Setting the stage for an Amazing experience!
Community Container Agreements
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- All people are welcome: We are an inclusive, non judgmental space. All races, gender identities, sexual orientations, relationship orientation or status, religions, cultures over 18 years of age are welcome.
- Attendance of one of our events, whether online or in person, you are agreeing to Creating a Safe Container by practicing Personal Responsibility.
Consent
- Consent is a YES or NO. Consider Maybe a NO
- It is freely given, without coercion or force or uncertainty
- Your YES can become a NO but your NO cannot become a YES in the set container
- Giving information to others so they can consent
- Asking questions when needed to make sure you are in full consent
- Always ASK Before giving feedback or offering advice
- Always ASK Before touching someone
- Always ASK Before sharing someone’s story or experience
- Reply to a NO with “Thank You for taking care of yourself”
- Celebrate NO’s
- I can’t trust your YES if I haven’t felt your NO
Confidentiality
- Vegas Rules
- Share your experience, not other people’s (unless you have consent)
- ‘My experience of this was___’
- When having an issue or concern, address the person directly (when it can be done safely) and speak to a team member or class facilitator.
Consciousness
- Staying present in the moment
- Our minds will naturally wander. Let’s raise our awareness to these moments and bring ourselves back
- Example: When you are training a puppy to pee on a pad, he pees in the corner, bring him back to the puppy pad
- Turn off any distractions (phone, apple watch, etc.)
Care
- Caring for ourselves
- Bathroom breaks
- water
- something is triggering you and you need support
- Caring for the space
- Trash cans
- keep the place tidy
- leave it how you found it
- Caring for your psychology
- practice compassion for yourself and others in their experience
- practice non-judgement
- don’t yuck someone else’s yum
- If you have had a negative experience please email Stacie Ysidro (holisticprogressions@gmail.com, or use our anonymous contact form ) about what occurred and how the situation can be amended.
- We refer to and recommend Dr Hazel Grace for information, support, and their course on The Repair Process when trust or consent has been broken.
Curiosity
- We are a very diverse group. Most content can be seen as sensitive, taboo and vulnerable.
- Notice when you check out or are triggered…use curiosity to come back into presence without judgment of self and others.
- We learn more from curiosity and play than judgment and criticism.
Contribution
- This is a co-created experience
- In order for you to get the most out of the experience, we encourage you to participate
- If you have a question, ask! There are no stupid questions.
- Whatever is up for you, there may be others who feel the same way, and do not have the courage to say it.
- We encourage everyone to speak into what is present
- Speak in the ‘I’
Celebrations
- Celebrate that you are here! YAY!
- Celebrate even small wins!
- When one celebrates, we ALL celebrate! (Queue them to Celebrate)
- When one person heals, we all heal
Thank you everyone for creating a safe community where we can talk about and learn about our sexuality. It’s going to be a great day!
