Hi! We’re Meenadchi and Mia and we’ve been friends and colleagues for over five years now. We’ve taught together in the past, but our work has changed a lot in the last few years as we’ve changed, so we wanted to put together an offering for anyone interested in consent + Decolonized Nonviolent Communication (DNVC) updated for the times we’re in now.

From Mia: “I used to want to help people find the power to say ‘no.’ I approached consent from the perspective of asking, ‘How do we keep bad things out? How do we protect ourselves?’ But now I’m much more interested in helping people say ‘yes.’ I want to give people tools to foster connection, trust, and intimacy. Now I find myself asking, ‘What if consent could help us determine what to let in, and in so doing, help us grow, learn, and try new things in a supported way?’”

From Meenadchi: “Rupture is inevitable, repair is intentional. Repair becomes harder when we are unclear about our needs, limits, and longings during the reconnection process. During this workshop, you will be guided through an embodied reflection on the relationships that ruptured and ended - and the ones that ruptured and found their way back. We will study them not to assign blame, but to gather data. What conditions made repair possible? Where did it collapse? What did you need that you couldn’t yet name? From that inquiry, you’ll begin to articulate the relational ecology that allows you to move through both accountability and forgiveness with gratitude and grace.”