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Past Workshops
& Groups

Pleasurable Polyamory: Making Non-monogamy Feel Better

Plura App | Online | August 2024
Facilitated interactive 90-minute workshop to 100 participants on using pleasure as a guide in non-monogamous relationships, structuring communication, and maintaining connection.

Pleasurable Polyamory: Making Non-monogamy Feel Better

Curiosity Bears Wonder Weekend | Joshua Tree, CA | October 2024
Bonobo Network Retreat | Saratoga Springs, CA | October 2024
A 60 minute, experience-centered workshop co-facilitated with Nicoletta Heidegger, Ma., M.Ed., LMFT about using pleasure and play as healing modalities.

Polyamory and Sex

June 2023

Online panel facilitated by Elizabeth Cunningham

From Monogamy to Polyamory

December 2022

Online panel facilitated by Elizabeth Cunningham

Pleasure Magic: Empowering Your Pleasure

Private Practice | Online | February 2021

Anchoring in Our Activism 2.0

Private Practice | Online | October 2020

co-facilitated 2-hrs with Margeaux Feldman, PhD

Pleasure Rituals

Private Practice | Online | October 2020

co-facilitated 90-min with Amelia Travis

Anchoring in Our Activism

Private Practice | Online | June 2020

co-facilitated 2-hrs with Margeaux Feldman, PhD

Pelvic Floor Balancing Workshop

Private Practice | Online | February 2020

Calm Within Chaos: A Mental-Emotional Wellness Workshop

Eclipse Studio | Martha's Vineyard, MA | May 19, 2019

2-hr, tools to combat decision fatigue

Embodied Non-Monogamy (8-week group coaching program)

Private Practice | Online | October - December 2024 

Designed for individuals navigating early non-monogamy, emphasizing the somatics of relationships, communication strategies, and conflict resolution. Topics include using pleasure as a compass, managing attachment triggers, and building right-fit relationships.

Pleasure Coven

September 2020 - May 2024

Small online group coaching

Play Date: A Day-long Playshop

An 8-hour educational workshop and immersive experience using play and pleasure as tools for healing to improve your relationships, mental health, and intimate life.

Pleasure Witch Circle

May - August, 2022

Embodying Pleasure (4-month group program)

Private Practice | Online | September 2020 - January 2021

Alchemy for Unknown (4-month group program)

Private Practice | Online | May - September 2020

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About Irene Morning

Somatic coach, sex-positive educator & pleasure advocate

You deserve your right fit. I’m here to help you get clear on what that means for you, and what that looks like in your relationships.

Let's Work Together

If you’re ready to embody your way of doing things, I’d love to be on your team.

    • Maryland University of Integrative Health; Master of Science in Yoga Therapy

    • The Gottman Institute: Clinical Foundations in Gottman Method Couples Therapy

    • Institute for Sexuality Education & Enlightenment (ISEE); Advancing Clinical Education in Sexuality Certificate

    • Jane Clapp’s Movement for Trauma

    • Rachael Maddox’s ReBloom Foundations: Somatic Skills for Post-Traumatic Growth

    • Health Imperatives; Clinical Sexual and Reproductive Health Counseling for All Ages

    • Planned Parenthood; Sexual Health Educator Immersion

    • DONA; birth and labor doula

    • More than 2,000 hours of formal yoga training in Rishikesh, India, New York City, Martha’s Vineyard, and Baltimore, MD earning certifications in:

      • Yoga Therapy

      • Kids’ Yoga

      • Prenatal Yoga

    • Wesleyan University; Bachelor of Arts, Sociology

    • My first book, The Polyamory Paradox achieved bestseller status in categories of Counseling Psychology, Human Sexuality, Anthropology, Lifespan Development, and Social Science

    • 2017 recipient of Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship; Yoga Therapy Applications for Substance Use Recovery and Tick-Borne Illnesses

  • Some of my own coaches and support in this work include Che Che Luna, Larissa Conte, Amelia Travis, Varvara Erochina, Bear Hebert, and Lynne Anne Salman.

