Thursday, December 10, 2009

Cultural Eroticism Pilot Ends!!!



The Cultural Eroticism pilot is done and I'll be back streaming live in early 2010! I'm going into a deeper "yin" receptive, listening state to resurrect next year and in alignment with the "yang" energies of action and giving. As the year ends, my focus is on wrapping up unfinished business, closures and laying the ground work for the new season that lies ahead.

A special thanks to Mr. Hafiz & SimZZ of African Radio Online for your Kingly patience and gentleness, my Las Vegas correspondent - Jean Claude Toran for believing in me and never leaving me, my Son and his Dad for being my personal supporters, Dr. Wanda Dyson for your love and encouragement, Elvira Cooper for always listening, my mother for trying to keep up with the times by getting a laptop and taking computer classes at her age, to Earl Page for always loving me; to Adrian Netland Fraser for sharing his graphics love and being one of my angels, to Elihu Adofo Bey for his majestic designs. To those who's time has expired in my life and those who have yet to arrive. There is a reason for every season and a meaning to every meeting.

Thanks to all my guests of this show and past shows. You made it come alive. Thank you for sharing your light and resources so that others can be awakened. Keep tuning into African Radio Online for the African world and its many talents, beauty and power!

And to all else, Love & Thanks!! May you find the true rhythm and dance to your heart's beat!! And may 2010 take you into a sensual nice spin!!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Nov. 16th Edition of Cultural Eroticism!


Get ready for another exciting edition of Cultural Eroticism - Your #1 Erotic Radio Show Online with host "Surya". Join us for a celebration of Life and Sensuality through Love, Art, Sex & Spirit!

Monday, November 16th falls on a New Moon and all new moons offers us an opportunity to draw on the dark so that we can integrate it with the light and emerge anew. This particular moon is the Mother of all Dark Moons and will be in Scorpio, the sign of death that births the new. If we choose to, we can seek deep soul healing, sexual healing or healing from that which hurts deep deep down. This requires an open heart to change and the willingness to do whatever it takes. So what do you need to heal? Join us for a new moon ceremony on Cultural Eroticism this coming Monday.

We will also explore a new kind of astrology that takes us into the dark depths of the womb where the imprint of your unique soul and path can be found. The Vulva chart is a map of what brings the greatest fulfillment in your life and suggestions on routes to manifesting more joy for you.

Then we'll look at alternative lifestyles along with the potentials, possibilities as well as the setbacks and downsides.

I'll also share light on the introduction of my upcoming Orange Dragon Yoga Playshop coming on Sat. November 16, 2009 from 12noon -2pm in Takoma Park, Maryland.

And OH!! It doesn't end there! You can expect the Erotic Report from Jean Claude Toran our correspondent in "Sin City" Las Vegas. JC made a visit to the famous GREEN DOOR and does he have a mouth full to share about the experience. Plus Surya will chat with the owner of the Green Door - Frankie! So come with an open mind cause you gotta give respect to the power of pleasure and you have it live, upfront and personal at the largest Social Club in Las Vegas (did I leave out SEX?) It's the ultimate play ground for adults. I can't wait!!

We've got a great sex-sensual line up for you. So light up that fireplace, or some candles, diffuse your favorite aromatherapy or incense and have a glass of wine or your favorite beverage, slip into something comfortable, kick back and relax with us on Monday evening and let us serve you with soul stimulating foods and sensual artistry for your mind, body, heart and spirit!


Here's our guest line up for that evening:



Liaya Aneb Nua is yoga practitioner of 23 years with 10 of which have been as a Tantra & Kundalini yoga teacher. She works with the Tantric/Jyotish system as well as the sidereal Western and Mayan astrological traditions. Her personal journey also guided her to reclaim ancient Mother religions such as Dravidian Tantra and Nubian Khemetic alkhemikal sciences where she first heard of Tantra, Kama Sutra and sacred sexuality. "Learning how to build sacred relationships is a sacred mission to me, one that I feel I've been brought here to learn
and share."


Liaya has also worked as a rape crisis and alcoholism counselor for teens. She is a licensed
minister and currently maintain shrines for Het Heru, Bast, Sekhmet, Nit and Tripunsundari. Her personal and favorite accomplishment has been to design a unique astrology she calls Vulva Astrology where by she works with the Tantric Wisdom Goddess and Kemetic Alkhemikal Divine Feminine Principles while applying lunar astrology principles for awakening and accessing deeper understanding of womb wisdom and gifts.

