A Daka, in the Bhuddist Tantric traditions, is a compassionate male spiritual messenger or intermediary, encountered in dream, vision, or material form, awakening great exaltation and divine embodiment in the practitioner.

Ten years ago, after hiding my sexual truth most of my life, I finally decided to embrace it as fully as possible and face the fears and judgements that held me back from expressing my sexual autheticity. I began the journey of exploring, studying and healing across a wide swath of interests and styles of eros. (If you are interested in learning more about this journey check out ("The Sharp Edge of Love")

I am an erotic creature. It is part of my genetic and spiritual heritage...as it is for all. A yen for fetish of some sort or other has been with me since childhood. As an adult this evolved into a strong connection to the mythos of D/s and the perverse edges of BDSM.

I have been priveleged to have met many teachers, mentors friends and co-workers along this path. Some I have taken workshops or other trainings from, some individual study or one-on-one exploration. I consider them to be some of the most wise, knowlegeable and experienced erotic professionals in the field. These include: Anna Marti, Baba Dez, Mukee Olan aka Kali, Amara, and Vanessa. Check these divine, wise and alluring Daka's and Dakini's out at their websites. It is worth the journey.

I have always been a soul searcher and have explored the general to esoteric spiritual and psychological teachings. This led me to the study of Jungian or depth psychology practices - differentiating aspects of my nature, awareness of, and facilitation processes of wounds and shadows, and identifcation of and connection to various archetypal energies...as well as other practices of self-awareness. I am far from perfection or Mastery. I have over 10 years experience in shadow oriented facilitation processes. This includes specific study and participation at shadowork trainings and the principles of Voice Dialogue. I have witnessed hundreds and lead personally over 100 shadow faciltiations. The nature of these shadow facilitations can be read about in the coaching section.

I have been blessed with a rich experience of life, not all of it so pretty. From these difficult places and the emotional pain they induced, I have found my compassion and desire to support others seeking their truth.

I have been active as a Dominant in my sexual lifestyle choice for over 10 years. I explore the psychological interplay of D/s, BDSM and power exchange. I find the mythic archetypal energy of Dom/sub, and other ritual polarities to have a deep rooted, sacred heritage...and can carry a highly erotic emotional charge when embodied. I strive to achieve these states thru the rituals of D/s and BDSM. There also may be healing aspects to exploring these dynamics and embodying these dark, hidden energies...and at times supportively examing the issues that may block their expression.

I am also a ritual Dominant erotic sadist. The intent is eros for me to heighten the sexual intensity. Thru power exchange and sweetening the pain with erotic stimilulation, we can blurr the lines of pleasure/pain. In the BDSM context I expore the shadows, the taboo, the forbidden and "inappropriate". I am not a TOP or sensation player, just out for the thrill of beating someone. There has to be a compelling erotic, psychological, emotional charge.

I am actively involved in a variety of communities from ecstatic dance, men's work, sacred sexuality, mentoring teen boys and others. I am a creative type - musician/composer (see jamwave.com/Galen ), published
writer, inventor and entrepreneur. I am the author of the acclaimed book, “The Sharp Edge of Love” Designer of the Tetruss portable, lightweight, free-standing suspension bondage rig and am a presenter at local and national lifestyle events.