Like many people of my generation I am a seeker. In the 1980's my search led me to California where I attended a workshop called Quodoushka based in the Toltec and Native American tradition that teaches about the sacredness of sex.

That was the beginning—it was where my life shifted radically onto a spiritual path that offered new insights about empowering myself as a woman. Through years of unraveling and observing my life I began to discover how my own body carries the secrets to the mysterious feminine and masculine energies of life.

My devotion to my spiritual calling continues. There are many paths one can take to evolve spiritually and I realized that using sexual energy with understanding and discipline can open one's heart into a more compassionate way of living.

Jade Moon reflects my passion for the teachings of female Taoists who have inspired methods for achieving health, tranquility, and longevity by their example. Jade Moon is the feminine alchemy that focuses on theories and practices of internal restoration and spiritual refinement for women.

Perhaps some of the teachings and practices I have learned may be of use to those seeking a more spiritual, life-giving approach to sexuality. If I can help a few souls that pass my way, that would be great. It's the soul I want to speak to.

Amara's Bio
Amara is an inspirational, loving and gracefully feminine mystical teacher. Trained in the Taoist White Tigress tradition of feminine spiritual practices--Amara is also apprenticed to the Sweet Medicine Sundance Path of Turtle Island and is a Quodoushka spiritual sexuality instructor. She is the founder of Jade Moon Sacred Sexuality Training Programs and has led workshops internationally since 1989. She offers spiritual guidance for men and women to reconnect with their passion, restore the quality of their sexual energy, and deepen their appreciation of life. Amara, an author and poet, currently makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona.

NEW Testimonial from the Woman’s Sexuality Workshop USA 2007
All of the women at the Woman’s Sexuality workshop collectively created a very safe place for me to sort out live time confusions and blockages of energy I had around sex.  I had life changing shifts in my universe on two levels.  One was an education about a woman’s anatomy and the nature of orgasms.   Another was the lifting of blockages of sexual energies in my body.
 
I have never felt safe discussing sex with other women, so my only glimpse into the sex life of another woman was through what various men had told me.  I was always suspect of this source because a man can only report to me from a man’s vantage point.  One area that this caused confusion for me was in the area of organisms.  Having never openly discussed this subject with any other women, I was convinced that I was not multi-orgasmic which, in turn, led me to believe there may be something wrong with my physical structure.  But I had nothing to compare to, since I have never openly discussed this with a woman, either. I think this confusion in and of itself caused blockages in sexual energy in my body. I had the misconception that there is only one type of orgasm and all the other sensations I felt were just that….wonderful, incidental sensations. At the Q, I received a rather in depth education on the wide variety of women’s sexual body types and how each body type experiences orgasm differently.  I also received an education on the wide variety of types of orgasms every women is capable of having.  Consequently, I came to realize that I am indeed multi-orgasmic. What a very liberating realization this was for me!  Not only that, but I learned how to become even more multi-orgasmic.  And even better yet, I learned that orgasms promote physical health, so any “societal taboos” I was still caring around about orgasms fell away.
 
I think it’s a sad commentary on the sex education in western society that a woman 52 years old is only now learning such very basic lessons about her body and her sexuality that should have been taught at puberty.  It’s especially sad to me when I realized mine is a very common story.
 
On another level, I had allowed a childhood incident and a rocky 18 year marriage to create additional blockages of sexual energies in my body. I had long since emotionally recovered from these incidents, forgiven the parties involved, and created new relationships with them.  But I had always suspected that I still had resulting blockages of energy in my physical body.   Taking part in the Q helped me to open those blockages.  
 
Just as when a person eats Big Macs everyday of his life for 50 years, complete healing from the ill effects is not going happen over night, I think its going to take some time for completely healing my physical body of sexual blockages, but I started that healing in a very big way at the workshop and came away with very useful exercises to continue the healing on my own.
 
I would encourage all the women of the world to experience this workshop as early in their adult life as possible.
- Sally