Relating Lab: The art of giving

This is your space to explore what authentic, genuine giving feels like. Explore your habits and choose to relate in a new way.
About this Event

For a long time, I gave because I thought I had to. I made myself useful, easy to keep around, as if I had to earn the right to be chosen, to make sure they wouldn't leave. But people who are meant to be close to you choose you for who you are, not for what you do for them. Otherwise, it's transactional and full of pressure and expectations.

This is an evening to feel that difference in your own body.

Who this is for

• You give until there's nothing left.
• You say yes before you've checked whether it's a real yes.
• You often regret overstepping your own boundaries.
• You give to make sure you’re useful to the other person.
• You'd like to learn what it feels like to give from a full-hearted yes.
• You want to grow into a giver to nurture others without losing yourself.

What we'll do

• A 100% cacao upon arrival and a short meditation.
• A slow warm-up to notice your own patterns in space.
• A simple practice with a partner, one gentle, consensual action, to feel the difference between a yes you mean and a yes you're performing.
• Space to look at where you over-give and what it costs.
• Paired soundbath.
• A closing circle.

What this is not
Not therapy. Not a workshop where you need to be a certain way. Any touch or practice is always your choice, and something you can pass on at any point. Come as you are.

The practical bits
Sunday, July 5th, 4–5:45 pm. Calm Rooms, Monkstown.
Up to 10 seats. RSVP through this Meetup. Wear something comfortable that you can sit on the floor in. Bring a water bottle.

About me
I'm Olena. I'm a psychologist (PSI graduate member), doing a PhD in organisational psychology, with somatic and consent-based training on top. I run cacao ceremonies and cuddle therapy sessions in Dublin. The Relating Lab is a series of four events that I'll be running monthly through the summer. Each event is focused on a different quadrant of the Wheel of Consent. This is the entry point. Come and share this space with like-minded people.

Everything is opt-in. You can pass on any exercise without explaining why.
This event is an introduction to future workshops about giving, receiving, taking, and allowing. It's a safe space; the exercises might include some platonic touch (if you opt in). Every participant is invited to come with reverence for others in the group.

The Art of Giving is part of a four-part Relating Lab series running through the summer, each evening exploring a different part of how we give and receive. Come and share this space with like-minded people.

Note: We may take a few photos during the event for future promotion, and you’re very welcome to opt out by letting us know when you arrive.