Faculty

All of our faculty are trained and skilled in teaching a variety of ways for people to get in contact with their erotic and spiritual nature. This training includes erotic touch, sensual massage, erotic massage, taoist erotic massage, breathwork, tantra, yoga, dance, life coaching and more.

Dave Allen
is a consultant, educator and Sacred Intimate. His interests include mysticism, Christianity, native spiritual paths and power dynamics. See coach4men.com

Rob Anderson
has an MS in counseling and is trained in Process Oriented Psychology. He is a Kuna Massage Therapist and celebrates life through play, the healing power of touch, living in an intentional community in Australia and honoring the spirituality of nature. Visit bodyelectricoz.org

John Ballew
is a licensed professional counselor and a massage therapist in private practice in Atlanta. He has an MS in Clinical Psychology and is a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. He facilitats workshops in gay spirituality throughout North America, emphasizing the connection between body and soul. His work embraces both Eastern spiritual practices and a sex-positive Christian tradition. See bodymindsoul.org

Ken Breniman
is a licensed clinical social worker and registered yoga instructor. He is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. He has 10 years of experience as a holistic health therapist and five years of yoga instruction. Ken also teaches naked yoga. See kenbreniman.com

Collin Brown
graduated from Harvard College and is a California state-certified massage instructor. A member of the Association of Humanistic Psychology, he has trained in Postural Integration, Jin Shin Do, and Amma. His work integrates breath, touch and transpersonal psychology.

Don Clark, Ph.D.
is a writer, teacher, consultant and clinical psychologist who has specialized in group and individual work with gay people since 1968. His writing includes fiction, textbooks, and articles for both professional journals and popular magazines. He is the author of Living Gay, As We Are, and Loving Someone Gay, now in its new 33rd anniversary fifth edition from Lethe Press. See donclarkphd.com

Michael Cohen
works as a personal life coach and as a gestalt psychotherapist in New York City. A Body Electric-trained Sacred Intimate, his interests also include exploring the healing power of play and helping people create meaningful lives. See lifecoachmichael.com or

Jay Craver
is a Sacred Intimate and long-term student of tantra. He has studied with Rudy Ballentine for many years and uses the principles of this body-based philosophy as a foundation for helping others integrate body, mind and spirit, both as a Sacred Intimate and teacher.

Bob Findle
is the school director for Body Electric. He leads erotic and non-erotic workshops, including breath classes, Taoist Erotic Massage, conscious touch, Artist’s Way-based explorations, and past life regression. He holds a degree in psychology and has studied rebirthing. Currently he’s working toward life coaching certification.

Mark Fleming
weaves tantric principles, energy/somatic work, and shamanic practices together to facilitate wellness in body, mind and spirit. He has worked in the fields of sexuality, spirituality and health for 20 years. He is very grateful to Rudolph Ballentine, his tantra teacher.

Dick Greene
is a licensed architect, practicing/exhibiting artist and certified Community College art teacher. He founded ARTforHEALING through which he facilitates sessions using art as a physical and mental health healing tool. He shows students how to “Sketch their emotions and paint their feelings.”

William McMeniman
is a massage therapist and Sacred Intimate with a private practice in the greater Boston area. He has a background in mental health, education and breathwork. He seeks to integrate the ecstatic path into everyday life through his teaching.

Steven Schwartzberg
holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is a practitioner of several healing arts, including psychotherapy, sacred intimacy, and body-oriented approaches to emotional well-being. He spent 15 years on the on the attending faculty of Harvard Medical School and has written several books, including A Crisis of Meaning: How Gay Men are Making Sense of AIDS.

Joe Weston
is a lecturer, facilitator, coach, and author, and leads impactful workshops focused on Personal Fulfillment, Respectful Confrontation and Lasting Peace. He supports others on their path to self-empowerment and spiritual embodiment. His practices include Tibetan Buddhism and Tai Chi, as well as ancient techniques that explore the subtle energies of the body, the healing properties of touch and movement, erotic healing and deeper levels of intimacy.See joeweston.com