The Invitation: Daily Love for Your Intimate Self

The Invitation is a manifesto for women to accept and cherish their bodies, especially the usually ignored parts, and to open to fully embodied sensuality. It begins a conversation on touch, relaxation, strengthening, nourishing and nurturing the whole self. The Invitation introduces the detailed anatomy of the greater vulvar and vaginal region. The author looks at how our intimate parts rest in the pelvic bowl, which rests in the body, which is infused with blood and all the good and bad materials circulating therein. How our bodies live harnessed to our thoughts, inextricably tied to our environment. By caring for the often ignored or rejected parts, we return to wholeness. Daily Love for the Intimate Self is a tenderness, and a reverence for the miracle of your being. Beautifully illustrated by Ouvra, with layout by Katrina Luong.Part 1: An Invitation to Reverence and Awakening Part 2: Know Your Body Parts The Bones and Musculature of the Pelvic Bowl Strengthening and Opening the Pelvic Bowl Complex Beauty: External Genitalia Secret World: Internal Organs Part 3: Life in Cycles Part 4: Looking Inside Yourself Part 5: The Journey into Conscious Sensuality Sensuality isn't the Same as Sexuality Working with your Emotional Body Part 6: Touch and Self Massage The Importance of Touch Touch: the Basics Self-Massage Exercises and Rituals Part 7: Caring for the Skin and Tissues Part 8: Oral Supplements for Skin and Female Health Part 9: Lowering the "Body Load" Part 10: A Lifetime of Joy and Self Love