The focus of a sexological bodywork session is always on your exploration, pleasure and learning.
More info Giving time and attention to scars can be valuable for exploring sensation, pleasure, sexual enjoyment and embodiment.
More info I run one-off workshops and small group programs on a range of sexological bodywork topics, and can tailor these upon request.
More info I am available for speaking engagements in a range of settings, including workplaces, community groups, and social groups.
More info Abundant Body is in Newtown,
Online and soon in Port Kembla
I am a sexological bodyworker, erotic coach and sex educator.
As well as being a sexological bodyworker, I have over thirty five years experience in healthcare and community work, with qualifications in nursing, health counselling, health policy and sexual and reproductive health. I am certified in sexological bodywork by the Institute of Somatic Sexology, certified as a facilitator for the Wheel of Consent by the School of Consent, a graduate of the Urban Tantra Professional Training program, and have completed training in working with vaginismus. I am also a certified STREAM practitioner: in Scar Tissue Remediation Education and Management.
Sexological bodywork celebrates and strengthen us in who we uniquely are, beyond restrictive binaries and imposed roles and structures. I bring my own experiences – and gaps – of living queer, feminist, white and female in the world, embracing and loving the body I am in, the person I am, taking care to live with compassion, gratitude and presence.
Through sexological bodywork, I am interested in how we honour and celebrate diverse bodies, relationships and expressions. Sexological bodywork can be a way to explore sex, pleasure, kink and well being with curiosity, honesty and playfulness, with sound ethics, and with kindness to ourselves, and to others.
I live and work on the unceded lands of Wodi Wodi people, part of the Dharawal Nation, and I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the traditional custodians of this continent, with continuing connection to land, waters, language and community.
Read more about me here.
Sexological bodywork is somatic and erotic education.
It is an approach that intends to expand awareness of embodiment, to be more fully present in our bodies, to explore pleasure, sensation and sex from the wisdom and experience in our bodies.
Your email address will never be shared.
"Seeing Stella was like getting a massage for my soul and sexual self, soothing my psychic pains and releasing tension and focusing my attention on the more subtle energy shifts."
"I'm full of gratitude for Stella's ‘Vulvarama Wonderland’. A safe and creative space lifted by the voices of people with vulvas talking about their experiences. A show and tell of the magical kind, Vulvarama is full of the kind of wisdom you don't find in an anatomy text - a celebration of vulva-owners!"
Participant-‘Vulvarama Wonderland’ workshop
"Stella is an engaging as well as informative presenter. In her “Vulvarama” workshop, she got everyone involved in a relaxed, easy way - and it was loads of fun!"
Participant-‘Vulvarama Wonderland’ workshop
"I agreed for my vulva to be part of Stella's workshop because I love being a witness to her skilled teaching and caring ways. I always feel secure when she's in charge so I knew it was ok to be a bit nervous too. We'd worked together many years ago teaching medical students about pap smears, so I thought I knew how the session would run. However it was so much more. With the focus on pleasure, she skillfully kept the group focused, brilliantly holding everyone's attention to the present, in our bodies. I look forward to the next opportunity."
Teaching Associate-as part of 'Vulvarama Wonderland' workshop
"Stella is one of the most ethical, professional and safe practitioners that I have encountered. She holds a very safe place for her clients, helping them feel at ease and gently helps them explore issues through their body, to complement our work in talking therapy. I have no hesitation in recommending Stella to my clients if they are looking for bodywork."
Tanya Koens-Sexologist, Sydney
"I started working with Stella because I wasn’t enjoying sex as much as I used to, and was hating on my changing, aging, peri-menopausal body. Through the sessions with Stella, and the work I have done between, I no longer feel like my body has betrayed me and I am really enjoying sex again. It has been one of the best journeys I have been on."
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