Regena Thomashauer - Pussy

Praise for Pussy

Talk about a tour de force! I am transfixed by the depth, humor, and game-changing wisdom in this book. Regena is one of the most profound and provocative thought leaders in the world today... and she will wrestle a woman to the ground if need be to get her to give up her resistance to her own desires and her pleasure. My charge to youas a doctor who has spent a lifetime assisting women in healing their bodiesis that you have the courage to read Pussy: A Reclamation. But dont just read it. Let the truth of it sink into your body, right into your bone marrow. Let this book change your life in the way it has changed mine.

from the foreword by Christiane Northrup, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of Goddesses Never Age

For years Regena Thomashauer has devoted herself to women, to awakening their sensuality and their life force. This book is the guide, the provocation, the initiation, the insistence, the call to reconnect with the most vital, holy force in the world, your pussy. Its time now! Read this and fly.

Eve Ensler, Tony Awardwinning playwright, performer, and activist; author of The Vagina Monologues and In the Body of the World

Ladies, you are about to pledge allegiance to your greatest power. Deeply positive and irresistible, Regena Thomashauers work is fueling a revolution of pleasure. This book is a total turn-on.

Danielle LaPorte, author of The Desire Map

Every so often there is a fresh, breakthrough voice that births a revolution in how we think, act, and feel. Regena Thomashauer is that voice. This brilliant book is required reading for every woman who longs to step into her power and live with pleasure and purpose.

Kris Carr, New York Times best-selling author

Regenas work has been revelatory for me. Her research, experience, and guidance are essential for any woman who yearns to embody her full power, strength, and happiness. This is a book that can and will change your life.

Marie Forleo, founder of B-School and creator of MarieTV

Pussy is a must-read for all women. Regenas words and wisdom give us permission to accept pleasure and awaken the dormant parts of our being. This book clears shame, awakens inspiration, and guides you to trust yourself. Im deeply moved by this book, and I know it will serve countless women throughout the world. Thank you, Regena, we need you!

Gabrielle Bernstein, New York Times best-selling author

ALSO BY REGENA THOMASHAUER

Mama Genas School of Womanly Arts

Mama Genas Owners and Operators Guide to Men

Mama Genas Marriage Manual

Copyright 2016 by Regena Thomashauer

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: info@hayhouse.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast Books: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Cover design: Susan Lee Interior design: Pamela Homan

Pussy illustration, : Ranier Wood

Cycle of Radiance illustration, : Susan Lee

Endsheet design: Jaq Belcher

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

The stories that appear in this book are based on real experiences. Some of the stories are composites; individual names and identifying details have been changed.

Lines from I Hope to Be an Old Woman Who Dresses Very Inappropriately by Gloria Steinem reprinted with permission from Moving Beyond Words (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994).

Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4019-5024-8

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

1st edition, September 2016

Printed in the United States of America

I dedicate this book to the women

who will never hear of it, never even imagine it;

women who are currently living in the darkest

corners of the world (whether inner or outer),

who cannot even dream of having the luxury

to investigate the topics examined in the pages

that follow. Like the butterfly effect,

may these women somehow feel the impact

of our love and devotion to all things woman.

Even from afar, may our radiant light ignite theirs.

CONTENTS

Talk about a tour de force! I am transfixed by the depth, humor, and game-changing wisdom in this book. And honored to be the wingwoman in helping it soar all over Planet Earth. I can feel the trajectory of Regenas whole life and her souls journey singing through every page, with the power to uplift the planet and every creature on it.

Regena is one of the most profound and provocative thought leaders in the world today. It is my hope that this book will put her work in the hands of every woman in this world so that they, like me, can know the life-changing information and practices revealed here.

My own initiation into the magic and mystery of the School of Womanly Arts began as the mother of two graduates. I got to see my daughters come to life and upgrade their relationships with themselves, with their friends, and with men. I have also been a frequent teacher at the school. Early on, I was lecturing on some aspect of womens wisdom and how it came through the body. Having spent a little time in the audience participating in some of the exercises, I began to make the connection between the experience of pleasure and rapture and its impact on physical health. And so, during a lecture, I asked the students to please come to the microphone and tell me if they had experienced any improvements in their physical health since starting the program at the SWA. I was astounded when the line of women at the microphone went to the back of the room. And then even more astounded as each woman related how her participation in the Womanly Arts had improved or healed everything from abnormal pap smears, infertility, and ovarian cysts to lung and breast cancer. It was then I knew that the deliberate pursuit of pleasure not only improved the quality of a womans lifethese things could also