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Karinna Kittles

Fit To Love

M aybe you caught her on NBC's Emmy award-winning show - Starting Over - this past spring, or in the pages of Self Magazine this past February. Former Elite, international model Karinna Kittles is an expert, teacher and speaker on the subject of developing intimacy and passion in relationships. After dropping out of modeling to look for something more meaningful and inwardly fulfilling, for the past 16 years she's committed herself to the study of ancient Chinese methods of intimacy, harmony and wisdom. Based on Eastern and Western principles, she's developed the meaningful approach - "Sacred Love - that teaches singles and couples how to get in touch with their sexual self, rekindle passion and become better lovers. She tells us how to get "Fit to Love."

What is Sacred Love? - Sacred Love is a term utilized to define a healthy, fulfilling intimate relationship which includes a physical, spiritual, and emotional connection. Sacred Love supports mutually healthy, loving and sexually active relationships between two consenting adults. In addition, Sacred Love nurtures and cultivates the intimate relationship you have with yourself.

Your website Sacred Love is all about relationships, sexual health and intimacy. It seems to be about empowerment. Who can benefit from these teachings? - The SacredLove.com website is about creating and having an empowered intimate relationship. Sacred Love begins with the individual developing the lover within themselves. If an individual is seeking a relationship it can help increase your receptivity to love. It can also help you discover what is blocking you from intimacy and how to attract the right partner. If you are in a loving relationship it can make it better, more passionate, romantic and sacred. If you are in a troubled relationship it can restore your ability to share love and enjoy pleasure with your loved one.

You are an intimacy counselor, what does that mean? - I help people create a healthy, fulfilling intimate relationship which includes a physical, emotional and spiritual connection. I teach an artistic, meaningful approach to enhance your natural skills for sharing love and enjoying lovemaking.

How can your teachings show women how to open up about sexual intimacy? - There are specific love practices and meditations that I teach. Fit for Love is a set of slow moving intimacy exercises that awaken the sexual and sensual self, heal the heart and body and prepare you for sharing sexual intimacy with your lover. Breath of Pleasure is also a great set of techniques that I teach to increase a womans connection to her sexuality, activate a spiritual connection to her sexuality and empower her to enjoy more sexual pleasure.

Is knowing yourself intimately and sexually related to loving yourself? - Yes, the more you know who you are and what makes you happy and choosing experiences that bring forth your happiness you are increasing love for yourself which makes for a wonderful life.

The work you do is based on Taoist meditation and eastern principles and contempory western wisdom, can you explain what is behind this? - I draw my work from traditions that I have studied, explored and taught for the last fifteen years. Tao is an ancient Chinese philosophy of living in health and harmony. I have also studied many forms of yoga as well as Jungian psychology and mythology.

What drew you to ancient eastern philisophy and its principles? - The recognition of the sacred in all things and the limitlessness of the possibilities to explore and cultivate consciousness.

How does "ancient eastern philosophy" differ from "contempory Western wisdom"? - The ancient Eastern philosohpy's are infused with spirit and meaning. Western wisdom is very good at being practical. Both are of great value.

The principles by which you live and teach, how important is that in today's world? - I believe that integrity is the highest principle that we can seek to live and that is what I focus on in my teaching. The integrity of having a physical, emotional and spiritual intimate relationship is the fullest most healing and ecstatic experience of intimacy that one can have. I believe that this kind of relationship is very important for the health and happiness of couples, families, communities and the world at large today.

How does one empower themselves emotionally to live an authentic life? - Lighten your Heart- Only do, be with and accept things and people you love and that are loving.

What is the first step to emotional transformation? - Opening the Heart to Intimacy -resolving emotions that have held you back from your best life.

How can the Taoist principles help in transforming your life from the inside? - The Taoist principles help you connect to your own nature, love, joy, peace and fulfillment. Meditation, movement and sacred intimacy practices support this connection taking place.

Visit Karinna Kittles' Website at Sacred Love.Com