NAH-Nurturing, Awakening and Healing

The NAH—Nurturing, Awakening, Healing

The NAH is the Nurturing, Awakening and Healing of the totality of our being. It is considered by the Divine Feminine Institute (DFI) to be the missing link in harmonizing modern emotional and cultural imbalances. The NAH is truly an integrated system, honoring all our Chakras and recognizing that they need nurturing, awakening and healing attention for the wholeness of our Being to emerge. The NAH is a core teaching in DFI's spiritual sexual education. Those completing this curriculum become certified Spiritual Sexual Educators (SSE).

In order to fully address the nurturing, awakening and healing that is need by the individual, we need to understand the Chakras, or energy centers. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel or vortex and it refers to each of the seven energy centers, of which our consciousness, our energy system is composed. These energy centers function as pumps or valves regulating the flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of these valves reflects decisions we make concerning how we choose to respond to conditions in our life. The chakras, per se, are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness that interact with the physical body though the endocrine system and the nervous system. Each of the seven chakras is associated with one of the seven endocrine glands and also with a group of nerves called a plexus. Thus, each chakra can be associated with particular parts of the body and particular functions within the body controlled by that plexus or that endocrine gland associated with that chakra.

When you feel tension in your consciousness, you feel it in the chakra associated with that part of your consciousness experiencing stress, and in the parts of the physical body associated with that chakra. Where you feel the stress depends upon why you feel the stress. Understanding the chakras allows you to understand the relationship between your consciousness and your body, and to thus see your body as a map of your consciousness.

The Chakra areas are:
Base Chakra: also known as Security Center, Muladhara
Location: perineum-the point between the anus and sex organs
Color: Red
Element : Earth
Endocrine gland: Adrenal glands
Sense: Smell
Consciousness: Security, survival, trust, relationship with money, home, job. Your ability to be grounded and present. How you feel about being here on the earth. Your connection with your body

Sexual Chakra: also known as Sensation Center, Svadhisthana
Location: in and around the genitals and pubic region
Color: Orange
Element: Water
Endocrine gland: Gonads
Sense: Sense of taste, appetite
Consciousness: Sex, food, ability or desire to have children. What your body wants and needs and finds pleasurable. A willingness to feel your emotions.

Solar Plexus Chakra: also known as Power Center, Manupura
Location: solar plexus
Color: Yellow
Element: Fire, the sun
Endocrine gland: The pancreas
Sense: Eyesight
Consciousness: Our perception of power, control, freedom. The ease with which we can be ourselves. Mental activity and the mental body. Our personality (ego).

Heart Chakra: also known as Living Love Center, Anahata.
Location: center of chest between the nipples
Color: Green
Element: Air
Endocrine gland: Thymus gland, immune system
Sense: Sense of touch (in its aspect of relating to another) such as hugging where we feel ourselves and the other at the same time.
Consciousness: Our perceptions of love, relationships with people close to our heart.

Throat Chakra: Also known as Cornucopia Center, Visuddha
Location: Front and back of the throat and neck
Color: Blue
Element: Ether
Endocrine gland: Thyroid gland
Sense: Hearing
Consciousness: Expressing who we are both in words and forms of artistic expression. Asking for what we need and want so we can receive it. Listening to our intuition which guides us to our optimal flow in which we see our goals manifest without “efforting.” Abundance is therefore associated with this chakra as is the aspect of unconditional receiving necessary to accept the abundance of the Universe.

Brow Chakra: also known as Third Eye, Consciousness Awareness Center, Ajna.
Location: Between the eye-brows and mid-forehead area
Color: Indigo
Element: Inner Sound
Endocrine gland: Pituitary Gland
Sense: Extra Sensory Perception considered spirit-to-spirit communication such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, etc.
Consciousness: Our connection to Spirit and how we see Spirit operating in our life. Our spiritual perspective. It is the place where our true motivations are found and is the level of consciousness that directs our actions. Our ability to see how we manifest—where we take responsibility.

Crown Chakra: also known as Cosmic
Location: Top and back of head and energy field extending up and back from the brain
Color: Violet / Brilliant White
Element: Inner Light-also called White Light
Endocrine gland: Pineal Gland
Sense: Empathy, Unity, experiencing another person’s experience as it you were inside them, being they.
Consciousness: Our perceptions of unity or separation. Our relationship with God, Goddess, Great Spirit, Source. The recognition of our Self as the single consciousness creating all, and paradoxically, thus connected to all. Lucid Living.

Divine Feminine Institute is unique because of the range of teachings provided by the core and guest faculty. The heart of our work is the practice of the NAH. It includes but is not limited to sexual healing. Those who have studied Tantra and sexual healing at other schools may consider their study foundational to the practice of the NAH. Often an individual coming to a sexual healer needs more therapeutic work than sexual healers are trained to provide. Therefore we have included transpersonal psychology in our curriculum in order for our students to have more tools to support the emotional waves and mental constructs that may emerge during the healing sessions. We endeavor to give our Spiritual Sexual Educators a range of therapeutic and awakening tools that address every Chakra so they can weave a holistic session that is unique to the individuals needs in the present moment. Frequently it is assumed that sexual healing requires entry into the body. The SSE learns to practice NAH without the requirement of physical entry.

These practices can be done fully clothed. It is often preferable to do sessions with the client fully clothed before moving into practices which are clothes free, such as a sacred spot healing session. The SSE spends time asking questions and carefully determining what the client needs. The most important energy for the SSE to radiate is one of positive regard with no agenda. The client knows best what s/he needs and the SSE supports that direction with full integrity.

We recognize that the SSE does not do the healing but rather provides a space and skills for healing to occur. The SSE is versed in all aspects of nurturing, awakening and healing and thus provides the client with tools and inspiration so that wholeness can emerge.

