Meet Austin intimacy coach & tantrica: Olivia Pavlov
Meet Olivia Pavlov, intimacy coach and tantrica based in Austin. A psychologist who abandoned unfulfilling clinical work to study tantra and embodiment, she now guides clients through transformational healing work that blends science with tantric practice.
By Isobel & Olivia Pavlov
2 min read
29 August 26
Updated 17 October 26
2 min read
Updated 17 October 26
Psychologist turned tantra coach, Olivia Pavlov abandoned the American dream to study embodiment and healing after meeting a Tantra teacher a decade ago. Based in Austin, she now works with over 600 clients blending psychology with tantric practice to help people reclaim satisfaction, presence and liberation. Sessions start at $600.
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View Olivia’s profile ›Olivia Pavlov spent years pursuing the American dream only to find it hollow. A psychologist by training, she abandoned unfulfilling clinical work a decade ago to study tantra, reiki and embodiment after a chance meeting with a Tantra teacher changed everything.
Today, she works as an intimacy coach and tantrica in Austin, blending her psychology background with embodied healing practices. She’s guided over 600 clients through their own transformations, weaving together the scientific and the mystical to help people reclaim satisfaction, presence and liberation in their bodies and lives.
How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Erotic, enlivening, warm
Tell us more about yourself…
Academic turned to tantra master, I bring a mixture of smart and sweetness.
What services do you offer on Sensuali?
Online coaching, in person work.
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What turns you on?
I’m most turned on when I’m dancing.
What was your journey into this world?
I was a psychologist, which was very unfulfilling.
I met a Tantra teacher 10 years ago and my world changed.
It brought together my passion for body work, personal development, and healing.
What do the first 60 minutes of your day look like?
I wake up with my girls. I meditate. I drink lemon water and tea and write in my journal on the porch.
Why do you do what you do?
I love working out, sauna, being out with friends and dancing.
What is an unexpected pleasure you discovered in your work?
I absolutely love when people fulfill their dreams.
What should more people know about your work?
It can be very wholesome, even innocent.
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What’s your superpower?
I truly can read people’s mind as well as their body.
We love vices. What’s yours?
Caffeine all day every day.
Who are your sensual inspirations?
I desire to stay present in every circumstance in my body.
Related reading
Sources & further reading.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hinduism: Tantrism. Origins of tantra.
- NCCIH (US National Institutes of Health). Reiki. Evidence on reiki (limited).
- Brotto LA, Basson R, Behav Res Ther, 2014. Group mindfulness-based therapy significantly improves sexual desire in women. Mindfulness (present-moment body awareness) improves desire and arousal; supports the article's framing of presence and embodiment as routes to sexual satisfaction.
Isobel Clark
Isobel is a writer and creative based in Paris. She has been working with Sensuali since 2022 and is deeply passionate about eroticism, kink, the feminine experience of pleasure and its place in art and culture. Originally from a Northern UK seaside town, she is naturally…
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Olivia is a passionate advocate for having a satisfying life and utilizing sexuality as a transformational and healing tool! With a MA in psychology, and everything but a dissertation she has a strong background in Psychology. When her health shut down and she found herself married,…
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