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Inner Compass

Embodied Consent for Everyday Life
A Three-Day Experiential Workshop

December 4–6, 2026
10:00 AM–6:00 PM each day
Centered — Downtown Lexington, Kentucky

What changes when we slow down enough to notice what we actually want, what we’re willing to offer, and where our limits are?

Inner Compass is a three-day experiential workshop informed by the Wheel of Consent. Through embodied practices, we’ll explore sensation, desire, choice and connection, developing a deeper awareness of what we want, what we’re willing to offer, and how we can honour our limits while staying connected to others.

Consent Is About More Than Touch

Embodied consent is a way of being in relationship with ourselves, with others, and with life.

Sometimes we:
Say yes because we don’t want to disappoint someone.
We offer more than we want to give
Struggle to ask for what we need or want,
Become so focused on another person’s experience that we lose track of our own.

Our bodies often offer information before we have words for it: excitement, openness, hesitation, tension or reluctance. Learning to notice these signals can help us make choices with greater awareness rather than automatically overriding what we feel.

This workshop offers an opportunity to slow down, get curious and practice listening to ourselves.

Through teaching, conversation, guided exercises and embodied practices, we’ll explore:

- Recognizing your internal yes, no, and maybe
- Becoming more aware of what you genuinely want
- Exploring what you’re actually willing to offer
- Recognizing and respecting your limits
- Honouring the limits of others
- Asking clearly for what you want with clarity and confidence
- Offering something without expectation or obligation
- Noticing the difference between wanting something and being willing to do something
- Receiving another person’s no without making it mean something about you
- Discovering what changes when there is real permission to choose
- Building greater self-trust
- Creating connection without abandoning yourself
- Bringing embodied consent into relationships, friendships, family, work and community

What We’ll Explore

Through teaching, conversation and experiential practices, we’ll explore:

•⁠ ⁠Recognizing your internal yes, no, maybe and not yet
•⁠ ⁠Discovering what you genuinely want and what you’re willing to offer
•⁠ ⁠Recognizing and respecting your own limits
•⁠ ⁠Asking for what you want without turning a request into a demand
•⁠ ⁠Giving without expectation and receiving without obligation
•⁠ ⁠Hearing another person’s no without taking it personally
•⁠ ⁠Noticing patterns of over-giving, accommodating and prioritizing others
•⁠ ⁠Building self-trust and communicating more clearly
•⁠ ⁠Bringing consent into relationships, friendships, family, work and community

You don’t need to arrive already knowing what you want or feeling confident about consent. Curiosity and a willingness to notice are enough.

The purpose isn’t to interpret every sensation perfectly. It’s to develop a stronger relationship with your own internal compass.

What Does “Embodied” Consent Mean?

This workshop draws on the work of Dr. Betty Martin and the Wheel of Consent®️, which offers a practical framework for exploring giving, receiving, wanting and choosing.

By slowing interactions down, we can begin to recognize patterns that usually happen automatically: giving when we don’t really want to, struggling to receive, feeling responsible for someone else’s experience, or having difficulty saying no.

The practices create space to experiment with new possibilities and discover what changes when we have genuine freedom to choose.


What the Weekend Will Be Like:

This is a three-day, non-residential workshop combining teaching, discussion, guided exercises and reflection.

We’ll learn through experience, with time to notice what happens within us and how we relate to others.

Your participation is always a choice. You can pause, modify an exercise, observe or opt out. There is no expectation to push through discomfort or participate in every activity.

Choosing not to do something is just as valuable as choosing to do it.

Informed by the Wheel of Consent

Pleasure Educator, Relationship Coach and Sacred Intimate

Mama Yoni brings a trauma-aware, inclusive and heart-centred approach to teaching about consent, pleasure, communication and relationships.

Her work draws from years of experience supporting people in developing greater awareness of their desires, limits and patterns in relationship, alongside extensive study and practice with embodied consent.

She has spent several years studying the Wheel of Consent and has assisted in numerous three-day Wheel of Consent workshops with Helena DeFelice of the School of Consent.

Her teaching style is practical, playful and deeply respectful of individual choice. Rather than teaching people what they should want or how they should relate, she creates spaces where people can slow down, become curious and discover what is true for themselves.

Your Facilitator: Mama Yoni

December 4–6, 2026
10:00 AM–6:00 PM each day
Downtown Lexington, Kentucky

This is a three-day, non-residential workshop.

Investment — Sliding Scale

We offer sliding-scale pricing to make Inner Compass accessible to people with a range of financial circumstances.
Please choose the level that most accurately reflects your current financial resources.

$550 USD
For those who have financial assets or investments (liquid or otherwise) and can comfortably afford travel, vacations and other significant discretionary expenses.

$460 USD
For those with a stable income and/or reliable access to financial support.

$370 USD
For those who can meet their regular needs and afford occasional treats or discretionary expenses.

$250 USD
For those with low income or limited financial resources.

A Note About Choosing Your Rate

The sliding scale works through community care and honesty. If you can comfortably afford one of the higher rates, we ask that you choose it. Choosing a lower rate when you can truthfully afford a higher one limits access for people who genuinely need the financial flexibility those lower-priced spaces provide.

There is no application or proof of income required. We trust you to choose the rate that best reflects your circumstances.


Cancellation Policy

We understand that sometimes plans change. If you cancel more than 30 days before the workshop, you will receive a full refund minus a $30 administration fee.

If you cancel 15–30 days before the workshop, you will receive a 50% refund. If we are able to fill your place, we will provide a full refund.

If you cancel less than 15 days before the workshop, your payment is non-refundable unless we are able to fill your place.

In the case of illness or a family emergency, please contact us. We will endeavour to refund your tuition, minus any costs that cannot be recovered, or transfer your payment to a future offering where possible.

Workshop Details