PleasureFWRD
A Chicago studio for embodied human connection.
Consent-centered coaching, educational experiences, private rituals and curated gatherings for adults exploring relationships, communication, desire, midlife and pleasure.
Private sessions in Chicago and online. Community experiences throughout Chicago
At PleasureFWRD we believe the most meaningful transformations don't happen through more information.
They happen through lived experience.
Through choice.
Through curiosity.
Through conversation.
Through movement.
Through play.
Through repair.
Through shared moments that remind us what it feels like to be fully alive.
Whether you're joining us for a workshop, a private coaching experience, an immersive production, or simply exploring an idea for the first time...
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The PleasureFWRD Way-
Understanding yourself through lived experience—not just information.
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Creating intentional ways of relating rooted in curiosity, communication, and care.
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Gathering people around meaningful conversations, shared experiences, and authentic belonging.
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Expanding our capacity for joy, aliveness, creativity, intimacy, and connection.
Upcoming Productions This Season
The Experience
Sound Bath & Somatic Rest Ritual Night™ is a 120-minute collaborative experience by PleasureFWRD and Higher Self Harmonics, thoughtfully facilitated by Mayra Chaidez and Patrice.
Mayra guides the somatic grounding, gentle movement, rest, and integration practices, while Patrice of Higher Self Harmonics creates the live sound journey that carries you into deeper listening and receiving.
Together, they create a low-stimulation, rest-forward evening for women who are tired of being told they need to do more to feel better.
We’ll slow down, soften, and explore the restorative possibilities of intentional rest through gentle breath awareness, grounding, somatic movement, live sound, reflection, and community.
This is your invitation to pause.
To breathe.
To receive.
To connect.
And to notice what becomes available when nothing is being asked of you.
Giving Back
$10 from every ticket sold will be donated to ALAS-WINGS (Latina Association for Breast Cancer) — a Chicago-based organization supporting Hispanic/Latina women affected by breast cancer and their families through education, mental health programs, and emotional support groups, offered free and in Spanish.
Your rest becomes someone else's support.
Your Guides
🌿 Mayra Chaidez | PleasureFWRD
Mayra is a Somatica®-trained Somatic Intimacy and Relationship Coach, Certified Sexologist, and trauma-informed facilitator. She will guide the opening circle, somatic grounding, breath awareness, gentle movement, rest, and integration—creating a compassionate space where you can listen to your body and participate at your own pace.
🎵 Patrice | Higher Self Harmonics
Patrice of Higher Self Harmonics will create the live sound journey, weaving an immersive landscape of sound, vibration, and stillness designed to invite deep listening, rest, and personal reflection.
Together, Mayra and Patrice weave somatic awareness, live sound, ritual, and community into one intentional journey of rest, presence, connection, and receiving.
The Journey
⭕ 15 Minutes | Women’s Opening Circle
We’ll begin by gathering in circle and arriving together.
Mayra will welcome you into the space, introduce the intention for the evening, and guide a gentle check-in to help you notice what you’re carrying and what you may need.
Sharing is always optional. You are welcome to speak, listen, or simply be present.
The opening circle creates a shared container of choice, respect, and community before we begin the journey.
🌿🎵 60 Minutes | Somatic Rest & Live Sound Journey with Mayra and Patrice
Mayra will guide you through gentle breath awareness, grounding, soft somatic movement, and floor-based rest while Patrice creates an immersive live sound landscape around the room.
You’ll be invited to notice areas of tension and ease, explore movement within your own comfortable range, and gradually settle into rest as the sound journey unfolds.
You may lie down, remain seated, change positions, use ear protection, step outside, or stop participating whenever needed. There is no expected response and no right way to receive the experience.
Mayra will remain present throughout the journey to hold grounded, trauma-informed space, while Patrice carries the room through sound, vibration, and stillness.
🌙 15 Minutes | Closing Circle & Integration
After the sound journey, we’ll return slowly.
Mayra will guide a gentle integration practice with space for reflection, optional journaling, and an invitation to notice what you would like to carry forward.
We’ll close in circle with an opportunity to share a word, sensation, reflection, or simply listen.
There is never pressure to disclose anything personal.
