Consent and Power in Grief, Death and Dying

This offering welcomes curiosity and gentle awareness towards topics and areas that are often avoided: grief, death, and power.
We are inviting an opportunity to notice where consent may be or feel more or less accessible and available, and how to bring more care towards ourselves and others.
You are invited to explore through choice-based guided somatic practices and inquiries, supported by various expressive modalities, including dialogue, drawing, and writing.
In-person experiential workshop
There are several shorter breaks throughout the days, including a 1 hour break for lunch. Tea and some snacks are provided.
Group size: Min 4**, Max 10
** Full refund offered if we have not reached our minimum of 4 registered participants by noon Fri April 10th.

"It's a very intentionally gentle and curated space. I felt very safe and cared for, and that my autonomy was centred instead of an afterthought! Overall, it was an amazing experience I would recommend to anyone who feels called to it."
-Lichen, a Two-Spirit Artist

Workshop agreements
How we ask that you engage with each other:
1. Confidentiality — outside the practices and the group, share only your own experience and learnings.
2. All feelings are welcome and do not need to be justified or explained; honor the feelings that arise in others by allowing them to feel without fixing or advising.
3. Share with intention, using "I" statements. Listen with attention. Bring awareness to power. No cross talk. “in the moment,” not meant to be hard facts.
4. Orient towards care. Use the names and pronouns people request, and honor the lived experience of those in the group. Bring curiosity and set aside assumptions about people's identities and experiences (e.g. gender, racialization, sexuality, culture, etc.).

What we invite for your own experience:
1. Choosing is more important than doing. Participation can look many ways and you choose how you want to participate — actively join a dialogue/practice, witness, journal, step outside, and change your mind at any time
2. Self-care and self-regulation — take care of your needs (for water, rest, movement, emotional care, etc.)
Sliding Scale Tickets
Ocean: $250CAD +GST (have investments (liquid or not), can afford travel/vacations)
Lake: $135CAD +GST (stable income or access to financial support)
River: $65CAD +GST (can afford occasional treats)
Stream: $25CAD +GST (closer to living wage)

Please be mindful that if you purchase a price at the lower ends of the scale when you can truthfully afford the higher ticket prices, you are limiting access to those who truly need the gift of financial flexibility. If the base rate is inaccessible for you, or you need a payment plan, or other methods of payment, contact Helena.
In acknowledging and tending the ongoing impacts of colonization, as settlers on these lands, we offer some spots in this workshop for xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ peoples as a gift. Please contact Helena to register.

Accessibility and health protocols
໑ Thank you for not wearing scents (e.g. essential oils, perfume, scented lotion, aftershave).
໑ The space is on the ground floor.
໑ If you do not feel well, and it may be contagious, please do not attend.
If the accessibility offered present a hardship or barrier for you to attend, or you have additional accessibility needs, please contact Helena and we will explore options for making this experience accessible for you.
Refund policy
Tickets are transferrable and not refundable. If you would like to transfer your ticket, please contact Helena so the new attendee can complete a registration form.

About the facilitators
This experiential offering is facilitated by Death Conversation Game's creator Angela Fama and Certified Wheel of Consent® facilitator Helena De Felice. They have previously collaborated in co-creating nine new rgrief, death and dying related questions as part of The 3UP Project, offering DCG X Our Sacred Body: Consent, Power & Dignity in Grief, Death & Dying and multiple immersive 3-day Wheel of Consent® Workshops.

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