Non-Verbal Consent, Intuition, & Touch Positivity
Schedule
Fri Dec 06 2024 at 02:30 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
10203 Old Manchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78748 | Manchaca, TX
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Have you wished the world was more touch-positive?Do you feel like you can navigate the verbal-consent oriented culture but sometimes wonder if there is another healthy way?
Do you wish it was accepted to tell a friend or new partner that you don't want to verbally check in about every touch and have them be able to really sink into that?
This workshop is designed to create awareness of a different side of the spectrum. 🌈
Explicit verbal consent is an amazing tool and has created a culture that is so much safer for people who experience a freeze response. 🙌🏻
It helps 'recovering people pleasers' get in tune with their real desires and speak up about how they feel. 💯
From parties to professional spaces, it gives people the power to choose what kind of interactions they want to be in, with little room for miscommunication.
But in some settings, the culture doesn't always serve us.
Among friends, or in non-verbal environments like contact improv or ecstatic dance, a different kind of consent may be more useful.
A non-verbal consent-based culture where people can learn to trust and fine-tune their own intuition. 🧠 ❤️
In this space, we move slowly, use attunement, check in on people, and communicate and handle redirection (sometimes all without words!)
And when non-verbal communication isn't enough, in this culture, people can trust each other to verbalize and honor when we feel like we don’t want a particular touch or interaction. 💪🏻
In this space, we can feel safe to offer small gestures of love and affection through touch, or baby steps closer in a dance of intimate interaction. We can offer our energy to be felt and experience how it is received. 🌌
In this workshop, we will:
-create a different set of agreements than you've probably ever seen
-practice the essential components of non-verbal consent
-give and receive feedback on how interactions with non-verbal consent feel in your body
-discuss where and how this kind of consent is appropriate
-lay the groundwork for how to create a safe non-verbal consent space among friends or a new lover
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Optional snuggle puddle & pre-Austin Tantra Festival hang out after - the venue for ATF is a 15 minute drive east, leaving enough room to grab a quick dinner and arrive at the venue.
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There are no exercises involving sexuality or sexual energy in this workshop.
There will be emotional support volunteers available during the workshop, however, due to the short nature of this workshop, it is not recommended for anyone with intense consent-based trauma.
The cost is sliding scale: $35 - $40 - $45
PayPal handle: @sammysummersunrise (yes, that is my cat!) 💰 🐈
Other payment options (Venmo, etc.) are available as well through DM.
Prepay is preferred or you can pay at the door as well. <3
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Where is it happening?
10203 Old Manchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78748, 10203 Old Manchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78748-1339, United States,Austin, Texas, ManchacaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
