The Invitation: Daily Love for Your Intimate Self

by Christine Marie Mason, Maria Rozalia Finna (Illustrations), Carolyn E. Davis (Contributor)

The Invitation is a manifesto for women to accept and cherish their bodies, especially the usually ignored parts, and to open to fully embodied sensuality. It begins a conversation on touch, relaxation, strengthening, nourishing and nurturing the whole self. The Invitation introduces the detailed anatomy of the greater vulvar and vaginal region. The author looks at how our intimate parts rest in the pelvic bowl, which rests in the body, which is infused with blood and all the good and bad materials circulating therein. How our bodies live harnessed to our thoughts, inextricably tied to our environment. By caring for the often ignored or rejected parts, we return to wholeness. Daily Love for the Intimate Self is a tenderness, and a reverence for the miracle of your being.  Beautifully illustrated by Ouvra, with layout by Katrina Luong.
Part 1: An Invitation to Reverence and Awakening
Part 2: Know Your Body Parts 
The Bones and Musculature of the Pelvic Bowl
Strengthening and Opening the Pelvic Bowl
Complex External Genitalia
Secret Internal Organs
Part 3: Life in Cycles
Part 4: Looking Inside Yourself
Part 5: The Journey into Conscious Sensuality
Sensuality isn't the Same as Sexuality
Working with your Emotional Body
Part 6: Touch and Self Massage
The Importance of Touch
the Basics
Self-Massage Exercises and Rituals
Part 7: Caring for the Skin and Tissues
Part 8: Oral Supplements for Skin and Female Health
Part 9: Lowering the "Body Load"
Part 10: A Lifetime of Joy and Self Love

76 pages, Paperback

Published March 12, 2019