She is working on the completion of her books: "Kiss of the Shakti Serpent:, Love Frequency Alkhemy
- The Oracle Book" as well as an initiation workbook for young women and a CD: Restoring Feminine Balance.



Kassandra Lombard aka Auset Aswad has a long line of credits in her bio that I can not begin to mention here. Her work trail crosses LA Face Records, SABAN Entertainment's Fox Family Channel, Wesley Snipes Film Production Company and on to the role of Executive Personal Assistant/Booking Agent/DVD Production Manager for Queen Afua the (author of Heal Thyself, and Sacred Woman.) with so much more in between. She attended the New York University Film School and has now published POLYGYNY: A Woman’s Keys to Paradise. She is also working on the completion of LOVE DIVINE : a dvd and cd combo on based on the principles known as the Tao of Sexology, Kama Sutra, Kundalini Yoga, and Tantra. We'll move outside the realm of mainstream and standardized living and into a changing world of alternative lifestyles.


Bet you thought sex and sensuality were limited to the bedroom exhange between a man and a woman and the commercial images that plague the TV and Movie screen. You are mistaken! It is a whole world, a whole universe on to itself in which humans derived from. It is sacred, it is holy, it the divine creative realm and it is our inherent right and first nature. Come let Surya expand your mind and your world and take you into the sacredness of loving, relating & sexuality. Join her on Mondays from 7p -9pm on www.africanradioonline.com



Come be inspired! We'll take you there and beyond @ www.africanradioonline.com.





Log on & Tune in with your Host, Surya aka Angelique Shofar!


Thank you for listening!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Orange Dragon Playshop & Master Classes




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The Orange Dragon Yoga integrates my experiences and the lessons learned along my holistic journey. I am inspired by my ancestors to share my lessons, triumphs and my blessings through this creation and all others. I hold many spiritual and health/wellness secrets that need to be shared. Those who are ready will step forward and receive what I am being ordered to give. Now is the time!

During my 6 months journey at the beginning of this year, I traveled to many cities within the US and met many different people. Each stop and visit opened up a new door of awareness and connected me with people and places that enhanced my skills in loving, relating and sexuality. Of course, many of them had no idea, but I see each and ever encounter and experience as a lesson and a treasure to be held and respected. I thank all of them. In a blog entry I share my experience with discovering my dragon animal guide and my dragon spirit expression through Chinese astrology. Enter the spirit of the dragon with me. Read on!

WHY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PLAYSHOP?

There is a dark cloud around the existence of our sexuality. A darkness that continues to destroy us - mind, body, heart, community and universally. People have learned and practiced disconnecting from their bodies and their true powers for too long. Sex education has been limited, incomplete and mostly untruth for so long. As a result we humans have become accustomed to living in this darkness and ignorance bearing and suffering the great many consequences such as uterine fibroids, cervival cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancers and diseases, infertility, rape, incest, teen age pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and the manifestation of our greatest sexual fear - AIDS. (Yet there are more.)

According to the CDC statistics: "Women Bear Heavy STD Burden, Including Risk of Infertility and STDs Take Heaviest Toll on Racial Minorities, Especially Black Women". As well, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) is coming up with public health recommendations on male circumcision for HIV prevention in the United States. There are many governmental institutions and private corporations in disguise that are setting guidelines, standardizes rules and regulations around an area of our lives that is so personal, so individual and which requires that we make wise life choices.

However, we live in a society in which the basic decisions and choices of living are controlled by those outside ourselves. When my son was born at Shady Grove Hospital in 1998, (I am opting for a home birth next time around.) he underwent two separate circumcision procedures. Imagine a tiny little baby boy's penis being tampered with by someone who claimed they went to school, trained and now have the power to cut up the human parts of an innocent child. I was drugged up and unable to see clearly nor have full power over the decision at the time. And his father was in no better mind frame and position to stand up either, so my baby had an alteration to his penis not just once but twice. This experience had a slow awakening effect because for the most part it was just too painful for me to deal with over the years thereafter.

This will mark just one, and I mean only one, of the milestones in my sexual/spiritual life path and the experiences that continue to prepare me to be take my place and carry out my part, my role of the solution and a role in enlightening and empowering others through this new Sexual Revolution and Evolution!!!

Infertility is often defined as not being able to get pregnant after trying for one year. Of the approximately 62 million women of reproductive age in 2002, about 1.2 million, or 2%, had an infertility-related medical appointment within the previous year, and 8% had an infertility-related medical visit at some point in the past. Over the years as a holistic health practitioner, certified massage therapist (integrating body work, yoga, herbal medicine, and so many other natural remedies and alternatives) I have not only come to know and understand the wholeness of an individual - not just their body - but I have drawn clients to me that have mostly been sexually unbalanced and disturbed, women desiring pregnancy and those having many unpleasant experiences and traumas that they stored in their bodies - most times they forgot and so their body spoke to me asking for help in facilitating movement and healing. Body Wise: The body knows!!

