Hi, I’m Mari City, a Somatic Sex Educator based on the Gold Coast, working with clients in person and online worldwide, in English or Portuguese. I’m certified through the Institute of Somatic Sexology, and my path here didn’t start in a classroom. It started a long time before that.
Sexuality has been part of me since I was a child. I discovered my body with curiosity long before I had any language for what I was feeling, and along with that curiosity came guilt. Fear of being seen. A quiet belief that something so natural must be wrong. Nobody gave me the information I needed, so I spent years figuring it out on my own, reading everything I could find. Long before I had any certification, friends were already coming to me with their questions about sex and relationships. I began studying Psychology, though I didn’t finish the degree, then went on to complete Journalism, and later Physical Education. Each one shaped how I understand people, but the real education was happening underneath all of that, in the quiet, curious relationship I kept building with my own body.