2008 Conference

The Wisdom of ORGASM

The Sexual, The Energetic, The Mystical

Phoenix, Arizona

September 11 - 14, 2008,

Optional Post-Conference Workshops: Sunday afternoon and Monday, Sept. 14-15

PRESENTERS

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Beverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAAN: Beyond the G Spot: Recent Research Concerning Female Sexuality

• co-author, The G Spot and The Science of Orgasm

Joseph Kramer, PhD: The Body Electric Orgasm

• ASEP’s 2008 Distinguished Contributions Award Lecture:

The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Journey of a Queer Erotic Pioneer

• founder, Body Electric School of Massage and Sexological Bodyworker certification program

            Rutherford Hayes, CMT: A Taste of Watsu: A Water Ritual for All in the Pool

• certified Watsu, Waterdance, and Healingdance practitioner

Meredith Sands Keator: Wilhelm Reich, Energy, and Orgasm

• acupuncturist, somatic educator

Jennifer Frank Tantia, MS, ADTR, LCAT: The Sensual Art of Contact Improvisation: A Ritual of Intimacy Through Movement

• registered dance/movement psychotherapist, licensed Creative Arts Therapist

Barry Komisaruk, PhD: Atypical Orgasms

• co-author, The Science of Orgasm; editorial board, Journal of Sexual Medicine

Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, MA, FAACS: Orgasm and Cultural Imperatives in Genitally Cut African Women

• cross-cultural sexologist; author, Prisoners of Ritual

Morning Wake-Up: Alan Wilhelm, LMT, CI-CPT, and Brenda Baldwin: Ba Duan Jin, an ancient Chinese energetic exercise

Opening and Closing Circle: Virginia Lee, ceremonialist: African Tribal Earth Ceremony

The ORGASMIC film festival

Panel

Busted — How to Prevent It. What to Do When It Happens.

Gayle Michaels, moderator

Dave Appleton, attorney

Chiquitta Dawn

Malcolm McKay

Panel

Orgasm:  Real . . . Compared to What?

Karen Krauss: Quodoushka Levels of Orgasm

Kenneth Ray Stubbs, PhD, moderator: An Energetic Theory of Orgasm

Beverly Whipple, PhD, RN, FAAN

Joseph Kramer, PhD

Meredith Sands Keator

Barry Komisaruk, PhD

Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, MA, FAACS

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Patti Britton, PhD: Practical Sex Coaching for Somatic Practitioners

• author, The Art of Sex Coaching; President, American Association

of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists

Meredith Sands Keator: The Reichian Orgastic Wave: A Hands-On Training

• acupuncturist, somatic educator