What to expect in a
Wheel of Consent® Workshop

Embodied Consent (informed by Wheel of Consent®) is practice of embodied awareness, attunement, and communication.
These skills are relational.
We need each other to develop them.

The root of the word consent is con- sentire. To feel with.
Feeling together is a practice of personal and relational integrity.
Within this practice, we meet what arises with presence, curiosity, and care.
We slow down and tend to our personal and mutual sense of safety and connection.
We include awareness of how power dynamics impact our relationship.

Engaging in this practice deepens our awareness and capacity to care for ourselves and tend what is occurring in our relational dynamics. This enables us to navigate our relationship with ourselves and others with more care, dignity, and integrity.

We access new levels of clarity and ease, gratitude, joy, generosity, and confidence.

The Vibe

Slow + Gentle
Welcoming
Non-judgmental + Accepting
Caring + Affirming
Warm
Permissive
Tender + Playful

“The safest container I’ve ever experienced” ~ Medicine facilitator

“The most neuro-sparkly affirming space I’ve ever been in” ~ Teacher & Consultant

The Flow

We start by creating the context and container (or vessel) for our practice. This includes grounding, connecting with the land, reviewing the agreements, and introductions
We offer some facilitated solo embodied practices. All practices are choice-based and optional. All practices are described and modelled before we engage in experiments, and you are presented with options for how you may want to participate.
Each practice is 3-15 minutes long, and follows the structure of Describe (Hear), Model (Witness), Experiment, Reflect, Share back
We balance the practice with brief presentations of components of the framework to provide context, shared definition and support for the practices.

“The flow really supported my learning. It’s incredibly full without ever feeling overwhelming. Every moment was meaningful.” ~ Senior Consultant & Engineer

The Group

A highly experienced facilitator. Helena has offered this practice for close to 10 years, with over 1,500 hours of facilitated practice in this specific modality in various cultural settings, and thousands of hours of complimentary practices

1-4 assistants available to demo practices, engage in practices with, and request attention from if you need support to ground and reconnect with yourself
Each group varies. There’s immense richness in the mix.
- Age ranges from 18-80+
- The mix of various dimensions of privilege/power vary between groups (e.g. gender, racialization, sexual orientation, disability, neurotype, class)
- Experience ranges from senior/retired somatic therapists and even teachers of this practice, to folks engaging in personal development work for the very first time.
- Some are there for professional reasons (often therapists, clinicians, teachers, managers), some are there because of a specific (or general) trauma, others because they feel great want to deepen and grow. Everyone brings their personal self to the practice.

“The most well-facilitated workshop I’ve ever attended” ~ Retired teacher