was just a pair of red chaps…)

As we begin, I ask Jane, “Are you nervous?”

She replies with a dead pan, flat, “No.”

Heck, I think, everyone else is completely nervous starting a sex workshop so I ask, “Jane, why is it you are not nervous?”

With the same calm she replies, “I do not know what will happen.”

I am quickly reminded of my suburban upbringing… With what this woman has endured, a sex workshop? Piece of cake.

This is not to say that there wasn’t a constant stream of nuclear revelations going on for both of them behind the scenes.

Both Jane and Agnes were dutifully trained into absolute modesty of dress. No legs showing, never any knees. Exposed shoulders? Cause for arrest. To witness Jane and Agnes dancing sweetly, yet openly in a roomful of people dressed in the sheer, feather garnished silky gowns they borrowed from Annetta, was a private spectacle as great as Niagara Falls pouring into the Great Lakes. By mid-workshop, Jane and Agnes were slipping into feminine finery, the likes of which they had never, never imagined enjoying. Agnes, a twenty-eight year old woman, had never seen a naked man in her life, let alone a white man.

It was only after the workshop, while talking to Agnes, that I began to more fully comprehend the enormity of sexual education that was completely missing for them. Once again, Agnes became my teacher:

“It is because the women and men have no idea of how to give each other pleasure,” she explains. “What happens in my country: the men can go and get as many wives as they want, as long as they have a cow to give, they can get another wife. A man is with a woman, she does not know anything about what he needs, and she does not even have the idea to give him pleasure. The man has no idea of pleasing a woman. It is not that we are ignorant. We do not know. We do not know about pleasure and sex. It is very confusing. A woman gives birth to children. She will love her children, but she does not love the father. Because the man knows no pleasure, he goes and gets another wife, and then another, and then another. He will find maybe 6 wives. Sooner or later one will return with AIDS, and then the family dies. It is all because no one knows any pleasure.”

“Obviously, the men are not happy with this situation?” I ask.

“Of course not,” she says. “No one is happy; no one feels any pleasure at all. People come to our village with the same programs. They talk about AIDS. They talk about condoms. They do the same things over and over but what is going on does not change. No one, no one ever talks about what we are learning here. No one talks about the pleasure or the beauty sex is supposed to be.”

“Do you mean that you have never learned to give pleasure to a man?” I ask.

“It never occurred to me that you could do that.”

“Do you pleasure your self?” I ask, further astounded.

“No,” she and Jane giggle to each other. “It doesn’t occur to us to do that.”

“You know, in this we are much the same,” I say. “Women and men rarely get an education from anyone about how to be with each other. They are not taught how to respect, listen to, or communicate about their sexual needs and desires. Even with our so-called freedom here, still people fight, get divorces and cannot get along sexually because they have not learned how to communicate about their most intimate, natural sexual feelings.”

Agnes nods, “Yes. In this we are sisters. Our lives are very different, but the pain is the same pain. I see women here in this workshop feel sad because they do not understand what their men need, and I see men who are confused about how to be with their women. But they are trying to learn, and this is the difference.”

The Cut
In the past, whenever I heard stories about cutting off clits, a deep cringe would sink into my own pussy. My whole lower body would wobble in disbelief as the outrage would lift to my brain and tears would swell in my heart.  So, when Jane and then Agnes wanted to know what type of sexual anatomy they were, we privately went into a room to have a look. Bold they were - they wanted to know!

We joyfully wanted to see, to share a moment of supreme sisterhood, to behold and witness each others’ most sacred place. There is only one word I can use to describe gazing at the opening of their delicate flowers: Beautiful.

“Beautiful” is the word that kept cascading from my lips. And then “Wow. We are all so beautiful.”

In truth, I was not sure what I would see, but in that instant all my condensed presumptions collapsed.  While their clitorises were indeed gone, replaced with smooth, healed skin, everything else was entirely intact. It reminded me of seeing a circumcised man. While surely something is forever gone, what remains is certainly beautiful, functional. And still deserves and desires as much pleasure as possible.

Agnes, Jane and I later laugh together, “I think people are a lot like weeds. You can try to cut them down, pull them out from cracks in the sidewalks, but we are hardy and we are going to grow some how. Our sexual energy is like this too, resilient.

The Real Stuff
We continued our girl talk as we started to get to the things I really wanted to know.

“Do you still feel pleasure?” I ask, fascinated to understand the real stuff women feel.

Demurely looking to the ground Jane softly, yet assuredly says, “Yes.”

We all smiled for a moment, but then there was an instinctive looking around as if to make sure no one was listening. For them, talking about what I am about to say next is utterly taboo. Apparently, an ocean or two does not stop YouTube and the Internet from getting around to the remotest village. Anything that pertains to Massai people is keenly watched.

Nonetheless, Jane is determined to continue, “We do talk to each other about our lovers. “

If I may ask, ” How are you able to feel pleasure?”

“Deep and long penetration. It is very nice.” She grins wide like every woman I know does when she remembers something good.

I was happy to hear that the urgency of her sexual desire was so strong it could not be stopped and that somehow many women find a way to feel good no matter what physical or mental abuse they must endure. Still, there was something glaringly missing in the equation. I had already heard that sex with the husbands was quick and dirty, dry and dull.

“No, it is not good,” says Jane, nonetheless a mother having conceived and given birth to three children.

