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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

If you want to change the world… love a woman

To all the power women in my world – that includes YOU – and the men who love you.

 

And by Isis, if this moves you in a small or big way, leave a comment below!

 

If you want to change the world… love a woman – really love her.
Find the one who calls to your soul, who doesn’t make sense.
Throw away your check list and put your ear to her heart and listen.
Hear the names, the prayers, the songs of every living thing-
every winged one, every furry and scaled one,
every underground and underwater one, every green and flowering one,
every not yet born and dying one…
Hear their melancholy praises back to the One who gave them life.
If you haven’t heard your own name yet, you haven’t listened long enough.
If your eyes aren’t filled with tears, if you aren’t bowing at her feet,
you haven’t ever grieved having almost lost her.

 

If you want to change the world… love a woman -one woman
beyond yourself, beyond desire and reason,
beyond your male preferences for youth, beauty and variety
and all your superficial concepts of freedom.
We have given ourselves so many choices
we have forgotten that true liberation
comes from standing in the middle of the soul’s fire
and burning through our resistance to Love.
There is only one Goddess.
Look into Her eyes and see -really see
if she is the one to bring the axe to your head.
If not, walk away. Right now.
Don’t waste time “trying.”
Know that your decision has nothing to do with her
because ultimately it’s not with who,
but when we choose to surrender.

 

If you want to change the world… love a woman.
Love her for life -beyond your fear of death,
beyond your fear of being manipulated
by the Mother inside your head.
Don’t tell her you’re willing to die for her.
Say you’re willing to LIVE with her,
plant trees with her and watch them grow.
Be her hero by telling her how beautiful she is in her vulnerable majesty,
by helping her to remember every day that she IS Goddess
through your adoration and devotion.

 

If you want to change the world… love a woman
in all her faces, through all her seasons
and she will heal you of your schizophrenia-
your double-mindedness and half-heartedness
which keeps your Spirit and body separate-
which keeps you alone and always looking outside your Self
for something to make your life worth living.
There will always be another woman.
Soon the new shiny one will become the old dull one
and you’ll grow restless again, trading in women like cars,
trading in the Goddess for the latest object of your desire.
Man doesn’t need any more choices.
What man needs is Woman, the Way of the Feminine,
of Patience and Compassion, non-seeking, non-doing,
of breathing in one place and sinking deep intertwining roots
strong enough to hold the Earth together
while she shakes off the cement and steel from her skin.

 

If you want to change the world… love a woman, just one woman .
Love and protect her as if she is the last holy vessel.
Love her through her fear of abandonment
which she has been holding for all of humanity.
No, the wound is not hers to heal alone.
No, she is not weak in her co dependence.

 

If you want to change the world… love a woman
all the way through
until she believes you,
until her instincts, her visions, her voice, her art, her passion,
her wildness have returned to her-
until she is a force of love more powerful
than all the political media demons who seek to devalue and destroy her.

 

If you want to change the world,
lay down your causes, your guns and protest signs.
Lay down your inner war, your righteous anger
and love a woman…
beyond all of your striving for greatness,
beyond your tenacious quest for enlightenment.
The holy grail stands before you
if you would only take her in your arms
and let go of searching for something beyond this intimacy.

 

What if peace is a dream which can only be re-membered
through the heart of Woman?
What if a man’s love for Woman, the Way of the Feminine
is the key to opening Her heart?

 

If you want to change the world…love a woman
to the depths of your shadow,
to the highest reaches of your Being,
back to the Garden where you first met her,
to the gateway of the rainbow realm
where you walk through together as Light as One,
to the point of no return,
to the ends and the beginning of a new Earth.

 

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Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Sexploration With Monika

Want to hear what I have to say about the War of the Sexes?


Tune in tomorrow, Friday, April 16, 2010
9:00 – 10:00pm Pacific time

FCC Free Radio 107.3fm in San Francisco

Sexploration with Monika
(a sex-positive feminist radio talk show … that's also masculinist, queer-ist, pro-poly, and pantheistic)
"Sex is proof that God loves us and wants us to have fun."

Fridays 8-10pm PST on
FCC Free Radio 107.3fm in San Francisco
Or listen live, streaming via their website: www.fccfreeradio.com

Here's what we'll be discussing:

* Are we bred to have dysfunctional relationships?
* What do men really want from women?
* What do women really want from men?
* What are some strategies to break out of these bad relationship patterns?
* What' is the single-most important "ingredient" in relationships, without which it is doomed, but with which it will flourish?
* What about people for whom gender roles aren't black and white, but more gray and flexible?
* What are the three main ways women push men away without even knowing it? (and how to get them back on your side).
* What are the three biggest mistakes men make with women? (and how to change them good).

