{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63c419d5d09f340011f219cd/65006ca79654d1001266e4e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Heather Loweena on seeking pleasure as a form of activism","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63c419d5d09f340011f219cd/1707326663957-addf75ee1bd277242b1762be10117401.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Join Sophie this Virgo New Moon as she talks to Heather Loweena, founder of Vulva Luv Club (among many other exciting ventures) about the pursuit of holistic pleasure as a form of activism and cultivating nourishing modern-day congregations.</p><p><br></p><p>Heather Loweena (they/she) has two big passions: <strong>connection</strong> and <strong>pleasure seeking</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>She has been exploring the tools and resources available to us that can help to support and nurture our overall wellbeing. Her recovery journey began following a few bouts of burnout. The symptoms led me to discover the magic found in of our bodies through <a href=\"https://www.heatherloweena.com/bodywork\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>BODYWORK</em></strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>What’s important to Heather? Creating a trauma informed space with pleasure, comfort and wellbeing at the core. She is keen to hold space to indulge in our inner most divine selves, like sirens bathing in a rich caramel-like, golden waterfall. (Heather’s amazing words which we touch on in our conversation).</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss our own journeys through trauma and burn out, that in different ways, guided us to pleasure.&nbsp;</p><p>We discuss how we met and connected in person!!</p><p>And weaving throughout this whole conversation is the theme of sitting in our own ‘filth’, our own story, our own conditionings - essentially being willing to meet and explore our trauma - as a portal to deepening connection and personal understanding of creativity AND pleasure - which are so deeply connected they may even be ONE.</p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy it, we’d love to hear about how it touched you.</p><p><br></p><p>Find Heather:</p><p>@vulvaluvclub on Instagram</p><p>Website:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.heatherloweena.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.heatherloweena.com</a></p><p>Join her Patreon circle for as little as £1</p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/heatherloweena\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://</a><a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/heatherloweena\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/heatherloweena</a></p><p><br></p><p>Please do get in touch with me with suggestions or comments, I’d love to hear from you at sophie@thefireflycreatrix.com</p><p>Find me on Instagram</p><p>@sophiemaliphant</p><p>@thefireflycreatrix</p><p>Visit my website thefireflycreatrix.com</p>","author_name":"Sophie Maliphant"}