Justine Dawson is a teacher and guide of intimacy and awakening. A 25 year practitioner of Insight Meditation, she completed training as a dharma teacher under Jack Kornfield in 2010. In addition to her training and practice in buddhist psychology, Justine has devoted 18 years to engaged practice and teaching in the realms of the erotic - sex, desire, intimacy and embodiment. She integrates the two in her unique trauma-informed work of Mindful Sexuality. Since 2025, she has been a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Areas of expertise include: Sex, aliveness, and midlife erotic reawakening. Healing and liberating long stuck trauma, shame and fear. Cultivating self-awareness & relational insight. Codependency, intimacy & expansive relating. Integrating the spiritual and erotic. Attuning to & trusting desire. The therapeutic modalities of Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems and relational mindfulness are foundational to her empowering, embodied approach. Justine currently keeps it real in Los Angeles, CA where she maintains a private practice working with individuals and couples around the world. Sessions available by sliding scale.