MELT into The STARS Talk:An Embodied Workshop for Safety, Desire, Boundaries, and Relational Clarity

Name: MELT into The STARS Talk:An Embodied Workshop for Safety, Desire, Boundaries, and Relational Clarity
Start: 2026-03-07T14:00:00-08:00
Location: Portland Dance Studio

Schedule

Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Portland Dance Studio | Portland, OR

✨ MELT Into STARS – An Embodied Communication Workshop ✨
Improve skills and practice tracking energy, connection, and consent on and off the dance floor.
STARS is a simple and powerful relational framework that helps us speak the parts that are often left unspoken: Safety, Turn-ons, Avoids, Relationship Intentions/Expectations, and Sexual Health. When these conversations become embodied and intentional, chemistry deepens, consent becomes clearer, and connection becomes more nourishing and sustainable.
This is not a lecture.
This is a guided, experiential, community practice.
We’ll explore:
💫 Safety as attunement — aligning nervous systems so intimacy can move with care. Deepen your relationship with your nervous system so that you recognize it's messages.
💫 Turn-ons &
Avoids -listening to and voicing your embodied truth-
the hell yes, and no. And honor the grey in between.
💫 Relationship intentions & expectations -moving from assumptions to shared reality by listening and attuning to yourself and others.
💫 Sexual health as a pathway to deeper trust and hotter connection. Talking about the uncomfortable stuff.
Through movement, reflection, partnered and small-group exercises, and clear frameworks, you’ll practice bringing your relational communication into the same integrity as your dance.
This workshop is for:
• Fusion & ecstatic dancers
• Connection-curious humans
• People who want more clarity, less guessing
• Anyone ready to make “the talk” feel natural, grounded, and even pleasurable
What to Expect
• Short teachings woven with experiential practice
• Somatic and movement-based exercises
• Partner and group exploration with clear consent and choice
• Individual reflection and integration
• A trauma-informed, inclusive, consent-centered container
No partner needed. All relationship structures, identities, and experience levels welcome.
Come as you are. Leave with practical tools, deeper self-awareness, and a new way to create connection in this community.
🕐 Timing
1:30 – Arrive, land, and connect
2:00 – Workshop begins (please be on time; we will build the container together)

🤝 SAFETY NEEDS: Presented by Will O'Connor
@relationalecosystemsproject
🔥TURN-ONS & ⛔AVOIDS: Presented by Emerald May
@rootedpleasure
🤲RELATIONSHIP Intentions/Expectations: Presented by Matthew Nelson & Evelin Dacker
@bravespaceembodiment
@wildwoman-wellness.com
❤️‍🔥SEXUAL HEALTH: Presented by Courtney Brame
@somethingpositiveforpositivepeople
~~Breaks Woven in for Nourishment and Reset~~
7 – Ends
8- Melt Dance Intro Class and Dance
Cost
MELT INTO THE STARS - FULL DAY PACKAGE - Workshop+Dance Afterparty
- $55-$125
STARS Workshop Only
-$30-$80 SUGGESTED