BARE: INTIMACY & CONSENT WORKSHOP

20 Oct 2024 11:30

Location: Whitespace

WHAT

BARE begs the question, ‘how do we create IRL relationships where we see and value others, and feel seen and valued in return?’ By dropping the masks and getting familiar with the lost art of intimacy, we can develop healthy relationships, and inspire gentle, diverse, inclusive, and meaningful communities that create a ripple effect of change.

The BARE workshop is a guided and safe embodied experience that helps you discover creative ways to:

• Connect
• Practice empathy
• Ask for what you want
• Deconstruct judgment and expectations
• Navigate boundaries and needs without words
• And listen to yourself and your peers with kindness and respect

WHAT IT'S NOT

• A workshop about sex and kink
• Practices around desire and lust
• BDSM or any other form of alternative sex practices
• But what you learn can inform safe and respectful practices in all areas of life.

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WHO IS THIS FOR

Anyone with an interest in being a better human, more respectful friend, and more attuned partner. And for those who want to learn to practice boundaries, as well as the giving and revoking of consent.

Guided by a leading practitioner in the intimacy space, Lidia Ravviso, you’ll engage in simple but powerful practices that include: interactive activities and dialogue, use body movement and play to reflect on power dynamics, intimacy, and consent both giving and revoking it, care, and self-care while feeling at ease with the other participants.

Together, we’ll create spaces that improve lives and build communities where being seen, heard, and valued isn’t the exception – it’s the rule.

Important Information:
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the 11:30 am start. 

All genders, abilities, and sexual orientations are welcome.

Wear comfortable clothes and bring:

• a water bottle
• a notebook
• and a pen

All activities are optional. If you need a time out, we’ll have a designated space where you can sit on your own, and relax without having to engage. The What Does Not team will be available and on hand if you want to chat, or have any questions.

WHO 

What Does Not - All-female culture agency, What Does Not, is a hybrid entity for a changing world. We combine the functions of an events company, collective, and creative agency to create an ecosystem for fulfilling humanity's needs for belonging, opportunity, and purpose. Taking the universal languages of music, food, stories and more, and using them for more than indulgence or escapism, we create fun, safe spaces of common ground – where people can discover their shared humanity in innovative ways. We're breaking the mould of days and nights out by dishing out the cure to loneliness in cool and vibey ways, while giving a leg up to emerging creators. From immersive storytelling nights, to live music events, panels with a difference – and more – everything we do at What Does Not is designed to be an antidote for this age of loneliness, disconnection, and polarisation.