In this illuminating episode of Universal Intimacy, host Josephine Lauer sits down with Cheyenne Sapphire—a Divine Channel, Tantric Practitioner, and visionary guide known for her transformational Surrender Sessions. Together, they explore the rich and intricate terrain where art, spirituality, healing, and empowerment converge. Cheyenne, an elite empowerment coach and multi-modality healing artist, brings her signature blend of elegance, sexuality, spirituality, and raw creative expression to the conversation. Josephine and Cheyenne delve into her path as a practitioner, discussing how she weaves ritual, embodiment, and artistry into potent forms of personal liberation. They explore Cheyenne’s pioneering work in Prayerformance—a fusion of prayer, performance art, and ritual theater—and her role in crafting immersive erotic and spiritual experiences around the world. At its heart, this conversation is an exploration of what becomes possible when we surrender to authenticity, reclaim our embodied wisdom, and let creativity become a spiritual path. Cheyenne’s name has become synonymous with liberation and inspiration—and in this episode, Josephine reveals the depth and devotion behind that legacy, while also bravely moves into territory often left untouched—unpacking the taboo intersections of race, sacred spaces and the nuanced, sometimes controversial realm of esoteric teachings.

You can learn more about Cheyenne's work on her website: https://www.cheyennesapphire.com/

and

IG: @cheyennesapphireofficial

Allan McGrath Isbell is an embodied intimacy mentor who works with men and women to truly live the teachings of sacred intimacy. At the core of Allan’s work is the sacred dance of polarity - the magnetic force that draws men and women together in their most natural and powerful expression. We talk about these concepts as well as a bit about Allan's personal relationship in this episode, sharing a deeply intimate view of masculine and feminine relations which I hope will inspire each and every listener to cultivate a deeper awareness and attunement to the masculine and feminine frequencies within themselves, as well as provide insight into how you can relate to the opposite sex in your life, via navigating conflict and connection. As Somatic practitioners, we discuss the importance of nervous system regulation, breath work, posture and presence, which is needed in the masculine to contain and hold the totality of the volatile feminine. Allan is the founder of Thirteen Pines, a men's group program, and host of in-person Polarity and Intimacy Immersions in Boulder, CO. You can find out more about him and his teachings at https://www.allanmcgrathisbell.com/

This episode explores a unqiue intersection between education, health and kink / pleasure-based healing with my guest Faith Laux. Faith is a Somatic Sex and Relationship coach based in Asheville, NC. In May of 2022 she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Since then she has been adding pleasure as a healing modality to help her and her clients thrive and enjoy life. Faith weaves her experience with emotional intelligence, erotic leadership, tantra, conscious kink, movement and somatic coaching to form a unique space for those she serves to connect with their authentic erotic expression. She is normalizing the conversation around sexuality, kink, illness and desire. When her cancer returned in 2025 Faith went on a supervised two week fast, drinking only water, to help reset her body and heal at a deeper level. It was a modern Vision Quest that’s left her more connected than ever to her purpose. She's here to share this incredible journey with us all, and help all of us have more pleasure in our lives!

Victoria Magnus speaks on grief, eating disorders, addiction, and the unexpected empowerment of sexual submission in this raw and real conversation on how losing control led her home to power, purpose, and feminine embodiment. This episode speaks to and for any woman, especially for the woman who’s done playing nice — and is ready to rise, raw and whole. This is for the woman who’s been silenced, shaped, or shattered, as a reminder that this path home might just look like surrender, radical reclamation, feminine fire, and taboo as transformation. Sharing this episode with her is incredibly meaningful because of the sacred sisterhood woundings we have healed together – proving that you can be triggered by other women and become deep, life-long friends with them. We explore the medicine that has been revealed in our collective journeys, and in our friendships with other women. Victoria Magnus is a multidimensional practitioner devoted to guiding others into embodied remembrance through the sacred technologies of Kundalini Activation, intuitive energy work, Reiki, channeling, and somatic body-based healing. Her practice is rooted in the alchemy of transformation—where shadow meets light, and the body becomes the bridge between the two. With a gift for navigating the unseen and unspoken, Victoria specializes in shadow work, helping clients uncover the parts of themselves that have long been hidden, buried, or silenced. She believes that within the depths of our repression lie the very keys to our freedom—the raw, wild, beautiful truths of who we really are. Her work invites the grief, rage, shame, and longing to surface—not to be feared, but to be honored, felt, and expressed. This is not surface-level work—it is the sacred art of returning to wholeness. And Victoria embodies this in this podcast episode as well, shedding the layers and going deep, to touch your heart and soul, as a sacred anchor for your becoming.