☕ 30 Minutes | Community Connection
After the guided experience, you’re invited to stay for tea, conversation, and unhurried connection with the women sharing the space.
You may socialize, meet someone new, reflect together, continue journaling, or simply enjoy being in community without having to perform.
Because sometimes rest is something we receive alone.
And sometimes it deepens when we experience it together.
You May Leave With
A greater appreciation for intentional rest
Increased awareness of what helps you feel settled and supported
An opportunity to notice changes in physical or emotional tension
Gentle practices for creating moments of rest in everyday life
A renewed sense of presence and connection with yourself
The warmth of slowing down and connecting with other women in community
Good to Know
Length
120 Minutes
15-minute Women’s Opening Circle
60-minute Somatic Rest & Live Sound Journey
15-minute Closing Circle and Integration
30-minute Community Connection
Designed For
Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+
Experience Level
Open to all. No previous experience with sound baths, meditation, or somatic practices is necessary.
Dress Code
Wear soft, comfortable clothing and bring anything that helps you rest with greater ease.
Recommended to Bring
Blanket
Water bottle
Journal
Eye covering, if desired
Earplugs or hearing protection if you are sensitive to sound
Touch
Neither Mayra nor Patrice provides massage, tissue manipulation, or intimate or erotic touch. This experience does not require participant-to-participant touch.
A Note About Emotional, Sensory & Physical Safety
Mayra facilitates through a trauma-informed lens and can hold grounded, compassionate space for emotions that may arise. Every practice is invitational and may be modified, paused, or declined.
Sound and vibration can feel different for every person. If you have sound sensitivity, tinnitus, migraines, a seizure condition, are pregnant, use an implanted medical device, or have another condition that may be affected by sustained sound or vibration, consult a qualified healthcare professional before participating and contact PleasureFWRD with any accommodation questions.
Sound Bath & Somatic Rest Ritual Night™ provides a collaborative wellness, sound, rest, reflection, and community experience. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, medical care, sound therapy, physical therapy, or crisis support.
Rest isn’t something you have to earn.
It’s something you’re allowed to receive.
A collaboration between PleasureFWRD and Higher Self Harmonics.
The Experience
October 17th · 5–7 PM CT
1-Hour Shake & Release Ritual + 1-Hour Community Social
N/A drinks + tea provided.
Sometimes your body doesn’t need another mindset shift.
Sometimes it just needs to move.
Somatic Shake & Release Night™ is a 2-hour energetic embodiment ritual and community experience centered around shaking, movement, music, free-form dance, expression, play, and connection.
The first hour is our guided Shake & Release Ritual.
We’ll begin slowly—arriving, breathing, stretching, swaying, and awakening the body—before building into shaking, bouncing, stomping, intuitive movement, music, and dance.
There is no choreography to learn. No rhythm to perfect. No right way to move.
You’ll be invited to notice what your body wants more of, less of, or none of at all—and experiment with movement as a way of listening, expressing, and taking up space rather than performing.
Then we shift from practice into community.
For the second hour, the studio opens into a relaxed social space with non-alcoholic drinks and tea provided, music, conversation, and time to connect.
Stay energized. Cool down. Meet someone new. Sit on the floor with your tea. Keep dancing. Laugh. Talk. Be quiet. Leave when you’re ready.
This isn’t about forcing a release or producing a particular emotional experience.
It’s an evening to move, feel, play, connect, and discover how good a little weirdness can feel.
You’ll Experience
SHAKE — Awaken + Energize
We start with accessible movement that gradually brings attention into the body.
Expect grounding, breath, stretching, swaying, rocking, bouncing, shaking, stomping, rhythmic movement, and moments of pause.
We’ll play with the contrast between:
Movement → pause → notice.
What changed?
Where is there energy?
Where does your body want more movement?
Where does it want less?
Everything is an invitation. Make it bigger, smaller, slower, seated, different—or skip it completely.
MOVE — Dance + Express
As the music builds, shaking evolves into intuitive movement and free-form dance.
We’ll explore hips, shoulders, rhythm, gesture, expansion, contraction, taking up space, getting small, slowing down, getting loud, getting playful, and letting movement become your own.
At times, Mayra will guide you.