Many couples struggle with infertility and seek help to become pregnant; however, it is often thought of as only a woman’s condition. But a CDC study analyzed data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, and found that a total of 7.5% of all sexually experienced men reported a visit for help with having a child at some time during their lifetime—this equates to 3.3–4.7 million men. Of men who sought help, 18.1% were diagnosed with a male-related infertility problem, including sperm or semen problems (13.7%) and varicocele (5.9%).2 Additionally, 2 million couples reported that they had not conceived during the previous 12 months despite trying. Infertility affects about 7.3 million women and their partners in the U.S. — about 12% of the reproductive-age population. It is not only a woman and man's problem but a collective and community one. What is wrong with this picture? Why is it that something so natural has become so artificial and even superficial for way too long?

Sex is the gateway in which the seeds of who we are were planted and we evolved onto this planet. If this is a fact, a truth then isn't it important and isn't it time that we honor, respect and nurture this sacred vessel, this divine process and this natural creative space?

My Orange Dragon Yoga provides a sacred space and offers techniques, methods and tools for balancing our sexual/creative center and the many branches (all other areas of our lives) that spring forth from this divine center. If you are ready to be elevated and to evolve to a higher state of consciousness while purifying your mind, heart, body and realigning with your soul purpose then reserve your spot and register TODAY!!!

"Time has no respect for a later riser."

Rise up and enter your power and purpose.

There is no shame in this sexual game of life!!

Enter the spirit of the dragon!!!

Email me at sexsensualgriot@gmail.com or call me at 301-637-6SEX


MASTER CLASSES FOLLOWS IN DECEMBER & JANUARY

One-On-One Sessions are Available for Your Convenience.





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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Cultural Eroticism - Mon. Nov. 2nd 2009

ON THE NEXT....

CULTURAL EROTICISM

Celebrating Love, Art, Sex & Spirit with Surya!!!


(Listen to Promo of Show Below)

MY SENSUAL GUEST LINE UP:

Gwyneth Bolton
Romance Author

"By day I'm a mild-mannered college professor...By night I'm a sultry-seductive weaver of romantic tales...Okay, seriously, I teach at the university level and live in upstate New York with my husband. I have been an avid reader of romance novels since I was around twelve-years-old. I published a non-fiction book on women and hip-hop culture titled Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture and the Public Sphere. I have also published several non-fiction essays and articles. But fiction writing has always been near and dear to my heart. I have an MA in creative writing and composition studies and a Doctorate in English (Rhetoric and Composition). In 1996, I received the College Language Association's Margaret Walker Creative Writing Award for a one-act play I wrote when I was an undergraduate. I'm at my happiest when I'm either writing or reading." 2007 Emma Award — Favorite New Author
2006 Romance in Color Reviewers Choice Award — Favorite New Author
Visit her website at.....http://www.gwynethbolton.com/



Jafar M. Pierre
Photographer

“Every gift within me has been the driving force and vehicle that has allowed me to soar into the beautiful world of photography. I began creating art as a barber which allowed me to perfect my craft and turn my skills into a 15 year career as a master stylist and salon owner. I married BEAUTY, created a SCIENCE and produced ART affectionately called BSA...my formula for life.”
Visit his website at...http://www.jafarmpierre.com/events



Taalam Acey
Poet

This dynamic poet has published a novel, a comprehensive collection of poems, an award winning memoir and 12 Spoken Word CDs. He has been a full time traveling poet since 1999. Tens of thousands of people own his work and hundreds of thousands have watched him live or via television and the internet. Acey performs regularly in more than 50 cities in the US and abroad. On average, he is on a plane once every 3.5 days. That's 100 flights per year to promote Spoken Word. Visit his website @ http://taalamacey.com/



An Erotic Report from "Sin City" with our Las Vegas Correspondent, Jean Claude Toran

Plus sensual and sexual wellness tips from Surya & More!!!!

Tune in on Monday, November 2nd from 7:00pm - 9:00pm @ www.africanradioonline.com Click on the ON AIR button and enter the SENSUAL ZONE with Surya!!!!



Send your comments and show ideas to sowmedia1@gmail.com

Thank you for listening!!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The #1 Erotic Radio Show Online!



