Sex and the Intelligence of the Heart: Nature, Intimacy, and Sexual Energy

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*Examines how to regain intimacy in our relationships in a way that embraces our hidden wild nature and restores the sacred to our lives *Provides sacred sex and intimacy-building practices for partners and exercises to reconnect with the intuitive intelligence of the heart, remove our emotional armour and cultivate a deeper relationship with the Earth *Shows how by healing our relationship with Nature and our sexuality, we move toward healing the whole planet Many a couple has been overcome by passion while walking in the woods or on the beach; many a soul has found solace or epiphany in Nature. Living in accordance with Nature depends on you being your true, whole self - a sexual, sensual, erotic, fully alive human being. Exploring the territory of intimacy, sacred sex and emotional healing as a journey to wholeness, Julie McIntyre examines the sacred relationship between sexuality and the Earth and reveals how to create deep, lasting intimacy with your lover by recapturing the wild, spontaneous, natural sexuality that is your birthright. Detailing the process of moving from your head to the secret garden of your heart, she provides exercises to heal your psyche of old emotional trauma, reconnect with the intuitive intelligence of the heart and cultivate a deeper relationship with the Earth in order to trust yourself and become vulnerable and open with your lover and thus truly intimate. She shows how there is a direct relationship between our beliefs and values about sex and intimacy and our beliefs and values about the environment and the Earth. She reveals how, by healing our separation from Nature and our sexuality, we can bring the sacred back into our lives, shape our own ecstatic sexual experiences, and move toward healing the whole planet.

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Beautifully written and poignantly honest Sex and the Intelligence of the Heart explores Julie McIntyres quest to recover her own healthy sexuality. On that journey she makes a surprising discovery: her own healthy sexuality is inextricably interwoven with the health of the Earth itself. I cannot recommend it highly enough. * Stephen Harrod Buhner, author of Secret Teachings of Plants and Ensouling Language *
A beautifully written and honest book about exploring the depths of sensuality and consciousness and how this awareness affects our lives, relationships, and the planet. * Brigitte Mars, author of The Sexual Herbal *
With unflinching honesty, Julie McIntyre beautifully delivers a critically important message for all of us on the path to self-realization: a rarified spirituality divorced from the human energies and impulses of the erotic simply doesnt work. Ecstasy is our birthright, and the shaming of our bodies needs to stop now. * Will Johnson, author of Breathing Through the Whole Body and Rumi's Four Essential Practices *
Sex, Earth, and Spirit are one. Fearless sex, healed earth, healed soul: all one. The afflicted modern mind has forgotten this truth; contemporary sages merely glimpse it. McIntyre has done the profound work to reclaim and thoroughly live it. With this book, she has created a glorious bible with innumerable inroads to joy. * Aphrodite Pheonix, author of Are They Bad Girls or Brilliant *
Not only is this book filled with information that Ive never seen presented in any text I've read, Julie McIntyres poetical style of writing flows from a heart of passion that is felt throughout the wellwritten text. This book of healing the inner child created a longing within me to allow myself to be loved and vulnerable, to know open-hearted intimacy, and express divine love to all. This book is a keeper and a title that I will share with many others! * Yvonne Perry, July 2012 *
If youre brave enough to open it up and read through it, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that its a great way to re-assess your sexual self. * John Marani, Facing North, February 2013 *

Author Bio

Julie McIntyre is an Earth Ceremonialist and spiritual teacher who leads Earth Medicine apprenticeships, wilderness retreats and Deep Ecology intensives throughout the United States, Canada and Ireland. She lives in Silver City, New Mexico.