This workshop emphasizes the wisdom of the body and puts into practice the revolutionary concept of attunement AS consent. It asks: how can we create safety in connection when we might not even KNOW what we want? Through partnered activities and light touch, participants engage in sensation noticing and naming practices, rolling out the red carpet for no, and finding the juicy YES! We observe our initial judgments of each other and compare them to our lived experiences. Pausing frequently to observe, articulate and share what's happening in their bodies, participants learn to sense their own internal yeses and no's, intuit what's happening for their partners, and learn to differentiate desire from consent, attunement from verbal agreement, and curiosity from agenda.
Mischa Byruck (He/him) is a men's integrity coach and supports his clients to live their lives in line with their values. He specializes in handling public callouts and cancellations and has supported over 50 clients to take accountability for harm and return to their lives transformed. He is an ICF-certified coach, with training in abuser counseling, facilitation, antiracism, trauma, gender, consent, men's work, and sexuality. He is the consent education partner of Bonobo Network, the Bay Area's premiere sex-positive community organization, and the official accountability referral partner of The Consent Academy. Previously, he founded forLove, a virtual erotic events company, ran partnerships for DataKind and Code for America, worked in international development, and started a large-scale disaster relief organization. He holds a BA from Columbia and an MPA from NYU.
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