Join Host Surya on Mondays on the #1 Erotic Radio Show Online:

"CULTURAL EROTICISM
"

from 7pm -9pm EST & The Lovers Hour (Midnite) UK time!
@ www.africanradioonline.com

Listen to PROMO


Show airs every Monday from 7:00pm - 9:00pm EST

Check back here weekly for show line up!!

KEEPING THE FIRE BURNING!!!

HOT!! HOT!! HOT!!

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Sunday, September 20, 2009

The #1 Erotic Radio Show Online!!

The Sexual Griot will be launching....
The #1 Erotic Radio Show Online.....

CULTURAL EROTICISM
Celebrating Sensual Artistry and Erotic Cultures
through Love, Art, Sex & Spirit!



The pilot show is scheduled to be launched on Monday, October 19th, 2009 in sync with the new moon in Libra/Scorpio. The show will last for a two-hour period and will interweave discussions, naked talk, storytelling, art, poetry, entertainment, creativity with a blend of music and voices.

A Summary of the show's mission is to use voices and sounds:

~ to evoke, highlight and explore the spirit of erotic cultures and sensual artistry as they exist around the globe, within the folds of society and in our daily lives.

~ to reveal the many faces and tales of our sexuality

~ to stimulate creative, sexual imagination and enhance sensuality

~ to inspire new thought and practices around intimacy and relationships

~ to offer wisdom and tips for putting ideas into action towards healing and empowerment

~ to pro-actively build community beyond the cyberwaves


The format of the show will offer a kaleidoscopic view of erotic cultures, the sexual, sensual and spiritual world as well as the dynamics of sex, love & relationships.


Tune in to the:

CULTURAL EROTICISM
Mondays: 7:00pm - 9:00pm beginning October 19th, 2009
Online station will be announced later.
The show will air every other Monday for the rest of 2009

If you are interested in being a part of this positive, pioneering and progressive media productions please drop us a line at: sexsensualgriot@gmail.com or call 301-637-6SEX(6739)


Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Fun & Creative Yoga Teachers Needed!!


Seeking Fun & Creative Yoga Teachers for Urban Kids Yoga Summer Camp
in Washington, DC

The camp begins the last week of June and ends the first week in August for a period of 6 weeks. There are 9 classes per week. Three each day beginning at: 10:30, 11:30 and 1:30pm for 50 minutes. The days are Mon., Tues., & Thurs.

The classes are divided into age groups ranging from 5 years old up to 12 years old. The pay is between $30.00 and $45.00 per class, depending upon experience. The classes will be held in NE DC not far from Catholic University.

It is really a blessing and lots of fun teaching yoga to children. The instructors must have imagination and creativity, love and respect for children, be patient and listens well. There is so much children can teach us.

If you are not interested please pass the word out or refer any one else who would be.

Email me directly at: soulfullliving@gmail.com with subject as: Urban Kids Yoga

I hope this message finds you in a wonderful space!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

CULTIVATING HIGHER WOMB CONSCIOUSNESS

Cherishing the sacredness of our womb is a scarce and scary concept as a result of the dark ages of female sexuality. Yet, putting light and love in the female sacred bowl makes it possible to brighten up the entire planet and illuminate the minds of all mankind. We are now in the 21st century and the lights of our womb must be turned ON so that we can uncover the vast universe of wisdom, magic and stories that exists within its mystery.

To heal the planet women must begin to raise their womb consciousness and heal their wombs(wounds). When women return to the womb collectively they move further into their creative power and claim their rightful place on this planet. Creating a renewed and intimate relationship with oneself begins with the art of wombing. This play-shop ushers in a new consciousness and creative spirit around our wombs(wounds) and the womb of our earth mother!

How does your sacred womb garden grow? Come learn how to live from your womb. Come discover the color, the shade, the quality, the language, the messages, the spirit, the unique landscape and p-o-w-e-r of your sacred bowl of creation. LIFE BEGINS IN THE WOMB!! Begin your LIFE!!

I have so many gifts to share with you! Come receive yours!

Date: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Transit: Moon in Scorpio
Time: 8:00pm – 10:00pm EST
Place: Virtual Playshop via Telephone
Cost: $50.00 via Paypal or Western Union
R.S.V.P. – thesexualgriot.gmail.com
Call: 202-997-6946 or 301-712-2468

Mystic Symbolism of the Divine Feminine"
Art work by: SHIREEN TRUITT
www.sacredcreationart.com





***** Due to the intense and explicit nature of this playshop and given the nature of humans, you are welcome to join in using a creative alias if you which to keep your real identity concealed.

