MYSTIC UNIVERSITY®/Sacred Sexuality: Rewiring Pleasure - From Escape to Embodiment

Sacred Sexuality: Rewiring Pleasure - From Escape to Embodiment

  • Course

Tues, Oct 20, 2026 | 7pm EST via Zoom Guest professor Jalisa Smith teaches the difference between pleasure that numbs and pleasure that nourishes in this trauma-informed sacred sexuality course. You'll retrain your nervous system to recognize safe, sustainable pleasure, healing escape patterns and compulsive soothing so enjoyment no longer brings crash, guilt, or shutdown. Reclaim pleasure as something you inhabit.

Join us Via ZOOM Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 at 7pm EST!

Rewiring Pleasure is a trauma-informed sacred sexuality course designed to help you heal your relationship with pleasure by learning the difference between pleasure that numbs and pleasure that nourishes.

Many people were never taught how to experience pleasure in a regulated, embodied way. Instead, pleasure became something used to escape—through over-stimulation, compulsive habits, fantasy loops, or external soothing that brings temporary relief but leaves the body depleted.

This course teaches you how to retrain the nervous system to recognize safe, sustainable pleasure, so enjoyment no longer comes with crash, guilt, dissociation, or emotional hangover.

This is not about restriction or discipline. It is about choice, discernment, and embodiment.

What This Course Is About

In Rewiring Pleasure, you will learn how to:

  • Identify the difference between escape-based pleasure and embodied pleasure

  • Understand how the nervous system uses pleasure as a coping strategy

  • Heal patterns of compulsive soothing, numbing, or overstimulation

  • Learn how to receive pleasure without dissociation, anxiety, or shutdown

  • Build tolerance for subtle, sustained enjoyment instead of chasing intensity

  • Shift pleasure from something you use to something you inhabit

  • Create a relationship with pleasure that supports presence, confidence, and aliveness

Core Themes & Practices Covered

Pleasure as Regulation vs. Pleasure as Escape

  • Understanding why the body seeks relief through pleasure

  • How trauma, stress, and conditioning shape pleasure patterns

  • Learning to recognize when pleasure is being used to avoid sensation

Nervous System Repatterning

  • Training the body to experience pleasure without overwhelm

  • Expanding capacity for sensation, enjoyment, and satisfaction

  • Rewiring the pleasure-stress loop

From Dopamine to Embodiment

  • The difference between stimulation-based pleasure and embodied pleasure

  • How modern pleasure habits fragment attention and sensation

  • Learning to slow pleasure down so it integrates

Embodied Pleasure Skills

  • Building awareness in the body during pleasurable experiences

  • Staying present with enjoyment without dissociation or collapse

  • Learning how to let pleasure land and stay

Creating Positive Pleasure Patterns

  • Choosing pleasures that restore rather than drain

  • Replacing compulsive pleasure habits with nourishing ones

  • Developing discernment around what truly feels good after, not just during

Your Guide On This Journey

This class is led by Jalisa Smith, also know as The Self Love Guru, skilled in the realms of sacred sexuality, tantra and metaphysics, with a deep understanding of how to bridge the gap between desire and manifestation. Through this live session, you will be guided in a supportive and empowering environment, exploring the sacred aspects of your sexuality as a powerful force for creating the life you envision.

Who This Course Is For

This course is for you if:

  • Pleasure often comes with guilt, anxiety, numbness, or crash afterward

  • You use pleasure to cope with stress, overwhelm, or emotional discomfort

  • You struggle to stay present during enjoyable experiences

  • You want pleasure to feel safe, sustainable, and supportive

  • You’re ready to experience enjoyment without escaping yourself

The Essence of Rewiring Pleasure

Rewiring Pleasure teaches that:

  • Not all pleasure is equal

  • Relief is not the same as nourishment

  • The body can learn to experience joy without losing presence

This course is about reclaiming pleasure as something that grounds you in your body, strengthens your nervous system, and supports a life of deeper satisfaction.

Sacred Sexuality: Rewiring Pleasure - From Escape to Embodiment

  • Course

Tues, Oct 20, 2026 | 7pm EST via Zoom Guest professor Jalisa Smith teaches the difference between pleasure that numbs and pleasure that nourishes in this trauma-informed sacred sexuality course. You'll retrain your nervous system to recognize safe, sustainable pleasure, healing escape patterns and compulsive soothing so enjoyment no longer brings crash, guilt, or shutdown. Reclaim pleasure as something you inhabit.