Andrej Pejic as 'Marilyn Off Duty' | Jacob Dekat+Prince Chenoa | LoveCat #2

(Note: also pubished in AOC Private Studio.)

Real life is so much better than fiction. I woke up this morning having an Andrej Pejic 'aha' moment -- and I hadn't checked my email.

Before we get to the Monday morning love note and 'Marilyn Off Duty' images from the Prince and LoveCat magazine, I had this Andrej moment on my own.

A couple weeks ago, it hit me that Andrej is just an old soul, after reading his New York Magazine interview comment about leaving his sexuality to 'artistic interpretation'.

Perhaps Andrej was Cleopatra in an earlier life, because how else would he get this self-confidence to just be himself? He has absoutely wielded power and influence somewhere else in history.

The Eureka moment I had waking up this morning came from my good friend and body psychotherapist Ellen Gayda. I met Ellen this summer, seeking treatment for a serious gym injury, because I was getting nowhere with physical therapy.

Simply stated, we are now soul sisters, and Ellen Gayda has worked rehab wonders -- after being willing to touch and fix my dislocated pubic bone lady parts. Ellen runs a workshop on Inhabitance, asking "Are You At Home In Your Body?".

Now that's a profound question, when we know that most women hate our bodies. So why doesn't Andrej suffer from this boring, self-defeating affliction?

Andrej Pejic IS at home in his body, and it shows in his every move.

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Wilhelm Reich & Sexual Healing Without Fashion Body Armor

Una Burke's designs are inspired by historic tragic events and body accessories that convey stages o a healing process. Her conceptual wearable art pieces are associated with the cause, the physical and psychological effect and the healing stages of human trauma. Una Burke Fall 2011 Meta.Morph Collection | Andreas Waldschutz & Steffan Sappert AOC Private Studio

Body, Mind, Flower Connection

The little sashays of life and sensual learning are most interesting. A bit of background: just 30 minutes ago I answered an ongoing brainstorm about sexy flowers with the superb Scottish photographer of erotic (and just pretty, too) flowers Kate Scott, with my Sensually Yours reverie: I Love Samantha but Barbarella in the Excessive Machine Is More My Style.

Simply stated, Kate Scott and I could be dangerous together; no doubt about it.

My Healer Ellen Gayda

Last Friday, I went to see my Philadelphia bodyhealer and massage therapist Ellen Gayda, who has been treating me for a seriously disabling gym injury that went improperly diagnosed for months -- until Ellen laid her hands on my body.

A dislocated pubic bone isn't high on the list of typical gym injuries but one more likely in pregnant or post-delivery women. For month I've been working on the symptoms but not problem, until Ellen's fingers made a thorough examination of my pelvic region, said 'this won't hurt a bit', snapping me back into shape with a crackle and pop.

For the last month, Ellen and my chiropractor have been whipping me back into shape with huge success. I am correct in saying my chiro is amazed at the progress, but Ellen says I have a very responsive body -- whatever that means -- making her pleased but also expecting good results.

Ellen is trained in Taoist massage and grounded in concepts of 'Chi' or life force energy. 'Ching' is our sexual energy, our creative energy, our generative energy. It is also been called 'principal energy' because it is essential for carrying out the functions of the body. The Ching energy converts into life-force energy for the organs, which is called 'Chi'.

I can't remember the precise question that triggered an avalanche of emotion with Ellen last Friday, nor would I share it with the general public, at least not in this column. For the record, we never go to the massage table.

Ellen's newsletter was focused last Friday on the concept of body armor, which is somewhat different that your typical Freudian analysis about repression but also strongly related. It's easy to think of children growing older, becoming teens then young adults.

Sexual Atrophy

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