October 2024 Newsletter
The Body Electric Archive: Preserving Our Legacy Written by Joseph KramerEdited by Andrew Willet For over 40 years, Body Electric’s history has been woven into countless bodies through touch and breath. Now, we are seeking to preserve this rich legacy for future generations through the creation of the Body Electric Archive. This project aims to […]
40th Anniversary Events for the Fall
Editor Andrew Willett Written by Tom Kovach The 40th Anniversary Gala event is sold out, but there are still a few special events to celebrate. Craig Cullinane has an article in this newsletter that gives information about our special online auction, which everyone can attend. For the first time in nearly 10 years, Mark Fleming […]
The Body Electric School June Newsletter
Editor Andrew Willett Written by Tom Kovach Touching the Heart of Stillness I recently returned from Touching the Heart of Stillness, an intensive taught by Steve Schwartzberg that he created with Michael Cohen many years ago. Steve brought the workshop back last year for the first time in nearly a decade. When I went to […]
Happy Anniversary
by Tom Kovach Reading the extended interview with Joesph Kramer in Don Shewey’s Daddy Lover God: a sacred intimate journey, I found that the Body Electric School started in January-February 1984. I knew the year but had not known the month, so Happy Anniversary Body Electric School. I often reflect on the seed Joseph planted: […]
Episode 31: Don Shewey Returns!
Author of the new memoir/manifesto on sacred intimacy Daddy, Lover, God, Don Shewey returns to the Erotic Liberation Podcast to discuss this wonderful book, explore topics in sacred intimacy, and reflect on his experience writing the book. AND! He’s our very first return guest! You can find out more about Don at donshewey.com. You can purchase Daddy, Lover, God at Barnes & Noble!
Check out Don’s first podcast episode from 2022 HERE.
August Newsletter
August Newsletter Invest in Your Transformation by Tom Kovach This has been an incredible summer. We have had so many great intensives, starting with Touching the Heart of Stillness at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center in Jemez Springs New Mexico, offered for the first time in a decade and led by Steve Schwartzberg, and Into […]
Episode 8: The Erotic Liberation Podcast with Don Shewey
The Erotic Liberation Podcast is delighted to welcome guest Don Shewey, a writer, therapist, and pleasure activist in New York City. We discuss sacred intimacy, pornography and other hot topics!
Don Shewey is a Body Electric-trained sacred intimate as well as a New York state-licensed psychotherapist whose private practice (bodyandsoulwork.com) specializes in sex and intimacy coaching. He is the author of four books, most recently The Paradox of Porn: Notes on Gay Male Sexual Culture. An archive of his writing is available online at donshewey.com.