Awakening the Wild Muse:

A Journey Back to the Erotic Creative Self

To be an erotic being is to stand at the edge of the unknown – to feel the slow burn of life coursing through your veins, the pulse of creation and destruction echoing in every breath. It’s not the polished, performative seduction we’ve been taught to cultivate, but something far more primal, more dangerous, more liberating. It’s the fire behind your eyes, the voice in your bones, the quiet, relentless desire to create, destroy, and rise again.

To become your own muse is to stand naked in this power, to be both the artist and the canvas, the flame and the ash.

“Eros is the force that moves through us, the pulse of life that demands we create, destroy, and become.”

A Return to Eros

The Path I Didn’t Expect

I didn’t expect that starting a lingerie brand would lead me here — into the raw terrain of my own psyche. I thought I was making beautiful things for the surface of the skin. But what I was really making, and what I now see more clearly, is a mirror for everything we hide beneath it. The softness. The wildness. The ache.


To live erotically is to live awake — not just in the bedroom, not just in lingerie. But in the creative fire that rises unbidden. In the chaos that undoes us. In the sharp knowing of our intuition. And still, most of us have learned to dull that fire. To shrink. To polish. To seek permission.

“It is not by accident that the pristine wilderness of our planet disappears as the understanding of our own inner wild nature fades.”

Women Who Run With the Wolves

To lose touch with this wildness is to lose touch with your own deepest instincts – the whispers of intuition that guide you, protect you, and demand you live fully, fiercely alive.

Meeting the Muse Through Sia

What happens when you stop waiting for permission? When you stop seeking the muse outside of yourself — and become her?



This longing, to return to the body, to the source, to something real — is one I know intimately. It is not a marketing promise or a lifestyle upgrade. It is a spiritual unravelling. To feel again. To trust again. To let the body lead.



Through literature and the whispers of women’s stories across time, a thread began to emerge — and Sia appeared, holding space for this thread to unravel. She is the erotic alchemist/coach of The Wild Muse: Embodied Artistry Programme.

The Erotic as Remembering, Not Performance


Sia didn’t give me steps or answers. She offered space — space to soften, to listen, to unearth the parts of me that had been buried under productivity, politeness, and performance.
“To awaken the erotic muse,” Sia shared with me, “is not to become someone new. It’s to return to the untamed intelligence of your own body — the part of you that never forgot.”


Under her guidance, I didn’t learn — I remembered. My relationship with the erotic shifted: it wasn’t about sex or seduction, but about aliveness itself. I stopped thinking I had to perform it for someone else. I stopped trying to switch it on. I realised I was already it. My world, my senses, my body — all of it, already alive and wise.

How Sia Holds Space

This is how Sia works:



Awakening Sensuality — We began by listening to the body. Not as a vessel, but as an oracle.
Through breathwork, movement, and pleasure practices, she helped me tap into a current of erotic energy I had buried.


Embodying the Muse — We untangled shame. We called in ancestral permission. 

Creative Liberation — From deep embodiment came wild, surprising creation. I wasn’t making for approval anymore. I was making from devotion.

The Muse Within You

What I’ve learned is this: the erotic muse is always present. Through presence, she creates. She howls. She disrupts. She brings fire. She asks for truth, not performance. She lives in the places we’ve been taught to fear — our power, our rage, our sensuality.




To awaken her is to move through the world with a feral grace, unapologetically alive.
If you’re reading this and thinking, 'I’ve never felt that' — know this: it isn’t gone. It’s only sleeping. Maybe no one ever told you that you’re allowed to want more. That your body is wise. That your longing is not a flaw, but a compass.


“To live erotically is to be fully awake, fully alive – a trembling, sacred act.”
– A Return to Eros

An Invitation to Begin

Sia continues to hold space for women ready to explore this deeper path. As part of our collaboration, she’s offering one Vivi Leigh reader a chance to receive a free 3-month private mentorship — an intimate container for your own creative reawakening.



But whether or not you enter, let this be your portal. A moment to remember that your sensual, untamed self is not lost. She’s waiting.

Win a Free 3-Month Mentorship

Sia is offering an exclusive opportunity for one female artist to receive three months of private mentorship — completely free.
This is for the woman who is ready to stop creating from the outside-in, and start living, breathing, and expressing from the deepest well of her erotic, creative aliveness.

How to Apply for the Mentorship

To apply, send an email to siacabanel@gmail.com with the subject line:
“Vivi Leigh Muse Inquiry”
In your message, share a little about yourself:
• What’s your creative pursuit or curiosity?
• Is there something you used to love that you’re longing to return to?
• Are you feeling a sense of dullness or disconnection — and craving something more alive?
There’s no need to be polished or perfect. Just speak from the heart.

(Learn more about Sia here)


Applications are now open.


Don’t wait. The Muse waits for no one.

Thank you for reading

This blog was written from the heart, a reflection of my own creative unravelling, and a hope that something here stirred something in you.

If you feel called, explore the lingerie collection - not just as pieces to wear, but as portals back to your own sensuality.

For those curious to go deeper, I’ve gathered a few books that shaped this journey, you’ll find the reading list below.

With love,

Arena (Founder)

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Further Reading

A Return to Eros by Dr. Marc Gafni & Kristina Kincaid

A powerful exploration of erotic energy as a sacred life force — not just sexual, but creative, spiritual, and essential to human flourishing.

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

A mythopoetic journey back to the wild feminine through stories, dreams, and archetypes. A guidebook for reclaiming instinct, intuition, and deep soul-knowing.

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

A raw, darkly funny novel about hunger, obsession, and the blurred lines between longing and liberation. Sensual, uncomfortable, and deeply human.

The Erotic Mind by Jack Morin

A deep dive into the psychology of desire — how our personal history shapes what turns us on, and how erotic energy can become a gateway to deeper self-understanding.