This Tele-Playshop is a part of the SEX-SENSE Tour & Productions!
Healing Wisdom & Empowerment for the 21st Century

Thursday, April 16, 2009

BLISS IN A WEEKEND!!


BLISS IN A WEEKEND!!
A contemplative weekend of rest, restoration and renewal
@ Noah’s Ark


Bliss in a Weekend is about finding your BREATH again!
The opportunity for a sensual inward VOYAGE to you.

301-712-2468 ~ 843-658-7062


Come spend a weekend or longer at a sacred space in the Black Hills of South Carolina that will provide you with the resources you need to support your total well being in a setting that is home away from home! Come alone! Or bring your partner! Or be accompanied by your girlfriend(s) or guyfriend(s)!Couples! Or your own private group of people! Your hosts Swami & Suryah will be happy to serve your sensual wellness needs!

YOGA offers you a space to find, follow, learn from and be nourished by the breath as it circulates in your body.

DANCE offers you a space for greater flow, excitement and fusion with the body, mind & spirit through the healing power of sounds and movements.

WHOLESOME DIET feeds the body higher vibrations and eases physical restrictions that impede the flow of life and other energies.

MEDITATION helps you connect with the breath to stabilize your mind and open your heart.

CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES
such as journaling, prayers, nature walks, jogging, canoeing, drawing and self-inquiry reconnect you with the breath that flows through and around everything.

BODYWORK offers the healing and miraculous power of touch through an array of traditional, esoteric and sensual massage and bodywork, aromatherapy, energy work and other wellness services.

Explore Wellness Coaching on Loving, Relating & Sexuality; the Art of Tantra derived from our spiritual guru – OSHO and more for your SOUL!!

Other state of the art amenities ~ swimming pool, hot tub, jacuzzi, sauna, rotunda yoga, dance & meditation studio, sweat lodge, entertainment room, lakes with scenic paths, fishing, game room, home gym with tread mill and exercise equipment, migun therapy bed, all room high speed internet, media room and more!!

WELCOME TO YOUR HEALING HOME AWAY FROM HOME!!!


Call or email today to reserve your “Bliss In A Weekend”!
Call 301-712-2468 or 843-658-7062
Email: suryah21@gmail.com
http://www.medissage.org/noah.htm
Mt. Croghan, South Carolina
45 minutes outside of Charlotte, North Carolina


In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Reserve your weekend today! You will be so happy you came, you'd want to keep coming back!!!
Call: 301-712-2468 ~ 843-658-7062
email: suryah21@yahoo.com



Thursday, March 19, 2009

Sensual Woman: H.E.A.L. Thy Self!

Join The Sexual Griot on her Sex-Sense Tour!
Now in New York City!....




Sensual Woman: H.E.A.L. Thy Self!

with SURYAH

Sense and Sensibility: the first speaks of logic, wisdom and good judgment, while the latter speaks of emotional responsiveness, receptivity and deep feelings. What a s-e-x-y combination! So how does the Sensual Woman harmoniously blend these energies within her day-to-day living with the challenges of so many senseless battles and debates around her sexuality and its relevance? How does she decode her sex-sense and raise her sensual-aptitude in a fast paced world so as to not loose her soul?

The Sensual Woman: H.E.A.L. Thy Self Playshop uncovers tools & tips while offering guidance and wisdom that empowers the sensual woman to manage her well being successfully and be on top of the healing game. Through yoga play, stimulating movements, self healing touch, and sensuous talk you will discover new ways to Honor, Express, Appreciate and Listen to the wisdom of your body.

Bring yoga mat,pen & pad!
Minimum clothing or clothing optional.

Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Cost: $37.00
Where: The Phoenix Temple
New York City (Midtown Manhattan)
To register: Contact: Isis Phoenix @ 646-460-9397 email - info@phoenix-temple.com
For information: Contact The Sexual Griot @ 301-637-6SEX
email: thesexualgriot@gmail.com


SURYAH SHOFAR is the “Eye of The Sensual World”. A new candid voice of sexuality and sensuality. She is a sensual artiste and a sex-sensual story teller. Her sensual tool box blends her expertise as a holistic health practitioner, yoga & dance instructor, massage & energy therapist and sensual writer. Her soon- to-be released book Sex Sense: Healing Wisdom & Empowerment for the 21st Century, inspired by the Sexual Griot Blog, ushers in a new way of thinking; a greater way of feeling the power of love and spirit through our sensuality and sexuality. Sex-Sense creates a new story around love, sex, relationships and our ultimate well being.