I hope you'll join me. We're going to peer over the fence at what's possible on the other side of the War of the Sexes.

And even if you'll miss this juicy interview, leave a comment below about YOUR experience with the War of the Sexes!

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Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Devotion and Desire: A Challenge

Let me speak to you of Devotion and Desire – a self-imposed challenge for 21 days.

This day four of 21 in a row. Each day of these 21, I get up at 7:00am and meditate. Vipassana-Buddhist-mindfulness-watching-the-breath style, with some of my own Pleasure Expansion breath circulation thrown in from time to time. Then a sensual practice, which I've coined the Pleasure Expansion Technique. Then exercise – dance, yoga, the gym, or a walk up the crazy hill I live at the base of here in the beautiful, hill-rich city of San Francisco. Also, no refined sugar and no white flour products, and generally a vibrant diet made mostly by the hands of me or my fiancee. And the most important yet least tangible element of it is doing each moment with pleasure and love; being pleasure and love. How I'm being in each moment is just as important as what I'm working on or creating. In fact, the two can't be separated.

That's the challenge. Mindfulness. Pleasure. Desire. All senses alive. Love.

First of all, why cultivate Desire? And second of all, why capitalize Desire, like you would a deity, a proper noun or an esteemed elder? Just so we know what we are talking about here, Desire is defined as a strong feeling of wanting to have something or for something to happen; it's also a strong sexual feeling or appetite. It's what we want that we don't have yet, it's connected to our sexual, creative energies.

Much of Buddhism says the key to liberation lies in our cessation of Desire, and here I am cultivating it. Rebel meditator! I take a bit of issue with how this important point of Buddhism is interpreted. To be alive is to Desire, it is to want what we don't yet have: our next breath, food to sustain us, to give and receive love, our next creative gift to the world. To live and to grow is to Desire. And we are all created from sexual energy; just like our very bodies are made up of the food we've eaten over our lifetime, each of us were created from sex, created with sexual energy. Sex is the most potent, creative life force there is. Without it, we wouldn't have been made, and without it, we have no urge to make and remake – not only babies, but the rest of our work, gifts, creative endeavors, offerings, etc.

You know that Law of Attraction stuff? Well, Desire is the first step. What do you want? What calls to your heart? What do you long for? Without cultivating our heart's longing, we are cut off from step one of this pretty potent force of creation. (yep, there are 3 other steps to the Law of Attraction, but I'll have to get to them later, since that's not what this blog post is about… a little teasing never hurt anyone.) But the point is, if we are alive, we need to Desire to keep on living and growing.

The key here, is that you are cultivating your Desire from a place of already being full, rather than from a place of lack or emptiness. The mantra is like this: things are good, and we want more and better and higher; rather than: things suck and I want something to make it better. The latter never works so well.

Desire goes hand in hand with Pleasure, two magical forces, greatly misunderstood by the cultures most of us swim in. OK, some of us have created micro-cultures and sub-cultures that are Pro-Pleasure and that go against the grain of our larger cultures. But we still feel it in the air, watch it in movies, see it on billboards and in magazines, hear it around us and on the radio, etc – Pleasure is for later, after you've worked enough. Pleasure is amoral and will lead you to ruin. Pleasure, you don't deserve it.

But Pleasure my friends, is a directive and corrective force. I'm not talking about getting carried away in hedonistic bliss to the detriment of other people or things. It is possible to be in our Pleasure and still be caring, considerate and responsible. Cultivating mindfulness and awareness (read: meditation) helps a lot. Pleasure is spoken as a YES through the body, and boy, to we need to know when we mean YES and when we mean NO. Pleasure is meeting the moment as it comes, not wishing it to be other than it is. Pleasure is following the urge of our animal body, whose instincts are intact, like a plant leans toward the sunshine.

And what I also know is that we can't separate the process from the product. Who I am BEING while I am writing this blog post can't be separated from the blog post you are reading. When I'm full of love, enjoyment and pleasure while I'm writing this, you'll feel it. My mojo gets in there, like it or not.

I'm working to step out of my own madness around working hard and suffering to get through, to be able to produce something (like a course or a blog post or a meal) in record time. I suffer while doing it, I am tight, uptight, hard, brittle and worried while doing it. My mojo gets in there, like it or not.