The SSE offers nurturing to the client by including all the centers of energy through loving touch and gaze, visualization, affirmation and clear intention. This may include:
Creating a safe and sacred space
Positive regard for the client
Anointing the Chakras with special oils and affirmations
Massage and other hands-on energy work
Mudras-- gestures or positions (usually of the hands) that locks and guides the energy flow to the brain
Sounding or singing
Nurturing embrace
Compassionate communication and reflection
Gentle breath work
Movement such as partner yoga, qi gong or dance
Gentle inquiry to bring deeper understanding

The SSE offers Awakening to the client by observing which energy centers may be closed or not as activated as others. Awakening often comes about through a more focused and intentional experience. This may include all of the above and:
Powerful sounding or chanting
Powerful breath work
Energy orgasm fire breath
Powerful movement such as ecstatic dance, belly dance, tantric partner yoga-dance
Awakening energy through transmission of Shakti (shakitpat)
Hands on genital contact with activation of the sacred spot (inside the yoni and anus) Emotional catharsis, which may include laughter, tears and the release of strong emotions

NOTE: The physical tissue of the yoni and anus contain memory. This tissue, when therapeutically massaged, can release imprints of past trauma, both physical and emotional. What may seem pleasurable can easily become emotionally charged, and discomfort, burning or numbness ensues. All skills of the SSE will be needed at these times, especially staying totally present and connected to your feelings of unconditional positive regard and trust in the innate healing ability within your client.

The SSE offers Healing to the client by listening compassionately and noticing where the client expresses pain. These centers may not only be closed but quite protected. In addition to the Nurturing and Awakening techniques healing can be supported by:
Providing a space of deep respect and compassion
Working energetically with the energy centers where pain is held
Helping the client relax and trust by showing patience and understanding
Holding the client while s/he cries or expresses fear
Letting the client know that whatever occurred was in the past, and that they are now safe
Helping the client discover what might be healing for that energy center
Finding out what brings the client joy
Cultivating laughter and a playful interaction with life
Supporting the client in taking risks and opening to more love

Q: Who might benefit from THE NAH?

A: Anyone who seeks the healing of past experiences that has left a negative imprint and/or who seeks refinement of his or her physical, spiritual, emotional or mental centers or Chakras.

Q: How does the practice of THE NAH bring balance to the whole person?

A: The SSE strives to see what the client needs in the areas of Nurturing, Awakening and Healing and uses the tools that will best support those needs. Every chakra must be open and in balance to release its' inherent consciousness. An individual in balance is able to run clear light energy from the base of their spine up through the chakras and out the crown of their head, thereby fully uniting the earth and the heavens (or God/Goddess) through them. The SSE also seeks to help the client balance and integrate the yin/yang or masculine/feminine qualities so wholeness can be experienced.

Q. What skills do Spiritual Sexual Educators have that can help me be a healthier, happier person?

A. SSE's are professionals with a wide range of experience. Most come to us with degrees and certifications in other healing arts. In addition to the four 10 day modules and the practicum teaching, our certified practitioners have practiced THE NAH with a minimum of 40 clients who have handed in evaluations.

In our Divine Feminine Institute they are given the following teachings and practices:

• Ancient /and Modern Taoist and Tantric Arts
• Instruction and demonstrations in healing our sexual history
• Awakening our Shakti/Chi (Life Force)
• Qi Gong and Partner Yoga
• Ecstatic and sensual dance
• Opening To Love Ceremonies (puja cultivation)
• Heartfelt (Compassionate) Communication
• Holotropic Tantric Breathwork
• Acknowledgment of your body as your sacred temple
• Specific Value of the various body centered modalities including yoga, dance, Qi Gong and sexual healing
• Restoring Erotic Pleasure and Innocence
• Surrendering fully to the feminine principal
• Self-Pleasuring as an art form
• Foundational Practices of Partner Yoga and Qi Gong (tan tien breathing, development of tan tien power, microcosmic orbit, inner smile and bone breathing and laughing Qi Gong)
• Introduction to the jade egg practice for women and sexual practices for men
• Tantric Practices for creating intimacy and empowering each other
• Qi Gong practices vital for ejaculation control and staying grounded and centered as a teacher/facilitator including Iron Shirt; empty force; elixir qi gong; tan tien development; 6 directions qi gong;
• Taoist sexual practices: inner formulas for refining orgasmic energy including jade egg practices and tongue fu for men.
• Taoist meditations for sexual intimacy and ecstasy
• Sexual reflexology for men and women
• Radical authenticity with love
• Voice Dialogue, a dynamic clearing practice
• Creative Voice Play
• Opening To Love Ceremonies
• Tantric Visualizations
• Tai Ji Qi Gong form to open more pathways in the body
• Qi Gong Fusion inner alchemy; using any energy to energize and heal the self
• Running sexual energy into your Vision Center to awaken intuition.
• Breathing techniques to extend the length and breadth of your orgasmic experience
• Qi Gong dual cultivation practices
• Taoist meditations to open intuition
• Dream work
• Psychosynthesis
• Shamanic Astrology
• Shamanic Journeying
• Tantric meditations and chanting
• Swimming Dragon Qi Gong
• Chi self massage
• Bone marrow nei gong – immortality practice of storing orgasmic chi
• Use of Mudras
• Meditations from HeartMath
• Understanding the power of Ceremony
• Using Archetypes as our guides
• Successful Marketing and networking


We have a high standard of excellence and we can thereby stand behind our Spiritual Sexual Educators knowing they are practicing THE NAH with integrity and skill. For more information see http://www.divine-feminine.com .