(RITUALS OF SENSUALITY)
22.04.25

Rituals of sensual care: A Pleasure Toolkit

Pleasure begins with presence. This guide is an invitation to slow down, soften, and reimagine care as a sensual, everyday practice. From what we put on our skin to the stories we let into our minds, each ritual is a chance to return to the body—and deepen our connection to it.

(RITUALS OF SENSUALITY)

22.04.25

RITUALS OF SENSUAL CARE: A PLEASURE TOOLKIT Pleasure begins with presence. This guide is an invitation to slow down, soften, and reimagine care as a sensual, everyday practice. From what we put on our skin to the stories we let into our minds, each ritual is a chance to return to the body—and deepen our connection to it.

RITUALS OF SENSUAL CARE: A PLEASURE TOOLKIT

At BRUXA, sensuality begins not in performance, but in presence. It is a quiet art—a way of returning to the body through touch, breath, and attention. Care becomes ritual. Not to indulge, but to remember. To reawaken sensation. To feel, fully.

In collaboration with Clean Compound, we hosted an evening devoted to this return—where intimacy was stripped of spectacle and treated as something essential. Private. Profound. Ours.

From that gathering, the Pleasure Toolkit was born—a curated list of resources for those drawn to slower pleasures and deeper attunement. This is not about arrival, but devotion. A hand grazing skin. A stillness. The inhale before surrender. Each gesture, a way back to ourselves.

Within our collection, you’ll find tools designed for these moments. Botanical oils and lubricants that soften and hydrate. Ceramic toys sculpted for sensual exploration. Ropes and sensory implements that invite restraint, release, and reverence. Every object honours the body—its rhythms, its thresholds, its exquisite complexity.

Pleasure is not a luxury—it is a language. One we learn through listening, through slowing down, through choosing tools that speak to the body’s unspoken desires.

The Pleasure Toolkit is our offering to that conversation. An ever-growing archive of books, practices, and objects that honour sensation and the art of return.

THE PLEASURE TOOLKIT

[01 BLOGS]

THE ART OF TENSION
An introduction to restraint, release, and the balance between.

WORDS IN THE BEDROOM
How language can shape and soften our experiences of desire.

THE AROUSAL OF BEING SEEN
On being witnessed, and what it awakens.

Q&A WITH A SEX AND RELATIONSHIP COACH
Unpacking common questions with tenderness and clarity.

SENSUAL WINTER SKIN
A body ritual for colder months—hydration, nourishment, and care.

[02 BOOKS]

COME AS YOU ARE — Emily Nagoski

COME TOGETHER — Emily Nagoski

THE MODERN GUIDE TO SEX — Georgia Grace

POLYSECURE — Jessica Fern

TABOO — Hannah Ferguson

THE RIGHT TO SEX — Amia Srinivasan

LEGITIMATE SEXPECTATIONS — Katrina Marson

TIP: Keep one book by your bedside. Let it become part of your evening rhythm—before sleep, after touch, with tea and time.

[02 EROTIC FICTION]

Sometimes the most powerful arousal begins in the mind. These stories are lush with longing, tension, and intimacy—inviting you to explore desire through language, imagination, and slow unfolding.

DELTA OF VENUS — Anaïs Nin
Lyrical, dreamlike, and intensely erotic—Nin’s writing offers a timeless exploration of feminine fantasy and desire.

THE SEXUAL LIFE OF CATHERINE M. — Catherine Millet
A cerebral, unflinching memoir that examines freedom, sexuality, and the female gaze through a contemporary lens.

JUSTINE OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM — Marquis de Sade
Provocative, philosophical, and controversial—de Sade’s work challenges the limits of pleasure, power, and morality. Best approached with awareness and curiosity, it offers insight into the darker edges of erotic literature.

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES / CRESCENT CITY / THRONE OF GLASS — Sarah J. Maas
Slow-burning, immersive, and deeply sensual—these stories awaken the senses as much as the imagination.

FOURTH WING — Rebecca Yarros
Emotionally intelligent with tension that simmers beneath every page.

Tip: Read aloud to your partner. Let the rhythm of your voice become part of the experience. A few drops of our body oil—warmed between their hands, massaged into your back as you speak—can turn a quiet evening into a shared ritual of deep listening and embodied pleasure.