We are told boundaries are essential, the key to self-care and empowerment. Yet what do boundaries entail? What does it mean to be fully within them? Boundaries blurred in 2020 due, in part, to the global pandemic forcing your public and private spaces to entangle and muddle into each other. As restrictions lift and as you begin to separate those spaces, what does it mean to do so within your boundaries?

So often, the boundaries conversation leaves out what is within your boundaries; the richness that comes from asking for what you want, embodied agency, and the spaciousness of respecting your own capacity as well as the capacity of others. Cheek to Cheek’s first online workshop, Dynamic Boundaries does just that — explores the “within.”

Alison Novelli facilitates this 3-week online workshop. After each session, you will have the opportunity to deepen your understanding through home practices and self-reflection.

Registration is now closed. Get on the Waitlist for the next round!

All identities, intersections, abilities, bodies, are welcome in this workshop. It is an opportunity to practice individually and as a group. This workshop draws from polyvagal theory, neuroscience, somatics, and psychology. It is also influenced and inspired by the Wheel of Consent® as developed by Dr. Betty Martin. Novelli has trained with the School of Consent, but is not a certified facilitator. For more information visit www.schoolofconsent.org.

This workshop is as much a bodily practice as it is a cognitive practice. The content of this workshop can apply broadly to work/life balance, working within your limits, deepening relationships, openly communication, artistry, sexuality…however none are the specific focus of this workshop. Also please note, this is not a workshop on intimacy coordination.

Through A Mix Of Theory And Practice, In This Workshop You Will:

• Gain clarity and expand how you conceptualize your boundaries

• Practice slowing down and naming what you want 

• Practice choosing and responding to requests

• Gain a greater understanding of safety

• Develop a felt sense of “yes” and “no” in your body

This Is A Space To Experiment, Be Curious, And Play!

Week 1 — Safety and Boundaries Frameworks

Week 2 — Making Requests

Week 3 — Embodying your Yes/No

In between each session, you’ll receive home practices and journaling prompts to deepen your understanding

*Cancellation Policy: Workshop fee is refundable only with at least 48 hours notice. Cancellations with less than 48-hour notice may have that fee applied to any upcoming workshop.