    My work/philosophy is also deeply shaped by the works of adrienne maree brown, Sonya Renee Taylor, Prentis Hemphill, Emily Nagoski, Peter Levine, Jessica Fern, Gabor Mate, and Kristen J Sollée.

    • Pleasurable Polyamory: Making Non-monogamy Feel Better

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What People Are Saying

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Irene spoke to me from experience couched in kindness, honesty, curiosity, awareness and genuine interest as my somatic pleasure coach.  That title doesn't even cover it all as her gifts are woven into many parts of my life and we together found my best practices.  It was very personal and specific to me.  She was simply and honestly present in our sessions together.   I will forever be grateful for the insights, dynamic development and many processes she introduced me to and helped me incorporate into my life practice.

—EJ

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My partner and I had been monogamous for over 20 years, and we opened up because we both wanted the freedom and expansiveness we hoped non monogamy would bring. Several months in, I was struggling and feeling a lot of daily distress. Rather than getting easier, my non monogamy journey was getting harder, and I felt shame about not being "good" at non monogamy. That's when I found Irene, and I'm so glad I did! She guided me to slow down the process and tune in to my nervous system. My partner and I are both so grateful to have an approach to non monogamy that isn't about white knuckling through, but rather about building resilience in ourselves and with each other. We're moving more slowly and gently in our process now.

—AZ

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Working with Irene over the last several months has been nothing short of amazing. I’ve never felt more safe to express my feelings and what I am going through. She has provided me with such great tools to incorporate in my daily life they have absolutely shifted my perspective on different areas of my life. I would highly recommend working with Irene as she will guide you through your healing journey and provide you with safe space and tools to use on a daily basis.

—JH

My initiation into this world started when I first began navigating the complexities of non-monogamy myself, which triggered my complex-PTSD in a big way - like paralyzing shame and major life disruption kind of way. As I searched for someone to guide me through this major life transition, it felt like finding aligned, body-based support was like trying to find a unicorn in the wild; when I talked to body-based practitioners their ignorance often made me feel misunderstood and alone, and non-monogamy resources never seemed to explain the extreme experience I was having in my body. I realized something crucial—there was a massive need for the kind of coaching and education that helps us understand the role our bodies play in relationships, especially for those embracing non-monogamy.

 

The great news is that what started as a struggle turned into a profound healing journey. As it turns out, learning how to thrive in supportive relationships isn’t just about communicating better (although that’s a lot of it), it has the power to transform our trauma. The skills I developed to survive in polyamory—like accessing pleasure and play, advocating for myself, embodying boundaries, and yes, mastering clear communication—were exactly the skills I needed to heal. I mean that emotionally and psychologically, but also physiologically - these things can change the very structure of your brain! And I’m here to help you discover how these same tools can transform your life, too.

 

With a master's degree in yoga therapy, I bring an in-depth understanding of the body that goes far beyond that “article” your friend “read” (that was actually a TikTok video). My training is deeply rooted in hands-on, clinical experience, allowing me to apply somatics to various populations with precision and empathy. Couple that with my background in clinical sexual health counseling, and you’ve got someone who knows how to talk about sex and sensitive subjects with both scientific accuracy and a whole lot of heart. I’ve got over a decade under my belt helping people better understand the role their bodies play in their emotions, and more effectively work with that understanding to improve their relationships and overall well being.

My own journey navigating non-monogamy, queerness, kink, and neurodivergence has further shaped my approach into one that’s highly individualized, because I know there’s no “right way”—only your way. This is something I share openly in my book, The Polyamory Paradox: Finding Your Confidence in Consensual Non-Monogamy, where I dive deep into how non-monogamy helped me discover my queerness and become more attuned to my nervous system’s adaptations.

And when I’m not deep in conversation about pleasure and relationships, you can find me with ice cream in hand or binging dog-training videos with my sweet dog, Penny.

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