Wheel of Consent Practice Circle
with Beth and Masha
The Wheel of Consent, developed by Betty Martin, is a wonderful framework and practice to help us ask for what we want and disrupt patterns of going along. It is not about consent in the way we have been taught to understand it, but about making agreements that allow for expressing our desires and noticing our limits. Experience the joy of receiving exactly what you want, and giving with a full, authentic yes!
This offering is an opportunity for ongoing practice of the Wheel of Consent, through solo and paired exercises, and opportunities for reflection and discussion. You will be able to participate by doing or observing, and request that the exercises be nontouch, if preferred. This is for you if you are already familiar with the Wheel, or if you are curious and want to learn more! Join us!
Seating is mostly on the floor on mats (There are few seats available on a small couch.) Please note: space opens 15 minutes before the start of the circle. Please give yourself time to arrive and ground in the space to start on time with the opening circle.
Facilitator Bios:
Beth Poague (bethpoague.com) is a curious, solo poly, queer, forest dweller living in the Hudson Valley. Beth has a Master’s degree in Social Justice Educational Studies, with a focus on disability justice and inclusion. She is currently training to be a Certified Wheel of Consent Facilitator (schoolofconsent.org), and also trained in restorative practices and conflict resolution, including circle-keeping, transformative mediation, and group facilitation. She thinks a lot about somatics and co-regulation, neurodivergence and trauma, healing and connection, abolitionism, collective care, nature and poetry.
Masha (theropejourney.com) has been a rope practitioner on both sides of the rope since 2018 and weaves together 30 years of experience as a nurse and midwife, and more recent studies in somatic trauma therapy and psychedelic healing, with her love of Japanese-inspired rope bondage. As a rope educator since 2022, she has been teaching consent in the context of rope and co-developed the beginner rope curriculum at Temple. She loves to create rope learning spaces where people can slow down enough to attune to themselves and each other, perceive their bodies, and feel their feelings. The Wheel of Consent has been an inspiration for this work and she has been deepening her understanding of this framework through workshops and self study. She is thrilled about the opportunity for regular WoC practice within the rope community!
RSVP is $20 per person
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Two 40% discount tickets are available per event for PoC, sex workers, and trans folks. Please reach out for the code. If cost is prohibitive and you are not part of these communities please reach out for volunteer opportunities.
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