So, today, as with each of these 21, my work shall be imbued with a slightly quieter mind, all my sensual senses on line, an energized body, a pleasured body and a heart alive with Desire and Love.

Devotion? Well, doing what I said I would do, whether or not I feel like it, day after 21 days, is a form of cultivating Devotion. You bet your booty. Devotion to my word, Devotion to loving even in the HARD spots, Devotion to my body, to what makes it most alive and most able to live and love well.

And when the 21 days are up? I'll let you know then – and a lot more about how it's going along the way – but I'll probably follow the advice of my great friend, Todd, from Orgeon: "Everything in moderation; moderation in moderation."

Want to join me? What's your version of this challenge?  Just want to expound on Desire, Pleasure or Devotion?  I look forward to your comments below!

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Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Eye Contact

How Eye Contact Can Help You Attract Your One and Deepen Love and Intimacy

eyecontactAfter working hard on it for nearly two years, my good friend Michael Ellsberg's first book is about to come out from HarperCollins.

Michael's book is called The Power of Eye Contact: Your Secret for Success in Business, Love and Life, and it's the first-ever book to teach you how to use this most potent and mysterious force — eye contact — to have a more exciting, adventurous, and sexy social life.

We all know the eyes are one of your most powerful tools for communicating — on a date, with your loved ones, with your coworkers and your boss, at a job interview or a sales presentation, with your clients and customers, and women, with that cute guy at the party!

This is the first book that teaches you in-depth how to use your eyes and eye contact for maximum attraction, sizzle, and charm in all these circumstances.

To celebrate the launch, we're hosting together a free teleclass next week, "How Eye Contact Can Help You Attract Your Soul Mate and Deepen Your Love and Intimacy". This class is primarily aimed at the ladies on this list, but guys are also welcome to check it out!

This is going to be a blast — the first time Michael and I have taught together — and we're going to pack a ton of amazing content on there (see below for more details.)

The class is totally free, whether you buy the book or not. However, it would really mean a lot to me personally if, as a member of this list, you'd consider pre-ordering the book today via this link here:

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Eye-Contact-Success-Business/dp/0061782211

You'll be supporting the success of one of my friend's biggest life-long dreams, his first published book. It's a bit under $10 on Amazon, just over the price of a halfway-decent lipstick. And I promise you, this book will have much bigger impact on your life than another lipstick — it could change your life forever.

Michael has also been my personal book angel, helping me with how to take the publishing world by storm for my own forthcoming book, so he is quite dear to me.

And, whether you buy his book or not, we look forward to seeing you on the call!

FREE CLASS: How Eye Contact Can Help You Attract Your ONE And Deepen Your Love and Intimacy

WHAT: FR*EE Tele-Class!
WHEN: Wednesday, April 7th, 8PM Eastern, 5PM Pacific
WHERE: Your phone
WHO: YO’ SEXY SELF! And Michael Ellsberg, author & Relationship
Expert, LiYana Silver
WHY: Because getting sexy has never been this easy!

HOW: To get your fr*ee dial-in number and access code for the call, simply use this link (scroll down to the bottom to sign up):

http://www.powerofeyecontact.com/archives/how-to-use-eye-contact-to-attract-your-soul-mate-and-deepen-your-love

You will learn:

* A single eye contact secret that will have tons of cute guys coming up and talking to you within minutes, anytime, anywhere

* A simple technique that will allow you to become world-class at eye contact, within weeks, if not days, with hardly an effort

* How to use eye contact to make your sex sizzle – tonight!

* How to get your man to look you deeply in your eyes in that sexy, seductive way that makes you melt

* How to use your eyes to become the most magnetic woman in the room – whether it’s a party, a dinner, or a business meeting

* The three biggest eye contact mistakes you’re probably making right now that kills your attraction

** PLUS, we’ll be answering YOUR questions on the call!

(If you can’t make the call, don’t worry, sign up anyway and I’ll be sure to send you the recording!)

That link, again, to sign up for our fr*ee tele-class:
http://www.powerofeyecontact.com/archives/how-to-use-eye-contact-to-attract-your-soul-mate-and-deepen-your-love

And that link, again, to pre-order Michael's book:
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Eye-Contact-Success-Business/dp/0061782211

Enjoy!

