Teachers

Founder and Director

After ten years as a Jesuit, Joseph Kramer devoted his life to bringing erotic pleasure to himself and to the world. In 1984, he founded the Body Electric School where he trained thousands of professional masseurs and erotic bodyworkers. In 1992, he started the Erospirit Research Institute, a think tank exploring the connection between spirituality and sexuality. In 1999, he founded The New School of Erotic Touch. He is Professor of Somatic Sexology at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. He has produced over a dozen educational DVDs teaching erotic touch, which are available on our site.

Kathryn draws her teaching style from over 8 years experience and teaching students in academic, athletic, and sexual subjects. She has been existing in comfortable balance with her head and body for over a third of her life and sharing those experiences with willing students. Her life is dedicated to continued learning and sharing of knowledge. You can find her teaching in the Kathryn and Jeff Collection as well as her tutorial on female masturbation.

Bruce P. Grether spent the first forty years of his life living mostly in his head. His breakthrough came when he watched Joseph Kramer's "Fire on the Mountain," an instructional DVD on male penis massage and embodiment. Bruce has masterfully adapted the essence of "Fire on the Mountain" to solo practice. He continues making his own discoveries. Bruce has become a world expert on male masturbation, having published over 120 articles and created an instructional DVD on the subject. He is also author of the upcoming book "The Power of Mindful Masturbation: Merging the Sacred with the Erotic in Daily Life."

Ben Haggard is a sex-educator, author, and permaculture design consultant. Ben believes that how we treat ourselves is intimately connected with how we treat the environment. He is a founder of Permaculture Drylands Institute and Regenesis, Inc. You can find his teaching in "Fire on the Mountain," "Anal Massage for Relaxation and Pleasure," and in "Anal Massage for Lovers."

As a New World Sex Educator Jaiya is committed to bringing comprehensive sex education and sacred sexuality into the mainstream public. She has prepared her entire life and engulfed herself with the study of human sexuality. She is open to all possibility and embraces you in the warmth of a new world of sexual freedom and embodied pleasure. Jaiya is a Certified Sexological Bodyworker, Tantra Teacher, author of the book "Red Hot Touch," and the director of the "Red Hot Touch" educational DVD series.

Ariadne offers coaching, guidance and supervision to Yoga of Sex students and all others interested in somatic sexuality education. She is currently completing her PhD at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Her research is on erotic epiphanies, transformative experiences that change our sexual attitudes forever.

Some say that Isa Magdalena is the best teacher of erotic touch in the world. She began teaching her "sex and spirit" classes in Amsterdam, and later ran the women's program at the Body Electric School. She teaches in "Fire on the Mountain," and "Fire in the Valley."

Chester Mainard is the world expert on anal massage. He began his career by teaching medical students at the University of Michigan how to perform painless rectal exams. This became the foundation for his anal massage teaching: there never has to be pain in anal play. For the last twenty years, he has taught professional massage, breathwork, and erotic touch through the Body Electric School and Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. You can find his teaching in "Anal Massage for Relaxation and Pleasure," and in "Anal Massage for Lovers."

Joe Miron, who plays professionally in an orchestra, brings the discipline and daily practice of a musician to his self-erotic touch. A certified Sexological Bodyworker, he teaches more through his body than with words. You can see his body in "Evolutionary Masturbation," "Uranus," "Anal Massage for Relaxation and Pleasure," and "Anal Massage for Lovers."

For over a quarter of a century, Annie Sprinkle has explored sexuality in all its glorious forms. She is a prostitute-pornstar turned Ph.D. sexologist, educator, and multimedia artist. Her heartful performances have changed the way the world looks at sex. She has produced a dozen sex-education DVDs and books. You can benefit from her orgasmic teaching in "Fire in the Valley," "The Best of Vulva Massage," "Zen Pussy," and "The Amazing World of Orgasm."