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Body Curiosity with Reid Mihalko (USA) & Wilrieke Sophia (NL)
November 23 @ 10:00 - November 24 @ 18:00 CET
Explore, unlock, and frolic in the wonders that each of our bodies holds beneath the skin with Reid Mihalko (USA) and Wilrieke Sophia (NL)!
If you’re feeling uninspired and lost when it comes to your body and others’… If you’ve lost touch with the curiosity and wonder we had as children when it came to our bodies and all the amazing things they can do… If you’ve stopped caring or don’t think you’re capable of uncovering more delicious things your body can do (or things you can help others do with theirs!)… Then join us for a weekend devoted to exploring and rediscovering the wonder, pleasure, and surprise each of our vessels contains!
Wouldn’t it be nourishing to feel a lover get lost in your body? How about YOU getting lost in your own body or someone else’s?
Your curiosity is a gift you can give to your body and others… Give it back to yourself and share it with others.
Whatever your reason or level of experience, join s.x and relationship educators Reid Mihalko of ReidAboutSex.com and Wilrieke Sophia of Exploring Deeper for this unique, two-day workshop full of tips and tricks, live demos, self and partnered practice, and Q&A!
Over the course of this fun, informative, playful, and deep, two-day exploration, here is what we’ll cover…
DAY 1:
– The differences between Shame vs. Inexperience and how Permission & Curiosity lead to Play & Confidence
– Self-regulation tools and skills that allow us to drop deeper into our self-awareness and abilities to stay connected (or reconnect!) to our bodies, nervous systems, and each other
– What gets in our way of being open and curious? And why so many of us never experience curiosity as an access to arousal.
– Ways to courageously (and at your own speed!) open up and reveal yourself to being fully seen
– Techniques and tools to help others feel seen and held (without overgiving, being co-dependent, or crossing your own boundaries)
– Approaches to connect deeply and be curious with each other’s bodies without touch
– Exercises designed to help us shed our shame and negative thoughts and feelings about our bodies
DAY 2:
– How to use shame as a compass that will lead us to courage and curiosity!
– Continued experiences with self-regulation and co-regulation to practice dropping yourself deeper into your nervous system
– Exercises that will allow our growing sense of courage and curiosity to awaken our sense of self-wonder and how to use self-touch & exploration to awaken all our senses
– Ways to evoke and hold one’s arousal as an access to feeling alive & nourished (rather than frustrated, overwhelmed, or shutdown!)
– Using toys to create sensations not easily achieved by hands alone and how to distinguish and surf the differences between your body needing slower, softer, faster, and harder.
– The differences between what has your body become aroused (sensation) and your mind become aroused (erotic) and how interplay and weave the two
– Understanding and experiencing what Reid calls “Hungry Hole” and why it can change the way you think about bodies, arousal, and pleasure
– How to develop aftercare protocols to help you integrate your newfound skills and help you hold space for your loved ones to integrate as well
This is a RED event – this is what it means for this event: team members will be naked for demos/exercises, participants may be naked for no-touch purposes, and optional nudity and full body self-touch by participants in the last exercise on day 2. Nudity is never obliged nor pushed towards.
Bring toys, and a blanket as options for the last exercise. Please bring something for yourself for lunch.
ABOUT REID MIHALKO (USA)
As seen on NETFLIX’ “Chelsea Does…” alongside Chelsea Handler, Reid Mihalko (he/him) of ReidAboutSex.com is an internationally known sex and relationship educator helping adults become the change they want to see in the bedroom by creating more self-esteem, self-confidence, and greater health and accountability in their relationships and sex lives. Reid uses an inspiring mixture of humor, personal stories, keen insight, and comprehensive sexual health information to change the lives of his audiences and clients.
