In a world that keeps us on edge, shibari can offer a rare pause. A chance to slow the nervous system. To breathe. To feel held — physically and emotionally — within clear, negotiated boundaries.

This Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting women who are building bold, independent businesses in the pleasure and sexual wellness space. From authors to educators to founders, these creators are helping reshape the conversation around intimacy and embodiment. In the essay below, Venus O’Hara shares how she turned her work around orgasmic manifestation into both a practice and a book.

Jeannie Kim’s embroidered works are the kind that pull you in closer. Intimate, meticulous, and quietly powerful, her pieces explore the threads of memory, identity, and the complicated ways our past shapes who we become.