What if the key to healing trauma isn't in the story you tell, but in the sensations you feel?

Dr. Brian Tierney talks with Robert Weiss, PhD—a retired psychologist with 52 years of clinical experience and the developer of Mindfulness-Based Somatic Emotional Processing (MBSEP).

Born in Lima to German Jewish Holocaust survivors, Weiss shares how his own early trauma shaped a career that evolved from behavioral training into Ericksonian hypnosis, EMDR, brainspotting, and finally MBSEP.

He explains why mindful attention to bodily sensations often heals more deeply than narrative or meaning-making, and how breath, resourcing, and therapeutic relationship can address dysregulation and fragmentation.

Through powerful case examples—intergenerational grief, workplace anger, childbirth loss, and even his own Parkinson's diagnosis—Weisz illuminates what it truly means to move into fear and transform through the body.

Highlights:

- How early trauma as a child of Holocaust survivors shaped Weiss's clinical path

- Why MBSEP focuses on sensation over storyUsing breath and "scene work" for regulation and resourcing

- How Ericksonian hypnosis built the foundation for relational safety

- Intergenerational trauma and the therapeutic use of numinous imagery

- Working with anger, shame, guilt, and mixed emotions

- Moving into fear as a practice—including Weiss's own journey with Parkinson's

- Ayahuasca, love as transformation, and the limits of "McMindfulness"

Guest: Robert Weiss, PhD

https://mbsep.com/about/robert-weisz-phd/https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Robert-Weisz/248111300

Host: Dr. Brian Tierney

www.somaticdoctor.com

We want to hear from YOU:

What resonated most with you—the intergenerational case example, working with anger, or Weiss's perspective on moving into fear with Parkinson's?

Let us know in the comments below.

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#TraumaHealing #SomaticTherapy #MBSEP #BoundlessBodyPodcast #RobertWeiss #Mindfulness #Hypnotherapy #EricksonianHypnosis #IntergenerationalTrauma #ParkinsonsAwareness #EmotionalProcessing #SomaticExperiencing #IFS #Brainspotting #EMDR

🔥 BORING SEX IS A WARNING SIGN

How to Expand Your Window of Pleasure

"I used to lie there wondering when it would be over."

That’s not a confession. That’s a call to awakening.

Most people think bad sex is a technique problem. It’s not. It’s a tolerance problem—your nervous system simply cannot hold that much pleasure yet.

In this episode of the Boundless Body Podcast, Dr. Brian Tierney sits down with Shashi Solluna—Oxford-trained psychologist turned international Tantra teacher—to reveal why boring sex is actually a spiritual signal, and how to systematically expand your capacity for embodied ecstasy.

• ✅ Why "just relax" is terrible advice for trauma survivors—and what to do instead
• ✅ The difference between goal-driven sex (exhausting) and nourishing yin sex (restorative)
• ✅ How a decade-long tantric partnership transformed Shashi from celibate seeker to pleasure teacher
• ✅ Why your pelvic floor holds the key to both trauma and transcendence
• ✅ The "pendulation" method: moving between contraction and expansion without dissociation
• ✅ How anger and grief are not obstacles to passion—they are its raw fuel
• ✅ A simple self-pleasure practice (perineum + breath) that rewires full-body orgasmic potential

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Sashi Solluna:

• B.A. in Experimental Psychology, Oxford University
• Trained in Osho active meditations (embodiment, catharsis, therapy)
• Certified in Mantak Chia’s Daoist sexual arts (including dark-room retreats)
• Lineage-holder in classical Indian tantra yoga
• Founder of LiveTantra.com – one of the world’s largest online Tantra platforms
• Author of Tantra Made Easy
• Coming soon: films Sex to Spirit + Tantra Unveiled

"You can't learn this out of a book. You have to feel it in your bones."

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The Circle of Light practice (erotic innocence reboot)

The Perineum + Breath Reset (from 55:43)

1. Place gentle awareness on the perineum (between genitals and anus)
2. Breathe softly into that space—no forcing
3. Allow micro-movements: a slight lift on the inhale, release on the exhale
4. Notice if pleasure arises, or numbness, or both. Stay curious.
5. Do this for 3 minutes alone, then bring into partnered touch.

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"Pleasure is a capacity, not a goal. You build it the same way you build a muscle—slowly, with repetition, and without shame."

• 🌐 Shashi’s platform: LiveTantra.com
• 📖 Book: Tantra Made Easy
• 🎬 Upcoming films: Sex to Spirit + Tantra Unveiled
• 🎧 Subscribe to Boundless Body Podcast

This episode contains mature conversations about sexuality, trauma, and the nervous system. Listener discretion is advised—and welcomed.

🎧 Listen now if you’ve ever wondered:
“Is this really all sex is supposed to feel like?”

Spoiler: It’s not.

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HASHTAGS

#BoundlessBodyPodcast #ShashiSolluna #Tantra #SacredSexuality #ConsciousRelationship #PleasureEducation #TraumaInformed #WindowOfTolerance #NervousSystemRegulation #SomaticHealing #Pendulation #DissociationRecovery #PleasureActivism #EmbodiedSex #FullBodyOrgasm #SlowSex #YinSex #EroticInnocence #PerineumCare #TantraMadeEasy #LiveTantra #Osho #MantakChia #SexToSpirit #SpiritualSexuality #TantricLove #ShameHealing #ShadowWork #SexualHealing #EmotionalSafety #Catharsis #BoringSex #NotYourMothersTantra #MindBlowingLovemaking #SexEdButMakeItSpiritual #HealYourSexLife #TraumaTherapy #SexTherapist #SomaticExperiencing #RelationshipCoach #PelvicHealth #WomensHealth #MensWork

How to Expand Your Window of Pleasure

"I used to lie there wondering when it would be over."

That’s not a confession.

That’s a call to awakening.

Most people think bad sex is a technique problem.

It’s not.

It’s a tolerance problem—your nervous system simply cannot hold that much pleasure yet.

Dr. Brian Tierney sits down with Shashi Solluna—Oxford-trained psychologist turned international Tantra teacher—to reveal why boring sex is actually a spiritual signal, and how to systematically expand your capacity for embodied ecstasy.

This is episode in itself is a FULL BODY ORGASM

#BoundlessBodyPodcast #ShashiSolluna #Tantra #SacredSexuality #ConsciousRelationship #PleasureEducation #TraumaInformed #WindowOfTolerance #NervousSystemRegulation #SomaticHealing #Pendulation #DissociationRecovery #PleasureActivism #EmbodiedSex #FullBodyOrgasm #SlowSex #YinSex #EroticInnocence #PerineumCare #TantraMadeEasy #LiveTantra #Osho #MantakChia #SexToSpirit #SpiritualSexuality #TantricLove #ShameHealing #ShadowWork #SexualHealing #EmotionalSafety #Catharsis #BoringSex #NotYourMothersTantra #MindBlowingLovemaking #SexEdButMakeItSpiritual #HealYourSexLife #TraumaTherapy #SexTherapist #SomaticExperiencing #RelationshipCoach #PelvicHealth #WomensHealth #MensWork