Here's info about upcoming events I'm hosting, attending, or collaborating on with other folks! 

2026

February

2/15/26: 2pm-4pm Life Changing Pussy Massage (with demo) workshop at FWB, Los Angeles, CA. Buy tickets here. Use ASHLEY20 to save $20.

2/15/26: 6pm-8pm Sybian Social (with demo) at FWB, Los Angeles, CA. Buy tickets here. Use ASHLEY20 to save $20.

2/18/26: 7pm-9pm Dirty Talk workshop at FWB, Los Angeles, CA. Buy tickets here. Use ASHLEY20 to save $20.

2/21/26: 2pm-4pm Sex and Cannabis with Handy Skills at The Pottery/Glass House Creative Studio, Los Angeles. FREE! RSVP Here.

March

3/29-4/3/26: Temptation Grand Cruise, Miami, FL.

April

4/20/26: Lizzy Jeff's Zen and Kush 10 year anniversary soiree! Details TBD, Los Angeles, CA.

4/21/26: Ashley's 40th Birthday!

June

6/26-6/28/26: Naughty Gym X Club Takeover, Toronto, ON, Canada. Details TBD.

October

10/12-10/17/26: Naughty Gym El Salvador Retreat, Mizata El Salvador. More info.

If you can't make any of these, be sure to check out my online courses at Elevated Intimacy Academy or subscribe to my Substack ...So That Happened.

Looking for a specific event? Notice that I'm coming to your town and want to schedule something while I'm there? Do you have a retreat or run a resort that would benefit from my workshops? I'm scheduling new events all the time! Email me with your requests for facilitation!

Cannabis focused dating is very in right now. There are 21 million Google hits for “cannabis and dating,” cannabis-friendly dating services are offered by coaches like Molly Peckler, and if you’re technologically inclined — there’s an app for that. Several, in fact.

In the age of cell phones, it makes sense that singles would want a streamlined way to find prospective partners with similar interests. If you’re a cannabis consumer and you’ve ever dated someone who wasn’t, you’re familiar with the occasional frustration of navigating that interaction. It makes sense that one might want to find a partner with whom they can share their herbal indulgences.

To see whether they live up to the hype, I tried out three cannabis dating apps: High There, 420 Singles, and 420 Friends. I’ve been sporadically on Tinder for a couple years now, so that was my main basis for comparison.

I love stoners. I love stoners the way I love cat people - they just get me. One common thread I've found among stoners is there seems to be a series of unwritten rules, a code of conduct, stoners just kind of understand. The following are my personal rules I've adopted and observed. What are some of yours?

I moved to California in August 2013 and I got my medical marijuana card in March 2014. I have chronic migraines so I meet the state requirements for a MMJ card. I promptly found a dispensary and started trying strains. Being born and raised on the East Coast, where the only options were "weed" or "no weed," I was excited to get my hands on some renowned California cannabis. 

Ashley Manta, ABS-certified sexologist, is an award-winning intimacy educator and the strategist high-achieving women and couples call when success in the boardroom hasn’t yet translated to passion in the bedroom. For almost two decades she has helped clients rekindle desire, negotiate ethical non-monogamy with confidence, and turn relational tension into shared growth.

Grounded in Internal Family Systems, trauma-informed somatics, and evidence-based sexology, Ashley’s private coaching weaves structured communication playbooks with embodied practices that shows progress between sessions. Her Relational Fluency™ framework pinpoints and calms the parts that sabotage connection, builds consent-driven erotic skills, and installs rituals that keep intimacy effortless under demanding schedules.

She is the author of The CBD Solution: Sex  (Chronicle Books × Merry Jane, 2020) and trained as a Bodysex® facilitator under pleasure visionary Dr. Betty Dodson. Ashley founded Activating Your Cosmic Pussy—a transformational sisterhood for pleasure, power, and embodied awakening—and regularly leads online intensives and retreats. Her speaking résumé includes SXSW, AASECT, and the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, along with guest lectures at universities nationwide. (View her full Media Page here.)

Holding a B.A. in Philosophy, graduate work toward an M.A., and certifications in Bodysex® facilitation and consulting hypnosis, she now works virtually from Austin with clients across North America and beyond. Think of her as an intimacy biohacker: she calibrates nervous systems, sharpens communication loops, and installs rituals that stick.

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Honest conversations. Deeper orgasms. Stronger relationships.

I’m Ashley Manta, ABS Certified Sexologist & 2020 XBiz Sexpert of the Year.

I help smart, self-aware humans stop settling and start building sex and relationships that feel honest, alive, and deeply satisfying.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF…

Your sex life looks “okay” from the outside, but inside it feels:

• Stuck in the same few positions, scripts, and fights

• Full of desire mismatch, misunderstandings, or mixed signals

• Great on vacation but awkward, tense, or numb at home

• Complicated by non-monogamy, lifestyle dynamics, or broken trust

• Buried under shame, anxiety, or “I should be over this by now”

You are not broken. You were never taught how to do this.

Sex, intimacy, and communication are skills. We can build them.

WHAT WE DO TOGETHER

When we work together, we focus on:

• Real communication:
  Saying the thing you’ve been editing in your head for months without blowing up the relationship.

• Nervous system safety:
  Moving from shutdown, panic, or people-pleasing into grounded, present, turned-on.

• Desire and pleasure:
  Mapping what actually lights you up, not what you think you’re “supposed” to want.

• Relational clarity:
  Monogamous, open, lifestyle, polyamory…we get honest about what works for you, not just what you used to want.

• Repair and rebuilding:
  When there’s been rupture, resentment, or betrayal, we look at what it would actually take to rebuild trust.

This is not about performing pleasure. It’s about building a sex life and relationship dynamic that feels sustainable, nourishing, and hot for both of you.

WAYS TO WORK WITH ME

1. Private Coaching (Individuals & Couples)

Bespoke support over Zoom, wherever you are in the world.
We can work on:

• Desire differences and “we’re never on the same page”

• Pain, anxiety, or shut down around sex

• Non-monogamy and lifestyle agreements that actually work

• Rebuilding intimacy after affairs, breakups, or big life changes

• Turning long-term relationships from “good roommates” back into lovers

Learn about coaching 

2. Speaking, Workshops & Events

I create custom talks and workshops for:

• Resorts and cruises

• Colleges and universities

• Lifestyle events and kink communities

• Bachelorette parties and girls’ trips

• Sex shops, retreats, and conferences

Topics include pleasure, consent, communication, group play, non-monogamy, and more.
If you want an event that’s fun, explicit, and grounded in real ethics, that’s my sweet spot.

Book Ashley to speak

3. On-Demand Classes

Elevated Intimacy Academy

Prefer to learn on your own time, in your own bed?

Elevated Intimacy Academy is my online learning portal with workshops you can watch anytime. Expect:

• Practical skills you can use tonight

• No shame, no fluff, no twelve-step goddess initiations

• Tools for dirty talk, pleasure mapping, communication, and more

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If you’re curious but not ready to dive into coaching yet, start with my free stuff:

• Substack: personal stories, education, and honest essays about sex, love, non-monogamy, and power. You can read my posts from the past three months for free. Subscribe to support my work!
  Read my Substack

• Dirty Talk Quick Start Guide (Free):
  A short, practical guide to saying hotter things in bed without sounding like bad porn or a robot. Click here to access my Dirty Talk Guide