And then comes the invitation:
Stop following.
Let your body decide.
Dance. Shake. Sway. Stomp. Stretch. Move sensually. Move awkwardly. Move powerfully. Barely move at all.
We may also play with embodied expressions of:
YES.
NO.
I DON’T KNOW YET.
There is nothing to perform and no one to impress.
RELEASE — Slow Down + Integrate
The music gradually changes.
Big movement becomes smaller movement.
Dance becomes sway.
Sway becomes breath.
And eventually, movement becomes stillness.
You’ll have time on the floor to notice sensation, heartbeat, temperature, breath, energy, emotion—or simply the feeling of having moved.
The question isn't:
“Did I release enough?”
It's:
“What do I notice now?”
You don't have to feel calmer, happier, lighter, or different for the experience to count.
CONNECT — Community Hour
After our movement ritual, the night isn't over.
For the next hour, you're invited to simply be together.
Non-alcoholic drinks and tea will be provided while music continues and the studio becomes a relaxed community space.
There’s no facilitated networking and no pressure to socialize.
Keep moving if your body wants to move.
Grab some tea.
Meet another woman.
Talk about what you experienced—or talk about absolutely anything else.
Sit somewhere cozy.
Laugh.
Connect.
Rest.
This hour is intentionally unstructured because embodiment isn't only something we practice with our eyes closed on a mat.
We get to practice being ourselves around other people, too.
You’ll Leave With
A playful shaking and movement practice you can return to at home, greater awareness of your body's sensations and preferences, experience with intuitive movement and dance without choreography, opportunities to explore expression and choice through the body, and—perhaps most importantly—an evening of movement, music, pleasure, play, and human connection.
Good to Know
Length: 2 Hours
Movement Ritual: Approximately 60 minutes
Community: Approximately 60 minutes
Designed For: Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+
Experience Level: Beginner friendly. No dance experience, rhythm, flexibility, or previous somatic experience required.
Attire: Wear something comfortable that makes you want to MOVE. Layers are encouraged. Bare feet or socks welcome. This is an energetic experience, so you may sweat.
Provided: Non-alcoholic drinks, tea, music, movement space, and community. ☕️✨
Every practice is an invitation. You can make movements smaller, slower or seated; rest, observe, step outside, or stop participating at any time.
Somatic Shake & Release Night™ is an experiential and educational embodiment practice. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, medical care, physical therapy, massage therapy, or crisis support.
Come prepared to move.
Shake. Dance. Sweat. Breathe. Play. Get a little weird.
Then stay awhile. Have some tea. Meet someone new.
Because feeling alive can be a ritual, too. 🌹
The Experience
Confidence isn’t something you put on.
It is something you practice inhabiting.
And sensuality isn’t about performing for someone else.
It is about experiencing and expressing yourself more fully.
Cultivating Confidence & Sensuality™ is a three-hour collaborative experience by PleasureFWRD and Jo, aka Savage Nynph, weaving somatic exploration, sensual movement, identity, body connection, and authentic expression.
Mayra Chaidez guides the trauma-informed container, somatic awareness, consent practices, confidence exploration, and integration.
Jo guides the sensual movement journey, inviting you to explore posture, gesture, pace, musicality, softness, power, play, and presence through your own body.
Together, they create a space where women can explore sensuality without performing desirability.
No choreography to perfect.
No body type to achieve.
No requirement to look sexy.
This is an invitation to discover what sensuality feels like when it belongs to you.
Your Guides
🌿 Mayra Chaidez | PleasureFWRD
Mayra is a Somatica®-trained Somatic Intimacy and Relationship Coach, Certified Sexologist, and trauma-informed facilitator.
She will guide the opening circle, somatic awareness, consent and boundaries, confidence and sensuality exploration, emotional support, embodied confidence ritual, and integration.
Mayra creates a compassionate container where you can listen to your body, remain connected to choice, and participate at your own pace.
💃 Jo | Savage Nymph
Jo, also known as Savage Nymph, guides women in exploring sensuality through movement, music, presence, and authentic expression.
She will lead an accessible sensual movement class that invites you to experiment with posture, gesture, hips, chest, arms, stillness, softness, power, and play—without pressure to perform or move in a particular way.
