I'm Melanie Knight, a somatic sex educator and coach based in North London (N11), and the founder of Conscious Sexuality.
I work with people who want a deeper, more embodied relationship with their sexuality — including those who explore kink, BDSM, power dynamics and non-conventional desire. I won't pathologise what turns you on. I will help you explore it with more awareness, embodiment and genuine consent.
I come to this work with lived experience. I spent years deep in the BDSM world and I understand from the inside what it means to explore power, surrender, sensation and edge. I know that when practised with genuine consent, communication and self-awareness, kink can be a beautiful exploration of sexuality and power dynamics. My own journey taught me the difference between overriding my body and truly listening to it — and that's what I bring to my work now.
My approach is body-centred and experiential. Rather than just talking, I guide you into direct experience through breath, movement, touch and somatic practices. This helps you develop a felt sense of your own boundaries, desires and capacity for pleasure — so your choices come from embodied awareness rather than override.
What I work with includes:
- Exploring desire, fantasy and arousal patterns with curiosity rather than shame
- Conscious kink — bringing more presence, communication and embodiment into power exchange
- Navigating boundaries and consent as a lived, felt experience in the body
- Healing shame around sexuality, identity or specific desires
- Reconnecting with sensation and pleasure after shutdown or numbness
- Integrating sexuality with the rest of your life
I offer 1:1 sessions (in-person and online), courses, and group work. All discovery calls are 60 minutes.
I'm a Certified Sexological Bodyworker, former Secretary of the ACSB, and faculty at the Somatic Sexology School. I'm also a practitioner with ASIS and the SEA School of Embodiment.