Private Somatic Embodiment, Intimacy & Relationship Coaching for Women
Come back into your body.
Practice nervous-system regulation and attunement.
Reconnect with clarity, intimacy, desire and embodied self-trust.
Nervous-System Aware • Consent-Centered • Body-Based
Chicago & virtual
WHO IS THIS WORK FOR
This work is for women who are high-functioning, emotionally intelligent, and deeply capable—maybe you have even “done the work”
but still feel stuck, disconnected, tense, or unsure of what you need.
You don’t need more self-improvement.
You may need space to slow down, listen inward and rebuild trust in what your body is communicating.
PleasureFWRD offers a consent-centered environment where you can explore your body, desires, boundaries, relationships and authentic expression without pressure to perform, disclose or change.
Meet Your Guide
I’m Mayra, a Somatica®-trained somatic embodiment, intimacy and relationship coach, somatic movement guide, sound bath practitioner, Certified Sexologist and Certified Menopause Coach.
I work with women who want to feel more connected to their bodies, clearer in their relationships and more honest about what they desire.
My work is rooted in somatic embodiment, nervous-system awareness, erotic honesty, consent and relational intimacy.
I do not push breakthroughs or manufacture vulnerability. We work at a pace that respects your boundaries, capacity and choice.
Together, we may explore the protective responses, learned messages and relational patterns that influence how you experience intimacy in the present—without diagnosing or treating trauma or mental-health conditions.
This work is about remembering how to listen to yourself, reclaiming your authentic expression and developing greater trust in your desires, boundaries and relationships.
Women’s Offerings
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Somatic Embodiment & Nervous-System Attunement
Develop greater awareness of sensations, emotions, activation and bodily cues.
Practice self-directed grounding, breath, movement and nervous-system regulation skills that may support greater presence and choice.
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Embodied Self-Exploration
Create space to notice what you want, what you do not want and what your body may be communicating before automatically overriding yourself.
Explore self-trust, authentic expression, boundaries and personal agency through guided reflection and experiential practices.
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Emotional & Relational Expression
Practice communicating your needs, desires and boundaries with greater honesty.
Explore relational patterns, people-pleasing, self-abandonment, conflict and repair without diagnosing attachment disorders or providing psychotherapy.
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Desire, Intimacy & Sexuality
Explore desire, pleasure, erotic identity, body image, intimacy and sexuality without pressure, obligation or performance.
Sexuality is welcome, but sexual disclosure, nudity and sexual activity are never required.
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Midlife, Menopause & Changing Identity
Receive general, evidence-informed education about common midlife and menopause experiences while exploring how changing bodies, identities, relationships and desires influence your lived experience.
PleasureFWRD does not diagnose symptoms, interpret laboratory results or provide medical, hormonal, pelvic-health or nutrition treatment.
Wellness-first, body-based approach.
This is not mindset coaching alone.
Our bodies participate in how we experience boundaries, relationships, pleasure and change.
Sessions are guided by nervous-system awareness, embodiment, pacing and consent. We may use guided reflection, visualization, breath, clothed movement, sensory awareness, communication practice and self-directed embodied exploration.
As trust and awareness develop, many women notice new possibilities in how they relate to their needs, boundaries, intimacy and desire.
Nothing is forced.
Every practice may be modified, observed, paused or declined.
When the body feels safer, more becomes possible.
What women often experience:
Depending on your intentions, coaching may support:
A greater capacity for nervous-system regulation and attunement.
Clearer awareness of needs, desires and boundaries.
Less automatic self-override.
Greater awareness of tension, activation and protective responses.
More access to curiosity, pleasure and presence.
Greater confidence communicating in relationships.
A renewed sense of trust in yourself.
More intentional emotional and erotic expression.
A more compassionate relationship with your changing body.
These are potential areas of growth, not guaranteed mental-health, medical or sexual-health outcomes.
This work does not aim to fix desire or make your body respond in a predetermined way.
It supports conditions in which curiosity, intimacy and desire can be explored through presence, choice and self-trust.
