Ayurvedic Practitioner, Somatic Sex & Intimacy Coach

Inspiring others to take exquisite care of themselves and their erotic lives.

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Personalised self-care.

Life-affirming sex and intimacy.

 
 

Inspired by timeless eastern sciences and evidence-informed neuroscience, I offer a multi-faceted and bespoke approach that acknowledges your uniqueness and encompasses the essence of how to live and love well.

 
 

OFFERINGS

Pathways to self-care and pleasure can be different for everyone.

Work with Kirstie in ways that work best for you.

 
 

Wellbeing Session  

An Ayurvedic health consultation

This is a personal self-care plan inspired by Ayurveda, a holistic health system that recommends nutrition and lifestyle advice based on your unique constitution to build healthier habits and quality self-care into your daily routine.

 

Sex & Intimacy Session

Education, skills, and practices to enliven your erotic life

Explore and expand your capacity for life-affirming sex and intimacy inspired by a somatic approach that enhances awareness, desire, connection, and pathways of pleasure.

 
 

EVENTS

Kirstie also facilitates in-person events.
These workshops and retreats are a combination of potent learning and embodied skills-based practices.

Women’s Wisdom for Body & Soul Retreat

Women’s Wisdom for Body & Soul isn’t just a retreat; it’s a homecoming – a gathering of wellbeing teachings and embodied practices where women lift each other up, where your experience and story matters, and where you’ll leave feeling restored, inspired, and reconnected to the wellspring of feminine wisdom that lives within you.

Note: This is a 2-day non-residential retreat

When: Saturday 16 August – Sunday 17 August 2025
Time: 9am – 5pm
Hosts: Kirstie Cleary & Bridget Schaeffers
Venue: Taruna College, Havelock North


 

‘... the erotic - the sensual - those physical, emotional, and psychic expressions of what is deepest and strongest and richest within each of us, being shared: the passions of love, in its deepest meanings.’

Audre Lorde

 

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