Whispers of Want: An Odyssey of Beauty and Desire
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◕‿↼Doors open at 6:45pm
If you show up with a partner, you can choose to work with that partner the entire evening or to work with someone else. You can work in couples or more.
How do I connect to my own desire, or yearning to be desired? Am I someone who seldom feels desired or desirable for who I am rather than for what I can do or give? Do I hold back, fearing that unleashing someone else's desire might unleash a force too intense? Do I perceive my desires as too demanding or too passive?
Throughout history, artists and thinkers have explored the role of beauty and desire in our world. In the modern era, desirability has often been disfigured to the point where we live in confusion and disconnection. Let us reconnect and realign with our inner truths and our own imperfect perfections. Let us reconnect with our desires, and our capacity to enjoy being the object of desire.
Stepping into Desire
All folks who find the role unfamiliar, are invited to boldly step into desire for desire’s sake alone-free from the usual expectation to please their partners. This role is for the pleasure of the one desiring, taking in another’s beauty and fully enjoying it. We invite you to engage with and appreciate another's beauty without the immediate need to reciprocate or fulfill a partner's desires, with the assurance that you can cease participation at any moment of your choosing, without worry or expectations.
Settling into Beautyfft
All folks who find the role unfamiliar, are invited to relish the role of being seen as beautiful and desirable, devoid of the pressure to perform. We invite you to explore the joy of simply existing in your own divine beauty and potentially receiving attention and affection. This shift aims to foster a more balanced and gratifying exchange of desire and affection and the potential to see ourselves and the world from a new perspective.
Schedule:
We begin with an introduction of the concepts at stake and by setting a supportive environment grounded in respect and consent. We will prepare to explore roles participants may be unaccustomed or less accustomed to: either embodying beauty or engaging with desire.
Participants will split into two groups. We will invite reversing stereotypical gender roles, but above all, each participant will be encouraged to make their own decision as to the role they prefer to step into. Those embodying beauty will engage in guided and self-guided movement and dance. Those stepping into desire will begin by visually taking in their partner’s beauty. We’ll then move into guided, non-touch, partnered, consent-based movement, where "desire" is in control of "beauty’s" movements. Finally, we will add consent-based touch where “desire” will be invited to touch “beauty”. This is a time for relishing each role in safety and clarity.
The session concludes with open exploration and an invitation to play seamlessly in the fluid equality of both roles. We will close with reflection on our experiences of beauty and desire.
If you show up with a partner, you can choose to work with that partner the entire evening or to work with someone else. You can work in couples or more.
Join Us
Embark on this journey to the heart of desire, beauty, and sensual expression. This invitation extends to singles, couples, and more. This workshop will explore embodied sensuality in a safe and supportive atmosphere. In order to support each attendee on their journey, we respect the rules of the container. If you show up with a partner, you can choose to work with that partner the entire evening or to work with someone else. People can work in couples or more.
Facilitator
Hi! I’m Eli Cohen, a personal embodiment activist and facilitator. I create experiences that break aesthetic gendered conventions, allowing people to explore how that shift feels in their bodies and discover new pathways to freedom, wisdom, creativity, and pleasure.
www.spacioushuman.com
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