Tuesday, August 25, 2026
5:30-8:30 pm
Friends of Light Meeting House
206 S. Oak St. Traverse City
Have you ever said yes when you actually meant no?
What would life be like if you could say maybe more — and take more time to decide?
Turning to the Body:
Embodied Boundaries
Consent is a vital part of building trustworthy relationships. All relationships including intimate partners, family, co-workers, kids - and even with yourself. Having access to and feeling for our authentic yes’, no’s and maybe’s is one pathway to living with more consent in all of relationships.
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The practice of consent also supports building a culture that honors everyone’s dignity and safety. Most of the cues we get from the dominant cultures that define our lives encourage us to override our own yes, no and maybes. We rush to an answer, or give the answer that we think will please the other person or keep us safe.
Practicing embodied consent is one way to cultivating a culture that honors each person’s yes, no and maybe. As Grace Lee Boggs said, “In order to transform the world, they must transform themselves.” The way we feel for systems that dignify all life is to start by feeling for our own dignified consent, and then feel for one more person’s, and the next.
Come feel what the body has to say + build a culture of consent with us.
What to expect:
In this workshop, we’ll learn through the body using individual, partner and group practices. The practices are simple, but require repetition to become accessible under pressure. Please plan to experiment with these practices in your day-to-day life between sessions.
This workshop is designed for both people new to somatics and those who've been practicing for a while. Somatic practices are meant to be revisited again and again, inviting new depth and understanding with each repetition.
About the Facilitators:
This workshop is co-facilitated by Lucy Waechter Webb and Tess Waechter Smith grounded in the Strozzi and generative somatics methodologies. Tess and Lucy are sisters, politicized healers + change makers who grew up in Michigan and after years of living away returned to the land and peoples who shaped them with a committment and longing toward community care and racial justice. They approach somatics as a practice that offers personal and collective healing and change.Learn more about Tess here at Rivers Edge Somatics
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Where: Friends of Light Meeting House
When: Tue, Aug 25 from 5:30-8:30pm
Cost: Low cost - $40 | True Cost - $60 | Sustainer Cost - $80
Deadline to register: Sunday, August 23
Limited to 20 people.
Please register at the highest level accessible for you. The subsidized rate is supported by those in our community who are able to pay the actual cost or sustainer rate. No one is turned away from lack of funds. Please reach out via the contact form on this website if you’d like to attend with a “pay-what-you-can” contribution.
How do I decide what to pay? : You might use this tool to help you discern.
Cancellation / Refund Policy: We will offer a full refund up to 10 days before the workshop. If you cancel within 10 days of the workshop we will offer 50% of your registration fee.