Together, Mayra and Jo weave somatic awareness and sensual movement into one intentional journey of confidence, self-expression, and embodied presence.
The Journey
⭕ 15 Minutes | Women’s Opening Circle with Mayra
We’ll begin by gathering in circle and arriving together.
Mayra will welcome you into the space, introduce shared agreements around consent, choice, confidentiality, and witnessing, and guide a gentle body check-in.
You’ll be invited to consider:
How do I want to feel in my body today?
What would help me remain connected to myself?
What do I want permission to explore?
Sharing is always optional. You may speak, listen, or simply be present.
🌿 30 Minutes | Confidence & Sensuality Exploration with Mayra
Explore sensuality as something broader than sexuality or being desired by another person.
Sensuality may be the way you experience music.
Texture.
Movement.
Color.
Beauty.
Stillness.
Taking up space.
Following curiosity.
You’ll reflect on the messages you may have inherited about beauty, aging, confidence, femininity, movement, and who is “allowed” to feel sensual.
Together, we’ll explore the difference between performing desirability and experiencing yourself.
You’ll choose a personal intention to carry into the movement journey.
💃 75 Minutes | Sensual Movement Journey with Jo
Jo will guide an accessible sensual movement class designed to help you explore your body through music, curiosity, and authentic expression.
The journey may include:
Gentle movement and mobility warm-up
Breath and body awareness
Posture and physical presence
Hips, chest, arms, hands, and full-body expression
Pace, gesture, stillness, and musicality
Exploring softness, power, play, and fluidity
An optional guided movement sequence
Free-form embodied expression
Time to discover what feels natural and authentic to you
There is no choreography to perform perfectly.
You may follow Jo’s movement, adapt it, make it smaller, remain seated, pause, or choose your own expression.
No dance experience is necessary.
💧 15 Minutes | Pause, Water & Reset
Take time to rest, drink water, journal, use the restroom, or reconnect privately with your body.
You are not expected to socialize or process the experience during the break.
✨ 20 Minutes | Embodied Confidence Ritual with Mayra & Jo
Return for an exploration of presence without performance.
You may be invited to experiment with how you enter a room, take up space, move with intention, or allow yourself to be witnessed without changing your expression for approval.
Optional witnessing exercises may take place individually, in pairs, or as a group.
Witnessing is not evaluation.
No one will critique your body, movement, appearance, or sensuality.
You may participate, observe, modify, or decline.
🌙 10 Minutes | Closing Circle with Mayra
Close with grounding, reflection, and integration.
You may be invited to notice:
What felt authentic?
What surprised you?
Where did you feel most connected to yourself?
What do you want to carry forward?
What does confidence or sensuality mean to you now?
Sharing is always optional.
☕ 15 Minutes | Community Connection
Stay for unhurried conversation and connection with the women sharing the experience.
You may socialize, meet someone new, take individually consented photos, continue journaling, or simply enjoy being in community.
You May Leave With
A more personal definition of confidence and sensuality
Greater awareness of the difference between expression and performance
Sensual movement practices you can explore at home
More curiosity about how your body wants to move
Greater permission to take up space on your own terms
A personal confidence and sensuality intention
The experience of being witnessed without being evaluated
Meaningful connection with other women
Good to Know
Length
3 Hours
15-minute Women’s Opening Circle
30-minute Confidence & Sensuality Exploration
75-minute Sensual Movement Journey
15-minute Pause
20-minute Embodied Confidence Ritual
10-minute Closing Circle
15-minute Community Connection
Designed For
Women and femme-aligned adults, ages 18+
Experience Level
Open to all. No dance, somatic, or sensual movement experience is necessary.
Dress Code
Wear something that helps you feel comfortable, expressive, beautiful, powerful, soft, playful, or authentically yourself.
Choose clothing that allows you to move safely and freely.
There is no expectation to dress up, wear revealing clothing, heels, lingerie, or anything outside your comfort.
What to Bring
Water bottle
Journal
Comfortable layers
Curiosity
Optional expressive garment or accessory
Nudity, Sexual Activity & Touch
This experience celebrates confidence and sensuality through self-connection and movement.
