From checked-out to fully turned-on.
Somatic Embodiment, Intimacy and Relationship Guide.
Intimacy & relationship coaching for high-achieving people who feel disconnected from their bodies, desire, or partners.
Private sessions online and in Chicago.
PleasureFWRD exists for high-achieving & self-aware men, women, and couples who feel turned off, shut down, or distant from their body, desire, or relationship.
Together, we will:
Re-connect with your body and erotic aliveness.
Create honest, intimate conversations with your partner.
Cultivate self-trust so you stop abandoning your self.
This is coaching and somatic guidance- not therapy- and centers pleasure, embodiment, and radical self-honesty.
HI, I’m Mayra.
Has sex and intimacy ever felt like a foreign language? You know enough to get by, but you know that, with fluency, your experience would be so much richer?
I am Mayra, Somatica®️ trained sex and relationship coach, and I’m a native speaker of sexuality. Let me be your translator.
I believe that intimacy and connection are essential needs and that pleasure is your birthright. Both should be pursued with unapologetic intention while maintaining respect and empathy for ourselves and our chosen partners.
For over ten years, I’ve immersed myself in the beauty and complexity of human sexuality, and here is what I’ve learned: our sexuality is a powerful gateway to self-discovery and growth. When we welcome it, we open ourselves to a deeper understanding of ourselves and others.
My work fosters personal transformation through authenticity, vulnerability, self-acceptance, and exploration.
“My erotic curiosity has been a catalyst for my emotional healing, and my mission is to help you find yours.
— Somatic Sexologist Mayra
My Role In Your Journey?
I’m here to support your emotional, relational, and erotic journey. Whether you are working through relationship challenges, seeking more pleasure and fulfillment, confronting past trauma, navigating non-monogamous/open/poly relationship dynamics or ready to explore dark desires such as BDSM, KINK or D/s in a safe and consensual fem led space.
I specialize in creating a safe and non-judgmental space for women, men, and couples. I believe in the power of understanding core desires, attachment styles, relational wounds, boundaries, and fantasies to enhance intimate connections.
As your coach, I will teach you fundamental evidence-based tools to become the lover you desire to be, facilitating self-exploration and growth. Utilizing a trauma-informed lens, we will reveal unrecognized needs and get familiar with the relational wounds that so often prevent us from achieving authentic intimacy.
Together, we will banish taboos and create pathways for the genuine communication necessary to strengthen relationships and achieve lasting pleasure. We all have the potential to master the language of love and sexuality. Join me in the pursuit of deeper connection and personal empowerment.
This is experiential, consent-led, and body-based work.
Sessions often support you in:
Releasing shame, guilt, and learned patterns around sex and relationships
Feeling desire without pressure, obligation, or performance.
Communicating needs and boundaries without defensiveness or shutdown
Building nervous-system safety so intimacy can unfold naturally
Exploring pleasure, eroticism, kink, or power dynamics -only if and when you want to.
Experiencing alternative relationship styles that feel authentic to you. Non-monogamy, Polyamory, ENM, Conscious Non-monogamy)
We move at your own pace. We work with what is already present.
Working together
At PleasureFWRD you will create the capacity and skills to experience intimacy, sex, and relationships differently — from the body, not from theory.
Most people arrive here after years of insight, communication work, or therapy. They don’t need more information. They need a space where desire, connection, and relational truth can be experienced.
This is how we work together.
✦We begin with a conversation to determine fit and alignment.
✦Sessions are confidential, consent-based, and tailored to you.
✦PleasureFWRD is experiential coaching — not just talk.
✦You leave with embodied experiences and practices you can bring into real life.
What PleasureFWRD is NOT:
Therapy, advice giving, performance coaching or mindset coaching.
Partnerships
I abide by the Somatica®️ Institute Code of Ethics, ensuring that the principles of consent, confidentiality, and mutual respect guide our work together.
Journal
A collection of writings, rituals, and reflections for the curious & seekers
Here, you’ll find invitations into embodiment, intimacy, relationship, and erotic self-discovery — curated to awaken your senses and inspire your PleasureFWRD journey.