Liyana

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Friday, March 26th, 2010

Feeding The Feminine

On Wednesday, March 31 I have the pleasure of being interviewed by Relationship Expert, Vera Poole, on her Ask Vera radio show.

She interviews experts, authors and leading edge voices on the issues that are relevant to couples seeking relationship clarity and connection. This month, that would be yours truly.

4.StrawberryFeeding The Feminine: the key ingredients for extraordinary relationships
with LiYana Silver

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
8:00-8:30pm Eastern Time

What we'll be covering:

- What key things have relationships flourish? Or perish?
- What are the best things a woman can do to support her relationship?
- What can a woman do to tap into and expand her power, radiance and confidence?
- How is this helpful to our relationships?
- What are the hidden things that women might not know we are doing, that hurt our relationships?
- Is it just women who have access to "the Divine Feminine?"

Join us, ask your questions, or simply be a fly on the wall:

http://stressfreerelationship.com/ask-vera-show/

I look forward to hearing from you through the venue of the spirit and wisdom of the Ask Vera show!

Best, LiYana

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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Burn

"What is to give light, must endure burning." –Viktor Frankl

200458998-001Chance are, if you are reading this, you have a light within you that simply must shine in the world. Maybe it already is, through your work, your parenting, your volunteering, your loving. Maybe it is smoldering inside, not yet shining its way out of you into the world, through your doings and your beings. Maybe your light is painfully hidden away, and you are not sure if it is you or it that is crying to dance out of captivity.

Perhaps we shrink away from being our unique brand of light in the world because then we'd be seen, then we'd be powerful. Or maybe it's because it requires burning away of layers and the sloughing off of important pieces. The terrain is tough, biting our own way out of our cocoons to butterfly-hood. Maybe we shrink because it's hard and painful and we'd rather go have a beer.

Unfortunately, it doesn't go away. It burns in your chest. It sings and cries to be let out. It carries you along, oft unwillingly and unwittingly into the family of life.

This week,

If you sing, sing loud.
If you're making big deals happen, do it with beaming love.
If you're sitting next to an old man on the subway, consider it two angels sharing a seat.

This week, give voice to your burning. Give voice to your light.

If you don't know already what this would mean for you, take a second to write your comment below and connect with other burners. How do you burn? What's your light?

Enjoy the week,

LiYana

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Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Wake Up Laughing

When I was a wee lass, I went to not-your-ordinary-summer-camp. It was called Camp Winnarainbow. In New Mexico. In the 1970s. I was a child of the flower children. I hung out with Wavy Gravy the clown, Sharon Sharalike the camp counselor, and this guy, Swami Beyondananda was there. Or else, he should have been. What do I know, I was 7? Either way, read this, you will love it:

Swami Beyondananda's State of the Universe Address 2010

Wake Up Laughing, And Wise Up Loving:
The Upwising Has Begun!

By Swami Beyondananda

"We're not here to earn God's love, we're here to spend it!"
– Swami Beyondananda

Well, another 12-month episode of that long-running comedy of situations, Universe Knows Best, is in the can, and you'll be happy to know the show has been renewed for another season. The Producer thinks it's hilarious.

However, if you're like most of us, you really had to strain to hear the laugh track in 2009. Certainly, there was plenty to not laugh about. Take our political system — please!

A year ago, Americans believed they had chosen not just a new President, but a new precedent. Well, now that the hopium fix is wearing off, we must face the inconvenient truth that if we want a truly new deal, we the people must become the new dealer. Unfortunately, the old dealer seems to have dealt a great hand to the uncommonly wealthy at the expense of the commonwealth.

Obama Bails Out Wall Street, and Bails Out On Main Street

Riding high on the shoulders of public opinion, President Barack Obama came down to earth, showing he — like anyone else in the employ of the American Empire — must answer to the Board of Directors, and not the shareholders. To give credit where credit is not due, the Administration bailed out the big banks, which immediately reinvested the money in three big houses: The White House and the two houses of Congress. Yes, it's a buy-ological fact. When the banks are picking up the tab, the government becomes more usurer-friendly.

No wonder they have names like Chase and Wachovia. Sadly, a lot of little folks are feeling walked over. Last year, downsizing and lay-offs affected every industry. I recently went to one of those 50s and 60s rock music nostalgia shows, and was shocked by the line up: The Jackson Four … The Three Tops … Two Dog Night … and the Everly Brother.

Even I went minus last year, and frankly it left me nonplussed. So I too have had to downsize. I'm now wearing smaller pants.

