24 Days of Pleasure & Play at SHAG: Pleasure Ritual Reset

Welcome to Day 8 of 24 Days of Pleasure & Play at SHAG.  Today, we’re reframing pleasure as something your body needs, not something you “earn.”

Here’s the truth:
Your system isn’t designed to sprint from work to screens to sleep without tending to itself.
 Pleasure — sensual, sexual, or otherwise — is one of the most effective ways to shift your body out of stress mode and into a state of rest-and-receive (yes, that’s a real physiological state).

Tonight, your mission is simple:
 Build a nightly ritual that supports nervous system regulation through sensuality.

You don’t need an hour or a bathtub or a curated moonlit playlist.
You just need 10 minutes and a willingness to drop into your body.

Try this:

✨ 1. WARMTH
Use whatever you’ve got nearby:
heating pad
warm shower
a candle
fuzzy socks
Warmth tells your body: “You’re safe. You can soften now.”

✨ 2. TOUCH
Not erotic — not yet. Just grounding.
slow strokes on your arms
gentle circles on your chest
squeezes down your thighs
massage your scalp
Slow, predictable touch signals safety and connection.

✨ 3. BREATH
Take 6 deep, full-body exhalations — longer out than in.
It doesn’t need to be pretty.
Just let your body drop with each breath.

✨ 4. PLEASURE (OPTIONAL)
If it feels aligned, explore sensual pleasure — with no pressure to finish.
gentle stimulation
teasing with a toy
erotic imagination
warmth + breath + touch
The goal isn’t orgasm — it’s presence.

❤️ REMEMBER
Pleasure isn’t indulgent, unnecessary, or frivolous.
It’s somatic medicine.
It helps your body regulate.
It helps your mind soften.
It helps you come back to yourself.
Even for 10 minutes.
Let tonight be a practice in receiving, not performing.
Your body deserves that.