Dr. Gretchen Blycker introduces The Sacred Garden Mandala podcast and shares modules from her dissertation-based audio miniseries, The Yoga of Sex: A Mystery, focused on deep healing and authentic sexual wellbeing through compassion, curiosity, and embodied awareness.

Module two defines comprehensive, holistic sex education as multidimensional—physical, emotional, relational, social, cultural, ethical, psychological, spiritual—and emphasizes that information alone is insufficient without skills like consent, communication, empathy, self-reflection, values clarification, and embodiment practices such as mindfulness and yoga.

Module three explores young adulthood as a sacred developmental threshold involving identity formation, intimacy development, meaning-making, sociocultural influences (including digital culture and sexual scripts), and spiritual growth, highlighting embodiment as key to self-trust, boundaries, authenticity, and wise relational choices. She offers guided reflections and points to companion resources at healthsesametherapy.com.

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The Sacred Garden Mandala for Sexual Wellbeing: Full Audiobook Edition

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MINDFULNESS-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY

AWAKENING APHRODITE AND ADONIS: THE ART, SCIENCE, AND SOUL OF LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS

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00:00 Welcome and Invitation

01:13 Module Two Overview

03:13 Grounding and Context

04:21 Why Definitions Matter

05:22 Research Based Frameworks

06:43 Beyond Information

07:38 Holistic Wellbeing Domains

09:18 Young Adults Need Holism

10:20 Embodiment Missing Piece

11:33 Curriculum Integration

12:29 Guided Reflection Pause

14:19 Module Two Summary

15:55 Module Three Begins

17:43 Rites of Passage Threshold

19:04 Identity Formation

20:50 Authentic Self Development

22:04 Love and Intimacy

23:43 Self Worth and Sexuality

24:45 Sociocultural Influences

26:07 Spiritual Meaning Making

27:41 Embodiment Path

28:54 Embodiment Practices

35:51 Authentic Sexuality Through Presence

37:51 Curriculum Support for Young Adults

38:55 Guided Reflection Module Three

40:21 Module Three Summary

42:19 Companion Resources and Closing