Meanwhile … the Up-Wising Continues

Fortunately, the up-wising continues, as the body politic now recognizes the difference between change, and chump change. I predict even more awakening and a-wisening in 2010. Americans are waking up left and right, because the news is alarming and the snooze button no longer works. Anger is becoming all the rage, proving once again that old adage: the truth shall upset you free.

As even more shift hits the fan in 2010, the body politic will need all the fortification and nourishment it can get to metabolize the political toxins and neutralize the sociopathogens. And so I am offering my simple and effective two-step program because frankly we don't have time for all twelve: Wake up laughing, wise up loving.

Wake up, because it's time to wake up. Laugh, because there is definitely something funny going on — even if you can't find the joke hidden in the picture. Yes, waking up is hard to do, so we will need plenty of "ha-ha's" to go with the "aha's." As we wise up to the inconvenient truths hidden behind convenient lies, we will need something to keep us from taking these political toxins poisonally.

That is where love comes in, because love is the one solution that will dissolve negativity. Of this, I am positive: love will positively dissolve negativity.

Step One: Wake Up Laughing

Do you realize that billions of people worldwide go to bed serious every night? And wake up the same way?

Seriously.

So naturally — or in this case, unnaturally — the world is in serious condition. Between the stresses of work, the economy, and a steady diet of bad news, is it any wonder so many people have gained weightiness?

Yes, the problem is serious. But the solution is humorous. If gravity's got you down, let levity lift you up. Do you ever wake up in the morning with a funny feeling? Great. Go with it! Feel the levitational pull uplifting the corners of your mouth into a smile. You want to uplift humankind? Uplift your face first, and everyone else will get the idea. It will be like wearing one of those buttons: I lost weightiness. Ask me how.

Step Two: Wise Up Loving

In the midst of our evolutionary up-wising, we must amp up the loving — particularly loving that which we find most unlovable. Why? The lovable has no problem getting love, because it's so … lovable. Meanwhile the unlovable is left unloved, and so acts unloving, and becomes even more unlovable. This is a vicious cycle that can indeed become a never-ending cycle of viciousness, unless we end it. So, as the old saying goes, when you find yourself caught up in a vicious cycle, stop peddling and get off.

Now you're going to love this: when we find some lovable part in the unlovable to love, that lovable part expands, and the unlovable shrinks. So … if you find something unlovable, by loving what is lovable about it, you can love the unlovable to death!

At the same time, we can love the lovableness to life! We do that by focusing on the positive. That is why I have launched my "Just say no to negativity" campaign. It is especially important that we give our children an esteem bath every day. Next time you see your youngster sprawled out on the couch playing video games, speak only positive words of praise: "What's right with you, you useful good-for-something? And wipe that smile on to your face!"

I guarantee that before long, he or she will be hanging out with a savory crowd.

We Can Achieve Fulfilament!

As we wise up to the awful truth, we must then rise up to the awesome opportunity: Humanifest destiny! We are here to manifest our destiny as imaginal souls in the body of a newly emerging organism called Humanity, where each of us is totally unique — just like everyone else! We are here for one singular purpose — to let our light fully shine. The enlightened ones call this fulfilament.

And with more delighted lights lighting up, enlightening is going to strike more frequently. A critical mass of us will recognize that we'd be a lot happier and a lot more successful if we put our energy into fruitfully re-growing the Garden instead of fruitlessly scrapping over the scraps. As we children of God put aside childish things like war and greed and finally become adults of God, we will evolve past the Ten Commandments to the One Suggestion: Love thy neighbor, otherwise there goes the Neighborhood.

Yes, this will require conscious evolution, but I say we were created to evolve. Otherwise Jesus would have said, "Now don't do a thing till I get back."

As you probably know, I never make predictions because I don't want to jeopardize my non-prophet status. However, I do set intentions. And so, may 2010 be the year that we collectively tune out reality TV, and tune into … reality! We are in the hero's role in the greatest adventure story in human history: Conscious evolution! A world win campaign where the whole world can win.

May we use our intelligence intelligently and our hearts lovingly. May we wake up laughing, and may we wise up loving. And may we — each and all — achieve fulfilament.

Swami Beyondananda is the alter ego of author and uncommontator Steve Bhaerman, and can be found online at www.wakeuplaughing.com

To wake up laughing, check out Steve's e-book, Wake Up Laughing: An Insider's Guide to the Cosmic Comedy

To wise up loving, check out his book co-authored with Bruce Lipton, Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here

© Copyright 2010 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights reserved.

