Soul Pleasure: Reclaiming Love in a Time of Crisis

Simon Paul Sutton
7 min readOct 25, 2024

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Wibracje Festival 2024 — Milabo Tantra Zone: Image: Klaudia Szymura

The past year has been immense for me — waves of grief, overwhelm, and deep reflection on what’s happening in the world. With wars, ecological collapse, economic instability, the devastation of innocent lives, and the rapid shifts in technology, at times I’ve felt helpless, hopeless, and in a state of functional freeze. The world is transforming at such a rapid rate, revealing a profound disconnect between humanity and the planet.

And yet, alongside this, I also see pockets of great rebirth and epic responses to the challenges we face, where people are coming together, daring to explore new ways of being, loving, and co-existing on this Earth.

This summer, I attended eight different festivals, five of which were Tantra-based gatherings. The others were heart-centered festivals like Wibracje (Vibes) Festival in Poland, The BEing Gathering in Portugal, and Medicine Festival in the UK, celebrating life, love, and connection. Each festival brought together souls from all walks of life — familiar faces, old friends, and new allies — all committed to facing their fears, embracing their emotions, and taking radical responsibility by asking the big, courageous questions of our time, such as: What is my role in the evolution of humanity? Am I part of the cure or the cause of humanity’s extinction? How did we get here? What steps and systems are required to adapt to the changes we are facing? How am I impacted by transgenerational trauma, and how can I confront and heal my part in it?

These festivals aren’t just about the love and light — they are about navigating the entire spectrum of human experience, from joy and ecstasy to discomfort and grief. This is the process of awakening, and it’s not always easy. True transformation requires facing the shadows of both the dark and the light.

These festivals, particularly the Tantra-based ones, have more of a Neo-Tantric approach — a modern evolution of ancient practices, often blending multiple modalities like yoga, meditation, dance, movement, breath & energy work, trauma healing, authentic communication, radical intimacy, sex-positivity, sacred sexuality and Temple culture. While they may not all reflect the classical teachings of Tantra, they do invite a space for personal introspection, shadow work and the potential for inner transformation if the practices are then embodied.

I see them as acupuncture points on the globe, igniting waves of awakening, while envisioning new ways of being human.

For many, though, the festival high doesn’t last. They return to the demands of daily life, unable to integrate the insights they’ve gained. This is why some get lost on the “festival high,” hopping from workshop to workshop, or retreat to retreat, without a place to ground their experiences into lasting integration. We need more than temporary highs — we need communities, spaces of devotion, and souls dedicated to walking this path for the long-term, committed to embodying the greater vision of the more beautiful world I know at our core is possible.

And with all the diverse and wonderful experiencs of this summer tour, I was reminded again of the power of LOVE, the importance of self-love and this confirmed my decision to rekindle my online community in a new way.

Wibracje Festival 2024 — Milabo Tantra Zone: Image: Klaudia Szymura

Why Pleasure Activism in Times of Crisis?

With all that I’ve just mentioned, it’s easy to ask: Why focus on self-love and pleasure now? Isn’t it dismissive or irrelevant in the face of global chaos?

No. It’s essential.

Just look at the numbers: Between 1970 and 2020, wildlife populations have fallen by 73%. We’re witnessing mass extinctions, with irreversible tipping points looming over our planet’s future. The Living Planet Report 2024 paints a heartbreaking picture of what’s happening to our natural world — triggering a cascade of devastation that affects all life.

What does this have to do with us? Everything.

Our disconnection from the planet is a reflection of our disconnection from ourselves. We harm the Earth because we’ve forgotten to honour our own bodies as sacred. We treat the Earth as a resource to exploit because we treat ourselves as commodities, disconnected from our inherent worth and aliveness.

This is where Pleasure Activism comes in. Pleasure activism is not about escaping into hedonism. It’s about actively reclaiming our sovereignty, reconnecting with our bodies, and transforming from the inside out. When we embody love and pleasure, we become more conscious, compassionate, and capable of making choices that serve life.

Pleasure activism is an antidote to a world driven by consumption, competition, and disconnection — it’s a way of fully participating in life, contributing to global change by first transforming the shadows within.

An Invitation to soul pleasure: Reconnecting, Reclaiming, and Rising Together

This is where soul pleasure comes in as a conscious response (responsibility; the ability to respond).

It’s a 30 or 21-day LIVE devotional group experience designed to reconnect you with your body, reclaim your pleasure, and awaken your life force. It’s about learning to honour our bodies as temples, peeling away the layers of shame and guilt we carry, and reclaiming our innocence and joy.

This is not mere self-gratification. It’s about learning to reconnect with the life force that sustains us, and when we do, we naturally find the strength and wisdom to contribute to the healing and restoration of ourselves and the world. When we transform from within, we become part of the greater change we seek to see in the world.

Take a moment — what might happen if you dedicated 30 days to loving yourself, without guilt or shame?

dive into the depth of your being

Throughout the 30 or 21 days, you’ll experience:

  • Weekly LIVE Zoom calls to connect, share, and receive support.
  • Daily guided practices and choreographies focused on breathwork, movement, shaking, and conscious touch.
  • Audio journeys to guide you deeper into your own body and pleasure.
  • Group Pleasure Pods, small support groups to journey with others and create a deeper bond of accountability and connection.
  • Learning from Sexological Bodywork, including Orgasmic Yoga, learning the anatomy of pleasure, and creating a personal ongoing practice.
  • Orgasmic Manifesting practices, where we use meditation, symbols, and pleasure to manifest our dreams.
  • Closed Telegram group for real-time sharing and connection, creating a safe and brave space throughout the period.

This isn’t a completely new adventure. If you’ve joined my previous programs like Go Touch Yourself or Orgasmic Yoga from 2018 onward, you may recognise some of the foundational elements. However, soul pleasure is a reshaping of this content, designed to be more accessible and fully supported with live guidance over a fixed period of days — bringing us back to the original format I experienced myself.

Whether you’re new or returning, I will provide the structure and community you need to dive deeper, explore your body, and awaken your pleasure in a whole new way.

“This practice has been absolutely transformational. I used to feel numbness in my body, shame, and resistance. But now, through this journey, I feel more radiant and connected to myself, my partner, and the world around me. Even the long-standing tension with my family has started to soften without me even trying. I’ll be doing this for life!”
— Nick

Join Me: The Gateway to NAKED Soul Haven

soul pleasure is also the gateway to NAKED Soul Haven — a sacred space where we continue this path of awakening together. Inside the Haven, you’ll have access to continued learning, live community calls, guidance, guest speaker sessions, and a tribe of like-hearted souls committed to embodying love in every aspect of life.

I’d love for you to jump onboard the Orgasmonauts Spaceship with me as we launch into Uranus. Next date is 8th Feb 2025. Jump in now.

This is your invitation to honour the sacredness of your body, your heart, and your soul. Together, we will face the old stories of shame and unworthiness, and rise in our erotic sovereignty and actively participate in the co-creation of new ways of living.

The guru is within — your body holds the wisdom, and together, we will uncover it and rise as love.

*Read all the details here: NAKED Soul Haven

  • If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. Let’s do this…

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Simon Paul Sutton
Simon Paul Sutton

Written by Simon Paul Sutton

A unique manifestation of life force, LOVE, energy alchemist, speaker, facilitator & somatic sexologist: https://linktr.ee/simonpaulsutton

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