somatics for skillful boundaries

boundaries: one of the hardest damn things to figure out, right?

in this workshop, participants will learn a simple, practical, body-centred process for figuring out their boundaries, articulating those boundaries to those who need to know about them, and maintaining those boundaries. boundaries exist to structure our lives so that more of what we desire and need gets in, and more of what drains and hurts us stays out, and our bodies are a deep well of constantly up-to-date, accurate information about our needs, desires, and capacities. developing our skills around setting boundaries allows us to take better care of ourselves, have more mutually nurturing relationships, and navigate life’s up & downs more smoothly.

ACCESSIBILITY
this workshop is dissociation-friendly & trauma-informed / participation is a spectrum & nothing is obligatory. you are free to modify or abstain as suits you, and to request alternatives as needed.
the location is a private studio at the corner of st-laurent & duluth (exact address will be shared two days before); there is a short lip to enter the main building & doors are not automated.
from there, an elevator or stairs can be used to get up to our floor. there are two gender-neutral single-stall washrooms on our floor; they are not wheelchair accessible. there is a small waiting area with two chairs available; participants are asked not to arrive more than 10 minutes early.
a HEPA filter will be running & KF94/KN95/N95 or equivalent masks are mandatory throughout the skillshop; they will be provided for anyone who does not have their own. please mask up as soon as you arrive on our floor. if you are able, please test yourself for covid the morning of the skillshop. please wash your hands upon arrival & use the disinfectant available in the space frequently; we also do not want to spread strep & norovirus!
for ASL interpretation, i need 2 weeks notice, so please register & email before noon on 2 february & request if needed

please email hannah @ bodywitchery . com with any other accessibility questions / requests!

PRICING
tickets at 4 tiers, ranging from $0-97. space is limited (13 participants maximum) & tickets at each tier are limited.
this model relies on those who can paying more & those who need paying less or not at all, so please be on purpose with your choice and consider your full-spectrum financial reality including income, debt, savings, care commitments, family/other support, and class background!

about your facilitator: hannah harris-sutro is a politicized somatics practitioner & facilitator. the seed of my work is an unshakable knowing that the wisdom of your body is your birthright, and that this wisdom is the heart of transformation & healing for personal & collective liberation. the primary lineages i study & practice within include somatic experiencing (SEP), generative somatics via vanissar tarakali, & biodynamic craniosacral therapy. my approach is grounded in mad pride/disability justice models, particularly peer education & support, harm reduction, and queer lineages of radical desire, consent & power. my training is lifelong & intentionally outside institutional/academic frameworks of social work, psychology, psychiatry, and policing. i am a white neurodivergent & mad settler, leatherdyke & parent, born & raised on kumeyaay territory, living in tiohtià:ke on unceded territory traditionally tended by the kanien'kehá:ka since 2006.

i have nearly 20 years of experience doing community support work, training, and facilitation. i’ve facilitated some style of trauma-informed, broadly accessible, fat-positive somatic practice for groups since 2011 & 1:1 sessions since 2014.

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