In this guest blog, Therapeutic Yoni Massage Practitioner Liz Gorga, one of Comfortable In My Skin's Recommended Providers, shares what you need to know about yoni mapping.

Our bodies hold stories – memories, emotions, and sensations that shape how we experience pleasure, intimacy, and self-connection. But in a world that often disconnects us from our own bodies, how do we truly listen to what we want, need, and desire? 

Yoni mapping is a powerful practice designed to help you reconnect with your body, release stored tension and numbness, and understand your pleasure on a whole new level. It’s the ultimate path home to your body, to help you feel comfortable in your own skin. So what exactly does it mean to map your yoni? Here’s everything you need to know.

What is Yoni Mapping?

Yoni is a Sanskrit word for the female reproductive system – the vulva, vagina, and womb – meaning “life force of the universe.” Yoni mapping is a practice used in therapeutic yoni massage that helps you explore your yoni as a whole. While therapeutic yoni massage sessions often involve coaching, boundary setting, anatomy education, relaxing body massage, and grounding practices to lead up to receiving touch and massage on your yoni, the practice of yoni mapping is weaved into these sessions to help you understand sensation in your body.

Yoni mapping involves slow, consent-based touch that helps you identify areas of sensation, numbness, discomfort, and pleasure, bringing awareness to different parts of your anatomy. It is an opening of a communication channel between you and your yoni. During a yoni mapping session, you are invited to adopt a sense of curiosity by tuning into the subtle sensations in isolated parts of your vulva and vagina, verbalising the sensations, and creating a mental “map” of what you feel – where you hold tension, where you feel pleasure, and how your body responds to touch. 

By slowing down, removing the goal of what you’re “supposed to” feel, and tuning into your sensations, yoni mapping allows you to connect with your body on a physical, mental, emotional, and energetic level, helping you release blockages and gain a deeper understanding of your body’s wisdom.

How do I know if I need a session?

Yoni mapping can be incredibly beneficial if you:

• Feel disconnected from your body or pleasure;

• Experience numbness, pain, or tension in your yoni;

• Struggle with shame, past trauma, or emotional blockages around sex;

• Want to deepen self-awareness and explore pleasure without pressure;

• Desire a loving, guided way to communicate with your body.

But the truth is – everyone with a yoni can benefit from exploring yoni mapping! No matter your current relationship with your body, yoni mapping allows the most sacred part of you to be honoured without a goal, without the need to give anything in return, to understand how your yoni can be touched in a safe environment, and this is the most powerful and transformative gift you can give yourself.

Yoni mapping is more than just a practice – it’s a pathway to deeper self-connection. By exploring your body with curiosity, you can begin to release stored tension, awaken pleasure on a whole new level, and feel more at home in your body than ever before.

Liz Gorga (she / her) is a Certified Female Sexuality + Menstrual Cycle Coach & Therapeutic Yoni Massage Practitioner based in Brisbane, Australia. Her work focuses on empowering women & vulva-havers to break sexual taboos, awaken their pleasure & love their bodies. She combines her trauma-informed background with embodiment & education to inspire her clients to feel safe & empowered in their bodies & sexuality. Book with her here.