by Jallen Rix | Jan 24, 2019 | adventure, body, community, consent, friendship, masculinity, massage, risk, self esteem, self-love, sexuality, spirituality, Touch, workshop
An afternoon workshop for men who enjoy touch to connect more authentically with other men. February 16, 2020, 1pm, Cathedral City, CA I often hear from those who want more touch, “…But Doc, I don’t know how to touch.” Too many of us are so afraid of doing touch...
by Jallen Rix | Apr 2, 2018 | adventure, body, community, friendship, LGBTQ, masculinity, massage, self-love, sexuality, spirituality, Touch
I am standing naked next to a friend who is also naked laying face down on a massage table. Standing on the other side of the table is another naked friend and the two of us have all four of our hands lightly resting on the back of the one who is on the table. I...
by Jallen Rix | Mar 3, 2018 | LGBTQ, masculinity, self-esteme, self-love, sexuality, STIs
I’ve heard it said a lot, “I’m no role model.” Yet, I learned a long time ago that we really don’t get to choose that for ourselves. People are watching and learning from us whether we are aware of it or not – whether we like it or not. We do, however, have a choice...
by Jallen Rix | Mar 3, 2018 | friendship, LGBTQ, romance, self-esteme, self-love, sexuality, Valentine's
Today I got one of those random commercial emails (one out of hundreds) and the subject line stated, “You better read this now or you’ll hate yourself later.” Doesn’t that just sum up the whole strategy behind capitalism using shame to get us to buy their products? No...