Welcome to The Art of Relating, a space where relationship intimacy and sacred sexuality become pathways to liberation.
Here, every rupture is a teacher, every desire an opening, and every difference is an opportunity to deeper intimacy.
Whether we are unraveling attachment wounds, leaning into conflict with presence, or returning to love as a living practice, this is where we explore what becomes possible in relationship when we choose to stay.
I'm your host, Tammy Chow from Somatic Spirit.
Find my work at www.somatic-spirit.com and on Instagram @somaticspirit
Ep. 22: Divine Union For Lovers — Sacred Sexuality, Somatic Trauma Repair & Erotic Attunement with Rahi Chun and Ariel Szabo
Rahi Chun and Ariel Szabo are somatic sex educators, sexological bodyworkers, and co-creators of Divine Union For Lovers, bringing 30+ years of combined expertise in genital de-armoring, somatic trauma repair, and erotic attunement to help couples access the depth of connection their bodies are actually capable of.
We talk about what happens when sexuality gets divorced from the sacred. About the difference between objectification and genuine attraction — and how each one feels in the body. About how our attachment wounds and nervous system patterns show up in our most intimate moments long before we ever get to lovemaking.
In this episode:
How sexual trauma and attachment wounds shape our erotic patterns as adults
The eight pillars of intimacy and why slowing down is the foundation of everything
One-way touch practices and what they reveal about our capacity to receive
The difference between objectification and attraction — felt in the body
How the male gaze becomes a survival response and what it takes to unwind it
Plant medicine, ceremony, and how it supports somatic sexual healing
Non-penetrative lovemaking and expanding the body's capacity for erotic states
Shadow work, role play, and how sacred containers can create reparative experiences for sexual trauma
What actually sustains desire and intimacy in long term relationship
The distortion of sexuality in our colonial capitalist culture — and what sacred sexuality looks like instead
DivineUnionforLovers
Self-Paced Course (https://rahichun.com/divineunionforlovers/)
3-Day Immersion (https://divineunionforlovers.mykajabi.com/divineunion-retreat)
Song
Ayla Nereo "Seeds (https://open.spotify.com/track/6EKvXE40MoEB7yBy1uspcm?nd=1&dlsi=dc05670c44b544e8)"
15 Apr 2026
Ep. 21: Healing Sexual Trauma and Reclaiming the Seductress with Kate Phillips
In this conversation I sit down with my best friend Kate Phillips — transformational performance coach, filmmaker, and guest teacher inside Awakening the Wild Woman — for one of the most honest conversations I've ever had on this podcast.
We talk about how sexual trauma creates the seductress as a survival response. About the difference between seduction as a tool of survival and seduction as sovereign, vital expression. About carrying the predator inside us long after the original harm is done — and how it shows up in the committed relationships we've been working so hard to call in.
We also get into our righteous rage. The Epstein files. The crimes that happened to us personally. And why we're done making our pain palatable.
In this episode:
The seductress archetype — reclaiming her from harm and shame
How sexual trauma creates the seductress as a survival response
The Epstein files and systemic male violence — and our justified rage
Carrying the predator inside us and how it shows up in committed relationships
The difference between seduction as survival vs seduction as sovereign expression
Shadow work, intentional hedonism, and healing through performance and play
The wounded masculine and what we actually need from men
Speaking directly — not making our pain palatable
This episode contains explicit personal disclosures including sexual assault. Please listen with care.
Kate will be leading us through shadow embodiment and reclamation of the seductress archetype inside Awakening the Wild Woman this May.
Enrollment is open through May 12th. We begin May 21st.
Join Awakening the Wild Woman
Learn More + Book a Call (https://www.somatic-spirit.com/awakeningthewildwomanapply)
Get my Free Male Gaze Detox
Sign Up (https://www.somatic-spirit.com/malegazedetox)
Kate’s film “You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself”
Watch Now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJjcSqZ5G1k)
Song:
Ayla Nereo “Seeds” (https://open.spotify.com/track/6EKvXE40MoEB7yBy1uspcm?nd=1&dlsi=ff37aabc20074e56)
25 Mar 2026
Ep. 20: Unfreezing From Performance with Julie Anne Shapiro
What does your voice have to do with the male gaze? More than you think.
In this conversation, I sit down with Julie Anne Shapiro — vocal sound healer, theatre artist, ritualist, community builder and guest teacher inside Awakening the Wild Woman — to explore the profound intersection of voice, performance, and somatic healing.
We talk about what it means to stop performing for the gaze and start expressing from the body. About the difference between singing to be chosen and singing to be close to yourself. About containment, wildness, and why the most magnetic thing you can do is stop giving yourself away.
In this episode:
Why your voice freezes when you're performing for approval — and what unlocks it
The paradox of containment: how holding your energy in actually makes you more magnetic
What musical theater taught us both about unfreezing from perfectionism
The "pick-me girl" pattern in performance — and in dating
How ritual theater and sacred sound healing reconnect us to our bodies
The balance of masculine and feminine in art, voice, and life
Why the most compelling performers aren't the most technically perfect — they're the most present
Working in nature as a somatic and vocal practice
The feminine without the masculine as a wildfire without containment
Join Awakening the Wild Woman
Learn more (https://www.somatic-spirit.com/awakeningthewildwomanapply)
Work with Julie
Learn more (https://www.j-shapiro.com/lessons.html?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio)
Follow Julie on IG
@trulie_julie_ (https://www.instagram.com/trulie_julie_?igsh=aTdnYTdlbDZqb2Y3)
Song:
Ayla Nereo “Seeds" (https://open.spotify.com/track/6EKvXE40MoEB7yBy1uspcm?si=686baaddd4344109)
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