Join us for this weekend workshop to learn and practice the Wheel of Consent
Fine-tune your relational skills through a somatic exploration into the more radical and nuanced aspects of receiving and giving
There lies a tremendous amount of confusion around the nature of consent— what it actually is — and how we consciously or unconsciously traverse in or out of the boundaries of it with our own bodies and in our relationships with others.
The Wheel of Consent is a practice that offers a model of interaction that is based on exchanges of touch but applies to much more. It sheds light on troublesome and confusing relational dynamics and clears them up. It turns out to describe the fundamental dynamics of most human relating.
The Wheel of Consent distinguishes between who is ‘doing’ and who it’s for. With this distinction four kinds of touch become possible, opening a rich and varied possibility of experience. It shows you how to notice what it is you want, how to trust that, value it and communicate it.
Many people have found this workshop and the Wheel of Consent to be life-changing. The Wheel brings clarity, ease, freedom, gratitude, and generosity in all your interactions.
Using the Wheel as a framework, in this workshop we will map the landscape of consent through clothes-on, non-sexual touch practices with the intention of mindful awareness, honoring, trust and communication.
With a deeper understanding and practice of embodied consent you will...
...learn how to trust both your boundaries and your desires
...gain greater fluency in asking for what you truly want from others
...identify common reasons why people operate out of consent (including habitual patterns, held religious trauma, institutionalized systems of oppression and power)
...gain access to more choices for yourselves in your body and in our relationships.
Who is it for?
This workshop is for people who:
are new to the Wheel or are already experienced with the Wheel and returning to dive deeper into practice
are interested in practicing new ways of receiving and giving
want to learn new skills for negotiating desires and limits
are single, dating, coupled, poly, married or divorced
Not sure if this workshop is for you? Be in touch with us here
WORKSHOP LOCATION
The workshop is held at the Stimson-Green House in the First Hill neighborhood located in central Seattle. Address: 1204 Minor Ave. Seattle WA 98101
ACCESSIBILITY INFO
There is a flight of 6 stairs from the sidewalk level into the main level of the house. Once inside there are 3 stairs from the main workshop space to the bathrooms. Be in touch around access needs.
Potluck dinner and opening circle
75-min lunch break midday
Workshop Fee:
Before January 1
After January 1