Intimacy | Energy | Connection Coaching

Come home to yourself

Hi, I’m Joy, your guide to emotional intimacy, relationships & holistic sexual health. You may also know me from the UK Channel 4 series, Virgin Island.

I use experiential coaching custom tailored to your needs so you can learn how to embody and enjoy the Art of Life and living.

“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy”

~Nietszhe

Your senses are the key

Your senses are the gateway to embodied presence and deeper levels of connection. Learning to listen through your senses allows you to perceive and feel more deeply into the nature of what is unfolding within you, before you, and around you.

Our Forgotten NATURE

Sensuality:

If sensorial awareness is the practice of noticing, sensuality is the art of enjoying. It is paying attention through the senses in a way that feels good.

Pleasure doesn’t have to be reserved for sex. Pleasure can be found in the smallest, most ordinary moments.

We’ve been taught to seek pleasure in achievement—checking off the to-do list, reaching the next milestone—but this is only a pleasure of the mind.

Our bodies hold a different kind of pleasure

Rooted in sensation, presence, and feeling. When we only identify with accomplishment, we rob ourselves of the nectar of life.

Even more, we unknowingly ingrain the patterns that pull us away from embodied pleasure making it harder to access the richness over time.

The good news?

Neural pathways can shift. It takes time, attention, and practice, but the earlier we begin,

the easier it is to reclaim this lost connection. And no matter where you are on your journey,

it’s never too late to return to the wisdom of your body.

Begin your journey here

Last year, I joined a bold new docuseries called Virgin Island—airing this May on Channel 4.
It follows 12 adult virgins on a deeply personal journey into intimacy, supported by a team of sexologists… including me.

The show, like my work, is tender, controversial, and already stirring up energy.
And that’s sort of the point.

We need new conversations around intimacy.
And we need demonstrations that go beyond porn as our cultural reference.

Porn is more than content—it’s a transmission.
It lands in our bodies.
It teaches performance, not feeling.
Undoing that conditioning is part of my life’s work.

I wrote a full piece about why I said yes to this project—and what I hope it opens in the world.
You can read it here (link in bio).
And I’d love to know what it opens for you.

#VirginIsland #Channel4 #JoyRigel #IntimacyCoach #SexualHealing #AuthenticConnection #HumanConnection #SensorialAwareness #EmotionalIntimacy #NewNarratives #Attune

Filming in Croatia for #Channel4 #VirginIsland Photo credit @_sarah_carnie_12_ #obanjanisland #JoyRigel #EnergyPractice

A few words about the Sensuality & Self-Expression Labs:
These are not your typical workshops. We’re dropping in, attuning to energy, and letting the moment shape us.

A big part of my work is helping people step out of performance so they can access what’s real in the present moment. I encourage what feels messy, alive, and unfiltered—because that’s often where truth lives.

Social media has conditioned us to present the polished version. But connection doesn’t happen through perfection—and neither does flow. It happens through presence and vulnerability.

In support of this, my videos will be the same. Unpolished and in flow with what’s really happening.

I hope the spirit of this moves you to join me in loosening the grip of polished perfection, and remembering how dellicously freeing it feels like to be present… without needing to perform.

The Labs run Tuesdays, 5:45 - 7:15pm, May 13 - June 3rd, 2025

Details: www.joyrigel.com/events

#FreeYourself #RealIsSexy #SensualityLabs #SensorialAwareness #PhillyEvents #EmbodiedPresence #UnpolishedAndAlive #phillyride #theseroadsneedwork #EnergyMatters #ComeAsYouAre #MothersDayMagic #JoyRigel #QiHaus

In a culture that often equates sensuality with sexuality,
many of us have lost the simple pleasure of just being in our bodies.

Over time, we learn to shrink, suppress, or shield our pleasure—
sometimes to protect others from discomfort or judgment,
and sometimes to protect ourselves from being misunderstood, objectified, or unsafe.

The Labs are an invitation.
To gently reclaim your felt sense of aliveness.
To re-inhabit your body with curiosity, tenderness, and joy.

We’ll explore sensuality not as something sexual—
but as a deeper presence in your body, your emotions,
your connection with others, and the space around you.

🌿 A limited series hosted by @qihaus.nonprofit
📍 Philadelphia · all genders welcome
🌕 Join one or journey through all
✨ More info: joyrigel.com/events

Tantra ~ the Art of Sacred Communion

Communion can be as simple a shared breath.
The stillness between words. A hand resting on a heart—not to fix, just to feel.
It’s what happens when two nervous systems soften in each other’s presence.
And presence becomes prayer.

This is the essence of communion: the felt experience of being deeply with.
With yourself. With another. With Life.

Tantra is a practice that can bring you here.

The word Tantra comes from Sanskrit, meaning "to weave" or "to extend." A friend once shared that its roots, "tan" and "ra," translate as "the dance of God."

Tantra invites us to weave ~ our awareness, our breath, and our presence into a shared field of connection. To become one with the Mystery ~ a living thread in the cosmic dance.

It is not about performance or technique. It is not about sex, though it can include it. Tantra is about presence. It is about the subtle exchange of energy, where feeling becomes the language, and attention becomes devotion.

To enter into Tantric connection is to meet in the invisible space between us—a space where words fall away and the body begins to speak.

Where touch becomes transmission.
Where energy moves—not to take, but to offer.
Where soul meets soul, and every breath, glance, and gesture carries the nectar of the universe.

Communion is not something we do. It’s something we become. And in becoming, we remember what it means to be alive—together.

If this path speaks to you—if you're longing to bring more presence, connection, and communion into your life or relationship—this is the heart of my work. Feel free to reach out if you’re curious where this path could take you. www.joyrigel.com

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Dave Philadelphia, PA Nov 2024

"When I say Joy is a wonderful healer, I mean that in the truest, purest sense of that word. If we lived in ancient times, I can easily envision folks traveling to her from neighboring villages and cities to be healed and enlightened. Yes, she's that good…” Read More

L.H. Philadelphia, Oct 2024

“I have known Joy Rigel personally and professionally for close to a decade. If I were to sum up her unique gifts it might be to say, she is able to truly access what connects us all when interacting with me and others… “ Read More

Joy Rigel

Intimacy | Energy | Connection Coaching

Come home to yourself

Our Forgotten NATURE

We’ve been taught to seek pleasure in achievement—checking off the to-do list, reaching the next milestone—but this is only a pleasure of the mind.

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If you support my work please consider contributing to my nonprofit.

You can help us create a world where human connection is prioritized and energy is understood.

Intimacy | Energy | Connection Coaching

Come home to yourself

Our Forgotten NATURE

We’ve been taught to seek pleasure in achievement—checking off the to-do list, reaching the next milestone—but this is only a pleasure of the mind.

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Subscribe to the Newsletter

If you support my work please consider contributing to my nonprofit.

You can help us create a world where human connection is prioritized and energy is understood.