Guided by Glow: Sex Meditation App
Guided by Glow is a sex meditation app that provides sensual inspiration through guided audio sessions. The mission of the company is to provide a transformational practice of awakening the sensual feeling body with the aim to ignite imagination and cultivate positively thriving sexuality. The company behind the app was founded by actress and playwriter Sayra Player, who brought together her dream team of writers, actors, creators, and wellness practitioners to cultivate a tool unlike any other for nourishing sexual arousal. In an article for Goop, Player notes the following:
“I lean on things like yoga and meditation for relief…I was listening to a meditation one day, and the man speaking had such a nice voice. I thought, Wow, that would be so nice if he spoke to me in a sexually intimate way that is just as nourishing as what he’s doing to my body with these nonsexual cues.”
Glow audio sessions are designed to deepen your connection to sexuality. The app is said to help individuals claim their own power within sex. It provides mindful sexual auralism with 8-25 minute on-demand erotic audio sessions spoken as if it is all happening to you. The erotic audio plays a part in activating the parasympathique nervous system that in turn enhances sensuality. Guided by Glow’s breath and body relaxation techniques strengthen the stability of your nervous system and ground you to your center, your depth. The app is for women of all gender orientations—male, female, and non-binary voices in provocative sensory guidance for hetero, same-sex, and non-binary sexual meditation experiences.
App Interface
The interface of the app features a beautiful aura of colors ranging from blue to purple, producing a very calming sensation for the user. They have free and priced sessions. You can become a premium member and unlock special content and paid-for- sessions for $8.99 a month. One of the perks of the membership is that you have access to 80+ guided audio sessions and get access to new weekly erotic audio. There are over 14 different meditation guides to choose from featuring the voices of individuals of different sexual orientations. Some of the titles are “Rainy Night”, “Vibes”, “Silk & Lace” and “Sunshine Expanding”. “Rainy Night” is one of the free sessions, while the others are a part of the paid membership trials. You can either view all of the meditation sessions in one tag or explore individual tags that spark your interest. Some of the tags on the interface are “beyond binary”, “booty love”, and “group.” You can also sort the meditations by your favorite meditation guide, such as Elle, Lia, or Birdie. One of my personal favorite parts of the interface is the “submit your meditation section” in which users are invited to be a creator for Guided by Glow. You are able to send a link of a professional quality voice-over, or send in written content for their creative team to review. I think it’s great that the app is so inclusive and that users are able to participate in creating erotic audio.
What You Can Gain from the App
Overall, the sex meditation app, Guided by Glow, allows its user to step out of their mind to experience a more profound sexuality. I find it helpful that the erotic audio has actual meditation cues within it to help it’s user truly step out of their head. The audio has cues to help you focus you on tactile things like breathing or noticing the temperature of the room. Slowly, the narrator involves you in an imaginative experience. The user is also guided through simple breathing exercises too, which is a useful technique for relaxation. I believe you can gain mindfulness experience from the app, as real meditation techniques are incorporated into the audio. Meditative focus can make for a really intense masturbation experience. This is primarily because meditation allows you to focus on specific sensations and how they feel on your body. When you’re masturbating you’ll be able to focus more on the pleasurable sensations coming from your body as a result of the app’s relaxation techniques. Moreover, the audio allows you to strengthen and explore your imagination through storytelling. The audio is most definitely erotic, as it’s sexual and instructive in nature. The narrator makes you feel as that you’re in the room with them or having a sexual experience with them. The app is incredibly immersive and it makes for a great tool for any masturbation session. I think it’s helpful for those of us who want to escape our minds and get more in touch with the sensual side of masturbation while actively exercising our imaginations. The app aims to amplify the power and potency of sexual fulfillment and I think that it most definitely accomplishes that while also contributing to sexual wellness.
By Alyssa Morterud