So where then does this deep and long penetration come from? I wonder. There was no way it was coming from husbands.

Now here, I must remain somewhat vague and refrain from revealing details in order to protect their friends who remain in Africa from being punished. Thus, I must leave to your imagination how both women and men find a way feel sexual love. Both women and men are forced into marriages. They know well that where there is force, there is no loving sex. It is said that nearly all the women find lovers! They don’t import these men from other villages. It is those same men with arranged wives who also become lovers to other women in the village. How’s that for a testimony of the  human spirit and a sign that the arc of the universe bends towards justice?

African Spirit
Westerners often think of African people as having innate sexual power, of having an almost mystical prowess. Yet look at how this strength can fall. Love, sex and these eternal dramas, these powerful and alluring cosmic forces turn and turn again. It is when these powers arc towards truth and justice, when after a life of suppression, oppression and violence, Jane and Agnes refuse to hate, and thus find their remarkable capacity to love.

A few days after the Quodoushka workshop I ask Agnes, “Are there are some men who refuse to follow the Massai traditions?”

“Yes,” she says. “There are a few, but men who refuse are also outcast. If a woman refuses she has nowhere to go, she has no money, no food, she has nothing, and no one will support her. But it does nothing to hate our elders. I can see this clearly now. I understand the way to change is with understanding and education. We cannot hate our men. We have to find a way to love them. If we do not know how to love our selves or how to love each other sexually, nothing will change. Only the same will happen.”

Then, with a great smile and a fierce benevolence shimmering in her eyes, she says, “Hope.“

“There is one thing I must say… I feel guilty having had all this for myself. Learning so much myself, about sexuality. I cannot keep it just for me. I need to return, to share this with my people. Perhaps, you will come to Africa one day?”

My hope is that the seeds being planted in both Agnes and Jane will bear fruit; that Jane’s daughter will live with her beauty fully intact; and that Agnes realizes her dream of becoming a gynecologist. (she is currently enrolled in nursing school, thanks to political asylum granted her by the U.S. government.)

If you are touched by their courage and determination to love, and you would like to directly assist Jane in covering the expense to bring her family here, (she does not wish to split her family) or you would to help Agnes continue her studies, please contribute to a special Paypal fund we have set up for them:

To all the Quodoushka friends who supported Jane and Agnes and the Quodoushka teachings, we say Ah Ho! Thank You! Quehestemehah, You dance in my heart.

In Beauty,
Amara Keeps the Fire

Quodoushka is a spiritual Sexuality workshop from the Sweet Medicine Sundance Path of Turtle Island. The next Quodoushka workshop I will be teaching is next January 2010 in Phoenix. Please contact me if you would like to inquire about private sessions or how you can sponsor a workshop in your area.

Jade Moon Taoist Sexual Arts; Intimate Retreats for Singles and Couples

Providing an introduction to spiritual sexuality for men and women

We present teachings from the Taoist tradition, intended to restore vitality and harmony to your intimate relationships. The White Tigress - Green Dragon sexual training practices will help you learn to replenish your sexual energy. Any man or woman may enroll and will benefit from discovering a more sensitive and vibrant approach to their sexuality. Retreats include an introduction to the Origins of the White Tigress Taoist Teachings, a study of Sexual Health, Restoration and Longevity.

These ancient Taoist practices focus on living a good, healthy life, which, according to Taoists, includes a
healthy approach towards sex. It means leaning how to use your sexual energy to heal and restore your vitality rather than depleting, or wasting it. Teachings include the following:

• The Health Benefits of Sex for Men and Women
• Enhancing Your Ultimate Yin and Yang Energies
• Nourishing the Three Treasures of Life (ching, qi and shen)
• Eliminating the Three Poisons from relationships
• Transformational Sexual Practices, sexual meditation
• Cultivating your Sexual Chi
• Tigress & Dragon Qigong
• Tigress Willow Waist & Swimming Dragon
• Tigress Healing & Sexual Restoration Practices
• Dragon Healing & Sexual Restoration

The work also includes an Introduction to the following Transformational Sexual practices:

• Bringing bliss and contentment to your sexual unions
• Using your sexual energy for healing
• Keys to giving and receiving
• Sustaining and increasing sexual pleasure
• Eight Types of Orgasms
• Tips in the Tigress & Dragon Arts of Sensuous Intimacy and Seduction

The Tigress & Dragon exercises are offered here at an introductory level. They are all gentle and easy to do.
The exercises during the retreat will range from using conversation and intentional dialogue with each other to enhance intimacy and communication to times where you will choose a partner and share a sensuous experience together. None of the exercises include explicit sexual contact. There will be an opportunity for exploring sensuous touch and various sexual meditations to bring a quality of tranquility and peace into
your sexual unions. You will have the opportunity to explore simple and gentle ways to enhance your sexual confidence, vitality and passion. The retreats include time to soak in the beauty of Sedona as well as time to relax and absorb all this beautiful and life-changing information.

Our lineage does not emphasize the performance of rigid sexual techniques, but rather presents guidance on how to discover and feel the natural sexual energy that already resides within you. In accordance with Taoist views, and adhering to the principle of non-interference, there isnothing within this retreat that you must do. You will be free to observe or explore these teachings in your own way and we ensure an atmosphere and an environment that is one of thoughtful respect, safety and great care. We hope that you will consider joining us in what we have experienced to be lovely gatherings, full of intimacy, laughter, and beautiful people!