Meet Jessica Graham of Wild Awakening in Eastside

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Graham.

Jessica, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
I am a spiritual and sexual activist, author, sex and intimacy guide, meditation teacher, I grew up on the east coast and raised by beautiful and terrible wolves. They taught me about art, spirituality, film, activism, creativity, and sex. It was a home of mental illness and alcoholism, so there were dark sides too. I was on my own at 14, and had very little traditional education. I’m a true autodidact. My mom taught me to meditate when I was little. For my 6th birthday I had everyone stand in a circle, hold hands and meditate. I got really far away from my spiritual practice while I survived my teens and 20’s. In my late 20’s I started meditating daily and experienced a series of paradigm-shifting awakenings that completely changed my reality. Shortly after that I was asked to start teaching. I soon began writing for Deconstructing Yourself, a popular meditation blog and created a series called Mindful Sex, Since then, I have co-created The Eastside Mindfulness Collective (a group of like-hearted individuals dedicated to mindful living and learning, which offers many weekly classes), Wild Awakening (my sexual and spiritual guidance through private sessions, workshops, speaking engagements, classes, and retreats), and had my book, Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out, published by North Atlantic Books. I’m now stepping into more speaking and writing on what I call, Spiritual and Sexual Activism.

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Before my life really changed for the better I had to quit drinking. That was not easy to do, but was the first step in towards a life with a lot less suffering. I haven’t found the need to drink since then.

I’ve been diagnosed with Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as a result of the trauma I experienced as a child and teen. My recovery from this has been my biggest life accomplishment, although I continue to deal with the health issues caused by PTSD. I’m diagnosed with a list of chronic illnesses, and live with chronic pain. Meditation helps a lot with this, but it’s not always an easy road.

My father died in 2007 from cancer caused by alcoholism. He and I had an incredibly close relationship, but no without its challenges. He became my drinking and drugging buddy when I was only 14, at which time he had already been to rehab and jail for DUIs. I got the chance to care for him in his final days, which was an amazing experience. I write about my dad, our relationship and his death in a series called Dying with Dad on Deconstructing Yourself.

Please tell us about Wild Awakening.
About Wild Awakening: SPIRITUAL, SEXUAL, AND CREATIVE AWAKENING IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT

You are a wild and beautiful human with a great capacity to evolve and awaken. Through meditation, mindfulness tools, self-inquiry, and writing exercises, you can wake up to the stunning magic and profound simplicity of life.

Author, spiritual teacher, and filmmaker, Jessica Graham, created Wild Awakening to help guide you towards your most authentic spiritual, sexual, and creative expression. Jessica believes that trauma can be healed, resiliency can be learned, and brains can be rewired.

Wild Awakening is 100% secular, and can easily compliment any spiritual practice or religious belief. Our teachings are straight-forward, down-to-earth, and dogma-free.

Wild Awakening is dedicated to helping you become more human through psycho-spiritual evolution, using meditation and self-inquiry. Venture into the wilderness and wake up.

Private Sessions:

WILD AND AWAKE: SEX & INTIMACY FOR COUPLES
Up-level your relationship through mindful sex and intimacy coaching with Jessica Graham. Perhaps the sexual energy between you is blocked leading to low sex drive, or there are communication issues that need attention. Or maybe you want to explore some new sexual territory and need a little help getting the ball rolling. You may already have a sex life and relationship that is going great but you are ready to explore the next adventure.

Guidance from Jessica can help. Through meditation, mindfulness, partner work, trauma recovery, and writing exercises, you can transform your sexual connection, deepen your intimacy, and increase fun and play, all within a safe and supportive space. A sexual awakening and revolution is possible for your relationship.

THE WILD & AWAKE WEEKEND
This is a private weekend intensive designed for couples who want to take a deep dive into transformation. Jessica will spend 16 to 20 hours on a Saturday and Sunday with you in your home. She will observe you in your natural habitat and offer psycho-spiritual adjustments to deepen connection and communication. These hours will also include meditation lessons, writing exercises, and much more. She will help you to notice and acknowledge resentments and patterns of disconnection, and then give you the tools to heal and move forward. She will also offer you mindful sex exercises from her book, Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out that you will practice in the evenings on your own. Get ready for a Wild Awakening in your relationship. You deserve it.

INVITE SOME WILDNESS INTO THE CEREMONIES OF YOUR LIFE

Jessica is an ordained minister and can officiate weddings, funerals, and other big life events. She will work with you to create a ceremony that is alignment with yours and your loved one’s authentic expression. This service will include sessions in person or via video calls before and after the event, if that is wanted. Jessica brings the message of universal love, connection, and an invitation to revel in intimacy and vulnerability to all of the ceremonies she oversees.

Jessica is also available for other events such as birthdays, showers, women’s circles, conscious uncoupling with friends and family, sacred group ceremony, and performances.

My Book:

Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out
Far from a cookie-cutter approach to sex, meditation and mindfulness, Good Sex shares Graham’s own transformation from traumatized, checked-out and disengaged to sexually awakened, inspired and in-the-moment. Her sex-positive attitude and inclusive, open approach to everything from non-monogamy to BDSM provides readers a safe space to explore their sexuality, and is supplemented with practical meditation, journaling and mindfulness exercises. In Good Sex, Graham teaches us about intimacy, love, fucking, compassion and our own hearts and minds, encouraging us to live our most authentic lives in and out of the bedroom.

Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
Exploring the forest with my dad and sisters. Playing in the creek and pretending the moss underwater was mermaid hair. Filling our claw foot tub with cool water and flower petals and pretending to be a fairy. My mom reading e.e. cummings to me.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.yourwildawakening.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaclarkgraham
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grahamjessica
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/deconstructjg

Image Credit:
Shayan Asgharnia – black and white author photo
Joseph Cultice – “Define Slut” photo, Green Dress photo
Jessica Drossin – Nude on the hill
Debbie Berne – Good Sex book cover
Gia Esquviel – Wild Awakening design

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