<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kaia | sea • skin • soul: Kaia's Bookshelf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where Kaia keeps the stories that shaped her:
intimate, unhurried and written in the language of skin and light.]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/s/kaias-bookshelf</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sLyf!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0cf28b9b-3007-405a-8f75-e94ce6473783_1024x1024.png</url><title>Kaia | sea • skin • soul: Kaia&apos;s Bookshelf</title><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/s/kaias-bookshelf</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:49:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://kaiasword.substack.com/feed" rel="self" 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LPRi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feff0302c-0438-4b58-9085-636ce0e82d57_1500x1500.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/boobs-blue-moon-and-bad-decisions">A Blue Moon night</a>.<br>Too much Campari.<br>One locked hotel pool that should have stayed untouched.<br>And the sea waiting just beyond the fence.</p><p>Pamela O. brings us a guest story full of bad decisions, sudden heat and the kind of trouble only moonlight can excuse.</p><p>Read by Kaia, because some nights sound better when they are whispered.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[eBook & Audiobook: Sweat And Salt ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Balance Was Never the Goal]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/ebook-and-audiobook-sweat-and-salt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/ebook-and-audiobook-sweat-and-salt</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 11:42:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lvm_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F77af391a-5b86-45b0-abff-bc7e718ac445_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sweat and Salt<br></strong><em>Balance Was Never the Goal</em></p><p>Kaia comes to the hidden beach for stillness. For breath.<br>For the quiet intimacy of her own body in the morning light.</p><p>Barefoot on linen, surrounded by sand, sea, heat and salt, she moves through her yoga practice with complete surrender. Alone. Unwatched. Fully in herself.</p><p>Until she opens her eyes.</p><p>A stranger stands in the shadow of the hut. He has been watching her. Too long. Too intensely. And yet Kaia does not hide. She does not collapse. She holds his gaze, her body still trembling from the pose and something shifts between them.</p><p>What begins as intrusion becomes tension.<br>What should be shame becomes heat.<br>What was meant to be balance becomes the first slow step toward losing control.</p><p><strong>Sweat and Salt </strong>is a sensual, body-close story about being seen, about power in one&#8217;s own skin and about the moment when surrender feels less like defeat and more like truth.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eBook: Touch Letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume 1]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/ebook-touch-letters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/ebook-touch-letters</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:50:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TYpT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5ea4346-7e52-4a6a-b948-64e8b1ae6276_1600x2560.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, I&#8217;m sharing <strong>Touch Letters Vol. 1</strong> with my small paid circle.<br>These letters aren&#8217;t lessons. They&#8217;re tiny doorways back into your body. Less than ten minutes of less noise, more feeling. Inside you&#8217;ll find eight moments, eight temperatures: care, sweetness, gravity, sun, cold, marks, weight, pulse.</p><p>Read one when your head is loud. </p><p>Read another when yo&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bonus: Close Your Eyes. I’ll Do The Rest.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monday Touch &#183; Dream Loop: Audio Editions]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/bonus-close-your-eyes-ill-do-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/bonus-close-your-eyes-ill-do-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:04:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dream Loop was always about the body remembering first.</p><p>So I gave it a voice.</p><p>Five versions of the same moment. Each one a different temperature in the skin: quiet, poetic, hungry, playful, somatic.</p><p>If you want to revisit with headphones, slowly, this is for you.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png" width="246" height="246" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1024,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:246,&quot;bytes&quot;:2499397,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://kaiasword.substack.com/i/185895425?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GhjV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d91f5eb-3f6c-4d1d-9087-dd55d4f440ba_1024x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eBook: Undone in Her. Reclaimed in Me. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written with the Tongue]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-ebook-undone-in-her-reclaimed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-ebook-undone-in-her-reclaimed</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:16:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ddne!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84c2a3f4-b627-4ac9-bb22-49673b4bbe81_1600x2560.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for your support! Tonight you&#8217;re getting the complete <strong>Undone in Her. Reclaimed in Me.</strong> in the Deeper, Wilder Edition: with <em>my</em> <em>Solo</em> plus exclusive outtakes you&#8217;ll only find here.</p><p>Early in the eBook you can choose: <strong>The Gentle Path</strong> or <strong>The Wild Path</strong>. Your call, which road you take with me and Juna.</p><p>Thank you for being here. I love pressing these adventures into words, into eBooks, and sharing them with you.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Audiobook: Echoes of the Hot Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Story of Heat, Heart and Hidden Yearnings]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-audiobook-echoes-of-the-hot-spring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-audiobook-echoes-of-the-hot-spring</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:09:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NfSv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F11d1b0d3-35b9-4b62-99c9-a7b8127750b3_366x365.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>My voice. His presence. One story told from inside my breath.</strong></p><p>I tell this story in my own voice. The way I lived it, the way it moved through my body that night.</p><p>But some moments carry another weight. Another tone. Another truth that wasn&#8217;t mine to speak.</p><p>So when Mark&#8217;s words appear, you&#8217;ll hear <em>him</em>. Not as a second narrator, not as a shift in perspective,&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eBook: Echoes of the Hot Spring]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Story of Heat, Heart and Hidden Yearnings]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-ebook-echoes-of-the-hot-spring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-ebook-echoes-of-the-hot-spring</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:22:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pvYt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F884c4891-5e0f-48eb-bd4f-2787e19ccbe9_1600x2560.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for being here, for reading, feeling and walking these paths with me.</p><p>This is the full version of <em><strong>Echoes of the Hot Spring</strong></em>,<br>a story born far from any studio,<br>where steam, stone and solitude become their own kind of language.</p><p>Two editions exist again:<br>one for the shelves of the world,<br>and one for here, <br>quieter, warmer, more intimate.<br>The public cover &#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eBook: In My Skin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kaia at Dawn - Nude Yoga and the Art of Stillness]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-ebook-in-my-skin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/the-ebook-in-my-skin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:45:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!INQZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fda5c170b-c726-4506-b302-ac5bba7c8e9f_1600x2560.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This book is a return to presence.<br>To the quiet of movement without fabric, to the honesty of skin against air.</p><p><em>Nude yoga</em> is not about exhibition; it&#8217;s about awareness &#8212;<br>the weight of breath, the patience of balance,<br>the moment when body and self stop being two.</p><p>These pages are an invitation to meet yourself where silence begins.<br>Move slowly.<br>Breathe deeper th&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eBook: Open in the Studio]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Mirror-Quiet Affair]]></description><link>https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/open-in-the-studio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://kaiasword.substack.com/p/open-in-the-studio</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:02:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I65B!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa5614f65-b78b-45a4-bffa-d2a43833a9b7_1600x2560.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for being here: for reading, feeling, staying.</p><p><br>This is the full version of <em><strong>Open in the Studio</strong></em>, the first story I wrote with more skin than ink.<br>Two editions, two covers, both born of the same breath.</p><p>The <strong>epubli edition</strong> is the one you chose together. The public cover, available in all stores.<br>The <strong>self-published version</strong> carries the quieter, more dar&#8230;</p>
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