There is no nudity, sexual activity, genital or breast contact, intimate or erotic facilitator touch, or required participant-to-participant physical touch.
Neither Mayra nor Jo provides massage, tissue manipulation, or hands-on bodywork.
Any witnessing or partner exercise is optional, nonsexual, and clearly explained beforehand.
Photography
Photography may only occur during a clearly designated portion of the experience.
No participant will be photographed without separate, affirmative consent. Choosing not to be photographed will never affect your ability to participate.
A Note About Emotional & Physical Safety
Mayra facilitates through a trauma-informed lens and can hold grounded, compassionate space for emotions that may arise.
Body image, visibility, sensuality, movement, and being witnessed can bring up complex or mixed feelings. You will never be pressured to perform, dance in front of the group, wear revealing clothing, receive touch, look in a mirror, be photographed, or participate in an exercise that does not feel supportive.
Every movement and practice may be adapted, observed, paused, or declined.
If you are pregnant, recovering from surgery or injury, prone to dizziness or fainting, or living with a cardiovascular, neurological, musculoskeletal, or other condition that may be affected by movement, consult a qualified healthcare professional before participating.
Cultivating Confidence & Sensuality provides somatic education, sensual movement instruction, reflection, community, and experiential learning. It is not psychotherapy, trauma treatment, medical care, physical therapy, dance therapy, sexual services, or crisis support.
You do not need to become more desirable.
You are invited to become more fully expressed.
A collaboration between PleasureFWRD and Jo, aka Savage Nymph.
An After Dark by PleasureFWRD evening
An immersive evening of playful exploration, curiosity, flirtation, movement, and connection — where adults are invited to reconnect with wonder, spontaneity, and embodied pleasure.
Step into a candlelit studio and remember what it feels like to play: to flirt with curiosity, to move your body without apology, to let an evening unfold without a script.
The Pleasure Playground is part social, part sensual discovery — guided connection games, embodied play, music that moves through you, and room to simply be among other adults who take pleasure seriously.
Come solo or bring your person. Bring your own bottle. Leave with your nervous system humming.
The Experience
Play is one of the most powerful pathways to connection. This is an evening of discovery through interactive experiences, guided activities, and moments of unexpected delight.
There is no right way to explore. Only an invitation to stay curious.
Inside the Evening
Interactive Exploration Stations
Games & Playful Challenges
Sensory Experiences
Connection Activities
Guided Erotic Curiosity
Laughter, Discovery & Play
Reflection & Integration
You'll Leave With
A more playful relationship with pleasure
New experiences to inspire future exploration
Greater confidence following curiosity
Memorable moments shared through intentional play
Good to Know
Length — 3 hours (8:00–11:00 PM; doors stay open till 2 AM for those who want to linger)
Designed For — Individuals & Couples
Experience Level — Open to All
Dress Code — Wear something playful, expressive, and comfortable.
Sexual Activity — None
Nudity — Lingerie and sexy wear welcomed
The Details
Friday, December 18 · 8:00–11:00 PM
PleasureFWRD Studio, Chicago
$65 single · $125 couples · BYOB
20 spots · 18+
Consent is the container here: everything is an invitation, nothing is an obligation. This is a consent-forward space.
Pleasure doesn't always begin with intensity. Sometimes it begins with play.
This Is PleasureFWRD
Pleasure is not a destination. It's a relationship. With your body. Your partner. Your community. Your desires. Your boundaries. Your creativity. Your life. We don't believe there is one right way to love. One right way to relate. Or one right way to live. We believe in becoming more intentional. More curious. More embodied. And creating relationships that reflects your authenticity.
A Studio for the Curious
Founded by Mayra Chaidez, a Somatica®-trained sex and relationship coach and Certified Sexologist through the American Board of Sexology. Mayra provides coaching, education and facilitated experiential practices—not psychotherapy, medical care or hands-on bodywork.
Whether you're arriving alone... With a partner... Or with a community... There is a place for you here. Some people come to reconnect with desire. Others to repair a relationship. To meet thoughtful people. To celebrate. To grieve. To grow. Or simply to become a little more themselves. Whatever brings you here... We hope you leave feeling more connected than when you arrived.