You are not alone.
My name is Kelsey Britt (she/they), and I am a writer, a certified sexuality educator, and a trauma-informed yoga instructor.
Being raised in a conservative, religious part of the US (hi there Indiana!), I was given so many unhealthy messages about sex — and very little healthy ones.
These unhealthy messages and lack of information didn't stop me from exploring. But they did fill me with a whole lotta shame and fear, and they ultimately made it difficult for me to stay present in my body during sex, identify and express my desires, assert my boundaries, accept my queerness, and experience the pleasure and transcendence that I felt was possible with sexual intimacy and eroticism.
As I worked through my own challenges and tried to heal from sexual trauma that I’d experienced, I realized that I wasn’t the only one struggling: many people who were also socialized as women had very similar challenges.
This sparked a life-long journey and has led me to where I am today.
Over the decade that I’ve been in this field, I’ve worked with middle and high school students, college students, and adults in individual and group settings. Using storytelling, mindfulness practices, trauma-informed yoga flows, and facilitated group discussions, my current work focuses on bringing curiosity and presence into our bodies and the stories that we carry.
My hope is that my work supports you in feeling more at home in your body and erotic life.
My intersectional identities inform how I have moved through the world.
I acknowledge the identities I hold as someone who is white, non-binary, queer, able-bodied, middle-class, college educated, and an American citizen. I am learning how to both acknowledge the privilege I hold within our world while also honoring my own survivorship of harmful systems.
Education and Certifications
Sex Educator, Everyone Deserves Sex Education, 2022
200-hr Yoga Teacher, Yandara Yoga Institute, 2022
20-hr. Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Justice Resource Institute’s Center for Trauma and Embodiment, 2023
15-hr. Trauma-Informed Yoga, Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga, 2023
SAR, Everyone Deserves Sex Education and ANTE UP!, 2021
First Aid/CPR/AED, American Red Cross, 2023
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University of San Francisco, 2020
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and History, Indiana University, 2014
My ideas and work have been influenced by:
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but I’d like to honor my teachers and those whose classes, trainings, courses, books, writings, and podcasts have influenced me:
Dr. Lori Brotto, Emily Nagoski, PhD; Laleh Khadivi; Zabie Yamasaki; Melissa Febos; Erin Elo; Anne Hodder-Shipp, ACS; Lidia Yuknavitch; Susanna Barkataki; Tara Brach, Debby Herbenick, PhD; Ev’Yan Whitney; Anne Dinsmore; Kelly Wampler; Sarasvati Young; Betty Dodson; Kimberlé Crenshaw; Elle Stanger; adrienne maree brown; Ellie Rose; Dr. Justin Lehmiller; Charlotte Mia Rose; Chris Maxwell Rose; Kelly Diels; Peggy J. Kleinplatz, PhD; A. Dana Ménard, PhD, and many many more.
*Important to note: just because I’ve mentioned someone here, doesn’t mean that we know each other, or that they like or approve of my work. It also doesn’t mean that I support everything that each of these teachers does, says, or stands for. I just want to acknowledge the people who have impacted the way that I think and work.