Dr. Gretchen Blycker returns to The Sacred Garden Mandala podcast with The Yoga of Sex: A-MYSTERY Miniseries. This episode contains Modules Six and Seven.

In module six, she explores trauma, disconnection, and the return to embodiment, examining how trauma can affect connection with the body, sexuality, relationships, and self. She emphasizes survival responses as intelligent adaptations and explores embodiment, compassion, safety, pacing, and small steps as pathways toward healing and reconnection.

In module seven, she examines yoga, mindfulness, and the neuroscience of consciousness, exploring how contemplative practices can support self-awareness, emotional regulation, embodiment, relational well-being, and conscious choice. She discusses neuroplasticity, the relationship between awareness and healing, and the integration of yoga, mindfulness, compassion, and embodied practices within the A-MYSTERY framework.

She offers guided reflection and journaling prompts throughout both modules and previews a future module exploring the methodology behind A-MYSTERY and how research, contemplative practices, and educational design come together to create a multidimensional framework for sexual wellness education.

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00:00 Arrive With Breath

01:01 Gentle Content Note

02:42 Module Six Overview

04:28 What Trauma Is

05:53 Sexual Trauma Impacts

07:17 Survival Responses Wisdom

08:22 Disembodiment Explained

09:42 Body Wisdom Return

10:37 Embodiment Healing Path

11:56 Small Steps Healing

13:04 Trauma And Sexual Wellness

14:10 Compassion As Medicine

15:07 A Mystery Trauma Informed

16:28 Embodied Reflection Practice

18:47 Journaling Prompts

19:54 Module Six Closing

22:38 Module Seven Opening

24:55 Module Seven Big Questions

26:32 Yoga Beyond Postures

27:58 Mindfulness Defined

29:06 Brain Survival Systems

30:30 Neuroplasticity Hope

31:43 Riverbank Awareness Metaphor

32:35 Consciousness As Witness

33:53 Yoga Embodied Awareness

35:07 Mindfulness Sexual Wellness

36:17 Compassion Healthy Mind

37:32 A Mystery Integration

38:48 Embodied Reflection Practice

41:39 Journaling Prompts

43:00 Module Seven Summary

44:25 Closing Practice And Next Module