amazonv | [NYE Week 5] Exploring Pleasure (Reply)

Here are this week’s explorations:

Find the item in your home you’ve been saving for a “special occasion,” be it food/drink, clothes, whatever. Decide when this week is your special occasion, and let yourself really, really enjoy that pleasure. Notice what fears/thoughts come up for you around it. Notice how your body feels while you indulge in your “special occasion.” If you’d like you can journal or make art about this experience

- i have dresses for such but in general i avoid having special occasion items as you can just die at any time. and i do wear the dresses, and wreck them, annually

Put on music that taps into your pleasure and let your body tell you how it wants to move. To get started, it might be easiest to lay down and just breathe while the music washes over you, tuning into your body. It might also be helpful to let your hands roam your body, seeing what kinds of touch feel good. Remember that there are no right or wrong ways to move as long as you’re listening to your body. Even if you think you might look ridiculous, that’s fine! No one cares. Your body wants to move like that for a reason

- no

While eating or drinking something, try to slow down and really notice every aspect of it. How does it smell? How does it feel? What’s the sound you hear as you consume it? What does it taste like? How does it look? Tap into all five senses and slow way down.

- i took the week to try new recipes, i found them mostly bland or not exciting but it was nice to change things up

Get out your 2 chairs again for a conversation with parts of yourself. In one chair, embody your inner hedonist, in the other act out the part of you that is “responsible” or “practical.” What do these parts have to tell each other? What lessons do they each have for the other? What fears do they have? How can we help them find understanding for each other and space for both?

- no sure i have a pleasure seeking side? i have a side that wants to spend all the money and get all the toys but i need to keep that one in check

Is there something you enjoy doing that isn’t useful or that you aren’t good at or that isn’t necessarily helping you achieve any goals or finish any to-do list items? What if you did it this week just because you enjoy it?

- no time this week has been busy - i did it during the play week and a few weeks back where i assembled a lego, that was nice

What textures do you most enjoy feeling? Spend some time this week diving into those textures and noticing every bit of pleasure coming from your nerve endings. Let yourself be wrapped up in all the sensation and enjoyment, milk it for every moment, and touch, that you can

- super soft stuff, sadly i worse my super soft jammies and they fluffed all over the house like grey snow :(

Draw/paint/craft something that represents your pleasure. Maybe it’s how you imagine your pleasure would look if it were a creature/entity, maybe it’s about your relationship to your pleasure, maybe it’s just a collection/collage of things that bring you pleasure. Hang it up somewhere you’ll see it every day

- no

If you have a lover you’re seeing these days, ask them if they’d like to trade pleasure focused dates where, for each date, one of you is the pleasure master. The pleasure master for each date gets to do or make requests of their partner that are solely about the pleasure master’s pleasure (with consent, of course!). This could mean going down on your partner if you love the feel of their genitals in your face, or tapping into your inner pillow princess and telling them exactly how to fuck you. See how selfish you can let yourself be and get rid of any expectation of reciprocation for that date (after all, you’ll each get your own date as pleasure master). This could also include food, beverages, activities, media, anything that will amplify the pleasure master’s pleasure.

- perhaps next week, i don't like to be bossy though