Human touch triggers production of oxytocin, leading to feelings of happiness, love, contentment, safety, and trust. Sounds good, right?

Undesired touch cancels out all these benefits and elicits a negative response. What if we don’t feel empowered to say yes or no to being touched? What if our boundaries have been broken? What if we don’t know what our boundaries are or how to set them? What if we would like to be touched but are afraid to let things go further than we want?

Come join Jennifer Betz with Whole Self Productions, to experience an evening of empowerment and human contact (and cookies).

Through discussion and exercises, we will explore the meaning of personal boundaries and consent, different types of touch and their effects, and actions we can take to set boundaries.

After, there will be some open time to further experiment with boundary-setting and personal contact, and finding your comfortable space within each.

* While you are encouraged to explore the limits of your boundaries if that is your desire, you are NEVER expected to participate beyond your personal comfort-level. Feel free to come just for the discussion, or just to say “no”.

** THIS IS A NONSEXUAL TOUCH EVENT. I am currently contemplating creating more intimate events if there is interest, but for the Consent and Cuddles events, please help us maintain a safe space for all attendees by not expanding your exploration beyond cuddles. If you feel things are getting heated between you and someone else, no judgement here, but please find somewhere else to be or you may be asked to leave.

*** Due to the personal and educational nature of this event, you must attend the initial discussion and exercises at the beginning of the event to participate in the open exploration time at the end.

**** I am exploring making this a regular event and have the first three in place to gather information about interest and logistics. Please share with your friends and family so I can get as much data as possible!

#cuddlesandconsent
#personalboundaries
#itsokaytosayno
#touchshouldfeelsafe