About River

River is an SSEA Certified Somatic Sex Educator, IASHS Certified Sexological Bodyworker, and a Tension and Trauma Release Exercises (TRE®) practitioner with a private practice on Nisenan land (Sacramento, CA). Their work is dedicated to supporting the re-integration of the erotic body after trauma with scar tissue remediation, body-centered practices, and the discharging of stuck emotions and tension held in the tissues of the body. River creates a non-judgmental and safe space for queer, trans, non-binary folx, and women to explore their boundaries, desires, and pleasure at their own pace.
River is the creator of The Erotic Arts Project, an online and in-person community project that celebrates the creative and erotic body of queer, trans, and non-binary artists and activists. They believe that celebrating our bodies and desires gives us the freedom to lovingly and joyfully meander around the glorious depths of our erotic and creative worlds.
visit The Erotic Arts Project at
www.theeroticartsproject.life
River's education and professional facilitation experience:
- Alfred University, Alfred, NY, B.A., Fine Arts and Design (2009)
- The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker (2013)
- The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Teaching Assistant (Spring 2014)
- The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Teaching Assistant (Fall 2014)
- Cleo DuBois Academy of SM Arts, San Francisco, CA, Erotic Dominance Intensive: The Pro Course (2015)
- Betty Martin's Like A Pro Course, Berkeley, CA, Wheel of Consent for Practitioners (2015)
- The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Co-Teacher (2016)
- Somatic Sex Educators Association, Victoria, BC, Canada, Certified Somatic Sex Educator, Student (2016)
- Somatic Sex Educators Association, Victoria, BC, Canada, Certified Somatic Sex Educator Training, Teaching Assistant (2016)
- The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, CA, Certified Sexological Bodyworker Training, Co-Teacher (2017)
- Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises, Bay Area, CA, (2018)
- San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI), San Francisco, CA, Sex Educator Training (2018)