Darshana is a trauma-informed somatic sex and intimacy educator and practitioner, and international speaker. She’s recognized for her grounded way of inviting people back to wholeness so they can thrive in the fullness of their pleasure, power and purpose.
Her signature framework, Erotic Wholeness, redefines eroticism as vital life energy—a force deeply tied to creativity, connection, and embodiment. Audiences often discover that what keeps them from feeling truly alive isn’t just stress or modern life, but being cut off from their core self, their body’s wisdom and their sense of true belonging in their relationships.
Her work has been featured on Netflix’s Sex, Love & goop and major magazines and podcasts. As a podcast guest, her warmth, generosity and knowledge are what hosts most often appreciate, and she is just as comfortable with a genuine dialog format as with a more straightforward interview.
Whether she’s giving practice and accessible intimacy guidance, inspiring listeners toward enhanced emotional intelligence or offering frameworks to heal from cultural conditioning, Darshana has a talent for making complex ideas feel practical and relatable. Her signature talks and areas of expertise are often able to be adapted to a range of audiences, though serving women and queer community in their middle years is the demographic that most strongly connects to her message.
Darshana Avila is a trauma-informed somatic educator, practitioner and international speaker who helps people reconnect with the most essential aspects of themselves — their truth, their desires, and their capacity for profound pleasure and power.
Known for her grounded, candid, and relational approach, she bridges the worlds of embodiment, emotional intelligence, and personal agency with depth and accessibility.
Darshana’s work has been featured on Netflix’s Sex, Love & goop, The Guardian, The New Yorker, and numerous leading podcasts.