In early 2018, some very brave people came forward during #MeToo sharing harms that Reid had caused them. Reid stepped down from teaching and initiated a restorative justice-based accountability process to address his misconduct and make amends if and where possible. The formal, year-long process along with Reid’s apology and resources were shared publicly and can be found at TinyURL.com/reidaccountability. Going forward, Reid’s projects and appearances will include pointing people towards resources and experts on restorative and transformative justice-based accountability processes.
Reid’s workshops and college lectures have been attended by over 60,000 people from all over the globe. His Youtube videos have been viewed over 5 million times. He has appeared in media such as Oprah’s Our America With Lisa Ling on OWN, NETFLIX, Montel, Dr. Phil’s The Doctors on CBS, Bravo’s Miss Advised, Fox News, in Newsweek, Seventeen, GQ, The Washington Post, and in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.
Reid is also founder of Sex Geek Summer Camp, Sex Geek Conservatory, and Sex Geek School for Gifted Sex Geeks, which help sex educators learn valuable business skills that allow them to reach more people with greater ease, transform more lives, and make a better living as sexperts.
Follow @ReidAboutSex >>>
Instagram: https://instagram/ReidAboutSex
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ReidAboutSex
YouTube: https://youtube.com/ReidAboutSex
ABOUT WILRIEKE SOPHIA
Wilrieke Sophia (they/them) is a sex & intimacy educator, (TEDx) speaker, advisor & coach for creative makers and scientists, author, and founder of Exploring Deeper and Cuddle Workshops International.
The main focus of their work is empowerment through self-knowledge and understanding, radical self-inclusion, the embodied experiencing of boundaries and desires, and an extensive practice of consent – all based on a foundation of trauma awareness and neuroscience, embedded in experiential spaces based on interpersonal connective practices. They collaborate with artists and scientists, and are a supervisor and mentor.
With their project Red Flags in Workshops, Wilrieke creates zines and other free materials on e.g. accountability, abuse, and power dynamics in the intimacy and wellness communities.
More about Wilrieke:
www.wilriekesophia.com
www.exploringdeeper.com
www.redflagsinworkshops.com
www.cuddleworkshops.org
IG: @wilriekesophia
FB: Exploring Deeper with Wilrieke Sophia
YT: www.youtube.com/exploringdeeper
Check out Wilrieke’s TEDx Talk on Navigating Intimacy: https://tinyurl.com/wilriekeTED
SOME PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Two weeks before the event, you will receive an email with detailed information for this day including the address and what to bring. Make sure you sign up with the email address that you use. Check your spam filter if you did not receive an email seven days before the event (if you have unsubscribed from our newsletter, these emails cannot reach you!).
On this page, you find elaborate information about our events, and many frequently asked questions >>> www.exploringdeeper.com/FAQ
Timings:
Saturday: 10.00 – 18.00h
Sunday: 10.00-18.00h
ACCESSIBILITY
This workshop space is called Awananda. Mind that Play Utrecht also gives workshops in the same building and hallway. Awananda is behind the double doors. The elevators in this building are out of function – the owner won’t fix this to our regret. There are stairs to enter the building. On the ground floor is an all-access bathroom. The workshop is on the first floor. There are two stairs to get there. There are several bathrooms on the first floor (no all-access bathrooms), and a kitchen with lunch facilities, including a fridge and a microwave. There are mattresses in the workshop space. There is no shower.
The event does not include lodging or meals. Utrecht CS is at walking distance. There are free parking spaces at the venue (when you arrive in the allocated timeframe). There are hotels, grocery stores and restaurants at walking distance (want to book a hotel? Search the Kanaalweg/CS area).
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CHECK THE FAQ IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRACTICAL SIDES OF OUR EVENTS, INCL WAITING LISTS ETC: www.exploringdeeper.com/faq
If you are curious about our Guidelines for Team Members, feel free to check the full document out here: https://exploringdeeper.com/ethics
For all events, Exploring Deeper’s Terms and Conditions apply: https://www.exploringdeeper.com/terms-and-conditions/.
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