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Friday, February 12th, 2010

French Condoms

A, ze French and their condoms! You will enjoy this one:

Enjoy, safely,

LiYana

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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

P. Niss asks for a raise

I got this from one of my readers today, and burst out LOL, so thought i would share.

LadderThe Request:

I, the Penis, hereby request a raise in salary for the following reasons:

I do physical labor.
I work at great depths.
I plunge headfirst into everything I do.
I do not get weekends or public holidays off.
I work in a damp environment.
I work in a dark workplace that has poor ventilation.
I work in high temperatures.
My work exposes me to contagious diseases.

Sincerely,  P. Niss

The Response

Dear P. Niss:

After assessing your request, and considering the arguments you have raised, the administration rejects your request for the following reasons:

You do not work 8 hours straight.
You fall asleep and often lie down after brief work periods.
You do not always follow the orders of the management team.
You do not stay in your designated area and are often seen visiting other locations.
You do not take initiative – you need to be pressured and stimulated in order to start working.
You leave the workplace rather messy at the end of your shift.
You don't always observe necessary safety regulations, such as wearing the correct protective clothing.
You will retire well before you are 65.
You are unable to work double shifts.
You sometimes leave your designated work area before you have completed the assigned task..
And if that were not all, you have been seen constantly entering and exiting the workplace carrying one or two suspicious-looking bags.

Sincerely,  Va Gina

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After a good laugh, I do have to add that couples who work with me write entirely different love letters to each other.  Check out my "Heavy PETing" upcoming course where you'll learn how P. Niss and Va Gina can get along quite nicely, thank you.

Saturday-Sunday, April 10-11, 2010

Heavy PETting

An introduction to the Pleasure Expansion Technique: a hands-on (yours, not mine!), experiential course designed to introduce you to the practices of conscious touch, communication, and non-penetrative sensual energy cultivation. By application only.
Live workshop intensive, San Francisco

Click here for more information and to register (and scroll down the page to Heavy PETting, or use this link: http://www.redefiningmonogamy.com/relationship-courses/relationship-workshop

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Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Tell-It-Like-It-Is Video Contest

Tell-It-Like-It-Is Video Contest:

Picture 2It's still a bit top-secret, but … I'll be launching a sister website next month, and as part of it, I'll be creating a video compiled of your stories, challenges and ways you've put ReDefining Monogamy into your life, love and relationships. If a picture's worth a thousand words, I figure a moving picture is worth a million. So the best way to capture (in under 3 minutes), what my work is about, why and how people use it, and what is possible to create as a result, is to get it straight from you!

The prizes:

** For every video submitted, I'll send you my self-study course, Communication Made Easy: In & Out of the Bedroom.

Learn how to express your needs, ask for what you want, get practical how-to’s for deactivating reactivity, dealing with jealousy & resolving conflicts, all with humour and enjoyment. This is a sweet little bundle of three in-depth audio classes, workbook, at-home exercises and resource guide, valued at $97.

** For the top three videos (rated on impactful story, quality of video, and overall open-hearted coolness), you'll also get a fr*ee session with me, 2 hrs, valued at $197. Dude.

So, to join the contest:

1. Submit a video clip of you (and your partner/s), about 1 minute long. Use good lighting, if possible, and make sure it's honest and from your heart. The final file you send me must be smaller than 2GB. No editing necessary.

2. Upload it and send it to me:

* Use this link: www.yousendit.com
* Login email: liyana.silver@gmail.com
* Login password: videocontest
* Fill in the "To" form: liyana@redefiningmonogamy.com
* Fill in "Subject" form: Video Contest and your name
* Fill in the "Message" form: Your name(s), geographical
location, and occupation. (Or if you do NOT want this
information used, please specify).
* Upload your video file! (no larger than 2GB)
* Click "Send it!"

3. Your video must reach me before FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Questions/guidelines:

Feel free to answer each of these questions, or use them as a starting point and improvise. Just be real, share from your heart, and use concrete examples, when you can.

* What issues/challenges/problems/pains were you experiencing when you found my work?
* How did those challenges affect other aspects of your life?
* How did you find my work?

* What has shifted (results, outcomes, realizations) from knowing about and/or using my work?
* How has my work re-defined what's possible for you with love, sex, relationships and commitment?
* What would things be like for you if you hadn't come across my work?

I so look forward to seeing what you come up with!

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