The Self Pleasure Institute

Personal Education · Coming Soon

Personal Education

Two-hour classes exploring the body, arousal, pleasure, anatomy, and sexual wellbeing. Learn for your own life, at your own pace. For adults 18+, in New York City or virtually.

Mindful Self-Pleasure

Mindful Self-Pleasure — Women

A guided, educational practice in attention, breath, and pacing for female-identified participants.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
Female identified
Nudity
Clothed/nude
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Mindful Self-Pleasure

Mindful Self-Pleasure — Men

A guided, educational practice in attention, breath, and pacing for male-identified participants.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
Male identified
Nudity
Clothed/nude
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Mindful Self-Pleasure

Mindful Self-Pleasure — Mixed

An all-genders session in mindful solo practice, emphasizing awareness, consent, and shared learning.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
All genders
Nudity
Clothed/nude
Level
Some experience
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Pleasure Foundations

Pleasure Literacy 101

A foundational introduction to the vocabulary, physiology, and personal awareness that make pleasure legible.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Arousal

The Architecture of Arousal

How arousal builds, stalls, and resolves and what actually influences it beyond stimulation.

Length
2 hours
Format
Online · Live
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Anatomy

Anatomy Without Euphemism

A clear, inclusive tour of genital and whole-body anatomy across a range of bodies.

Length
2 hours
Format
Online · Live
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Beginner
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Mindfulness

Attention as Technique

Mindfulness practices applied directly to solo sexuality: noticing, slowing, and staying present.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
All genders
Nudity
Clothed
Level
Some experience
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Orgasm

Rethinking Orgasm

Orgasm as one outcome among many — variability, plateaus, expectation, and the goal problem.

Length
2 hours
Format
Online · Live
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Fantasy

Fantasy, Narrative, and Desire

Where fantasy comes from, what it does, and how to work with it without judgment.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Toys + Technology

Devices, Materials, and Design

An educational, non-commercial look at pleasure technology: materials, mechanics, safety, and habituation.

Length
2 hours
Format
Online · Live
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Pleasure Mapping

Pleasure Mapping Intensive

Build a personal map of sensation, pressure, pacing, and context across the whole body.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
Female identified
Nudity
Clothed/nude
Level
Some experience
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Sexual Self-Awareness

Sexual Self-Awareness: Foundations

An introduction to SPI's emerging framework for maintaining awareness during arousal.

Length
2 hours
Format
Online · Live
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Aging + Pleasure

Pleasure Across a Lifetime

How bodies, arousal, and desire change with age — and how practice changes with them.

Length
2 hours
Format
Online · Live
Gender
All genders
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Body Image

The Body You Actually Have

Body image, self-perception, and shame as variables in the experience of pleasure.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
All genders
Nudity
Clothed/nude
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Pornography + Attention

Pornography and the Economy of Attention

A non-moralizing examination of consumption patterns, novelty, conditioning, and attention.

Length
2 hours
Format
Online · Live
Gender
Male identified
Nudity
No nudity
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Solo Sexuality

Solo Sexuality as a Relationship

Treating your sexual relationship with yourself as ongoing, not incidental.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
All genders
Nudity
Special dress
Level
Open to all
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

Arousal Regulation

Arousal Regulation

Working skillfully with intensity: escalation, de-escalation, edging, pacing, and rest.

Length
2 hours
Format
In person · New York
Gender
Male identified
Nudity
Nude
Level
Experienced
Upcoming
Announcing Soon

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