I’m Dawk Galen, a Touch Expert and Sacred Intimate. I welcome individuals of all genders and orientations. I also work with couples and poly relationships when they are made up of gay men only.
INVITATION
Are you postponing love and happiness?
You want to celebrate your erotic body, but something is holding you back. Do you feel shame? Are you experiencing difficulties with sexual functioning? Have you experienced trauma? Is touch hunger impacting your well-being?
You want to feel safe enough to let go. You want to know that your body and desires are heard and honored. You want to get out of your head and into your body.
I can help you with this. I am an experienced trauma-informed Bodyworker, Ordained Minister, and Sacred Intimate. I will not try to fix you. I will work with you to uncover your capacity for healing, to help you regain a sense of safety and flow.
Touch Expert | New York, NY | Dawk Galen | Sacred Intimate
ABOUT
I have been a Massage Therapist for 20 years. I have always been less interested in the strictly physiological aspects (think: muscle origins and attachments) of my work, and much more excited about working more deeply — doing soul work.
What is your body trying to tell you? Your body has an innate intelligence and wisdom. Your body remembers. It holds emotions. Explore your deeper self by exploring your body. Important insights can emerge.
Most of my clients, like myself, are members of the LGBTQ+ community. As an elder in this community, I have a unique understanding of the challenges and trauma that we continue to face. I know firsthand the physical and emotional effects of homophobia, discrimination, and violence. I know the deep and long-lasting trauma of living through the AIDS crisis, losing loved ones to the disease, and have known the fear and shame of merely being who I am.
I often notice a difficulty in my clients’ ability to communicate where and how they want to be touched. Especially amongst gay men, I recognize a telling stiffness, a tight holding, a lack of free-flowing movement that I attribute to a fear of being seen, or of being perceived as effeminate. I want you to know it is okay to move and to make sound, in fact these are tools that can help lead you back to wholeness. I am committed to helping our community thrive by providing a safe and supportive space to explore and heal our bodies and minds.
I am a wounded healer. When I found myself in another long-term monogamous relationship where we had stopped having sex (a pattern I had become familiar with) I realized I wanted change. I was scared to explore sex outside of my primary relationship, and I was suffering from sexual dysfunction. Thankfully I found The Body Electric School and began the process of recovering joy, aliveness, and vitality through participating in their workshops, and eventually private Sacred Intimacy sessions. Some of my work was to learn to show up authentically. That involved learning to shed layers of armor that I had built up to protect myself.
My work is informed by the healing I have done with The Body Electric School, Betty Martin’s Wheel of Consent, plant medicine circles, breathwork, mindfulness meditation, yoga, and Somatic Experiencing. Most recently I have been part of a year-long look at mortality — exploring how becoming more fully aware of the fact that we will die can help us to live more fully here and now.
Are you postponing love and happiness?
SESIONS
Sessions with me are a co-created exploration. They can include inquiry, listening, meditation, boundary exercises, holding, conscious intentional touch, breathwork, vocalizing, movement, role play, and ritual.
My work is not psychotherapy, but a complimentary treatment that can support that work, and directly addresses the body where transformation can occur.
Sessions are 90 minutes at $235. I prefer to work with someone, initially, over three sessions. I have found that is the best way to establish trust and see real progress. I offer a 3-session package for $660. You will be asked to pay a $50 deposit at the time of scheduling with the balance due at our session.
NEXT STEPS
Please email me at DawkGalen@gmail.com to schedule a conversation by phone to see if we are a good fit.
I’m Dawk Galen, a Touch Expert and Sacred Intimate. I welcome individuals of all genders and orientations. I also work with couples and poly relationships when they are made up of gay men only.