Embodiment
Sexuality
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FAQs
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Learn tools to address issues like painful sex, sexless marriage, low libido, erectile dysfunction, and mismatched desire
Overcome sexual and relational shame
Embrace your authentic sexual identity and challenge societal norms around sex and pleasure.
Discover and articulate your core desires (your turn ons) with fluency.
Gain confidence and skills for navigating the dating scene.
Receive guidance on alternative lifestyles and non-traditional relationships.
Explore kink, fetishes, BDSM, and D/s dynamics.
Understand and apply principles of consent, boundaries, and respect in relationships.
Explore techniques that connect body and mind to enhance self-awareness, emotional intelligence and well-being.
Get specialized support to heal from past traumas and reclaim your sexual self.
Engage in sensual exploration exercises to deepen pleasure and body connection.
Enjoy inclusive, affirming support for LGBTQ+ individuals exploring sexuality, gender, and relationships.
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A Safe, Non-Judgmental Space
You’ll be met with respect, curiosity, and care. There’s no pressure to perform, explain everything perfectly, or share more than feels comfortable.
You don’t need to have the “right words.”
We move at the pace your nervous system can handle.🧭 A Conversation, Not a Script
This isn’t a checklist or interrogation.
We’ll talk about:
What’s bringing you here now
Where you feel stuck, disconnected, or curious
What intimacy, connection, or desire currently feel like for you
What you’re hoping might change
If you’re coming as a couple, we listen to both experiences — without taking sides or assigning blame.
🌿 Somatic Awareness (Without Doing Exercises)
You won’t be asked to do somatic practices, sexual exercises, or anything physical during the consultation.
What may happen is:
Gentle reflection on what you’re noticing in your body
Slowing the conversation if emotions or activation arise
Bringing awareness to patterns of pressure, shutdown, or safety
This helps us understand whether somatic, body-based work is a good fit for you.
🔍 Clarity on How the Work Would Support You
We’ll explore:
Whether somatic intimacy coaching is appropriate for what you’re navigating
What kind of container (individual, couples, focused) might be supportive
How this work differs from therapy or talk-based coaching
What pace and structure would feel most supportive
There is no obligation to move forward.
🤝 Consent-Led Next Steps
If it feels aligned, we’ll talk about next steps and available containers.
If it doesn’t feel like the right fit — that’s okay too.
The consultation is about discernment, not convincing. -
Couples therapy helps you understand your relationship and relational patterns.
Somatic intimacy and relationship coaching help you experience your relationship differently.
At PleasureFWRD, we go deeper. Here, you are empowered to claim your body, your intimacy, and your desires. You are invited to feel, connect, explore, and experience real change in real time.
Both practices complement each other. Many couples who come to PleasureFWRD have worked with a therapist and want to experience more connection, desire, and unapologetic pleasure.
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That’s okay. You’re here to understand, learn, and heal — and clarity often emerges through the work itself.
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No. I work with couples and individuals of all ages and all genders,
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Absolutely. Most clients are curious couples who want to expand desire and connection, not just “fix” problems.
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It’s not about fixing you — you’re not broken. This is a space to be curious, playful, wild, tender, or messy. Here, your desires and boundaries are celebrated, not judged.
Through this work, you can:
Heal shame and rewrite your relationship with sex.
Explore your unique erotic core desires
Expand your confidence in dating or relationships.
Deepen intimacy with yourself and your partner(s).
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Sessions move beyond talk. We drop into the body through breathwork, movement, and sensation to uncover what’s alive for you. From there, we explore:
Pleasure Mapping — discovering what feels good in your body.
Consent & Boundaries — practicing authentic yes and no.
Relational Dynamics — exploring attachment, communication, and intimacy.
Somatic Tools — grounding, nervous system regulation, and embodied self-awareness.
Each session is a co-created experience, designed around your desires, curiosities, and boundaries. You always lead the pace.
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Wear comfortable clothing.
Choose a quiet, private space (if virtual).
Bring openness, curiosity, and permission to move at your own pace.
This is a shame-free, judgment-free, deeply affirming space where your pleasure, growth, and self-discovery are the priority.
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Begin by booking a private conversation. We‘ll explore your desires, questions, and whether this work is the right fit. If it is, we’ll map a path forward together.
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