🔱 My Body, My Temple: Embodying Sacred Masculinity🔥

by Christopher Shaw, LCSW-S CSAT-S RYT, Founder Merkaba Temple & Merkaba Immersions, Co-Founder ArcherShaw

I’ve taken some flack lately for posting pictures of myself shirtless on social media. And honestly? I don’t care.

Here’s why:

• It’s summer in Mexico and it’s hot. Simple as that.

• I love myself today. After years of shame and self-neglect, I finally respect and celebrate the 50-year old body I live in.

• I embody sacred masculinity. My body is my temple, and I choose to honor it openly.

But here’s the truth: for many years, I did not treat this temple with reverence.

I polluted it with:

• Drugs and alcohol

• Psychiatric medications that I really didn’t need

• Problematic sexual behaviors

• Endless hours of porn, Netflix, and scrolling social media

• News cycles that fed fear instead of faith

• Relationships with toxic people, places, and institutions that drained my soul

• Other people’s opinions of me

• Obsessive workout routines that came from shame, not devotion

I numbed. I avoided. I carried shame.

My temple became a prison, and I forgot that my body was meant to be a vessel for light.

Today, everything has changed.

My body receives love:

• Nourishment through healthy food and drinks — and ongoing sobriety from alcohol, drugs, prescription medications, and problematic sexual behaviors

• Healing through eastern medicine and the sacred medicines of the Mother Earth

• Alignment through daily Kundalini & Hatha yoga, prayer, meditation, japa, and mantra

• Restoration through fierce devotion, breathwork, conscious union, and sacred sexuality

This is not vanity. This is reverence.

Sacred masculinity is not about a perfect physique. It is about remembering that the body is holy, reclaiming it from the grip of addiction, distraction, and shame. It is about standing fully present in your temple — clear, devoted, sovereign.

When I share my body, I’m not saying “look at me.”

I’m saying: look at what’s possible.

To those who feel triggered by the sight of a bare chest — I honor you. And I invite you to ask yourself: What part of me resists seeing the body as sacred?

And to those who feel the call, here are some questions for you:

• Do you struggle to feel truly at home in your body?

• Do you find yourself numbing with porn, substances, or distractions?

• Do you long for deeper intimacy, but often get stuck in cycles of fear, shame, or conflict?

• Do you sense that more is possible — in your masculinity, your sexuality, your leadership, your love — but you’re unsure how to embody it?

If you answered yes to even one of these, it may be time to step onto this path.

I’ve simplified my offerings to make it easier for you to enter this work with me — whether through coaching, immersion, or ceremony. This is where sacred masculinity and sexuality are healed, awakened, and embodied.

The door is open:

🔱 www.archershaw.guru/offerings-christopher

Because the body is not shameful. It is holy. It is the vessel of Spirit. And when we honor it, we awaken our throne. 🔱❤️‍🔥

🔱 Om Namah Shivaya. Om Guru Om. 🕉️

Love & Blessings beyond measure,

Christopher