Somatic Consent
Somatic Consent Facilitation, Coaching and Training
Do you feel at home, within yourself and with others?
Are you free to express yourself and make clear choices?
Your capacities for consent and choice are foundational to all aspects of giving and receiving and being in relationship with anyone, personally and professionally. The essence of my work is to transform old patterns towards healing, and it takes practice. The Wheel of Consent® is one of the most potent practices I know. Let's do this together.
Intro to the Wheel of Consent®
for all curious and willing people
Do you feel at home, within yourself and with others?
Are you free to express yourself and make clear choices?
In-person in Twisp, WA, 5:30-7:30pm PST: Sept 3rd, Oct 8th, Nov 5th, Dec 3rd
at WellSpring upstairs in the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp WA, with a simple meal is provided at 5pm for anyone wanting to nourish before class
Online via Zoom, 5:30-7:30pm PST: Sept 10th, Oct 15th, Nov 12th, Dec 10th
Consent is a practice, with or without touch, that empowers everyone.
These 2-hour introductions will invite you into embodied practices that cultivate your capacity to:
Notice and honor signals from your body, including your sense of safety, your wants, and your willingness,
Trust yourself and consider what deepens trust with others,
Value yourself and others,
Communicate clearly and confidently.
Consent practices in this class do not require touch. Practices are always optional with diverse ways for you to engage and learn. Exercises are always offered by describing and demonstrating the practice, inviting an opportunity to experiment in the practice, and a debrief. Please review these Shared Agreements before this class.
Next Class: SERVE generously without resentment, and ACCEPT gifts without guilt
These liberatory practices are simple and foundational, helping people freely feel alive, creative, connected and empowered in all aspect of life. Offer what you can for this Intro, $5-$35 suggested via Venmo or PayPal, or cash.
These classes are held in partnership with Rites & Responsibilities, a project of Nourishing Futures.
Power and Intimacy
for Men of Integrity
Uplevel your leadership with the Wheel of Consent®, Power Literacy and a renewed Lust for Life!
Do you want to become a better partner, collaborator and role model in your community?
Are you trustworthy, valuable and living your life fully with integrity?
Are you tired of trying to perform roles that just don’t fit you?
This 6-week online training will teach you skills and invite you into practices that cultivate our embodied capacity to:
Read the room to track social patterns to better understand how to show up and serve.
Notice and honor signals from you body, including your sense of safety, desires, fears, willingness and limits.
Trust yourself and consider what deepens trust with others.
Value yourself and others.
Communicate clearly, confidently and with integrity in all areas of your life.
This is not a bootcamp with doctrines and gurus to follow, but instead real tools in real time for you to authentically optimize your relational life and leadership today.
1 - on - 1 sessions
For individuals, 60 minute and 90 minute sessions are available, as stand-alone sessions or as a 6-session bundle.
Feeling safe, joyful and fully alive are your birthright. I somatically and verbally coach people of all walks of life, professions, sexual orientations and genders to support their freedom to be themselves and belong. We’ll work together to discover what you really want, what actually feels good and right, and to ask for it, and maybe even receive it. People are naturally diverse and unique, and so are the sessions. Our sessions might include:
Understanding your nervous system: How to create a sense of safety and connection
Setting boundaries as an act of self-care: How to say yes and no to the things you want in life
Exploring desires: Finding your authentic expression of what feels good to you
Consent: Distinguishing between what you want (for you) and what you are willing to engage in (for others)
Touch & connection: Learning to connect authentically and with ease
I will guide you in finding the freedom to feel alive, creative, connected and empowered to possibly transform all aspect of your life.
Connect with me for a free 30-minute consultation and for more info.
Couples Sessions
For couples, 90 minute sessions are available, as stand-alone sessions or as a 6-session bundle.
Grow trust, intimacy, love and passion in your relationship(s). Are you longing to feel more connected to your partner? To free your heart and be inspired in your relationship? Do you want to discover new levels of intimacy and possibilities? Together, we’ll gently explore pathways to sharing love, presence and acceptance. We’ll invest in your felt connection and grow your sense of belonging together, one step at a time. Our work together might include:
Exploring & expressing: Noticing, valuing and voicing what you want individually and as a couple; and identifying unexplored relationship possibilities
Giving & receiving: When you touch your partner, who is it for? Let go of behaviors that lead to expectation, pleasing, or performing
Touch & connection: Breaking old patterns with touch; expanding your erotic potential; creating a sense of play and freedom in your affection, touch, sex, or other vulnerable intimate ways of sharing life
This is quite different than couples therapy. While participating in a consent coaching session with a partner, which can feel vulnerable, we'll focus primarily on noticing and trusting your body, letting yourself want what you want, and being empowered and safe enough to ask for it. Your sense of connection, intimacy and belonging are intricately woven with your desires and the courage to voice them.
Discover your natural integrity, generosity, dignity and trust with yourself, a partner, on a team and in community.
If you're curious for more info, here's the Wheel at a glance.
