{"id":694,"date":"2020-01-22T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2020-03-26T01:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T01:39:32","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#271e8f\"><strong>NEW EVENTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#671baf\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>**UPDATE March 2020:  Workshops postponed due to CV19 restrictions &#8211; see my more, including transfer \/ refund policy<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/what-to-do-about-woc-workshops-and-covid-19\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> <strong>**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newwebpagebanner1.png?resize=729%2C276&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-760\" width=\"729\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newwebpagebanner1.png?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newwebpagebanner1.png?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newwebpagebanner1.png?resize=768%2C292&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newwebpagebanner1.png?resize=600%2C228&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#21388d\"><strong>WHEEL OF CONSENT\u00ae<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#101c84;font-size:18px\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A day to notice and value what it is you want, to practice being able to ask, to feel how it is to say &#8216;yes&#8217; and &#8216;no&#8217; with confidence, and to explore how setting limits can lead to more choice and expansiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#471377;font-size:18px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SYDNEY: <\/strong>Saturday 9 May. Darlinghurst, 9.30am &#8211; 4.30pm.         <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#062389;font-size:15px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Bookings:   <a href=\"https:\/\/events.humanitix.com.au\/WoC-Sydney\">https:\/\/events.humanitix.com.au\/WoC-Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#592e82;font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MELBOURNE<\/strong>: Saturday 23 May. Collingwood, 9.30am &#8211; 4.30pm.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#12228b;font-size:15px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Bookings:   <a href=\"https:\/\/events.humanitix.com.au\/WoC-Melbourne\">https:\/\/events.humanitix.com.au\/WoC-Melbourne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#082c3c;font-size:14px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tickets are $110+bf, with some at $80+bf by discussion &#8211; please contact me.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#21388d\">A <strong>one-day workshop<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#031d55;font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Wheel of Consent\u00ae&nbsp;<\/strong>brings focus to the sensations and dynamics of touch, but it is&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;to all kinds of interactions and relationships, whether or not touch is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55;font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This workshop introduces you to&nbsp;practical tools from this simple yet powerful approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55;font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Some of the things you can practice at the workshop:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>tuning into sensation, to notice what you like and valuing it<\/li><li>asking for what you want (it&#8217;s the asking that matters here, not whether the request happens)<\/li><li>saying \u2018yes\u2019 and \u2018no\u2019 with confidence <\/li><li>setting some limits, and noticing how these feel in your body<\/li><li>noticing how it feels to hear a \u2018yes\u2019, a \u2018no\u2019, or a limit from someone else<\/li><li>making agreements that are full of respect, clarity and generosity<\/li><li>exploring new definitions and experiences of \u2018receiving\u2019 and &#8216;giving&#8217; <\/li><li>asking &#8216;who&#8217;s doing&#8217; and &#8216;who is it for&#8217; \u2013 to experience why these questions become crucial!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You don&#8217;t have to be familiar with the Wheel of Consent to attend.<\/strong>&nbsp;The best way to learn is through experience, and this will be a day of playing with many aspects of the Wheel. It&#8217;s an opportunity&nbsp;to refresh your practice if you have experience already.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There will be a variety of activities,<\/strong> including group discussion, listening, individual practice, and the opportunity to learn through exchanging touch with others in the group. Touch based activities are always  \u2018opt in\u2019 and there is never a requirement to touch or be touched by anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You are welcome<\/strong>&nbsp;whether you are shy or\noutgoing, comfortable in groups or less so. You are welcome to come with a\npartner or friend, or on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I welcome diversity in groups, and the uniqueness each person brings.<\/strong>&nbsp;I recognise that many individuals and groups are affected by intolerance, prejudice and structural oppression. I welcome First Nations people, and people of colour. I welcome diverse bodies, sexualities, and genders; diversity of cultures, relationships, and expressions of self. I welcome sex workers. I welcome people with disabilities, and people living with illness. I am willing to do what I can to minimise barriers, so please contact me to discuss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My role<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>is\nto lead the workshop and support an inclusive, enjoyable and respectful\nlearning space.<\/strong>&nbsp;Each participant becomes part of creating\nthe group dynamic on the day, and together we create a \u2018safer space\u2019 to learn.\nIf you are not familiar with \u2018safer spaces\u2019 I suggest you read this resource or\na similar one:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/128aotearoa.wordpress.com\/safer-spaces\/\">https:\/\/128aotearoa.wordpress.com\/safer-spaces\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This is a &#8216;clothes on&#8217; workshop. It&#8217;s not a workshop for&nbsp;sexual touch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You will not have to touch or be touched by anyone if you don\u2019t\nwant to. All touch is to be by agreement \u2013 what a perfect setting to practice\nthis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m training with Dr. Betty Martin through the School of Consent to teach Wheel of Consent\u00ae workshops from her curriculum. I am assisting on the \u2018Like a Pro\u2019 5-day trainings for practitioners that Betty is running in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#051b55\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-normal-font-size has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wheel of Consent\u00ae is fundamental to my work as a practitioner teaching consent and offering bodywork. It also profoundly influences how I interact in <em>all<\/em> my relationships, and how I relate to social and political dynamics in my close communities and the wider world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can read my blog on &#8211; The Art of Slowing Down &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellatopaz.com\/staging\/8986\/category\/blog\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color wp-block-paragraph\">******<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0c17b1\">RECENT EVENTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#112394\"><strong>INTRODUCTION TO THE WHEEL OF CONSENT\u00ae<\/strong> <strong>Sydney<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\">I led half-day workshops in Newtown, Katoomba and Bondi Junction in August \/ September 2019. This is from the work of Dr Betty Martin, who has spent over 12 years developing and teaching the Wheel of Consent<strong>\u00ae<\/strong>. While Betty shares many free resources on her website, she is very clear that <em>&#8220;while the ideas and diagrams are fine, its the <strong>experience<\/strong> of it that will change you&#8230;.when your hands get it, you get it.&#8221;<\/em>  You can find out more about Betty&#8217;s work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettymartin.org\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#1b3698\"><strong>URBAN TANTRA\u00ae with Barbara Carrellas, Melbourne<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\">I assisted on the teaching team for Barbara Carrellas for two Urban Tantra events in October \/ November 2019: the 2 day &#8220;Urban Tantra Experience&#8221; and the 6 day &#8220;Urban Tantra Practitioner Training&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color wp-block-paragraph\">Barbara is an internationally renown teacher, speaker, coach and author based in New York. Her extensive offerings include breath and energy orgasms, an inclusive and gender-fluid approach to conscious sexuality, and ways to integrate sex and spirituality.&nbsp; Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbaracarrellas.com\">here<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>To receive occasional email updates from me, join my mailing list via the link below.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW EVENTS **UPDATE March 2020: Workshops postponed due to CV19 restrictions &#8211; see my more, including transfer \/ refund policy here ** WHEEL OF CONSENT\u00ae A day to notice and value what it is you want, to practice being able to ask, to feel how it is to say &#8216;yes&#8217; and &#8216;no&#8217; with confidence, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Events | Abundant Body<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stellatopaz.com\/events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Events | Abundant Body\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW EVENTS **UPDATE March 2020: Workshops postponed due to CV19 restrictions &#8211; 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