The Vital Goddess
Venusian Arts for the Modern & Mystical Woman.
Here we explore all things Venus; Beauty, Abundance, Sensuality, Sexuality, Pleasure, Love & Desire-Based Living.
I'm your host, Dianne Shepherd, certified holistic sexuality coach and wing woman for your Inner Venus!
I teach a unique approach to Taoist and Tantric practices to help you heal your relationship to your sensuality, reclaim your pleasure and tap into the creative life force of your sexual energy.
If you're ready to connect with your unique expression of the Goddess of Love,
Welcome to the Venusian Revolution!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Reframing Resistance/ 4 Steps for Cultivating a Successful Jade Egg Practice
In this episode, I delve into the topic of resistance. To be honest, I'm not crazy about the word.
When someone (teacher, coach, therapist, etc) tells me I'm in resistance or that I have resistance, i…
Let's Talk Yoni Eggs: Jade and Other Gemstones
Welcome to the magical, mystical world of the energetic healing properties of gemstone Yoni Eggs.
This has been such an important part of my personal practice, that I felt inspired to share.
If you've…
Vaginal Weight Lifting: What is it? Why do it? When Are You Ready?
In this episode, I delve into something I'm super passionate about...Vaginal Weight Lifting or Yoni Weight Lifting. This advanced Jade Egg Practice is simple, so empowering, and has much to offer, bu…
Healing Your Deep Core and Pelvic Floor/The Importance of Breath
In this episode, I continue the conversation on the female core but with an emphasis on the breath. When we want to heal and tone the deep core and the pelvic floor it's really the place to start. He…
Toning the Female Core/How the Jade Egg Can Help
This episode is about one of my favorite topics; female core strength. I developed a passion for all things female core when I was postpartum and on a desperate quest to find ways to restore my own c…
Pelvic Pain...Can the Jade Egg Help?
In this episode, I dive into the topic of female pelvic pain and share how the Jade Egg Practice can help with long-term healing.
My work with the Jade Egg was created out of my own healing journey wi…
The Jade Egg vs the Kegel
In this episode, I go deeper into the origin of the Jade Egg Practice, some core elements (literally:) to how I teach the Jade Egg, and how working with the Jade Egg differs from doing Kegel exercise…
Cultivating Lifelong Vitality With the Jade Egg Practice
In this episode, I dive into the Taoist Jade Egg Practice and how it can massively support you as you navigate midlife and beyond. The Jade Egg practice is a holistic system of mind/body /spirit heal…
TRE (Trauma Release Exercises) Releasing Stress, Trauma, and Emotional Blocks
In this episode, I share about one of my favorite somatic practices to release and integrate stress and trauma from the body; TRE or Trauma Release Exercises.
TRE is a somatic technique that helps yo…
Tapping Into the Power of Strong Emotions; Three Simple Mind/Body Practices
In the previous two episodes, I talked a lot about strong emotions like rage, how it tends to surface for many women at midlife and how I believe that it's a wake-up call from Shakti or the wild, wis…
Rage, Passion, and Desire/Embracing the Shadow Feminine
This episode is pretty hot! If you've ever felt disempowered, overwhelmed, or shamed for feeling strong emotions like rage, you'll want to tune into this powerful reframe.
I get raw and real with my o…
How Menopause Kicked Me Onto the Pleasure Path
In this inaugural episode, I get quite personal!
You'll hear all about how after entering Menopause at age 40, some chronic issues I was having with my pelvis, pelvic floor, and low libido started sc…