The first course in your Temple journey.
Sexuality is shaped by two systems working simultaneously – like a car with an accelerator and a brake. Most of us have been told to "add more excitement" (press the accelerator) while leaving the handbrake fully engaged. Foundation is about the handbrake first.
50–60% of women will experience significant desire challenges at some point in their lives
Yet almost nobody talks about it – and almost nobody teaches the science behind it. You're not broken. You're under-educated.
Each extra hour of sleep raises the odds of desire the next day by about 14%
Sexual wellbeing is woven into everything – stress, hormones, sleep, emotional safety. This course gives you the full picture.
Regular sex is linked to roughly half the heart-attack risk, one long-term study found
Pleasure isn't a luxury – it's medicine. And it's more accessible than you think, once you know what's been getting in the way.
Foundation is where most members begin. Here's what changes in the first few weeks.
Desire isn't a switch you flip – it's a whole system, shaped by your brain, your body, your history, and the context around you. Here you'll get the foundational science that changes everything.
As Emily Nagoski says: "Our genitals are made of the same parts, organized differently." This section gives you the anatomy lesson you never got – and then invites you to actually experience your body with curiosity and zero judgment.
Shame, body image struggles, old rules about sex, and unspoken obligations are some of the heaviest brakes on desire. In this section, you'll gently name them – and begin rewriting them, one small practice at a time.
Break the cycle of avoidance. Learn consent, emotional ownership, and how to say no without guilt, and yes with your whole body. You'll gain the tools to move from tension and looping arguments to grounded, connected conversations.
This isn't a course you passively watch. It's a course you live. By the end of Foundation, you'll have moved from confusion to clarity – and from self-criticism to self-knowledge.
Understand the science of spontaneous, responsive, and contextual desire – and stop blaming yourself for a system you were never taught to understand.
Map the exact mental, physical, emotional, and relational patterns that have been dimming your desire – across 11 categories, specific to you.
Build real anatomical knowledge and body familiarity through guided practices – so your body feels like home, not an object to critique.
Move beyond "yes or no" to a full spectrum understanding of consent – including how to recognise and step out of obligation sex.
Learn the three nervous system zones and practical tools to move into the state where arousal and connection become possible.
Surface the unspoken rules you've been living by – and replace them with beliefs that support pleasure, confidence, and self-respect.
Temple brings together the science, the somatics, the mindset, and the spiritual – because your sexuality is made up of all of it.
Aleksandra is one of the most respected voices in sexual health. She is a licensed sex- and relationship therapist whose clinical work spans over a decade of helping individuals and couples understand desire, nervous system patterns, and the emotional dynamics that shape intimate life. Her approach is grounded in attachment theory, trauma science, and the latest research on desire.
Lauren Lee is a globally respected yoga teacher, tantra mentor, and embodiment guide with over 15 years of experience helping women and couples awaken their bodies and deepen their sensual aliveness. She has taught on every continent and worked with thousands of people navigating disconnection, numbness, and the longing to feel at home in their own skin.
Alexandra Wicksell is a certified executive coach and neuroscience-informed transformation specialist. Founder of The Leap, she has spent a decade working with high-achieving individuals and couples to dismantle the unconscious patterns and conditioned beliefs that limit their fullest expression – in career, relationships, and intimate life.
Foundation is the beginning – and for many people, it's the most important thing they've ever done for themselves. You weren't taught this. Now you can be.
