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VoyageATL - MY Story

June 2018

“Why do I talk about healing so much? Because I think that living in a world that tells us to deny who we are at every turn, that tries to harm us when we don’t comply or assimilate, requires that we all work diligently to heal ourselves, challenge the status quo, and disrupt the current paradigm with our ability to heal with conscious love, compassion, sensuality, strength and power.” ~Maisha Najuma Aza

Healing Toolbox Podcast

October 2018

“To be seen as this whole being, without distractions, is very rare in our culture. It always comes down to love. This is outside of the box. It’s unorthodox. To be truly embodied and to access your own power, body wisdom and inner wisdom. We are Magic. We are Light. We are Energy. War have the power to heal ourselves.” ~Maisha Najuma Aza

Refinery29 Interview

February 2017

Get uncomfortable.
"If you’re feeling uncomfortable, you’re on the right track," Aza says, laughing. "You have to get uncomfortable in order to learn something new... Get naked — and when I say 'get naked,' I mean get naked energetically." Showing your partner that you're willing to be vulnerable and open with them will lay the foundation for playful, uninhibited sex.

Take it slow.
Once you're ready to add physical contact to your practice, go slow. And we mean slow. "You really can start with just holding hands. It can be that simple," Aza says. Other postures you can try out include putting your hand over your partner's heart or sitting in each other's laps. You can choose to continue to hold eye contact or synchronize your breathing while playing around with touch.

This step is a chance to get to know your partner's body in a new way and to set boundaries with them. Above all, Aza says to keep your play exploratory.

Cosmopolitan Magazine

December 2018

Try a Tender Touch.

Roaming over unexpected areas of each other’s bodies-your faces, jawlines, collarbones, inner thighs, or legs-signals that you’re enjoying every inch of one another, not just the sex. “Use your hand as a magic wand of exploration, “says Tantric Embodiment Coach Maisha Aza. “If it wants to go somewhere it typically wouldn’t, go there anyway.”

Be Open to Receiving.

All too often, people-and especially women-enter sex with the expectation that they need to be the giver throughout the session. But allowing yourself to receive pleasure can help you feel more love and attention from your mate. Says Aza, “By being vulnerable and letting go of what you think you should be doing, you can accept the full breadth of what your partner is offering you.”

Corset Magazine

March 2014

“I have always been a very sensual woman.  It’s just the way I was built.  For years I thought there was something wrong with me because my body would respond in ways that others around me would not.  I would, for instance, be with a lover and while we were together, get so turned on from them touching me lightly, and looking into my eyes, that I would have experiences of orgasm as though they were making love to me.  Just from the shear sensation of our intimate connection, my body and spirit would soar with extreme ecstasy.  Often my lover(s) would stop what they were doing and just watch me.  They would watch my body experience rolling waves of desire, thrashing and writhing with intense, passion and deep breath moans from the depths of my belly.  I would feel my entire body tingle intensely and feel the sensations traveling up, through my cells, to my third eye where the energy would linger and dance.  I felt like I was on another plane of existence.  It wouldn’t be until years later that I would discover what was happening to me has been called a Kundalini awakening/rising.” ~ Maisha Najuma Aza