Being A Spiritual Activist Lets Get Real With David Franklin

David Franklin is a spiritual activist devoted to creating a new paradigm for masculinity that includes living the embodied path of spirituality, sexuality, leadership, and presence. He is an ordained minister and certified somatic erotic educator with twenty years of experience that includes teaching, facilitating, and guiding people in ritual, workshop, group, and one-on-one settings. David brings a depth of presence, insight, and wisdom to his teaching. He is masterful at creating and holding safe space for transformative experiences that utilize practical, body-centered modalities and down-to-earth spirituality. David’s work is heavily influenced by his long-time study and practice of Vipassana meditation, Co-counseling, Naka-Ima, ecstatic dance, and sacred sexuality. He is ordained through the FireHeart Sanctuary, trained at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, and has studied with numerous teachers including Joseph Kramer, S.N. Goenka, Bradford Keeney, Michael Meade, David Deida, Jon Young, Satyen Raja, Sara and Amara Pagano, and Anakha Coman. His compassion, intuition, and willingness to lead from personal experience and authentic vulnerability, his practical approach to spirituality, and his ability to read energy help his students achieve life-changing breakthroughs. In addition to his work as a teacher, facilitator, and coach, David is a successful entrepreneur and small business owner, professional guitarist, and trained naturalist.