Women’s Life Transitions
Life does not stand still.
Neither do we.
A woman’s life is shaped by seasons of change.
Relationships evolve.
Careers shift.
Children are born—and eventually need us differently.
Bodies change.
Confidence changes.
Desire changes.
Identity changes.
Sometimes we feel deeply connected to ourselves.
Sometimes we wonder where that version of us went.
At PleasureFWRD, these moments are not treated as evidence that something is wrong with you. They are invitations to listen, become curious and understand yourself in new ways.
Through experiential coaching, embodied practices, education and community, PleasureFWRD supports women as they navigate transitions with greater clarity, self-trust and compassion.
This work is not about returning to who you used to be.
It is about meeting—and remembering—the woman who is already here.
Midlife & Menopause Education
Women deserve clear, compassionate education about the changes that may accompany perimenopause, menopause and aging.
As a Certified Menopause Coach, I offer general, evidence-informed education alongside the experiential and somatic work PleasureFWRD is known for.
Depending on your needs, we may explore:
Common experiences associated with perimenopause and menopause.
Changing desire and intimacy.
Body confidence and identity.
Nervous-system regulation and stress awareness.
Sleep, movement and everyday wellness habits.
Sexual wellbeing and relationship communication.
Preparing questions for medical appointments.
Identifying when additional professional support may be appropriate.
This education is designed to strengthen body literacy and self-advocacy. It does not diagnose symptoms, recommend medication or hormone treatment, prescribe nutrition plans or replace individualized medical care.
Changes involving pain, bleeding, pelvic-floor functioning, sexual functioning, sleep, mood or other health symptoms should be discussed with an appropriately licensed healthcare professional.
What Makes PleasureFWRD Different
Many approaches separate the body, sexuality, relationships and life transitions into entirely different conversations.
PleasureFWRD creates space to explore how these experiences may influence one another without attempting to diagnose or medically explain them.
A changing body may influence relationships.
Relationships may influence stress.
Stress may influence rest and desire.
Changing desire may influence confidence and connection.
Rather than treating these experiences as isolated problems, we use education, embodied awareness, reflection and experiential practice to help you understand your lived experience more fully.
Because knowledge becomes more meaningful when you can bring it into your everyday life.
Our Approach
Education
General, evidence-informed education designed to strengthen body literacy, self-awareness and informed self-advocacy.
Embodiment
Somatic practices that invite you to notice sensations, needs, boundaries and internal responses with greater curiosity.
Experience
Consent-centered coaching, workshops and rituals that create opportunities to practice what you are learning.
Integration
Support for bringing greater awareness and intentional choice into your relationships, sexuality, personal wellbeing and everyday life.
How we work with other professionals
Some experiences benefit from more than one form of support.
When appropriate, PleasureFWRD may encourage or collaborate separately with qualified professionals, including:
Licensed healthcare professionals for medical symptoms, hormone care, medication questions and sexual-health concerns.
Pelvic-floor physical therapists for pelvic pain, muscle functioning, rehabilitation and individualized pelvic-floor exercises.
Registered dietitians for individualized nutrition assessment and treatment.
Licensed mental-health professionals for psychotherapy, trauma treatment, mental-health symptoms and clinical emotional support.
Qualified movement or fitness professionals for individualized exercise programming.
PleasureFWRD does not supervise or replace these professionals. Each provider works within their own professional relationship, credentials and scope of practice.
Important to know
This work is coaching and education—not psychotherapy or healthcare.
You do not need to know exactly what you want before beginning.
Desire is welcomed but never required.
Sexual disclosure is always optional.
Slowness is a feature, not a flaw.
Your boundaries and pace are respected.
Every embodied practice is invitational.
Mayra does not provide massage, tissue manipulation, pelvic-floor therapy, intimate or erotic touch, or sexual activity.
Some women begin this work individually and later bring what they learn into their relationships.
If this page resonates, the first step is a private conversation to explore what you are navigating and whether this work feels aligned.
Beginning a conversation is not a commitment.