You can follow Victoria on IG: @the_sovereign_sage

Sign up for her next group workshop INNER ALCHEMY on Oct 7th in Chicago by going to www.cur8chicago.com

In this episode we explore the underground world of Professional Domme-ing, a space when femme embodied practitioners help support their client's growth via transformational healing journeys, sensory & edge play and being of service, all via the erotic expansion of individuals. Josephina is joined by 2 Pro Domme's, Honeybee and Queen Velvet Amethyst. Honeybee is the founder of Flow Temple Chicago, a femme-bodied se.ggs positive space where individuals, couples and multi-dynamic relational beings get to express and explore their fullest selves possible, all held of safe containers by trained professionals. She is also a dancer, performer, Temple Arts practitioner, producer and Creatrix, who weaves her artistry, poise and presence into a multitude of fields. Queen Velvet Amethyst is based in Tulum, Mexico and fuses her experiences in event planning, experience design, marketing and spirituality with her attuned capacity to take her clients on remarkable journeys that can blow their minds and crack open their souls! Our intention here on Universal Intimacy is to not just share with you their incredible expertise and energy, but to also de-bunk and de-mystify the world of dom'ing/domme'ing, because our society and culture can project shame, misunderstanding and fear onto this niche of the human experience. So many humans are curious about this world, and it is our hope that this episode helps you to understand it from an integrated wholeness - fusing spirituality, psychodrama/psychotherapy, trauma-informed healing, somatics, the arts, and energy together in a way that shift humanity from fear into love, from shame into acceptance and from seeing separation into feeling the interconnectedness of All.

In this intimate and deeply personal episode, musician Dan Allen and Tantrika Josephine Lauer come together to explore what happens when sound, spirit, and soul align. Through the lens of their own relationship, they dive into a candid conversation about love, creativity, and what it means to live authentically. Blending musical expression with Tantric wisdom, they discuss how tuning into your desires—both emotional and sensual—can create a symphony of connection and truth. This is more than a dialogue; it's a dance of frequency, feeling, and fearless honesty. We go deep, we get really vulnerable...and some of our shares are a bit X rated, so listeners, please be advised and don't have this episode playing in the car when kids are present.

Meet Chef Greg Christian of Beyond Green Partners and theSustainable Food Institute of America, focused on supporting public institutions (K-12 schools, adult care facilities and carceral facilities) to transition from their current reality of mostly processed food to food that is made from scratch by cooks who care with ingredients that are locally sourced and as sustainably produced as possible. Greg has studied Systems Thinking with Peter Senge, Communication with Werner Erhard, Quantum Physics with Stephen Hawkings, Shamanism with Black Foot Medicine/men/women and Somatics with Marcela Widrig,+ fusing holistic practices into his 40 years of cooking around the globe to form his own methodology and approach to guiding cooks, food service works and lunch ladies/cafeteria employees into more embodied leadership for thebetterment of the communities they work in and the planet overall. Greg's work has touched thousands of individuals, including my own personal & professional life, as we have worked alongside each other for the last 20 years in this field of Food Systems Change. It is an honor to share him with myaudience as he has inspired me in everything that I do, as a mother, as a coach and as a human on this planet.

Inspired? You can reach out to him at greg@beyondgreenpartners.com, or at https://www.sustainablefoodinstitute.org/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/beyondgreen_/

Step into the transformational world of Tantra with Pleasure Priestess and founder of "Talk Tantra To Me," Leola! In this soul-stirring conversation, Leola and Josephina discuss the meaning of Tantra beyond the bedroom and in an application of authenticity via the spiritual path. Discover how healing your relationship with sexuality can awaken your authentic expression and life force energy. 💫 Leola shares her journey from Midwest conservatism to Tantric embodiment—defining Tantra from the Sanskrit: TAN means "to expand" and TRA means "to liberate." Learn how this ancient practice celebrates your unique path to expansion without judgment. This conversation invites you into radical self-responsibility and authentic aliveness. We explore what it means to be a modern day woman, where the menu of options has shifted - we no longer have to be defined exclusively by being mother, wife or even a boss - we can also be the embodiment of our sensuality and sexuality - and can guide others on how to life a liberated life of fulfillment. Lastly, we discuss the importance of embracing death as a part of life, sharing our experiences from a recent Death Ritual immersive experience. Follow @TalkTantraToMe and grab Leola's book "Sacred Sex Ed" to continue your journey!